Taiwan Corner says that people in the international community who continue to believe that President Ma “policies secure Taiwan’s unique position in the world must suffer from collective tomfoolery.” More people are coming to realize that they have been “victims…
Read the full report on the national election in Taiwan on January 14. 2014 here. The report is written by eighteen (18) observers from seven countries who were invited by the International Committee for Fair Elections in Taiwan (ICFET) to…
Is the unthinkable possible? Have the Taiwanese in the January elections voted for a kind of unification between Taiwan and China despite the fact that more than 80% of the population rejects a Hong-Kong style unification? While the unthinkable is…
The book National Identity and Economic Interest was published on January 27. 2012 shortly after the presidential and legislative elections in Taiwan on January 14. 2012. Chairman of Taiwan Corner, Michael Danielsen has written a book chapter about Taiwan’s identity…
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has given up the idea of making Taiwan unique and attractive. As globalization forces governments to enter political unions or emphasize their attractiveness in order to increase their global influence, the KMT government has done…
The long awaited “National 2.28 Memorial Museum” was finally opened in Taipei on February 28. of 2011. It is now also the seat of the Memorial Foundation of 2.28, which is responsible for handling compensations for victims of 2.28. It…
Taiwan is developing a common Taiwanese identity and the two former presidents moved Taiwan towards a common Taiwanese identity in their own fashions. The current Chinese KMT government has departed from this historical trend by conducting a much stronger Chinese…
President Ma is running in a hamster wheel with his eyes fixed on the so-called “1992 consensus” while the rest of the world moves on, knowing that the ROC will never rule China. Rather, Beijing and the international community are…
Taiwan’s election has been mostly free and partly unfair say observers.“Taiwan’s autocratic past has become interlinked with pressures from an authoritarian China, which have framed an unfair political context in the elections”, said Michael Danielsen, chairman of Taiwan Corner. He…
We consider the initiative taken by the International Committee for Fair Elections (ICFET) as a crucial endeavor in safeguarding Taiwan’s democratic development. The International Committee for Fair Elections has formed an international group of distinguished persons with the purpose of…