People must wake up to the truth of Ma’s policy
Taiwan Corner says that people in the international community who continue to believe that President Ma “policies secure Taiwan’s unique position in the world…
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Report on the National Election in Taiwan
Read the full report on the national election in Taiwan on January 14. 2014 here. The report is written by eighteen (18) observers from…
Where is the point of return before the point of no return?
Is the unthinkable possible? Have the Taiwanese in the January elections voted for a kind of unification between Taiwan and China despite the fact…
Taiwan Corner has contributed to a new Academic Book on Taiwan
The book National Identity and Economic Interest was published on January 27. 2012 shortly after the presidential and legislative elections in Taiwan on January…
KMT fails to extend Taiwan’s global reach
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has given up the idea of making Taiwan unique and attractive. As globalization forces governments to enter political unions…
What is the impact in Taiwan of emphasizing a Chinese identity in Taiwan?
Taiwan is developing a common Taiwanese identity and the two former presidents moved Taiwan towards a common Taiwanese identity in their own fashions. The…
Waking from the hamster wheel
President Ma is running in a hamster wheel with his eyes fixed on the so-called “1992 consensus” while the rest of the world moves…
Election Free and partly unfair
Taiwan’s election has been mostly free and partly unfair say observers.“Taiwan’s autocratic past has become interlinked with pressures from an authoritarian China, which have…
Seeing the real outliers in Taiwan’s recent past
President Ma is a political outlier that breaks with the historical trend in Taiwan argues Michael Danielsen in Taipei Times. Ma’s policies give support…
Taiwan: The Island of Bobee (保庇)
When I think of a land of joy and happiness – I think of Taiwan. While in Taiwan, I met many great new friends…