Dr Saša Istenič Kotar's lecture on "Taiwan: prospects and uncertainty"

Centenary of the University of Ljubljana : EARL's series of public lectures

Every first and third Wednesday of the month at 17:00
from April to May 2019 and
from October 2019 to January 2020.

 
Fourth lecture: 

22 May 2019 at 16:00 in lecture room 08 (EARL, FDV).

 
Dr Saša Istenič Kotar

Taiwan: prospects and uncertainty

After seven decades of coexistence and intense cultural and economic integration, the governments in Beijing and Taipei are still as far away each other as the North and South Poles. While for the Beijing government, Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the government of the Republic of China (ROC) regards Taiwan as a fully independent and sovereign state. The Taiwanese reject China’s aspirations and the regime of the Communist Party, and proudly identify themselves as Taiwanese. The PRC’s growing international influence, however, is visibly reducing Taiwan’s room to manoeuvre.