Monthly Archives: December 2018

Tsai’s gloom and doom in numbers Taiwanese media at the end of 2018 after the November 24, 2018, local nine-in-one election and the overwhelming defeat of the candidates of the Democratic Progressive Party is now full of gloom and doom, … Continue reading →

“What do you take Taiwan for?” A female political commentator sobbed and cried on a political talk show on Taiwanese television asking president Tsai Ing-wen:  “What do you take Taiwan for?  What do you take the Taiwanese people for?” She … Continue reading →

Post electoral sentiment of the Taiwanese Tsai Ing-wen has lost her way According to a December 12-14, 2018, survey of 1,072 responses, satisfaction with Tsai Ing-wen is at 19% and dissatisfaction with her is at 66.8%.  Only 22.4% support her … Continue reading →

Taiwan’s post election poll Taiwan’s Global Views Monthly magazine conducted a post election poll of 1,045 responses on December 6-10, 2018. It shows that 48.8% of Taiwanese have a favorable view of the Chinese mainland and 16.8% have an unfavorable … Continue reading →

Speculative journalism Taiwan’s presidential election is now 13 months away, and speculation as to the candidates are now emerging.  The Democratic Progressive Party is expected to field either Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文 for reelection to a second term or former Tainan … Continue reading →

Taiwan’s new public will The November 24, 2018, nine-in-one local election and referendum results show that there is a new public will among the Taiwanese voters. (1)  The Taiwanese voters no longer accept the ideological manipulation and political correctness defined … Continue reading →

Why Taiwanese loathe Tsai and her DPP It is said that the largest political “party” on Taiwan now is the “loathers of the Democratic Progressive Party”. Taiwanese commentators have listed the following aspects of Tsai Ing-wen and her government officials … Continue reading →

Word of the year 2018 is “Flip” The Chinese character is 翻。 翻 means to “flip”, to “turn over”.  The words of the years 2013 to 2018 seem to follow an evolutionary path culminating in a political grassroots revolution, rejecting … Continue reading →