Cross-strait relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan remain a delicate issue in the 21st century, and one oftentimes hears the question “Will the PRC one day emulate Taiwan’s political system?” The democratization process is unique for every nation state; however, by studying the role of the Kuomintang Party (KMT) in Taiwan’s “Political Miracle,” one may perhaps draw conclusions for the future of the Chinese Communist Party in the PRC.

A decades old question of democratization in China has been revived by its resurgence as a world power under the non-democratic leadership of the CCP [...]

Through the PBS frontline democracy Tianmen: The Gate of Heavenly Peace, further research into the Tiananmen Square incident of 1989, and the concept of Western democracy, I would like to explore the evolving concept of “Chinese democracy”—Minzhu—in four ways [...]

In contrast to many other historical narratives, John Dower’s novel Embracing Defeat suggests a more proactive Japanese role in the successful democratization and rebuilding of Japan. Democracy, after all, is not a completely foreign concept to Japan [...]