Minitrue Plus Five: March 7, 2020 – TV Dramas, Taiwan Elections, Gratitude Education, Diamond Princess, Hotel Collapse
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central...
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China Censors Discussion of Lai Ching-Te’s Inauguration, Plays Down Taiwan Protests
On Monday, May 20, Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party was inaugurated the president of Taiwan. Lai’s election in January was met with dismay by the Chinese government, which views Lai and the DPP as separatist...
Taiwanese Election Weathers Chinese Influence Efforts
Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost its legislative majority in the country’s general election on Saturday, but its presidential candidate Lai Ching-te was elected with 40 percent of the vote. Chinese...
The Historical Nihil-list: Cyberspace Administration Targets Top Ten Deviations From Approved History
Since his ascension to the top of the Party in 2012, Xi Jinping has shown little tolerance for “historical nihilism,” a catch-all term for critical appraisals of the Party’s rise and rule. The Party made a concerted push to...
Minitrue Diary, March 7, 2020: TV Dramas, Taiwan Elections, Gratitude Education, Diamond Princess, Hotel Collapse
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
‘The Eight Hundred’ Cancels Its China Release
It has been confirmed that the war film “The Eight Hundred” will no longer be released...
Taiwan’s DPP Electoral Losses a Win for Beijing
In what observers see as a win for China, Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen resigned this weekend as...
The Lonely Struggle of Lee Ching-yu
At The New York Review of Books, Richard Bernstein focuses on Lee Ching-yu, whose husband,...
Taiwan: Military Exercises and Mutual Interest
While Taiwan’s new President-elect Tsai Ing-wen faced the invasion of her Facebook page this...
Taiwan Votes
[Updated at 23:36 PST on Jan 17, 2016: Tsai Ing-wen won a landslide victory to become...
China and Taiwan’s Leaders Meet in Singapore
Badiucao marks the surprise meeting between Chinese and Taiwanese presidents Xi Jinping and Ma...
What If Chiang Kai-shek Had Won?
Everyone knows that Chiang Kai-shek lost the Chinese Civil War. What The Economist presupposes is:...
Xi to Meet With Head of Taiwan’s Governing Party
The New York Times’ Austin Ramzy reports that President Xi Jinping will be meeting with Eric...
Impact of Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement Endures
In March of last year, student protesters occupied Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan in opposition...
KMT Loss Raises Fears That China Ties Will Sour
Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) Party, who has been forging closer ties with mainland China over...
Minitrue: Taiwan Elections
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Beijing Eyes Taiwan Vote
With Taiwanese voters electing some 11,000 officials at various levels of local government on...
Why “Taiwan’s Mid-terms” are Worth Watching
At the University of Nottingham’s China Policy Institute Blog, Michael Thim offers three...
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