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The '''Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats''' ('''CALD''') is a regional organization of [[liberal parties|liberal democratic]]  [[political party|political parties]] in Asia.

== History and details ==
The council was created on 10 December 1993, in a meeting in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cald.org/about/history/|title=History : CALD &#124; Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats|website=cald.org}}</ref> There are nine member parties, an associate member, and one party with observer status. Currently, many democrats in Asia have a relationship with CALD. CALD has also opened its membership to like-minded individuals, and regularly engages with non-member political parties from Japan and South Korea with which it shares the same democratic values. The [[Democratic Party of Japan]] is one of the examples.

For the convenience of particular members, they also accept individual members, like the situation in Hong Kong. The [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]] of Hong Kong is represented in CALD by [[Martin Lee]] and [[Sin Chung Kai]]. The third individual member of the CALD was Indonesia's ex-President [[Abdurrahman Wahid]] (1940–2009). [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] and [[Corazon Aquino]] (1933&ndash;2009) are honorary members of CALD.

The CALD has been sanctioned by the [[People's Republic of China]] for allegedly promoting Taiwanese independence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.mofa.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=1328&sms=273&s=100042|title=MOFA response to April 7 announcement by China's Taiwan Affairs Office to sanction Taiwan's Representative to the US Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan-based Prospect Foundation, and Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats|date=7 April 2023|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/07/china-imposes-further-sanctions-on-taiwans-us-representative.html|title=China imposes further sanctions on Taiwan's U.S. representative|website=CNBC|date=6 April 2023}}</ref> The council has called the sanctions unfortunate and said they would not undermine the advocacy work it is engaged in.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement of the CALD Chairperson on China's sanctions against CALD and its officials |url=https://cald.org/statement-of-the-cald-chairperson-on-chinas-sanctions-against-cald-and-its-officials}}</ref>

== Full members ==
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! Country
! Name
! Government
! Political wing
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 ||{{Flag|Cambodia}} || [[Cambodia National Rescue Movement]] || {{no|in exile}} || Centre
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 ||{{Flag|Indonesia}} || [[Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle]] || {{partial2|confidence and supply}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2025/03/24/pdi-ps-support-on-controversial-bills-raises-eyebrows.html|website=thejakartapost.com |title=PDI-P's support on controversial bills raises eyebrows - Politics }}</ref> || Centre-left
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 ||{{Flag|Indonesia}} || [[National Awakening Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cald.org/pkb-becomes-full-cald-member/|title=PKB Becomes Full CALD Member : CALD &#124; Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats|website=cald.org}}</ref> || {{partial|junior party in government coalition}}  || Centre<ref>{{cite web |title=Guide to the 2019 Indonesian elections: A little psephology |url=https://australiaindonesiacentre.org/culture/politics/guide-to-the-2019-indonesian-elections-a-little-psephology/ |website=Australia-Indonesia Centre |access-date=8 October 2020 |date=1 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
 ||{{Flag|Malaysia}} || [[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia|Malaysian People's Movement Party]]|| {{no|extraparliamentary opposition}} || Centre
|-
 ||{{Flag|Mongolia}} || [[Civil Will-Green Party]] || {{no2|in opposition}} || Centre
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 ||{{Flag|Philippines}} || [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]] || {{no2|in opposition}}  || Centre to centre-left
|-
 ||{{Flag|Singapore}} || [[Singapore Democratic Party]] || {{no|extraparliamentary opposition}} || Centre to centre-left
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 ||{{Flag|Taiwan}} || [[Democratic Progressive Party]] || {{yes2|in government}} || Centre to centre-left
|-
 ||{{Flag|Thailand}} || [[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]] || {{partial|junior party in government coalition}} || Centre to centre-right
|-
|}

==Observer parties==
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! Country
! Name
! Government
! Political wing
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 ||{{Flag|Myanmar}} || [[National League for Democracy]] || {{no|under military junta}} || Centre<ref>{{cite book|editor=Derbyshire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RyAGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 |title=Encyclopedia of World Political Systems |page=108 |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge | isbn=9781317471561}}</ref>
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 ||{{Flag|Japan}} || [[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cald.org/members// |title=List of members |website= cald.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713020902/http://cald.org/members// |access-date=30 July 2020|archive-date=13 July 2020 }}</ref> || {{no2|in opposition}} || Centre to centre-left
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|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cald.org/ Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats] official site

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