Open letter to Ma Ying-jeou’s KMT government
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…
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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 spoke accordingly, “Here we don’t have the issue…
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 Japanese era on, Taiwanese had begun to gain…
Intellectual laziness is damaging the nation
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…
EU should keep the arms embargo against China
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…
Time for the EU to make a stand for democracy
“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…
EU supports Chinese censorship
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…
Keeping Taiwan in the academic spotlight
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…
Are the Taiwanese surrending to China?
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…
The bizarre world of the KMT is not sustainable
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…
Taiwans suverænitet på spil
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…
Suverænitet på spil
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…
Should Taiwan put all its egg in China's basket?
On the European home ground, the EU has contributed to economic development, peace and democracy. However, there are several reasons why the upcoming historic trade agreement between Taiwan and China cannot be…
Legislative backsliding threatens democracy
Compared with their colleagues in many other countries, the Taiwanese media stand out as aggressive purveyors of gossip. The remedy to such a culture, however, is not the updated Personal Data Protection…
Government policy will sow further division
“Welcome to China” — the greeting I received at the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) National Policy Foundation in January is symptomatic of current cross-strait developments in Taiwan. The government’s cross-strait package of…