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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 view like this can provide insight into Taiwanese life and culture. In a word, the “process” of T...

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 enough politically “on the ground” to really get democracy and liberal policies moving around the w...

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