Democracy Days – Taiwan and Hong Kong
Young people in Asia are fighting to build or preserve democracy in Thailand, Hong Kong, Myanmar and in Taiwan. The struggle takes the form…
Category Taiwan Corner
Taiwanese division bell stopped ringing
In his OpEd in Taipei Times, Taiwan Corner’s chairman Michael Danielsen write that willing European politicians, journalists and academics have contributed to a perception…
Can we learn from USA’s engagement with Taiwan over the past 3 years?
Over the past 25 years, the European Union and the United States have focused on having critical dialogue with China. The promised result was…
Taiwan and USA after Taiwan's election
Civil society groups in Europe like Taiwan Corner can arrange successful public events organized and planned by themselves. In Copenhagen, it is difficult to…
Threats against Taiwan
President Tsai talked about peace, parity, dialogue and democracy. In response, China decided to omit the accustomed annual reference to “peaceful reunification” in the…
Nation lives forward, not in the KMT’s past
Taiwan shall live forward and understand itself looking backward — not like the KMT, which prefers to live in the past. A combination of…
Elections in January – Who will win?
In contrast to the presidential election, the parliamentary elections are more uncertain. Although the November 2018 local elections resulted in significant victories for the…
Highly likely that Tsai will be re-elected in January – EU’s one China policy
Variations of a ‘Hong Kong model’, such as the one offered by China’s president Xi, have no appeal in Taiwan whatsoever. This has been…
London School of Economics may violate UK’s One China policy & disregard academic standards
London School of Economics (LSE) disregards democratic and academics ideals by considering adapting to China’s position on Taiwan. Anyone with a minimal insight into…
Taiwan's Political Normalization?
Taiwan is not immune to populism which can threaten the normalization of Taiwan’s politics, writes Taiwan Corner’s chairman Michael Danielsen in the latest NEPCAP…