We are looking forward to the event on Saturday November 1. The doors open at 16.00 and we start at 16.30.Come and meet Dennis Wei (魏揚) and Wu Cheng (吳崢), two principal leaders of the Sunflower Movement, to discuss the…
Why did Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement occupy the parliament for three weeks?Did this undermine or strengthen democracy?The Sunflower Movement showed public support for Taiwan’s democracy and for transparency in Taiwan’s relationship with China.Recent events in Hong Kong parallel Taiwanese struggles for…
The fight for justice and freedom is today’s hard realpolitik in Taiwan. KMT’s policies are not delivering the promised economic results and the nation is not getting stronger. The Sunflower movement as well as the nation’s diverse range of other…
At the moment China already absorbs 40% of Taiwan’s export and 80% of its foreign investment; if Taiwan signs additional cooperative agreements with China but fails to sign other FTAs due to Chinese intransigence, our reliance on China is bound…
Non-aligned candidate for mayor Ko Wen-je, who is supported by the pan-Green side, is feeling the heat from the KMT. It was totally predictable that the KMT would create some corruption charge against Ko, a constant tactic in their major…
Young people care even more about politics and Taiwan’s future. They have now become confident and outspoken. We should pay attention whether these developments will influence Taiwan’s future political realignment. It deserves our attention that among the 20-29-year-olds 97.2 percent…
China’s more aggressive behavior in Asia, makes it more difficult to argue for China’s peaceful intentions. This does not stop the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encourage China to territorial claims and Danish academics to play down China’s troubling…
The greatest insight and inspiration from the Sunfl ower Movement is that no political figure, no political party and no foreign power will be able to dictate the evolution of crossstrait relations. The Taiwanese people upheld democracy, transparency and sovereignty.…
The real problem with the delay in the Services Pact isn’t the Sunflowers. They just make a convenient whipping boy. The real problem is that the KMT legislators don’t want to pass it, and can’t be made to. By Michael…
Is Denmark’s apparent change in its “one China” policy a warning to Taiwan about what might come in the future? Denmark appears to be on its way to change its “one China” policy in direction of considering Taiwan as a…