Taiwan Archive

  • An uneven illumination of statehood struggles (Global Asia review of Palestine, Taiwan, and Western Sahara)

    An uneven illumination of statehood struggles (Global Asia review of Palestine, Taiwan, and Western Sahara)

    The following review appeared in the December 2023 issue of Global Asia. QUESTIONS OF STATE sovereignty, in the modern sense, begin in the late 16th century with the French political philosopher Jean Bodin’s masterpiece Six Books of the Commonwealth. In the following century, the English thinker Thomas Hobbes produced perhaps the defining work on sovereign power, Leviathan. […]

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  • Getting serious on ESG in overseas operations

    Getting serious on ESG in overseas operations

    The following article appeared in the December issue of Taiwan Business TOPICS, the magazine of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan. On October 31, a group assembled at an industrial plant in Point Comfort, Texas, to protest an ongoing horror story. Led by activist Diane Wilson, representatives of the International Monitor Formosa Alliance (IMFA) […]

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  • Taiwanese companies leverage AI to boost Vietnamese manufacturing

    Taiwanese companies leverage AI to boost Vietnamese manufacturing

    The following article appeared in the December issue of Taiwan Business TOPICS, the magazine of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan.  Taiwanese entrepreneurs had been exploring opportunities in Vietnam long before discussions about a “China Plus One” strategy of minimof Commerce in Taiwan izing supply chain dependency on China by diversifying sourcing emerged among […]

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  • A tale of three contested states (Taipei Times review of Palestine, Taiwan and Western Sahara)

    A tale of three contested states (Taipei Times review of Palestine, Taiwan and Western Sahara)

    The following book review appeared in Taipei Times on December 14. When this book was published in July, few could have foreseen the resurgence of violence in Gaza. The Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 and Israel’s reprisals have rendered the dim prospects of long-term peace even fainter. With the death toll accelerating at a terrifying […]

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  • Albania, China, and Taiwan: a history of tangled relations

    Albania, China, and Taiwan: a history of tangled relations

    The following article appeared on the New Lens’ website today. Albanian perceptions of Taiwan, where they exist, are hazy. Parku Rinia (Youth Park) in downtown Tirana is a testament to this. Close to Skanderbeg Square – with its equestrian monument to the Albanian national hero – this green space in downtown Tirana is labeled “Taiwan […]

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  • Cameron’s Beijing connections

    Cameron’s Beijing connections

    The following op-ed appeared in today’s Taipei Times: The recent return of former British prime minister David Cameron to frontline politics was a surprise to many. As part of a British Cabinet reshuffle, Cameron was appointed secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who concurrently bestowed a life […]

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  • Taiwan’s elections: same old difference?

    Taiwan’s elections: same old difference?

    The following article appeared in today’s Taipei Times.  The announcement on Wednesday of a joint-ticket between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) for January’s presidential election, surprised many. With TPP Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) insisting on public polling to determine whether he or KMT candidate Ho You-yi (侯友宜) would lead […]

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  • Tracking Taiwan’s modern development (Taipei Times review of A Century of Development in Taiwan)

    Tracking Taiwan’s modern development (Taipei Times review of A Century of Development in Taiwan)

    The following book review appeared in Taipei Times on November 9, 2023. It’s no fun beginning a review with an extended whinge; but it’s not often that an academic work is so plagued with errors as to make one wince and mutter in exasperation within the first few pages. Many are basic grammatical mistakes — […]

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  • By design: will expo help New Taipei City emerge from the smog?

    By design: will expo help New Taipei City emerge from the smog?

    The following article appeared in the October issue of Taiwan Business TOPICS, the magazine of the American Chamber of Commerce.  Design is not the first thing most people would associate with New Taipei City. Some of the districts in this special municipality, which was formed in 2010 from the contiguous townships and cities surrounding Taipei, […]

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  • Homeward bound: The remarkable career of Ho Te-lai

    Homeward bound: The remarkable career of Ho Te-lai

    The following article appeared in today’s Taipei Times. This piece was very personal to me as it is about my children’s great-great-granduncle – a painter who has only really started to gain the recognition he deserves (at least in Taiwan) over the last 30 years. Many hours of research went into this over a course of […]

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