Former Chinese premier and Communist Party secretary-general Zhao Ziyang’s (趙紫陽) memoir, Prisoner of the State , was released on May 19, jus...

When one is as immersed in the fascinating world of politics of identity and sovereignty in Taiwan as I am (which probably applies to many r...

By Shih Hsiu-chuan and J. Michael cole STAFF REPORTERS The Government Information office (GIO) yesterday expressed its displeasure at Fortis...

By Jenny W. Hsu and J. Michael Cole STAFF REPORTERS The Taipei Economic and Relations Office (TECO) in Australia said yesterday it had propo...

Cyber attacks by Chinese government agencies or citizens have become so rampant that, except when critical sectors such as the US defense es...

I remember reading years ago an article by Victor D. Cha in International Security that strongly influenced my views on the assumption of r...

Perhaps as a result of my working on a book review of Scott Kastner’s excellent Po litical Conflict and Economic Interdependence Across the ...

Since Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) came into office in May last year, financial analysts have shown an alarming tendency to attribute rises on the Tai...

As if it wasn’t enough that the leader of an authoritarian regime would congratulate an increasingly all-powerful and undemocratic Ma Ying-j...

In a highly anticipated electoral farce with a foregone conclusion, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) on Sunday was “elected” chairman of the Chi...

The growing relationship between the Bear and the Dragon does not threaten the West. It is rife with contradictions and at best tactical, au...

The China Times reported today that Taiwan and China would begin negotiations on a “comprehensive trade pact” — an economic cooperation fra...

The characters were the result of long, painstaking efforts by public relations experts to reflect the make-up of the general public and wer...

Paul Lin (林保華), political commentator and frequent contributor to the Taipei Times , is worried. The China-born critic of the Chinese Commun...

The National Immigration Agency (NIA) said on Friday that Dolkun Isa, secretary-general of the Munich-based World Uighur Congress, would be ...

Having read through most of the Japanese Defense Ministry’s wide-ranging 2009 White Paper published this month, I can attest to the fact tha...