India Foundation organised a roundtable discussion on February 29, 2024 with a visiting delegation from Taiwan which included Chih-yu Shih, Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University; Simon Tengchi CHANG, Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University and Tien-sze Fang, Associate Professor, Center for General Education, and Deputy Director, Center for India Studies, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. The theme of the roundtable was “Taiwan Elections and its Impact on Cross-Strait Relations” and the discussion was chaired by Capt Alok Bansal, Director, India Foundation. The discussion was attended by many dignitaries from various prolific backgrounds.
The elections in Taiwan were held on January 13, 2024 for its presidency and 113–seats legislature. The elections resulted in the victory of William Lai from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the opposition party being the Kuomintang (KMT). The roundtable discussion revolved around the understanding of Taiwan politics and its impact on major powers of South Asia and the United States.
Chih-yu Shih, Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University shared his thoughts from a philosophical perspective about the Taiwanese elections and its impact on the population of Taiwan.
Simon Tengchi CHANG, Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University in his remarks mentioned about the Taiwan 2024 elections results and its implications on the cross strait relations or the trilateral relations amongst Taiwan-China-United States.
Tien-sze Fang, Associate Professor, Center for General Education, and Deputy Director, Center for India Studies, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in his remarks, proposed for people-to-people connect between India and Taiwan in order to have a reciprocatory cultural, educational and economical exchange between Taiwan and India.
