INTERVIEW: Need to ‘demystify’ ECFA: Danish analyst By Ko Shu-ling / STAFF REPORTER As Taipei and Beijing are negotiating an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA), the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) needs to…
As one of the signatories of the open letter to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) (“An open letter to Taiwan’s president,” Nov. 13, 2009, page 8), I would like to respond to the…
China’s allergy against any support for Taiwan keeps getting worse. As it is with allergy, it tends to be chronic and thus the best remedy is to stay away from what actually…
A world of free-trade agreements (FTA) will open to Taiwan and the nation will enjoy greater international space if it just signs an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China. At least,…
Michael Danielsen was interviewed to Taiwan’s Liberty Times and the interview was published on January 18. 2010. The interview was done by journalist Zou, Jing Wen from Liberty Times. (The Weekly interview)…
Only available in Danish. Michael Danielsen: Taiwan har nemlig ikke ansøgt om observatørstatus ved konferencen, hvor ansøgningsfristen var 7. august. Herudover bliver det statsstøttede Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) listet direkte som…
The climate conference in Copenhagen has become a battlefield for the old controversy between Taiwan and China. Almost like a ritual, Taiwan is not invited to the climate conference despite the fact…
CROSS-STRAIT MOVES: SOAS lecturer Dafydd Fell said the government must open a ‘genuine public debate’ and not just complete negotiations behind closed doors By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER Published in Taipei Times…
It is amazing how a historian like Sin-ming Shaw (邵新民) can display such massive ignorance about Taiwan in such a short article (“Chen’s fate should act as a lesson,” Sept. 17, page…
Taiwan appears to be losing its democratic brand, and believers in democratic values and human rights should look on with grave concern at recent developments. We may be witnessing a fundamental change…
Published in Taipei Times on Thursday July 09. 2009. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan, I am writing in response to the “Open letter to…
Published in Taipei Times on July 6 2009. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan, I am writing in response to the “Open letter to Taiwan’s…
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has been in office for a year, and if he continues with his current policy direction he will be recorded in history books as the president who ensured…
Only available in Danish. Taiwanernes tillid til deres nye præsident er i bund. Kun et lille bitte mindretal vil følge hans ønske om at blive en del af Kina. AF MICHAEL DANIELSENPubliceret…
Published in Taipei Times on Thursday, May 21, 2009. Dear President Ma, On the occasion of the first anniversary of your presidency, we, the undersigned, scholars and writers from the US, Canada,…