Inside Taiwan's Sunflower Movement: Twenty-Four Days in a Student-Occupied Parliament, and the Future of the Region

“Say goodbye to Taiwan,” wrote political scientist John Mearsheimer in a widely read article in the March-April 2014 issue of The National Interest. Threatened by China's rising economic might and abandoned by a weakening United States, one of Asia's most vibrant democracies was facing, in...

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Published in:The Journal of Asian studies Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 5 - 21
Main Author: Rowen, Ian
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.02.2015
Duke University Press, NC & IL
Subjects:
Activism
Annexation
Armed Forces
Asia
Asia Beyond the Headlines
Asian studies
China
Democracy
Demonstrations & protests
Economic growth
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Islands
Legislative Bodies
Legislative process
Legislators
Legislatures
Ma Ying-jeou
National interest
National security
Neighbors
Opposition parties
Peoples Republic of China
Planning
Policy action
Political activism
Political science
Politics
Presidents
Protest movements
Student behaviour
Students
Sunflower Student Movement
Taiwan
Trade agreements
United States of America
Taiwan
ISSN:0021-9118, 1752-0401
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Summary:“Say goodbye to Taiwan,” wrote political scientist John Mearsheimer in a widely read article in the March-April 2014 issue of The National Interest. Threatened by China's rising economic might and abandoned by a weakening United States, one of Asia's most vibrant democracies was facing, in his “realist” analysis, an almost inevitable annexation via economic if not military force. “Time,” he wrote, “is running out for the little island coveted by its gigantic, growing neighbor.” But only days after publication, on March 18, activists and armchair analysts alike said hello to a new reality.
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ISSN:0021-9118
1752-0401
DOI:10.1017/S0021911814002174