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What Tsai Ing-wen’s Resignation From DPP Leadership Means

Hiro Fu

With the 2024 DPP nomination favored to go to Vice President Lai Ching-te, attention is now on whether he will deviate from President Tsai’s cross strait policy.

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Taoyuan Mayoral Race Illustrates Hypocrisy in DPP and KMT Strategies

Hiro Fu

The Taoyuan mayoral race has featured hypocritical partisan attacks that speak to real problems in Taiwan’s democracy.

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OPINION: Does the DPP Victory in Kaohsiung Mark a Return To Normal?

Hiro Fu

The by-election has brought a few aspects of Taiwanese politics into focus: party domination, the KMT's failed choice in choosing a candidate, and the high expectations that Mayor Chen will be facing.

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The Sexist Media Coverage of Jane Lee

Nicholas Haggerty

There is no doubt that sexism was driving a media narrative to gin up attention and web traffic for an undramatic race.

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Splits Emerge Among Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Parties Over Boycott Pledge

Voice of America

Hong Kong has offered to extend pan-democratic lawmakers' current terms until September 30, 2021; it appears more moderate lawmakers prefer to stay, while younger lawmakers argue for boycott.

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When Dictators Fall, Who Replaces Them?

The Conversation

A global glance at the future of authoritarianism.

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President Tsai's Ballot Box Balancing Act

Sheryn Lee

Like most incumbents, Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen is experiencing mid-term polling blues, but the erosion of identification with either of the two major parties should be greater cause for concern.

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Peering into Taiwan's Post-Blue Political Future

Politics abhors a vacuum, and with the KMT struggling for support there is scope for a new opposition to mount a challenge to the DPP's grip of Taiwan's national politics. But who will lead it and where will they come from? Courtney Donovan Smith forecasts Taiwan's political future.

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India vs China: Who Really Won at Doklam

Rory Medcalf

Unless China brings back the bulldozers soon, India will have won this round. And it did so without substantial involvement by the US.

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This is the End: Thailand's Shinawatras Era Draws to a Close

Greg Raymond

The political transition brought on by the end of the Shinawatra era could be more important for everyday Thais than the royal transition.

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