The Taiwanese transition from a single party rule of Kuomintang (KMT) to a democracy with a multiparty system and elected president has an impact not only on the cross-Strait relations and regional security, but also on the island's global actorness. While the Taiwanese democratisation had been widely examined in the context of the relations within the triangle among Taiwan, China, and the United States, this study draws attention to the link (or its lack) between the political developments in Taiwan and China on the one hand, and the European Union (EU) policies towards the both Asian partners on the other.
