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Taiwan democracy
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![Taiwan’s Democracy Is Utterly Confounded by Populist Mayor Han Kuo-yu Taiwan’s Democracy Is Utterly Confounded by Populist Mayor Han Kuo-yu](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18328531429517.jpg)
Taiwan’s Democracy Is Utterly Confounded by Populist Mayor Han Kuo-yu
By Nick Aspinwall
The controversial Kaohsiung mayor, now a presidential frontrunner, was never supposed to make it this far. It’s an increasingly familiar story.
![A Visual Dialogue of the 2014 Sunflower Movement, 5 Years Later A Visual Dialogue of the 2014 Sunflower Movement, 5 Years Later](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-openshaw5.jpg)
A Visual Dialogue of the 2014 Sunflower Movement, 5 Years Later
By James X. Morris
An exhibit in Taipei relives the energy and optimism of the Sunflower protests through photography.
![How Direct Democracy Went Nuclear in Taiwan How Direct Democracy Went Nuclear in Taiwan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18070303461926.jpg)
How Direct Democracy Went Nuclear in Taiwan
By Nick Aspinwall
A contentious vote on Taiwan’s nuclear future showed how the country’s public referendums went haywire.
![How President Xi Jinping Is Misreading Taiwan How President Xi Jinping Is Misreading Taiwan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-31344756118_59575f1437_k.jpg)
How President Xi Jinping Is Misreading Taiwan
By Gerrit van der Wees
Xi's January 2 remarks betrayed three fundamental misunderstandings of the Taiwan situation.
![Taiwan: The Frontline of the Disinformation Wars Taiwan: The Frontline of the Disinformation Wars](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-night-market-1714683_1280.jpg)
Taiwan: The Frontline of the Disinformation Wars
By Nick Aspinwall
Shaken by a recent viral falsehood, Taiwan’s online ecosystem is repairing its democratic defense mechanisms.
![Facing Chinese Pressure, Taiwan’s President Tsai Seeks ‘Survival Niche’ Facing Chinese Pressure, Taiwan’s President Tsai Seeks ‘Survival Niche’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-31344756118_59575f1437_k.jpg)
Facing Chinese Pressure, Taiwan’s President Tsai Seeks ‘Survival Niche’
By Shannon Tiezzi
Tsai Ing-wen promises to stay the course on cross-strait relations, while pursuing “values-based diplomacy” abroad.
![Foreign Laborers and Taiwan’s Evolving Democracy Foreign Laborers and Taiwan’s Evolving Democracy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-09_15-03-24.jpg)
Foreign Laborers and Taiwan’s Evolving Democracy
By Tabatha Anderson
Taiwan needs to do more to protect the rights of Southeast Asian migrant workers.
![Taiwan's Transition: From Concentration Camps to Democracy Taiwan's Transition: From Concentration Camps to Democracy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-05_18-11-16.jpg)
Taiwan's Transition: From Concentration Camps to Democracy
By Yang Hengjun
Taiwan's transition to a democracy has lessons for mainland China.
![Chiang Ching-kuo, China's Democratic Pioneer Chiang Ching-kuo, China's Democratic Pioneer](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-12-09_21-04-38.jpg)
Chiang Ching-kuo, China's Democratic Pioneer
By Yang Hengjun
Chiang Ching-kuo was a rare dictator who willingly initiated a peaceful transition to democracy.
‘Today’s Hong Kong, Tomorrow’s Taiwan?’ Nope, the Other Way Around.
By Charles I-hsin Chen
They have completely different backgrounds, but there are lessons for Hong Kong in Taiwan.
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