
Simona Alba Grano
@granosimona
Head of the of the Research Area China-Taiwan Relations/Director of the Taiwan studies project UZH. Interests: Chinese Politics, Taiwan, Cross-Strait Relations
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https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/sinologie/persons/privatdozierende/grano.html 12-03-2020 20:35:08
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🇹🇼 and🇱🇻 share a parallel in their historical and geopolitical struggles for #selfdetermination and #democracy in the shadow of powerful authoritarian neighbors. A real pleasure to be part of this year's TreffpunktOrient Runde (lnkd.in/daafRBmj) to #Riga with Chinacuckoo (Pascal Nufer)





⚠️ Breaking: Joshua Wong, jailed, peaceful democracy activist, was arrested again in prison today, and has been charged with “colluding with foreign forces”. David Lammy Catherine West please make urgent representations denouncing this appalling political persecution.



Was great to have Joseph Wu in Berlin. I learnt a great deal during an open, frank and wide-ranging dinner discussion. And we‘ll take you up on the promise to come back next year. Thank you, Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 German Marshall Fund for inviting Joseph Wu to the excellent Taiwan Trilateral Forum.

A pleasure to be in Berlin for the past 3 days at the 8th trilateral meeting of the German Marshall Fund to discuss various topics concerning 🇹🇼 Taiwan, the 🇺🇸US and 🇪🇺Europe! Grateful for the invite and the inspiring exchanges with experts, diplomats and policymakers!




Just in: Hong Kong-based 中国劳工通讯 CLB suddenly announced dissolution “due to financial difficulties and debt issues” It said its other social media platforms “have also been removed.” clb.org.hk/zh-hans/conten…

I'm pleased to share our latest op-ed in the Taipei Times, on the evolving relationship between 🇹🇼 and 🇪🇺 with Dr Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy | 馮儒莎 Read the full piece here: taipeitimes.com/News/editorial…

"#Taiwan is not just the world’s semiconductor hub. It is a democratic bellwether in Asia. Europe’s Indo-Pacific strategy cannot be serious if Taiwan is treated as a footnote," writes CCA Senior Fellow on Taiwan Simona Alba Grano for Taipei Times. taipeitimes.com/News/editorial…

Time we take EU-Taiwan ties to new heights. In this Taipei Times piece w/Simona Alba Grano we argue that the EU & Taiwan must step up. EU member states must do more, in line with their own strengths & ambitions, but moving in the same direction with consistency & predictability.






