The Structural Quagmire: Evaluating the Political Constraints on Lai Ching-te’s Administration
As we analyze the second phase of the recent assessment regarding Lai Ching-te’s two-year tenure, the narrative shifts from individual policy choices to the broader, structural constraints now framing his administration. The observation that Lai is caught in “five encircling walls”—intra-party friction, inter-party deadlock, social disillusionment, cross-Straits impasses, and international uncertainty—presents a compelling study in […]