Race for ‘Frozen Garlic’: Assessing Taiwan’s 2024 Elections
This season sees the chanting of ‘frozen garlic’ (‘凍蒜’ dongsuan, a Taiwanese Hokkien pronunciation for ‘當選’ dangxuan, meaning getting elected) in campaign rallies across Taiwan as the island approaches its quadrennial presidential and legislative elections on 13th January 2024.

On Thursday, 30th November, in the final week of the Michaelmas term 2023, the Oxford Taiwan Studies Programmes and Oxford China Centre will co-host a panel to unpack various aspects of Taiwan’s 2024 elections. The panellists will discuss developments on the campaign trails, assess the cross-Strait factor, and analyse the implications for geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region.
Date: 30 November 2023, 17:00
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre, China Centre, Dickson Poon Building, University of Oxford
Speakers: Prof Todd Hall (University of Oxford), Dr Jonathan Sullivan (University of Nottingham), Ms Mariah Thornton (LSE), Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
Organiser: Dr Bo-jiun Jing (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme
Part of: Oxford Taiwan Studies Seminar Series
Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: https://www.area-studies.ox.ac.uk/event/race-frozen-garlic-assessing-taiwans-2024-elections
Audience: Public
Editor: Bo-Jiun Jing