Since 2014, public opinion surveys in Taiwan have shown an accelerating embrace of unfavorable views of China. Closer connections between Taiwan and Hong Kong may be helping to drive this trend. Drawing from new survey data, a team of scholars is exploring how COVID-19, the Hong Kong crisis, and military threats from China are affecting public opinion and civic action in Taiwan. Join us for a discussion with the authors of the forthcoming report on their new findings.
Shelley Rigger, Ph.D., Brown Professor of East Asian Politics, Davidson College
Lev Nachman, Fulbright Research Fellow & Ph.D. candidate in political science, University of California, Irvine
Nathan Kar Ming Chan, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow & Ph.D. candidate in political science, University of California, Irvine
Chit Wai John Mok, Ph.D. candidate in sociology, University of California, Irvine
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