Taiwan Elections 2016: Essential Electronic Resources
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China’s M503: Salami slicing the status quo
China officially launched the new M503 commercial flight route on March 29 — right in the centre of the Taiwan Strait. Initial reactions in Taipei were of surprise and rejection, which […]
No Pain, No Gain
Successful AVF transition requires greater commitment from government Plans are underway to transform Taiwan’s military from a force relying on a regular intake of conscripts aged 18-35 and serving 11-12 […]
Just how local are local elections in Taiwan?
Looking to local elections for clues as to how this or that party will fare in national elections is a precarious thing. Professor Shelley Rigger has argued earlier on this blog that […]
Taiwan’s national security debate between elections
National security and defence is not usually a major concern in local elections but that should change during the presidential and legislative elections which come next in the election cycle, in […]
Three reasons to follow Taiwan’s 9-in-1 elections
On November 29, Taiwan will experience its own ‘mid-term’ elections. This time unprecedented for at least three reasons. Firstly, it is for the first time that altogether 9 different elections […]
China’s neighbours embrace asymmetric warfare
Asymmetry is the new black, at least among defense analysts dealing with the Asia-Pacific. Asymmetrical warfare is an age-old concept. Recently, however, it has been mostly associated with insurgent groups […]
Taiwan’s Youth: Blamed if you don’t, blamed if you do (CPI blog)
It seems that Taiwan has grown accustomed to frequent protests targeting a broad range of issues, starting with land grabbing disputes, ending with increasingly unpopular cross-Strait policy of current KMT administration led by deeply […]
China’s new ADIZ: Do not panic, yet do worry.
With the announcement of the new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 23 November, Beijing has elevated its territorial claims in the East China Sea to a higher level, literally. Chinese officials […]
Unofficially Official: The U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific and the U.S.-Japan-Taiwan alliance
Co-author: Misato Matsuoka.* There is a lot of buzz about U.S. rebalancing policy, but at the end of the day it is not a massive policy change from the U.S. […]
Taiwan in Perspective 