China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi vs. DPP's Ku Li-hsiung: A Tale of Two Press Conferences

This article compares how China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Taiwan's Illicit Party Assets Disposition Committee Chairman Ku Li-hsiung handled aggressive reporter questions at separate press conferences. Wang Yi's forceful response to a Canadian journalist in June 2016 versus Ku's contentious exchanges with Taiwan media in August 2016 reveal stark differences between democracies and autocracies in handling public discourse.