INTERVIEW: Need to ‘demystify’ ECFA: Danish analyst By Ko Shu-ling / STAFF REPORTER As Taipei and Beijing are negotiating an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA), the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) needs to reach out to the opposition and the public…
As one of the signatories of the open letter to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) (“An open letter to Taiwan’s president,” Nov. 13, 2009, page 8), I would like to respond to the article by Government Information Office Minister Su Jun-pin…
China’s allergy against any support for Taiwan keeps getting worse. As it is with allergy, it tends to be chronic and thus the best remedy is to stay away from what actually creates the allergy reaction. In the case of…
A world of free-trade agreements (FTA) will open to Taiwan and the nation will enjoy greater international space if it just signs an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China. At least, that’s the pipe dream the government is trying…
Michael Danielsen was interviewed to Taiwan’s Liberty Times and the interview was published on January 18. 2010. The interview was done by journalist Zou, Jing Wen from Liberty Times. (The Weekly interview) with Michael Danielsen: Signing FTA with other countries…
Only available in Danish. Michael Danielsen: Taiwan har nemlig ikke ansøgt om observatørstatus ved konferencen, hvor ansøgningsfristen var 7. august. Herudover bliver det statsstøttede Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) listet direkte som en del af Kina efter en symbolsk protest…
The climate conference in Copenhagen has become a battlefield for the old controversy between Taiwan and China. Almost like a ritual, Taiwan is not invited to the climate conference despite the fact that its economy, technology and political will are…
CROSS-STRAIT MOVES: SOAS lecturer Dafydd Fell said the government must open a ‘genuine public debate’ and not just complete negotiations behind closed doors By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER Published in Taipei Times on Monday, Nov 16, 2009. President Ma Ying-jeou…
It is amazing how a historian like Sin-ming Shaw (邵新民) can display such massive ignorance about Taiwan in such a short article (“Chen’s fate should act as a lesson,” Sept. 17, page 8). His comments on the trial of former…
Taiwan appears to be losing its democratic brand, and believers in democratic values and human rights should look on with grave concern at recent developments. We may be witnessing a fundamental change in Taiwan as democratically elected politicians restrict democratic…