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Founded in 2005, Asia Centre is an independent research institute that holds debates and issues publications on matters relating to international, strategic, economic relations, as well as the political and social transformations underway in the Asia-Pacific region. At the crossroads of university research as well as public and private decision-making, Asia Centre researchers identify critical regional issues and analyse them in-depth, taking into consideration both local and global dimensions. Asia Centre’s programs are developed with a vast network of partners, companies and major specialist centres in Europe, North America and Asia. The Centre carries out joint operations with these groups, for a better interpretation of ideas and issues. The conclusions of these meetings, such as the results of the work carried out using original sources by our researchers, are widely distributed through the Centre’s publications as well as through international journals, books and media.

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Taiwan cooking oil scandal: Why Isn’t Beijing Adding Fuel to the Fire? • Isabelle Feng

31 July 2026 No Comments

In this new piece, Isabelle Feng looks back at the tainted cooking oil scandal that has affected Taiwan for several weeks, and at Beijing’s measured response to the affair. She examines the protests held in Taipei on 25 July, the coverage of the event by Chinese state media, and reactions observed on Chinese social media. She puts this episode in perspective alongside the history of food safety scandals in mainland China and the question of freedom to protest on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

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CA 17 – Jan/Feb 2008

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Starting with this issue, the European Council on Foreign Relations has the pleasure of introducing China Analysis to a new readership. This is a bi-monthly analytical survey of Chinese news and debate, written by fellows of ECFR Asia Centre at Sciences Po in Paris. A French edition of China Analysis has been available since 2005.

China is now one of the European Union’s two main external partners, second only to the United States. Its economy is growing faster than India’s or Brazil’s. Evaluating developments in China and Chinese thinking remains difficult. It is easy for Europeans to follow U.S. news and domestic debates, and almost as easy to pick up news and trends from India’s academic journals and vibrant domestic press, much of which is published in English. There is substantial news coverage of China, but it relies almost exclusively on English language sources such as foreign media or official Chinese publications aimed at foreign audiences.

 

Summary

– DOMESTIC POLITICS –

Re-launching political liberalisation?

Singapore: governance without democracy?

Will an energy minister bring greater coherence to this sector?

– ECONOMY –

Price controls or disruptions in Chinese economic policy

Economic publications attack a “French style” labour law

Local people should assess the way cadres manage environmental issues

– FOREIGN POLICY AND STRATEGIC AFFAIRS –

2008: a complicated year for Chinese diplomacy

Should the European Union be taken seriously?

Africa caught up in AFRICOM, the new American military high-command

– TAIWAN –

The legislative elections, first round of the presidential contest?

The economic programmes of the presidential candidates

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