Michael Danielsen - Taiwan Corner

According to this, Puma Shen up massively in Taipei. Still struggling to believe that news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

Event: Why does Taiwan matter to Europe? Explore its local elections with Dafydd Fell, @brianhioe.bsky.social & Courtney Donovan Smith. Join Taiwan Corner online or in person in Copenhagen, 24 Oct, 12:30–15:30. Tickets required. billetto.dk/en/e/why-tai...

"Review: Green Party Taiwan: The First Thirty Years" by @brianhioe.bsky.social

Interesting read on a possible missiles port blockade of Taiwan by China that Taiwan may not be fully prepared for. The article questions if the planned money handout to the Taiwanese is the right use of money. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

A must read on Taiwan's real threat by @michaelturton.bsky.social : www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Just wondering whether the drone budget reversal signals a broader shift by the KMT and TPP toward greater responsibility as we head toward the January 2028 election. It will be interesting to observe. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

Referendum on canning as a punishment will display Taiwan as a backwards country in the international media despite all the high tech. Maybe this is the purpose by the KMT? Are you proud? www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

What a circus KMT and TPP have performed with this political theater about drone and defense budget serving absolutely no purpose. This is not a responsible opposition approving the government budget after a pointless political show. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

I wonder when the electorate will send a signal to the KMT and TPP: being critical is easy, but endlessly cutting without taking responsibility is not responsible opposition. And the choice is not simply DPP. E.g. Taiwan Go Go and independents are alternatives too. newbloommag.net/2026/07/24/k...

Taiwan needs greater international visibility including through cultural promotion. Yet as China pressures Taiwan on multiple fronts, the KMT wants to cut the Ministry of Culture’s budget. Objectively, this is the wrong time to weaken Taiwan’s voice abroad. www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...

I tend to suspect the government will try to drag its feet on the issue, but one can observe civil society groups trying to use the threat of the ethnic unity law as leverage to push for measures that Taiwan should long have had www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Interesting contrast in Kaohsiung: the DPP offers a broader, more abstract message to young people, while the KMT is more concrete on incentives. In politics, specificity helps. www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6398893

Focus Taiwan: Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council criticises China for ‘glorifying violence’ after attack on Japanese commentator in Taichung – ‘by describing it as an act motivated by “righteous indignation.”’

Xinhua: China and Russia to hold ‘Joint Sea-2026’ naval exercise and maritime patrol this month – ‘Following the exercise, some forces from both sides will conduct a joint maritime patrol in relevant areas of the Pacific Ocean, the ministry said in a statement.’

Is there a grown up in Taiwan's opposition? China is threatening Taiwan and drones are key to defense. Why play political games with drone budget? An opposition shall be critical against the DPP but also constructive. Interesting to see voters reaction in 2028. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

KMT decides caning referendum is back on the agenda! Due to Cheng Li-wun changing her mind www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Taiwan Go Go Alliance may become an important force in Taiwan’s upcoming elections by offering a real, more left-leaning alternative to the existing parties. With the New Power Party included, this is worth watching. A must read. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Yes, one of Taiwan's important challenges. Birthrate and associated policies and cultural issues. www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6387208

If Taiwan and China move closer to a deal, what exactly does the KMT think will happen next? The details matter. We shall ask for answers. Great read @michaelturton.bsky.social www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Glad for at have en artikel om Taiwans historie og vej til demokrati i @historielaerer.dk blad Noter. Artiklen følger Taiwan fra 1600-tallet til i dag og giver et overblik over de vigtigste historiske begivenheder. Og fortæller om vejen til Taiwans demokrati. historielaerer.dk/noter-249-oe...

Nyt nummer af Noter, nr 249: Østasien I dette nummer af Noter retter vi blikket mod verden uden for Europa med udgangspunkt i Østasien. En del har sikkert prøvet kræfter med at undervise i Kinas historie,...

No need to add more. www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6381760

Nifty Overview of the birth rate crisis in Taiwan. Misses a few points, but withal pretty comprehensive. taiwan.md/en/society/t...

Concerning if this is practice for a quarantine or blockade www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

So the government is just going to seek the death penalty any time a new social issue comes up? Ridiculous www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Easier for Chinese nationals to get elected in Taiwan? Whatever the details, the direction suggested by the KMT is simply wrong for any country not only considering the threats from China, but from a basic national perspective. KMT wants to be in government? www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

It is not only the U.S. Navy sailing through the Taiwan Strait. On June 5, a Dutch frigate also passed through. This is another signal that the Strait is an international waterway. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Neutral toward China when China is pressuring? Some Taiwanese seems less worried. A neutral perception of China is held by 47% among KMT supporters and 41.7% around TPP. For the government DPP the same number is 12,3%. Interesting for Taiwan’s political future. www.brookings.edu/articles/how...

Interesting. Taiwan’s exports have dropped 40% since 2022 if we take out semiconductors and AI. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Probable that China is aiming to discourage reporting on Taiwan this way, in suggesting this is a red line that international media will face reprisals over if they report on Taiwan

The world must understand: Taiwanese do not want to be part of China. They have rejected China’s “one country, two systems” for more than 20 years. Who wants to be a part of China? EU, USA, Japan or South Korea? www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6372444

Seriously KMT? Should Taiwan go back to the Middle Ages? Taiwan's opposition party KMT proposes canning as punishment in Taiwan for certain criminal offenses. Suggested to be put to a referendum. That would certainly put Taiwan on the front pages around the world www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

On defense, Europe’s reaction to the U.S. is to start preparing ourselves. Taiwan’s opposition parties seem not to understand, or be willing to accept, that Taiwan’s defense depends on self-reliance too. See the defense budget. And this is in an uncertain world. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

Våbensalg til Taiwan med forsinkelser er ikke nyt. Sket under Bush og Obama. Kina og USA har spillet det spil længe. Trump er anderledes direkte over for Taiwan, NATO, EU, Grønland. Derfor er USA for mange utroværdig Læs historie af @michaelturton.bsky.social www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Taiwan er andet end problemer med Kina. Er præsidentvalgkampen i Taiwan startet tidligt med nye indenrigspolitiske tiltag som støtte til børnefamilier? Der er meget at vinde indenrigspolitisk. DPP får travlt hvis det skal lykkedes uanset om det er om to år www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

They will probably wait with Taiwan in WHO to 2028 in case KMT win the presidency like when President Ma was elected.

At Trump vil tale Taiwans præsident Lai kan styrke Taiwan, som Kina har haft held med at udstille som et problem,men kan også blive et cirkus efterfølgende afhængig af Trump. Han nævner et Taiwanproblem men betyder ikke, at Taiwan er problemet. Der er et problem www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

Worth a read: www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...

Will Trump speak with President Lai, as he suggested? Trump said so many different things last week that there now seems to be something for everyone and plenty for Taiwan-watchers to debate. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Mainland Affairs Council warns of rising drone threat, KMT calls for cutting budget on drones, anti-drone capability www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Trump vil tale med Taiwans præsident om våbensalg. Virkelig? Han vil have Taiwans chipproduktion flyttet til USA. Ikke glad for uafhænighed. USA's udenrigsminister og Trump: USA politik er uændret. Det er som det plejer. Se på handlinger ikke ord #dkmedier www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05...

At the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, I told CNA that Taiwan should no longer see itself as a “small nation,” but should confidently and repeatedly assert its significance on the world stage as a big industrial nation. I get tired talking about shared value alone. www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/20...

Really? Happy? Extreme low birthdate, low income, long working hours, low number of holidays etc. etc. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

I guess this shows how deeply spit the KMT still is on defense spending

I 2024 ramte en teknologisk revolution den iranske hær. Den kom i form af en kinesisk spionsatellit, der blev solgt til præstestyret.  Nu er satellitten sat i forbindelse med angreb på amerikanske baser viser afsløring fra @financialtimes.com www.berlingske.dk/internationa...

Sydkorea har fjernet brugen af Kina (Taiwan) på deres e-ankomstkort efter pres fra Taiwan. Danmark har ikke rykket sig endnu www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6338713

The real question is how Taiwanese voters will respond in the autumn elections and in 2028. Shall KMT adjust? Today, KMT says to the Taiwanese: One China and oppose Taiwan independence.KMT has majority in the parliament together with the loyal Taiwan's people's party newbloommag.net/2026/04/10/c...

The PLA really has no idea what it's doing, hm? Air incursions have basically increased from Day 1 of Cheng's trip until now and are at the highest immediately after Cheng's meeting with Xi. Really throws water onto the KMT narrative of being able to dial back tensions

Great comment and perspective on the visit to China by KMT chair Cheng Li-wun by @michaelturton.bsky.social www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Taiwan har frataget visse privilegier for danske diplomatiske ansatte i Taiwan fordi Danmark giver taiwanere i Danmark nationalitet Kina. Nul EU-lande gør det og den praksis strider mod Danmarks ét-Kina politik. Trist at to demokratiske nationer er kommet her til www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...