Jan. 18, 2024: Field Notes on the Taiwan Election

Taiwan’s general election. Who gains and who loses? What’s on the minds of Taiwan voters? How does the election bode for Taiwan’s relationship with mainland China, countries in the region, and the U.S.? Professor Thomas Gold from UC Berkeley and Professor Nathan Batto from Academia Sinica addressed these questions and more, drawing on Gold’s just-completed election observation tour and Batto’s long-running experience in Taiwan studying the Legislative Yuan.

This public lecture is organized by the 21st Century China Center (21CCC) at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. A reception will follow the lecture. It is co-sponsored by UC San Diego’s Center for Taiwan Studies. For more information about this and other 21CCC events, please visit https://china.ucsd.edu/.