Formosas opstigning og fald
Det korte kapitel om Republikken Formosa i Taiwans historie indeholder en vigtig lektie om Taiwan i dag: At sikre sig, at landet har et…
Category Celebrating Taiwan
Dengang Taiwan (i syv år) var Kinas – When Taiwan was China’s (for seven years)
Ja, nationen var engang en provins i Kina, men det var før Qingdynastiet i 1895 afstod den og Penghu-øerne for al evighed til Japan.…
Rewriting 2.28?
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…
Understanding present-day Taiwan
Who are the Taiwanese? Where are they originally from and what are the major trends in Taiwanese politics today? For many people in the…
Taiwan’s ROC Dilemma – A Country that no longer exists
Taiwan is broadly considered as a hi-tech country that has created a democratic miracle during the 1990’s. However, despite this great achievement, the official…
A balancing act increasingly out of balance
Given the immensity and proximity of the Chinese market, it would be impossible for Taiwan to ignore the elephant in the room and hope…
Taiwan, understanding an Identity in Process
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…
Creole, Syncretic or Hybrid? Taiwan, Understanding an Identity in Process Part II
In these troubled times, Taiwanese know they are different but they may not always be able to verbalize how different they are. From the…