Julien Oeuillet writes that the recall elections in Taiwan are part of a greater political realignment
"...the real divide in Taiwanese politics is not between blue and green voters, and certainly not between pro or anti-CCP views. It is between those who fear China as the most urgent threat, and those who believe that the cost of living and economic pressure are more dangerous in the short term."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/07/31/2003841200
You-Hao Lai posits that Taiwan's recall elections are a form of "civil self-rescue" to protect Taiwan's constitutional democracy
(link via @brian_hioe on Blue sky)
You-Hao Lai posits that Taiwan's recall elections are a form of "civil self-rescue" to protect Taiwan's constitutional democracy
(link via @brian_hioe on Blue sky)
A very positive review of Chris Horton's new book about Taiwan, Ghost Nation
"...what elevates the book above policy commentary or journalistic chronicle is its insistence on treating Taiwan not merely as a geopolitical flashpoint, but as a living, breathing democracy with its own stories, contradictions, and ghosts."
https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2025/07/a-ghosted-taiwan-grapples-with-the-future-of-democracy/
A very positive review of Chris Horton's new book about Taiwan, Ghost Nation
"...what elevates the book above policy commentary or journalistic chronicle is its insistence on treating Taiwan not merely as a geopolitical flashpoint, but as a living, breathing democracy with its own stories, contradictions, and ghosts."
https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2025/07/a-ghosted-taiwan-grapples-with-the-future-of-democracy/
Michael Turton shows that the recall campaign in Taiwan is part of a long history of civil society resisting government misrule
"To understand how a campaign like this could organize itself with such effectiveness, it is important to situate public anger and public action in the centuries of resistance to external power that has deep, abiding roots in collective social action throughout the Qing, Japanese and KMT colonial periods."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/07/14/2003840246
Michael Turton shows that the recall campaign in Taiwan is part of a long history of civil society resisting government misrule
"To understand how a campaign like this could organize itself with such effectiveness, it is important to situate public anger and public action in the centuries of resistance to external power that has deep, abiding roots in collective social action throughout the Qing, Japanese and KMT colonial periods."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/07/14/2003840246
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