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• TTaiwan Insight2026-10-15✓ Read

  LIBERTY SQUARE REVISITED: THE WILD LILY MOVEMENT AND TAIWAN’S DEMOCRATIC CRISIS

  Written by Vasja Hafner. This article argues that the Wild Lily Movement not only created repertoires that have been repeatedly reused in subsequent movements, using occupation of public space as the primary way to articulate democratic legitimacy, but also helped create a structural gap in the constitutional architecture. The same protest repertoire is now being used to contest the institutional order.Continue reading

  
• TTaiwan Insight2026-10-13✓ Read

  A Taiwan School of Music? Rethinking Identity, Politics, and Aesthetics

  Written by Min-Erh Wang. This article examines the conceptualisation of a "Taiwan School of Music" within contemporary musicology. Exploring the intersection of music, postcolonial agency, and identity, the author critiques state-driven cultural hegemony while advocating for a bottom-up, pluralistic framework. Using strategic essentialism, the project offers an open acoustic space to express Taiwan's distinct democratic identity.Continue reading

  
• TTaiwan Insight2026-10-09✓ Read

  How to Explain Cross-strait Relations

  Written by Frédéric Krumbein. This article introduces a five-theory framework to analyse cross-strait relations. By evaluating historical decisions, economic integration, identity shifts, and security dynamics, the author provides a comprehensive analytical toolkit to map future trajectories for Taiwan-China relations across varying degrees of political salience.Continue reading

  
• TTaiwan Insight2026-10-08✓ Read

  From ‘Compatriots’ to Coercion: How Cross-Strait Relations Have Changed

  Written by Simona A. Grano. The author explores the shifting dynamics of cross-Strait relations, tracing Beijing’s strategy from historical "letters to compatriots" to modern grey-zone coercion. She highlights how China’s unification rhetoric increasingly clashes with Taiwan's democratic identity, creating an environment where political messaging, military posture, and strategic coercion closely align.Continue reading

  

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