Caught between two superpowers: Taiwan’s left in an age of US-China tensions
Soundings - ISSN 1362-6620
Volume 2021 Number 79
Caught between two superpowers: Taiwan’s left in an age of US-China tensions
Brian Chee-Shing Hioe pages 24-36
Abstract
Taiwan’s major social movements in the past decade were reacting against the possibility of Taiwan’s democratic freedoms being lost to China or its domestic proxies. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), currently led by Tsai Ing-wen, have challenged the Kuomintang for power, but have not been able to move beyond the binary of for or against independence. The Sunflower movement and ‘Third Force’ parties sought to create a space for left and democratic politics, but this appears to be closing down. The Trumpian figure of Han Kuo-yu has been a major problem for the left. There is no easy way out of these dilemmas in an era characterised by increasing US-China tensions.
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Brian Chee-Shing Hioe (2021) Caught between two superpowers: Taiwan’s left in an age of US-China tensions, Soundings, 2021(79), 24-36