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Maëlle Lefèvre

Maëlle Lefèvre holds a master’s degree in international security with a specialization in East Asia from the School of International Affairs at SciencesPo Paris (PSIA). She also holds a degree in Chinese language from INALCO. During a one-year exchange program, she studied at the National Taiwan University (NTU) in Taipei. She also worked in Taiwan for six months as an intern and attended an intensive Chinese language program at the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) on a scholarship from the Taiwanese Ministry of Education.

Her research interests include the Indo-Pacific region, Greater China, and more specifically China-Taiwan relations.

Maëlle Lefèvre is also the author of Jiazoku, a novel published in 2019 by Albin Michel, and dealing with the trafficking of Chinese surrogate mothers in Japan set up by the Yakuzas.

Autres analyses

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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The resilience of the Taiwanese democracy challenged from the outside and the inside – A look back at William Lai term’s beginning during the 2024 year • Maëlle Lefèvre

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Maëlle Lefèvre, researcher at Asia Centre, published an article examining the challenges to Taiwan’s democratic resilience in 2024, marked by intensifying external pressure from China and internal political discord. Externally, China has escalated military exercises, economic coercion, disinformation campaigns, and legal tactics to undermine Taiwan’s stability and international position. Internally, contentious legislative reforms driven by the opposition have sparked fears of weakened democratic institutions and blurred the separation of powers, while deep political polarization between the ruling DPP and the opposition KMT has hindered effective governance. Together, these dynamics expose Taiwan to heightened vulnerabilities, straining its capacity to address both external threats and internal divisions.

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