What are the implications of the Taiwanese president’s visit to the Spratlys for his country’s international space? What possibilities lie ahead for the incoming DPP administration?
Tag Archives: Taiwan
Taiwan’s 9-in-1 Election Results: Warning for the KMT-CPC Relationship
The end-November local election results on Taiwan suggest that China will have to both rethink the scope and recalibrate the pace of its embrace of the island
India-Taiwan Relations: Slow and Steady Does It
Interview published by the World Politics Review’s Global Insider on 20 April 2012.
Chinese National Security and International Relations
How do China’s national security imperatives influence its international relations? And how do the various actors and dynamics in the Chinese decision-making process affect China’s international relations?
China and Taiwan in 2030: Conflict not Inevitable
The ‘reunification’ of China and Taiwan in the future, might not necessarily mean the same thing as it does today.
Referendums in Taiwan
Referendums in the East Asian/Chinese context have a particular relevance, not so much because they are happening in Taiwan but because they involve China and this, at multiple levels. Without doubt, China has learned and is learning from Taiwan as it is from other parts of the world.
China’s Olympic Hurdles: The Three ‘Evils’
The Olympics have been widely perceived as showcasing China’s arrival on the global stage. However, along with its Olympic preparations, Beijing must have, no doubt, been preparing also for eventualities related to each of the three ‘evils.’ What then, do China’s reactions to the events of March 2008 indicate about its level of preparedness? And, what do these reactions say about how China sees life after the Olympics?
Direct Flights between Taiwan and China
Direct transport, trade and postal links – known as the “three links” – with the mainland were snapped by the Republic of China government that had fled to Taiwan following its defeat. Today, in an era of deepening economic ties, the lack of direct and convenient links between the two political entities remains something of an anachronism. What has complicated matters however, is the fact that the strengthening of Sino-Taiwanese economic ties has also been accompanied by the rise of Taiwanese nationalism.
Thinking about China in India 