What is Taiwan’s identity? What does it mean to be Taiwanese? At a recent conference in Taiwan, Democracy Building in Interesting Times a speaker spoke accordingly, “Here we don’t have the issue of one China, two systems; we have the…
In these troubled times, Taiwanese know they are different but they may not always be able to verbalize how different they are. From the Japanese era on, Taiwanese had begun to gain a unified sense of their difference. At that…
The recent US-China Joint Statement suffers from intellectual laziness when it applauds the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Taiwan and China. Why applaud an unsustainable policy that undermines the current international trade status and sovereignty of Taiwan and supports…
Only available in Danish. EU UDSTILLER sig selv som en udenrigspolitisk amatør med sit ønske om at ophæve våbenembargoen mod Kina. EU’s udenrigspolitiske plan kommer, samtidig med at Kinas militære adfærd i Det Sydkinesiske Hav og over for Japan har…
“Harmonious” or not, China’s rise has become a virtual reality for the empire’s neighbors. China’s recent actions in the South China Sea and toward Japan have led several Asian countries to consider the US as a welcome guardian in Asia.…
Only available in Danish. Selvom Kina har proklameret harmonisk udvikling, ser virkeligheden anderledes ud for rigets naboer. Kinas adfærd i det sydkinesiske hav og over for Japan har fået flere asiatiske lande til at søge ly hos USA. Kinas spil…
LOOK AT ME Coverage of Taiwan in academia and the media is a key form of diplomacy, and in Europe at least, it appears that ‘Taiwanists’ are doing their best to raise its profile. By Ko Shu-ling / Staff Reporter.Published…
Only available in Danish. I dag underskrives en historisk handelsaftale mellem Kina og Taiwan. Officielt er målet at skabe en frihandelszone – reelt sigter aftalen imod at undergrave Taiwans suverænitet Only in DanishBy Michael Danielsen, Chairman of Taiwan Corner.Published in…
No statements seem too ridiculous in Taiwan, with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and its unbelievable claims. The KMT promotes national policies that bear no relation to the realities on the streets and in the homes of Taiwan. What Taiwan…
Only available in Danish. I Arthur Chengs svar 12. juli til min kronik om handelsaftalen mellem Taiwan og Kina påstår han, at opbakningen til aftalen er større end, hvad jeg angiver, og at der ikke er usikkerhed om Taiwans suverænitet.…