Taiwan Brief: China gets a propaganda win delivered on a silver platter courtesy of the DPP
DPP chose late appeal to make local elections about democracy and China threat, handing propaganda win to those who argue Taiwan isn't worth defending, and it was DPP Chair Tsai who undermined her own...
27 Nov 202212min
Taiwan Brief: Hsinchu City is a potentially existential must-win for the scandal-hit TPP
Winning the tight Hsinchu City race is critical for the DPP, but possibly existential for the TPP, the only party posing any challenge to the KMT as an alternative to the DPP. Plus predictions & some ...
25 Nov 202217min
Taiwan Brief: DPP leans in hard on China threat, shoots itself in the foot
The DPP had a golden opportunity to own a substantive issue relevant to local elections but only offered slogans and grandstanding, and they may pay the price at the ballot box. Plus some news not in ...
24 Nov 202213min
Taiwan Brief: Lo finally gives up in Taoyuan, Chu in America, and more!
The KMT’s epic Taoyuan primary battle ends with Lo Chih-chiang finally giving up, but what’s next for Lo? Eric Chu in America calls the 1992 Consensus a “Non-Consensus Consensus,” and says KMT isn’t p...
10 Juni 202219min
Taiwan Brief: KMT Taoyuan pick shocks, provokes intense backlash across Taiwan
Eric Chu announces the KMT Taoyuan mayoral candidate will be Simon Chang, and everyone immediately goes into shock. Outrage in the KMT is spreading across Taiwan, and Chu has managed to infuriate almo...
24 Maj 202212min
Taiwan Brief: The long, slow burning issues eroding CCP supremacy
Part 2 of this series on the stability of party-state rule in Xi’s China looks at how long-standing issues could erode public tolerance of the Chinese Communist Party regime and building pressure that...
4 Maj 202219min
Taiwan Brief: Could Chinese confidence in the CCP collapse?
Part 1 of this series on the possibility of party-state collapse in China examines public confidence in the Chinese Communist Party's competence in their abilities to handle crises based on events ove...
2 Maj 202212min
Taiwan Brief: The Taiwan Territorial Defense Force needs you
In this part two, I go way beyond the original proposal for a territorial defence force featuring armed “young men and women”, and explore whole-of-society needs and requirements and propose further c...
27 Apr 20229min
