A recent cabinet reshuffle by the Tsai administration likely indicates hopes by the Tsai administration to improve its public image in the lead-up to 2018 local elections. In particular, where changes in cabinet officials have occurred in areas in which the Tsai administration had previously seen criticisms...
Recent comments by current DPP general-secretary Joseph Wu recently stirred waves. Wu stated the incoming DPP government under Tsai Ing-Wen will preserve the spirit of cooperation of the 1992 Consensus. What is surprising about Wu’s comments is that the DPP has in the past never acknowledged the existence of the 1992 Consensus...