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 Political Consultative Conference Chairman Jia Qinglin (賈慶林). By…
Taiwan is broadly considered as a hi-tech country that has created a democratic miracle during the 1990’s. However, despite this great achievement, the official name of Taiwan is still “Republic of China…
Given the immensity and proximity of the Chinese market, it would be impossible for Taiwan to ignore the elephant in the room and hope to stay afloat economically. This is something that…
Published in Taipei Times on April 11. 2011. Dear President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九): We the undersigned, academics and writers from the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, are writing to you to express…
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 spoke accordingly, “Here we don’t have the issue…
In these troubled times, Taiwanese know they are different but they may not always be able to verbalize how different they are. From the Japanese era on, Taiwanese had begun to gain…
The recent US-China Joint Statement suffers from intellectual laziness when it applauds the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Taiwan and China. Why applaud an unsustainable policy that undermines the current international…
Only available in Danish. EU UDSTILLER sig selv som en udenrigspolitisk amatør med sit ønske om at ophæve våbenembargoen mod Kina. EU’s udenrigspolitiske plan kommer, samtidig med at Kinas militære adfærd i…
“Harmonious” or not, China’s rise has become a virtual reality for the empire’s neighbors. China’s recent actions in the South China Sea and toward Japan have led several Asian countries to consider…
Only available in Danish. Selvom Kina har proklameret harmonisk udvikling, ser virkeligheden anderledes ud for rigets naboer. Kinas adfærd i det sydkinesiske hav og over for Japan har fået flere asiatiske lande…
LOOK AT ME Coverage of Taiwan in academia and the media is a key form of diplomacy, and in Europe at least, it appears that ‘Taiwanists’ are doing their best to raise…
Only available in Danish. I dag underskrives en historisk handelsaftale mellem Kina og Taiwan. Officielt er målet at skabe en frihandelszone – reelt sigter aftalen imod at undergrave Taiwans suverænitet Only in…
No statements seem too ridiculous in Taiwan, with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and its unbelievable claims. The KMT promotes national policies that bear no relation to the realities on the streets…
Only available in Danish. I Arthur Chengs svar 12. juli til min kronik om handelsaftalen mellem Taiwan og Kina påstår han, at opbakningen til aftalen er større end, hvad jeg angiver, og…
Only available in Danish. Den nye handelsaftale mellem Taiwan og Kina skader Taiwans suverænitet og splitter den taiwanske befolkning. Desværre ignorerer Jyllands-Postens leder dette 10 Af Michael Danielsen, formand for Taiwan Corner.Publisheret…