Did identity politics simply disappear in 2016 elections? Not so. But we do see a change in Taiwan's political landscape as reflected in the lack of overt forms of identity politics in elections...
Compared to other countries not only in the region, but across the world, Taiwan has a surprisingly high voting age. But calls for lowering the voting age have been stymied. Why?...
A recent video uploaded by the KMT on Facebook focuses on the idea of intergenerational conflict. Recent events that have occurred in Taiwan, mostly issues that rose out of the Sunflower Movement led by students, are framed in the ad as an attack against those of the older generation. Why would the KMT attempt to provoke intergenerational conflict?...
The two and a half hours of the first presidential candidate debate took place on December 27th. Given that polling shows Eric Chu and James Soong lag far behind Tsai Ing-wen, good faith and a miracle would be needed to assume the debate would turn the tables at all. So, unsurprisingly, this debate was largely empty talk....
We might cross-examine the vice presidential candidates of the DPP, KMT, and PFP, who have been labelled by netizens as the "Knight", the "Fairy", and the "Cult Leader" respectively...
James Soong recently draw controversy after an ad lashing out at DPP and KMT presidential candidates Tsai Ing-Wen and Hung Hsiu-Chu on the basis of their both being unmarried women. Can we draw broader implications?...