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Split-Ticket Voting: Art or Science?
In Taiwan, as in most mixed member legislative systems, voters have separate ballots for a district candidate and the party list, thus allowing for split-ticket voting. But what influences splitting...
View ArticleTAIWAN INSIDER Vol. 3 No. 13
Initial reports about the Panama Papers find no evidence of Taiwanese politicians’ involvement in the scandal; incoming premier Lin Chuan announces deputy, health and welfare minister and cabinet...
View ArticleTsai Faces Many Challenges Over Foreign Policy
With the election of Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) two months ago comes a new wave of hope and aspirations for the people of Taiwan. This was a major political victory for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)...
View ArticleWill Taiwan Feel the Bern?
The unofficial bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan is arguably one of the most important in the Asia-Pacific region, if not the world. For Taiwan in particular, this relationship forms...
View ArticleTAIWAN INSIDER Vol. 3 No. 14
Taiwanese accused of telecommunications fraud in Kenya are deported to China, sparking accusations of ‘extrajudicial abduction’; New round of Cabinet appointments announced; Appeals for pardon of...
View ArticleChina Forces Taiwan Out of High-Level Meeting in Belgium
In another sign of Beijing’s hardening stance on Taiwan, government representatives from Taiwan on April 18 were asked to leave a high-level meeting at an international steel symposium held by the OECD...
View ArticleTAIWAN INSIDER Vol. 3 No. 15
The deportation of Taiwanese telecoms fraud suspects in Kenya and Malaysia sparks political and legal disputes across the Taiwan Strait and at home; the justice minister is criticized over her...
View ArticleTAIWAN INSIDER Vol. 3 No. 16
The seizing by Japan of a Taiwanese vessel and crew near the disputed Okinotori atoll sparks a row with Tokyo; premier-designate Lin Chuan completes his Cabinet nominations; former premier Frank Hsieh...
View ArticleTAIWAN INSIDER Vol. 3 No. 17
The Ma administration arranges a trip to Itu Aba for former officials and national security officers despite concerns over escalating tensions in the region; the incoming National Security Council...
View ArticleThe Fallacy of Yang Hengjun’s ‘Third Option’ for Unification
In a recent post (original in Chinese here), Yang Hengjun (楊恆均), a former official in China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs-turned “independent scholar, novelist, and blogger” (information indicates that...
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