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Research Budget Overhaul, Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Facing The Fear Factor In Taiwan Election, Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Facing The Fear Factor In Taiwan Election, Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Chiehwen Ed Hsu
After observing recent legislative and presidential elections in Taiwan, members of the independent International Election Observation Mission have concluded that the elections were largely “free, yet partially unfair” (“Elections ‘free, partly unfair,’ watchdog says,” Jan. 16, page 1), citing several structural problems (eg, vote-buying, misuse of government power, and substantial disparities in party wealth) and extraneous fear factors (ie, undue influence exerted by the US and China under the myth of arguably fictional stability) that posed concerns for and pressures on Taiwan’s democracy, particularly on the freedom and fairness of the choices that Taiwanese voters must take. A case in …
Taiwanese American Identity In The U.S. Census. Taipei Times., Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Taiwanese American Identity In The U.S. Census. Taipei Times., Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Chiehwen Ed Hsu
The U.S. Census announced that close to a quarter million Taiwan expatriates self identified as 'Taiwanese' in the Census 2010, nearly doubling the figure from a decade ago, with most Taiwanese community so identified in the state of California, New York and Texas. Both politically and substantively significant, the statistic does not only suggest a concerted self identity of Taiwanese expatriates, but also signals an expanded health and social service needs of this growing community to be met. The growing number of self-identifying Taiwanese in the U.S. is politically important, as the increased constituents of Taiwanese Americans representing an even …