Taiwan re-elects Pres. Tsai Ing-wen — by another landslide!

Tsai Ing-wen & Trista di Genova-CHANG

Political Beats

January 31, 2020October 16, 2021 Trista di Genova 0 Comment cross-strait ties, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, KMT in Taiwan, Lee teng-hui, ma ying-jeou, Taiwan history, Taiwan politics, Tsai Ing-wen, White Terror

Tsai’s entire career trajectory could be described as a ‘Rampage of Firsts’, shattering glass ceilings as she rose through the ranks of Taiwan society By Trista di Genova-CHANG, The Wild East magazine Foreign observers & Taiwanese alike view Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen as a BIG POSITIVE! That must be why

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'Why Taiwan Matters': A Book Review

Expat literature History

August 14, 2011January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 3 Comments Aboriginal languages, Free China, hokkien, Japanese in Taiwan, KMT in Taiwan, Koxinga 國姓爺, linguistic rectification campaigns, linguistics, Qing history in Taiwan, Taiwan consciousness, Taiwan history, taiwanese language

By Owain Mckimm, Special to The Wild East Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse. Shelly Rigger Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (29 April 2011) ISBN: 978-1442204799 Pages 232 (Hardcover) Why Taiwan Matters is a strange title for a book. No one would write a book called Why America Matters, because

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