Written by Derek Ye Xiao Di. U.S. President Donald Trump concluded his Asia-Pacific trip a few weeks ago, but its outcome is still being questioned.
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Why Development Projects Are Failing Taiwan’s Aboriginal Peoples
Written by Agathe Lemaitre. In this article I will explain briefly the difficulties encountered in the implementation of development project for aboriginal people organized by the
The Obstacles to Agreeing an EU-Taiwan Investment Agreement
Written by Michael Reilly. In October 2015 the European Commission announced that it would ‘explore launching negotiations on investment with [….] Taiwan.’ For a country that
Language in the study of Dutch Formosa
Written by Ann Heylen. Ahead of my talk on the history of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on 22 November, I have decided to
Taiwan in a Challenging East Asia Security Environment
Written by Gordon Houlden. The retreat of the Republic of China (ROC) government and its armed forces to Taiwan did not occur in a strategic
The New Southbound Policy: Tsai’s Soft Power Alternative
Written by Mariah Thornton. During the presidential debate of 2016, then Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Ing-wen boldly posited: ‘When the maintenance of our diplomatic
Catalonia, Taiwan, and the Centralising State (part II)
Written by Ben Goren. In the first part of this article, I briefly explored the wider historical contexts of current rising claims to independence in Catalonia and
Taiwan, China, and the future of U.S. policy in Asia
Written by Douglas Paal. China has just concluded its 19th Party Congress. The air is redolent with questions about how much will change and what
Taiwan’s cross-border marriages: Discrimination via the discourse of love
Written by Hong-zen Wang and Mei-hua Chen. In the old days, the purpose of marriage in traditional Han Chinese society was to establish a relationship between two
Catalonia, Taiwan, and the Centralising State
Written by Ben Goren. In his recent piece, “Catalonia: How Can Taiwan Draw Lessons?”, Ian Inkster makes a number of astute observations regarding growing movements for
China Goes OBOR: Can Taiwan Join?
Written by Gerald Chan. In her maiden policy address on 11 October 2017, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special
Genre, Industry, and Politics of Taiwanese Language Cinema
Written by Hongwei Bao. On 21 October, I had the pleasure of watching the film Brother Wang and Liu Tour Taiwan (王哥柳哥遊台灣dir. Li Xing, Fang
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