Tag: Tsai Ing-wen

• Of Elections, Fake News and China

  Indian citizens could perhaps learn much from the Taiwanese election campaign, where various civic groups actively fact-checked each candidate’s speech and confronted them in real time over inconsistencies and inaccuracies.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  24 January 2020

  Comparative Politics, Political Parties

  Aadhaar, Chinese investments, Communist Party of China (CPC), data security, elections, fake news, Indian economy, political donations, propaganda, Taiwan, telecom, Tsai Ing-wen

• Panama Switches Diplomatic Recognition from Taiwan to China

  China under Xi Jinping is engaged in a long-term but steady strategy of trying to isolate Taiwan diplomatically and constrain its international space

  Jabin T. Jacob

  20 June 2017

  Foreign Policy

  Central America, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), diplomacy, Tsai Ing-wen, Xi Jinping

• Tsai-Trump Telephone Call: Reading Trump and the Chinese Response

  As US president, Donald Trump might be more amenable to testing Chinese limits and using Taiwan as a bargaining ploy.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  5 December 2016

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  China-Taiwan relations, democracy, Donald Trump, one-China policy, Sino-US relations, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen

• Parsing Tsai Ing-wen’s Inaugural Presidential Speech

  Tsai Ing-wen’s inaugural speech as President of the Republic of China suggests that Taiwan will continue to chart a course differentiating itself from mainland China.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  3 June 2016

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  Cross-strait relations, democracy, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), elections, federalism, Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen

• Interpreting Ma Ying-jeou’s Visit to Taiping Island

  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?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  10 February 2016

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  boundary dispute, Chen Shui-bian, cross-Straits relations, Democratic Progressive Party, Kuomintang, Ma Ying-jeou, South China Sea disputes, Spratly Islands, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, United States