Democratic liberty is fundamental
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…
Category Politics
China's allergy reactions will continue
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…
Aiming for FTAs that would help Taiwan
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…
(The Weekly interview) with Michael Danielsen: Signing FTA with other countries can defend Taiwan’s sovereignty better
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,…
Opinion: Hvem spørger Taiwans befolkning?
Only available in Danish. Michael Danielsen: Taiwan har nemlig ikke ansøgt om observatørstatus ved konferencen, hvor ansøgningsfristen var 7. august. Herudover bliver det statsstøttede…
Conference unites Taiwan, PRC
The climate conference in Copenhagen has become a battlefield for the old controversy between Taiwan and China. Almost like a ritual, Taiwan is not…
ANALYSIS: Foreign academics urge Ma to seek public consensus
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…
Unreliable comments on the Chen conviction
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…
Is democracy dying?
Taiwan appears to be losing its democratic brand, and believers in democratic values and human rights should look on with grave concern at recent…
An open response to Open letter, part 2
Published in Taipei Times on Thursday July 09. 2009. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan, I am…