Campaigns in Taiwan’s elections are raucous, but highly-organized, affairs: from caravans that trawl the streets blaring slogans and music, to election tents pitched by the roadside, to massive nighttime rallies that fill public squares.
For all of my family who identified themselves as Minnan Han Chinese all their lives, to find out that their own grandmother was actually an indigenous, I wonder how they would react…
This week, the focus in Taiwan is on the possible change of KMT presidential candidate from Hung to Chu. In the world, the UN General Assembly wraps up and TPP negotiations conclude.
The AIIB debate presented to the Taiwanese civil society, for the first time, a new kind of puzzle: “What should Taiwan do when China engages in multilateral action that affects more than just cross straits relations?”
