Taiwan Corner’s Democracy Days in Copenhagen focused on the local election in 2022. We invited Mchael Turton and William Yang to comment on the election results and the implications directly from Taipei.…
”Den skærpede situation i dag mellem Kina og Taiwan kan ikke reduceres til besøget af Nancy Pelosi. Kina har reelt mistet fodfæstet i Taiwan, og det er sket ved en strategisk fejl…
”Godt at Nancy Pelosi besøger Taiwan. Hele debatten om hendes besøg og de mange bekymringer om kinesiske militære reaktioner viser ikke overraskende, at vi i Vesten ikke længere er de stærkeste. Dette…
The possibility of a Chinese military attack on Taiwan is being talked up in the mainstream news media, provoking fear, and anxiety long before the talk about the visit to Taiwan by…
Young people in Asia are fighting to build or preserve democracy in Thailand, Hong Kong, Myanmar and in Taiwan. The struggle takes the form of local protest and mutual inspiration through the…
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 that Taiwan was divided about its future international…
China is creating a ‘new normal’ across the Strait in which the world now accepts the almost daily violation of Taiwan’s airspace. And Beijing continues to spread fake news about Taiwan. Despite…
Over the past 25 years, the European Union and the United States have focused on having critical dialogue with China. The promised result was a China that would engage positively with the…
Civil society groups in Europe like Taiwan Corner can arrange successful public events organized and planned by themselves. In Copenhagen, it is difficult to get people to come to a public debate…
President Tsai talked about peace, parity, dialogue and democracy. In response, China decided to omit the accustomed annual reference to “peaceful reunification” in the government’s yearly work report. In China’s view, the…
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In contrast to the presidential election, the parliamentary elections are more uncertain. Although the November 2018 local elections resulted in significant victories for the KMT, this may not benefit the party on…
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 shown in polls since the middle of the…
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 Asian matters knows that saying Taiwan is a…
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 Policy Brief (NEPCAP, Northern England Policy Centre for…