Visiting scholar, Ms. Mariah Thornton (宋妍嫵) has registered at Center for Chinese Studies on June 15, 2023. She is a British scholar who is a Ph.D. candidate at London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Ms. Thornton's research period in Taiwan is from June to September, at International Doctoral Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, National Chengchi University. Her research topic is "Authoritarian Interference and Democratic Resilience: How Taiwan’s Countermeasures Against Chinese Interference are Consolidating its Democracy".