Tag: Taiwan

The French Paradox: Liberty, Equality, and the State’s Heavy Yoke

France’s state-driven dream battles its own weight over decades Liberty, equality, fraternity—these words, carved into France’s revolutionary granite, gleam as a noble trinity. Yet beneath them lurks a paradox: a state-driven vision, crafted to cradle these ideals, has hardened into a yoke too heavy to hoist. From the postwar surge—5.1% annual GDP growth through 1945-1975 … Continue reading The French Paradox: Liberty, Equality, and the State’s Heavy Yoke →

Europe’s Hollow Prosperity: A Critical Look at France’s Decline Through Taiwan’s Resilience

Alright, let’s dive into this. Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who also served as Denmark’s Prime Minister, spoke at the Yushan Forum in Taiwan on March 17-18, 2025, and he didn’t pull any punches. He noted that Europe has been riding on cheap Russian natural gas, low-cost Chinese goods, and the military shield … Continue reading Europe’s Hollow Prosperity: A Critical Look at France’s Decline Through Taiwan’s Resilience →

A clash of scenes unveils how culture fuels economic fates

Envision a Parisian café in the 1950s, where intellectuals nurse espressos and spar over liberty, their voices rising with the steam. Half a world away, a Taiwanese family toils in a cramped workshop, soldering circuits beneath the pall of martial law. These scenes are more than vignettes—they are the cornerstones of economic fates. Economics, too … Continue reading A clash of scenes unveils how culture fuels economic fates →

From Sun Yat-sen’s Ideology to a Comparative Social Thought Analysis: Taiwan and France

The intellectual legacies of Sun Yat-sen and Émile Durkheim, though emerging from distinct historical and cultural contexts, offer complementary frameworks for understanding the underpinnings of societal stability and progress. Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the People—nationalism, democracy, and social welfare—provided the ideological foundation for overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and establishing the Republic of China, an … Continue reading From Sun Yat-sen’s Ideology to a Comparative Social Thought Analysis: Taiwan and France →