On the European home ground, the EU has contributed to economic development, peace and democracy. However, there are several reasons why the upcoming historic trade agreement between Taiwan and China cannot be compared with the EU. Unlike Europe’s cooperation, the…
Compared with their colleagues in many other countries, the Taiwanese media stand out as aggressive purveyors of gossip. The remedy to such a culture, however, is not the updated Personal Data Protection Act (個人資料保護法). That law represents a setback for…
“Welcome to China” — the greeting I received at the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) National Policy Foundation in January is symptomatic of current cross-strait developments in Taiwan. The government’s cross-strait package of technical agreements and the forthcoming economic cooperation framework…
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…