Written by Marcus Roberts. The big demographic news out of Asia recently has been the “unstoppable” demographic decline that China is about to undergo thanks
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Taiwan – shrinking and increasingly alone
Written by Marcus Roberts. Once our three children are in bed (a process that can take some time, much to my frustration) I often relax
The Importance of Primary School Teachers’ Mental Health in Taiwan
Written by Pei-Hsin Li “About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their
Tsai’s Domestic Troubles in 2019
Written by Mark Weatherall and Kai-Ping Huang. For President Tsai Ing-wen, the shock win of the KMT candidate Han Kuo-yu in the mayoral election for
Cross-Strait relations 2019: Promoting and rejecting unification
Written by Qi Dongtao. The dynamics of cross-Strait relations in 2019 were revealed by Taiwan and mainland China’s top leaders’ speeches in the first two
Cross-Strait Narratives of Now and the Future
Written by Michael Mazza. Taiwan’s November 2018 nine-in-one elections looked like a major setback for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. The DPP won only six
Trump Withdrawing: Global Forces and Forecasting Taiwan in 2019 and Beyond (Part 2)
Written by Ian Inkster. The first part of this paper outlined trends that could dominate discussions on Taiwan’s international position in 2019, providing a shaky
Taiwan, Prospects for 2019
By Gerrit van der Wees. Taiwan got an auspicious start for the New Year 2019: on the first day of the year, President Tsai Ing-wen
China’s Xi and Taiwan’s Tsai – the Opening Salvoes in 2019
Written by Kerry Brown. For a leader imputed with such huge powers by the rest of the world, we often lose sight of the fact
Exploring the complex China-Taiwan relationship
Written by Daouda Cissé. In November 2015, the meeting between Ma Ying-Jeou – then president of Taiwan and leader of the Kuomintang (KMT) – and
What does China think about the elections that were held in Taiwan in November 2018?
Written by Mark Lai. This question was repeatedly met with a firm stance by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (TAO) in Beijing.
Xi Jinping’s Message to Compatriots in Taiwan Signals Change in Taiwan Policy
Written by Elizabeth Freund Larus. Xi Jinping’s January 2ndMessage to Compatriots in Taiwan, in which China’s leader called for unification under a “one country, two
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