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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Taiwan’s next stage of democracy By David Pendery 潘大為 To borrow from historian Keith Wrightson, society can be viewed as a process. It is never stationary, and even seemingly unchanging structures and institutions possess a blend of stability and dynamism. One of the most challenging tasks in viewing and interpreting society’s development and growth is discerning continuing shifts in its organization and social relations, and from there determining how this affects a commonwealth. A v...

Reach out to the world, Taiwan By David Pendery 潘大為 Taiwan is not truly doing enough to make an impact in the world today. Although it gives substantial aid to a number of countries — primarily its allies, by way of economic, agricultural, business, educational, health and other foreign aid — and it has made an impact with its distribution of health supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic — again principally to allies, and a few other Western nations — this country is not doing eno...

Mark Silverstein is seizing his chance to wedge a foot in the door for free speech.

The flagpole isnt in front of the home in unincorporated Jefferson County. Instead, the pole is mounted in the backyard, where its visible to commuters on Bowles Avenue, one of the major east-west routes in the area. As a result, thousands of people passing by every day see the display: an American flag flying upside down, in the international symbol of distress, over a "Dont Tread on Me" banner. In a neighborhood a mile or two away, a Trump 2020 flag flew alongside the traditional stars and st...

The Whispering Pines community didn't give David Pendery indefinite permission to fly a Pride Flag from his Arapahoe County home. He filed a lawsuit with ACLU.

Against the backdrop of continuing controversy over local homeowners associations trying to prevent residents from displaying flags or signs that support the Black Lives Matter movement, David Pendery is suing the metropolitan district in the Arapahoe County neighborhood where he lives. The suit, filed February 23, argues that the district is violating his constitutional right to fly a Pride flag and post a sign that underscores his familys belief that "Black Lives Matter, Womens Rights Are Hum...

<strong>Is Trump going away soon?</strong> There is talk in the media about whether US President Donald Trump’s supporters will continue to side with him after the recent assault on the US Capitol by mobs of his most ardent (okay, “worst”) allies. That Trump urged these people on his now defunct Twitter account has led to charges of insurgency against the US government, and might end his presidency on a very humble note. Scores of his former supporters have walked out of the g...

Book review: Shining a light on Taiwan David Pendery’s latest book is an excellent, well-informed, balanced and very clearly written look at what makes Taiwan unique By Bradley Winterton / Contributing reporter In Taiwan — A Light in the East David Pendery aims to create “a systematic, relevant and in essence scholarly (if somewhat easygoing and personal) study of important issues and topics in Taiwan.” In my review of an earlier Pendery book, Something Super (the Taipei Times, April...