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• The Left (Taiwan)

  Viewing Taiwan From the Left

  10 January 2020, by HAACK Michael, HIOE Brian, LIN Kevin

  Taiwanese voters are going to the polls tomorrow for presidential elections as protests continue to rage in Hong Kong. But in order to understand Taiwan, we have to understand the power of China — and the looming shadow of US imperialism.
  On Saturday, voters in Taiwan will go to the polls (...)

• The Left (Taiwan)

  Taiwan Left, independentists, unificationists and radicals – Taiwan’s democracy, self-determination and the socialist project

  November 2014, by WAN Poe Yu-ze

  Both inside and outside Taiwan, the research on Taiwan’s democratization has been overwhelmingly dominated by Western liberal discourses. In the mainstream liberal view, to the extent that the “most powerful collective decision makers are selected through fair, honest, and periodic elections (...)