Cross-Strait Liberalization of Aviation: The Case of Kinmen

By Julie Yu-Wen Chen, Department of Asian Studies, Palacky University, Czech Republic & Ying Lee, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, USA. This article first appeared on the China Institute Policy Blog. In early December, DPP presidential candidate Tsai Ing-Wen made a campaign stop in Kinmen, an outlying island geographically close to China that …

Family across the Taiwan Strait: One Country? Certainly Two Stories

By Flair Shi, Studying Comparative Literature (MA) at University College London, Graduate of the School of English University of Nottingham Ningbo, BA in English Language and Literature. Every year at the beginning of October mainland China sees the sudden proliferation of nationalistic TV shows across the country, featuring grand ceremonies often involving flowers, flapping pigeons …