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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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KA8 – Septembre 2015 – South Korea and the Climate Change Challenge

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France will be hosting the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), from November 30th to December 11th, 2015. COP 21 will be a crucial conference, as it needs to achieve a new international agreement on the climate, applicable to all countries, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. As a leading economic power officialy transitioning to a low-carbon economy, and as the 12th emitter of greenhouse gases, the role played by South Korea will be critical. South Korean position regarding climage change and its national commitments are the focus of this eighth issue of Korean Analysis.

 

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– Editorial –

– SOUTH KOREA AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE –

South Korea’s Energy and Climate Statistics (Antoine Bondaz, Jean-Raphaël Chaponnière)
South Korea’s Green Growth at a Crossroad (LEE Jae-Seung)
What Contributions Can South Korea Make at the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference? (Suh-Yong Chung)
 South Korea and the Climate Change Challenge (Jean-Christophe Simon, trans. Antoine Bondaz)
South Korea, a new Actor in the Carbon Market (Wilfried Mourier, trans. Ji-Sook Lee-Kautz)
The Politics and Processes of Creating Eco-City in South Korea: the Songdo International City (Guahk Youngah)

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