The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Possible Chinese development of Type 081 LHD causes alarm in Taiwan

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Design plans for the 22,000-tonne Type 081 LHD By as early as 2014, the Chinese navy could have at its disposal a vessel that could dra...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Russia refuses to sell Su-35, S-400s to China

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S-400 TELs at a military parade in Russia Moscow has often complained about how China reverse-engineers its defense articles to produce ...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

‘Backdoor’ in made-in-China computer chip threatens US military

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No current means exists to protect hardware from viruses The backdoor access could be turned into an advanced Stuxnet weapon to attack ...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

New PLA airforce base in Fujian sets sights on East China Sea

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A satellite view of the Shuimen air base The air base in Shuimen is about 70km from Taiwan’s Dongyin Island, where the military has dep...
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Taiwanese air force faces plane shortage by 2020

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A F-16A/B from the ROCAF takes off in Taiwan Taiwan appears to have had a change of mind on the need to acquire new aircraft, a decision...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Qualifying China’s military posture

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Officers hoist the PRC flag at a military parade When China’s regional claims encompass pretty much the entire South China Sea, countrie...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Taiwanese filming Chennault documentary, but ...

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A KMT soldier stands guard in front of P-40 aircraft Academia Historica, the nation’s top historical institution, gave the project to Ct...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

War of Wits for Taiwan's Air Force

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Lockheed Martin's F-35B in action The F-35 could become a convenient tool to kill the F-16C/D program while maintaining the illusion...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Chinese Type 056 missile boat to launch within days

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A Type 056 under construction Defense analysts believe that the new missile boats will be perfectly suited to meet the challenges that C...

Foreign journalists increasingly threatened in China

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TV show host Yang Rui of CCTV Recent incidents targeting foreigners in China are highlighting a xenophobic streak among Chinese offic...
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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Is China hijacking Chennault’s legacy?

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Claire Chennault poses in front of a P-40 aircraft Some people, many with good intentions, are falling prey to Beijing’s propaganda driv...
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Friday, May 18, 2012

The DPP’s self-defeating shenanigans

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Protesters are surrounded by police on Ketagalan Blvd The pan-green camp must abandon strategies that can only alienate the segments of ...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

‘Mystery’ UAVs seen on Type 054A vessel; 'Varyag' completes sixth sea trial

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An unmanned helo hovers near the Type 054A Zhoushan It’s difficult to tell from the pictures released so far, but the unmanned helicopte...

China blocks Taiwanese SWAT team bid in Jordan

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Taiwanese special forces parade on National Day last year The PLA forced the organizer of the Annual Warrior Competition for special for...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Lung Teh Shipbuilding wins bid for ‘Swift Sea’ prototype

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A computer rendition of the corvette by MND The firm has never built vessels for the military before. Expect delays during full producti...

Ching Chiang-class vessels outfitted with HF-3s

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The Ching Chiang-class hulls 608 and 611 lie at anchor Little by little, light craft in the Taiwanese navy are being given the means to ...
Monday, May 14, 2012

China increases marine surveillance capabilities

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CMS ships lie at anchor The China Marine Surveillance said last year that 36 new cutters would be launched over the next five years. Now...
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Saturday, May 12, 2012

China launches YG-14 optical satellite

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The Yaogan 14 launches on a Long March 4B China adds yet more eyes in the sky in China's seventh launch so far this year  China la...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Getting even with a hardening China

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US citizen Melissa Chan of Al-Jazeera  Tit-for-tat is a language that Beijing understands. If such measures are not taken, Beijing will ...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Taiwan monitors Chinese naval moves

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The five PLAN vessels, as seen by a Japanese P-3C Five PLA ships are conducting drills east of Taiwan, a show of force that is unlikely ...
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J. Michael Cole 寇謐將
Taipei-based Senior Fellow China Policy Institute U Nott, ass. researcher CEFC, chief ed Taiwan Sentinel, project manager Taiwan Democracy Bulletin. M.A. War Studies Royal Military College of Canada, Int'l Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance CIHC, CX-77 (peacekeeping) Lester Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, B.A. English lit. Ex-deputy news editor Taipei Times 2006-2013, Thinking Taiwan (2014-16). Analyst at Canadian Security Intelligence Service (2003-2005). Published in/by IISS, Brookings, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Christian Science Monitor, SCMP, Globe & Mail, Maclean's, National Interest, Lowy Interpreter, The Age, Jane’s Defence Weekly, Jane’s Intelligence Review, Jane’s Intelligence Weekly, Jane’s Navy International, Jane’s International Defence Review, the Ottawa Citizen, China Brief, CounterPunch, FrontLine Security, Strategic Vision, Asia Today International, The News Lens and The Diplomat. I was the 2012 recipient of the award for Outstanding Journalism from the Chen Wen-chen Memorial Foundation. I have appeared on BBC, CBC, CNN, VOA, RTI and Al-Jazeera. I use a Nikon D7100 camera. Follow me on Twitter @jmichaelcole1
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