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…
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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…
Taiwan has become more isolated
Only available in Danish. Taiwan står mere isoleret internationalt – uanset Taiwans informationsminister Phillip Y.M. Yang’s (PY) postulater om det modsatte i JP 14…
Taiwan: A Political History by Denny Roy
Only available in Danish. Anmeldt af Michael Danielsen Der findes forskellige bøger om Taiwans historie, men det er sjældent at finde en bog som…
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 needs a third way in order to get out of the international isolation
Only available in Danish. Det er nu et år siden, at Taiwan og Kina indgik en historisk frihandelsaftale under navnet ECFA. Aftalen blev sat…
KMT has no ideas for a third way for Taiwan
In 2008, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) came into office with a solid majority in the legislature. Three years later, and observed from an international…
Developing Taiwan’s ‘third way’
China is directly urging Taiwanese voters to re-elect President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to stop “secessionist” activities that promote independence, as stated by Chinese People’s…
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…