Taiwan Insight

Mei’s Original Sin (美之原罪): Settler Colonialism, “Beautiful Country,” White Beauty

16 October 2026 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Sheng-mei Ma. This article focuses on self-alienation and the pursuit of Eurocentric beauty standards. It examines how Chinese linguistic biases and the prevalence of cosmetic surgery among celebrities reflect a subconscious, self-inflicted whitewashing that parallels historical settler colonialism and racial hierarchies.

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LIBERTY SQUARE REVISITED: THE WILD LILY MOVEMENT AND TAIWAN’S DEMOCRATIC CRISIS

15 October 2026 Adrian Chiu

Written by Vasja Hafner. This article argues that the Wild Lily Movement not only created repertoires that have been repeatedly reused in subsequent movements, using occupation of public space as the primary way to articulate democratic legitimacy, but also helped create a structural gap in the constitutional architecture. The same protest repertoire is now being used to contest the institutional order.

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Beyond Exclusion: Countering Taiwan’s Identity Subordination in Non-State Institutions

14 October 2026 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Nilufer Mistry Sheasby. This article examines how non-state institutions undermine Taiwan’s identity by mandating subordinating terminology in ostensibly apolitical settings. It argues that traditional diplomatic responses are insufficient and proposes a multi-faceted playbook: coordinating government and private actors to challenge naming decisions, mobilising stakeholder pressure, and mitigating harm when reversal remains impossible.

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Lithuania’s Taiwan Balancing Act Tests Europe’s Resolve

2 October 2026 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Jozef Huljak. This article discusses how Lithuania is resuming economic cooperation talks with Taiwan despite internal political pressure to reset relations with Beijing. This strategy aims to shift the relationship from symbolic solidarity to durable economic interest, testing Europe’s resolve against Chinese coercion while proving that a resilient, mutually beneficial partnership can withstand domestic political cycles.

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Introduction to Special Issue on Cross-Strait Air Safety

19 February 2018

Written by Karolina Wysoczanska. Since 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists lost the civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communist forces and set up a government in

Taiwan’s Tough History with the United Nations

16 February 2018

Written by Alexander Kozlov. Taiwan has had a long and dramatic relationship with the United Nations, from being — as the Republic of China (ROC)

The ‘Marriage’ Imagination of the Queer Communities in Asia

15 February 2018

Written by Hongwei Bao. With same-sex marriages soon to be legalised in Taiwan, which has instantly triggered the imagination of ‘marriage’ in Asia’s queer communities,

Reclaiming LGBTQ History: Taiwanese Literature in the Period of Martial Law

12 February 2018

Written by Ta-Wei Chi LGBTQ history is beginning to be remembered in a variety of formats. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the decriminalisation of

Life in Death, Life After Death: The story of Taiwan’s LGBTQ pioneer

9 February 2018

Written by Wing-Fai Leung. The Taiwanese writer Qiu Miaojin (1969-1995) committed suicide in Paris aged twenty-six, leaving behind a handful of short stories and two

Taiwan’s place in Global Trans History

7 February 2018

Written by Howard Chiang A new era for trans history has arrived. Like most historical fields that emerged at the turn of the twenty-first century,

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