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In late 2022, Taiwan held its every four years mid-term election that was comprised of almost all of its local electoral contests; the ruling Democratic Progressive Party lost. President Tsai Ing-wen was blamed for the defeat for having focused excessively on tension with China while ignoring local problems. She was also seen to depend too much on the Biden administration’s China’s policy. After the election, observers predicted the election would give the opposition Nationalist Party (or Kuomintang, KMT) momentum to win the national presidential, vice-presidential and legislative election in January 2024. Subsequent events and polls, however, indicated a close contest.

There are around 7,000 languages in the world. Some experts say the number is larger; others, lower. All languages are being challenged by modernization and globalization such that their futures [...]

Introduction One of my family's legends (unverified) was that my great-grandfather invented the coin-operated newspaper-vending machine. He never patented it, however, so watching the gradual disappearance of this sturdy, useful [...]

In his address, the Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee has put forth the views and thoughts of Neocons, a new force in American politics. Neocons believe that Asia is a priority as compared to Europe.

Denny Roy. Taiwan: A Political History. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2003. 255 pp. Hardcover $49.95, ISBN 0-8014-4070-X. Paperback $18.95, ISBN 0-8014-8805-2. Taiwan: A Political History is precisely what the [...]

In this article, the author assesses the current status of Taiwan’s two main political parties focusing on the Democratic Progress Party’s (DPP) current popularity and its ruling party status and the Kuomintang’s (KMT) feelings of defeatism and malaise. Lack of party unity is a big factor. So are recent laws that handicap the KMT. Thus, it appears the KMT will do poorly in the upcoming election in late 2022. However, the situation may be different in 2024. The KMT has time to fix its problems while other factors suggest certain trends may operate to its advantage.

In the address delivered to the U.S.-China People's Friendship Association John F. Copper has highlighted China's current economic situation and its economic growth from 1979-1990. He believes that global capitalism will give China an opportunity to grow as the West and with its tremendous work ethic, China will no doubt continue to grow and grow impressively.

The article presents a speech by John F. Copper, Stanley Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies (Emeritus), delivered at the Annual Meeting of the U.S.-China People's Friendship Association, Washington, D.C. on April 22, 2016. Topics of the speech included the insight of Copper on the investment diplomacy and foreign aid of China, its challenge and threat, and its booming economy.

US China and US Taiwan policies in the first half-year plus of the Biden administration saw relations with China deteriorate and improve with Taiwan. This furthered trends of the Trump presidency and appeared to push the United States closer to a war with China. The author also looks at the power relationship between the two countries and President Biden’s desperate efforts to gather allies against China, making it a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism.

The results of the December 3 local elections of Taiwan are reviewed. An appraisal of the defeat of President Chen Shuibian's Democratic Progressive Party by Kuomintang is presented.

Voters in Taiwan proved the political analysts wrong once again when they gave a marginal victory to the pan-blue alliance of rightists parties - the KMT, People First Party and New Party. Though the election outcome is being interpreted as a rejection of President Chen Shui-bian and his pro-independence leanings, the fact is that Taiwan's democracy is heading towards the two-party system rather rapidly.

Few observers notice that Beijing and Taipei espouse virtually identical policies vis-à-vis the South China Sea. When they do they see it as ironic, the two being mutually hostile. There are good reasons for this: Taipei’s claims bolster Beijing’s. They arguably support one-China. Taiwan’s military leaders see their position alone as unenforceable. Taiwan’s government and residents resent the UN’s demeaning attitude and exclusion of Taiwan from involvement.

This article assesses the status of theories of Taiwan’s election winners and losers, looking at the 2020 campaign and the election results. Both seemed to prove the pendulum (alternating party) theory. But the evidence was weak, mainly coincidental, while other constructs and ideas played a major role.

Presents the text of a speech given by John F. Cooper, a professor of international studies at Rhodes College in Tennessee, on August 20, 2003, which deals with the influence of neo-conservatives on the policy of the U.S. towards East Asia. Description of neo-conservatives; Discussion on the disconnect between classical liberalism and modern liberalism; Criticisms from neo-conservatives against liberals and the United Nations.

Presents a speech by John F. Copper, a professor of International Studies at Rhodes College, delivered at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri on April 21, 2001. Taiwan's views of the United States China policy and reasons why these views should not be disregarded; Taiwan's various ethnic groups and political system; Democratization of Taiwan; Need for the U.S. to guarantee Taiwan's right to decide its own future.

This article assesses the Donald J Trump administration’s pursuit of closer relations with Taiwan beginning in March 2018, which some observers labelled as “playing the Taiwan card”. The US trade dispute with China was the backdrop. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and her party exaggerated the significance of this as they head towards an election in January 2020. It was uncertain, however, how lasting US policies might be and if the trend would continue if and when the trade war ended.

Presents a speech by John F. Copper, professor of International Studies, delivered at a U.S. Office of Personnel Management Conference, March 14, 1990. The Pacific Rim which is the biggest part of Asia and the most dynamic; Conceptualization of the Pacific Rim; Japan's enormous financial strength; Failure of communism in Asia; U.S. relations with the Pacific Rim.

Speech by John F. Copper, The Stanley J. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee delivered at the Annual Conference of the Asian-Pacific Interparliamentary Union in Taipei, Taiwan on July 26, 1984. US East Asia policy changed drastically in 1969, with the end of postwar policy of containment. The US must now resist protectionism and compete with the dynamic countries of the Pacific, while cooperating with the Western Pacific countries. Foreign policy; History; Importance; Economics.

Presents speech by a professor of International Studies at Rhodes College, given before the Sixth International Symposium on China on November 8, 1997, dealing with the foreign relations of the United States with China.

When Deng Xiaoping assumed the mantle of political power in 1978, he set in motion reforms that significantly changed China. Maoist China had been communist, totalitarian, egalitarian, and poor. Deng's [...]

After former President George Bush sold F-16 fighters to Taiwan in 1992, high-ranking Chinese military officers demanded that Party Secretary Jiang Zemin put an end to 'tolerance and forbearance toward [...]

Shelley Rigger. Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy. London: Routledge, 1999. ix, 229 pp. Paperback $29.95, ISBN 0-415-17209-8. Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy is a well-researched, well-written, and perceptive [...]

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION It may surprise some when I say that Taiwan's widely reported and in many ways very important presidential election held on March 18 did little or nothing [...]

Presents a speech by John F. Copper, given before the World Affairs Council, dealing with the issue of the triangular relationship between the United States, China, and Taiwan and their conflicting opinions. The democratization of Taiwan and the United States' role in assisting it; The Tiananmen Massacre of 1989 and the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1996; Beijings's policies for Taiwan; United States President Bill Clinton's 1998 trip to China; Call for agreement and patience from the US, China, and Taiwan.

Presents a speech by John F. Copper, professor of International Studies, delivered at the Second International Symposium on China in Indiana on March 4, 1989. Political reform in Taiwan; Reasons behind the land reform in Taiwan during the 1950s; Relationship of Taiwan with the U.S.

The article presents the text of a speech by emeritus professor John F. Cooper, delivered at the Annual Meeting of the U.S.-China People's Friendship Association in Washington, D.C. on April 22, 2016. Topics of the speech included the strained relations between the U.S. and China, China's shift towards relying on the domestic economy for growth, and opposition to actions by China in the South China Sea. Also mentioned were complaints over cyber attacks on the U.S. by China.

Taiwan has long been a source of conflict between China and the United States. It has just held a critical election, won by the Democratic Progressive Party that stands for Taiwan’s independence. China is undergoing profound changes in its economy and politics. The United States is seriously at odds with China on a number of issues. All of this adds up to a China-US confrontation or worse.

Observers saw US “pivot” to Asia announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2011 as a strategic policy to balance China's rise. But the Obama administration denied this, making the goals of the pivot unclear. President Obama added an economic element to the pivot with the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This complicated the pivot. Defence spending, needed to make it work, was cut. Currently it is difficult to discern where the pivot stands.

Lee Teng-Hui called for relations with China to be as nation-to-nation, a surprise to both China and the United States. The lame-duck president did the right thing, despite the position in which he put the United States.

Suggests the need for the United States and China to find mutual interests, like trade to ensure peace and stability in Asia. Evidence of the deterioration in relations between the two countries; Claims of China that the United States is a hegemonic nation; Steps to repair the United States relations with China.

Presents a speech delivered by John F. Copper at the Conference on the Taiwan Relations Act at the Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona on November 9, 1995.