Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
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| name = Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
{{lang|zh-Hant-TW|財團法人臺灣民主基金會}}
| image = Taiwan Foundation for Democracy HQ plate 20150811 (cropped).jpg
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| formation = 17 June 2003
| headquarters = Taipei, Taiwan
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| key_people = Han Kuo-yu (Chairman)
Joseph Wu (Vice Chairman){{cite web|url=http://www.tfd.org.tw/opencms/english/about/director/index.html|title=Our Ideas|publisher=Taiwan Foundation for Democracy|accessdate=17 August 2022}}
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The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD; {{zh|t=財團法人臺灣民主基金會|p=Cáituán Fǎrén Táiwān Mínzhǔ Jījīnhuì|poj=Châi-thoân Hoat-jîn Tâi-oân Bîn-chú Ki-kim-hōe}}) is a non-partisan non-profit organisation headquartered in Taipei.{{cite book |title=The Republic of China Yearbook |date=2008 |publisher=Government Information Office |isbn=978-986-01-5646-1 |location=Taipei, Taiwan, ROC |page=166}} The foundation, established in June 2003, is both initiated and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China.{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Michael J. |last2=Twining |first2=Daniel |title=The Strategic Case for Democracy Promotion in Asia {{!}} Foreign Affairs |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/strategic-case-democracy-promotion-asia |website=www.foreignaffairs.com |language=en |date=23 January 2024 |quote=Since 2003, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy—a government-funded nonprofit modeled on the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy...}} Its stated purpose is to "promote democracy around the world".{{cite news | work=The Taipei Times | date=14 June 2002 | last=Chu | first=Monique | title=Proposals floated to form foundation to promote democracy | url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/06/14/140296 | accessdate=13 November 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526060307/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/06/14/140296 | archive-date=26 May 2008 | url-status=live }}
History
File:Taiwan Foundation for Democracy HQ 20150811.jpg]]
TFD was one of the largest donors to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation,{{cite news | work=The National Review | last=Miller | first=John | date=12 December 2005 | title=Memorial Day: Honoring the victims of Communism | url=http://www.nationalreview.com/miller/miller200512120846.asp | accessdate=4 November 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918104346/http://www.nationalreview.com/miller/miller200512120846.asp | archive-date=18 September 2009 | url-status=live }} donating US$1 million towards the construction of the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, DC.{{cite news | work=The Taipei Times | date=14 June 2007 | title=The forgotten victim of communism | page=8 | url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/06/14/2003365249 | accessdate=13 November 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501185335/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/06/14/2003365249 | archive-date=1 May 2008 | url-status=live }}
On 9 November 2009, TFD unveiled a segment of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a symbol of the quest for global democracy.{{cite news | work=Taipei Times | last=Ko | first=Shu-ling | date=10 November 2009 | title=Taiwan receives slice of Berlin Wall | url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/11/10/2003458107 | accessdate=10 November 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114120639/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/11/10/2003458107 | archive-date=14 November 2009 | url-status=live }}
On 3 August 2022, TFD was sanctioned by the Taiwan Affairs Office for supporting Taiwanese independence.{{cite web |date=2022-08-03 |title=国台办将两基金会列为台独分子关联机构并予以惩戒 |trans-title=The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council listed the two foundations as affiliated institutions of Taiwan independence elements and punished them |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20220803-1299294 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809235130/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20220803-1299294 |archive-date=2022-08-09 |accessdate=2022-08-03 |website=Lianhe Zaobao}}
Organizational structure
- Secretariat
- Research and Development Department
- International Cooperation Department
- Domestic Affairs Department
- Asia-Pacific Democracy Resource Center
Programs
Publications
TFD publishes the semi-annual Taiwan Journal of Democracy (TJD, {{ISSN|1815-7238}}),{{cite web | url=https://www.journalguide.com/journals/taiwan-journal-of-democracy | title=Taiwan Journal of Democracy | publisher=JournalGuide | accessdate=12 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001418/https://www.journalguide.com/journals/taiwan-journal-of-democracy | archive-date=12 April 2018 | url-status=live }} a refereed journal for the study of democratic politics, especially democratic development in Taiwan and other Asian democracies.{{cite web | url=http://www.tfd.org.tw/opencms/english/publication/journal/ | title=Taiwan Journal of Democracy | publisher=Taiwan Foundation for Democracy | accessdate=12 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001250/http://www.tfd.org.tw/opencms/english/publication/journal/ | archive-date=12 April 2018 | url-status=live }}
TFD also publishes in English the annual China Human Rights Report,{{cite web | url=http://www.tfd.org.tw/opencms/english/publication/human/ | title=China Human Rights Report | publisher=Taiwan Foundation for Democracy | accessdate=12 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082105/http://www.tfd.org.tw/opencms/english/publication/human/ | archive-date=12 April 2018 | url-status=live }} Taiwan Democracy Quarterly in Mandarin Chinese with an English edition due in late 2018, among other publications.{{cite web | url=http://www.tfd.org.tw/opencms/english/publication/quarterly/ | title=Taiwan Democracy Quarterly | publisher=Taiwan Foundation for Democracy | accessdate=12 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001252/http://www.tfd.org.tw/opencms/english/publication/quarterly/ | archive-date=12 April 2018 | url-status=live }}
References
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External links
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