Taiwan: a young democracy under geo-political pressures

Keynote lecture: A look inside: Taiwanese in a time of cross-strait crisis

DATE: Thursday, October 31, 2023
TIME: 5 PM CET
LOCATION: Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Theatersaal, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, 1010 Vienna and via live stream 

With tensions escalating in the Taiwan Strait, the Taiwanese people realize they are caught in the middle of global geopolitical rivalry. The Western media tend to focus on either Western or Chinese perspectives. How do Taiwanese feel about the situation? What debates are emerging among local elites? How do ordinary people like farmers and fishermen perceive and respond to the evolving circumstances?

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Taiwan: a young democracy under geo-political pressures