Two weeks after major elections in Mongolia, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy holds a forum in the region to promote democratic awareness.
The News Lens
Date: 2016/07/11
By: Yuan-ling Liang
On July 9 Hsu Szuchien (徐斯儉), president of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), led 11
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Taiwanese, including activists and experts in politics, to attend the East Asia Democracy Forum held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Hsu, also an associate research fellow at the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica, took over as president of TFD on June 17.
The two-day meeting tackled several issues, including women’s and youth’s social participation, public involvement in politics and government transparency. More than 40 representatives from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Mongolia took part in the forum.
In his opening remarks, Hsu, an expert on social movements, said the involvement of citizens, especially women, teenagers and minorities, is key to democracy in Mongolia. They are also the main challenges for a democratic expansion in east Asia. [FULL STORY]
