LC Russell Hsiao

LC Russell Hsiao is senior research fellow at the Project 2049 Institute in Washington, DC. He was editor of China Brief at the Jamestown Foundation from October 2007-July 2011. He formerly worked at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy in Taipei, and at the Heritage Foundation. He is a member of the young leaders' programme of the Honolulu-based think-tank Pacific Forum CSIS

Taiwan's election, and the need for nuance

Taiwan's presidential election saw the incumbent Ma Ying-jeou win another four-year term in office over his opponent Tsai Ing-wen. But the interpretation of this outcome by Washington and Beijing misses an important dimension of Taiwan's political reality. Their flawed understanding could have dam

By Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and LC Russell Hsiao

/ 7 Feb 2012