Purge vs Poll: Xi’s Iron Grip Meets Taiwan’s Voter Grit
Meng Kit Tang contrasts Xi Jinping’s sweeping purges with Taiwan’s wave of recall elections — two starkly different methods of political control on either side of the Strait.
2511, 2025
2705, 2025
International Political Repression in Taiwan’s Cold War
Adrian Kwong comments on the relations between smaller anti-Communist states such as Taiwan and Malaysia having played a role in internationalising repression in Asia during the Cold War.
1311, 2024
Reasons for Taiwan to worry about the Trump presidency
Stephen Vines argues that the change of government in Washington could embolden Beijing to do its worst.
0208, 2023
China-origin disinformation campaign stoke Taiwan fears over microchips
Disinformation targets morale in Taiwan and netizens unwittingly help spread half-truths and lies, writes Neal E. Robbins.
3004, 2021
Hong Kong and Taiwan: A community of shared destiny?
Is there a ‘community of shared destiny’ between Hong Kong and Taiwan? Adrian Chiu writes that Taiwan’s ruling DPP has other priorities.
0704, 2021
Taiwan’s Digital Democracy: Lessons for the UK?
SOAS alumna Ruth Wetters writes that the UK could learn from the example of Taiwan’s ‘digital democracy’.
2610, 2020
What is Taiwanese identity?
Dr Hsin-I Sydney Yueh explores the increasing distinctiveness and construction of a Taiwanese national identity.