Taiwan Communiqué no. 155, February / March 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• A historic victory
  • Madame President Tsai Ing-wen
  • Reasons for the political shift
  • How is this changing the political landscape?


• A landslide in the Legislative Yuan
  • The DPP wins 68 seats
  • The Chinese Nationalists drop from 64 to 35
  • Third parties: the NPP success story
  • A greener and younger legislature
  • What will be on the legislative agenda?


• A window of opportunity
  • Leaving the "1992 Consensus" behind
  • Tsai Ing-wen's Liberty Times interview
  • A more sustainable cross-Strait relation
  • A recalibration of US policy on Taiwan needed by Gerrit van der Wees

• Report from Washington
  • Susan Thornton testifies before the HCFA
  • New Project2049 report on US' Taiwan policy


• In Memoriam
  • Rev. Dr. David G. Gelzer (1919 - 2016)


• Book Review
  • Green Island, by Shawna Yang Ryan


• A farewell to our readers
  • Riding into the sunset