The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Monday, November 19, 2012

A Bump in the Road for Taiwan and Japan, but Little More

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Taiwanese fishing vessels head for the Diaoyutais Historical ties with Japan and disinterest among Taiwanese in the Diaoyutai issue will...

Court cuts fine in follow-up to Lafayette frigate scandal

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A Lafayette- (or Kang Ding) class frigate, hull 1202 An agreement stipulated that Taiwan would receive a 15 percent discount if French a...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

DPP makes wise choice in Joseph Wu, Washington office

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The well-spoken Joseph Wu has a heavy task ahead of him The challenges will be formidable, but it’s hard to imagine a man better placed ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

US-Japan to revise defense guidelines

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US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addresses soldiers The planned revisions to longstanding defense guidelines leave no doubt as to th...

Taiwan test-fires variant of HF-3 ‘carrier killer’ missile

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CSIST's HF-3 on display at a military parade Reports claim the variant of the Hsiung Feng III has a range of 400km and can reach a m...

Taiwan confident US military ties are strong

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Deputy Minister of National Defense Andrew Yang Taiwan’s deputy minister of national defense sees no reason to fear US abandonment of Ta...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Japan, US launch ‘Keen Sword’ exercises amid regional tensions

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US and Japanese vessels take part in Keen Sword China said it was paying close attention to the exercises and said it ‘sternly opposes’ ...
Thursday, November 08, 2012

Not a good year for Taiwan’s economy

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Taipei 101 as seen from near Taipei International Airport Prospects for Taiwan’s economy in 2013 have been the object of concern among i...
Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Blue and green skies above Taiwan

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A statue on the site of the Jingmei detention center The DPP must apply the lessons learned from an unrivaled master of Taiwanese politi...
Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Clarifications on Taiwan’s early-warning radar: Will Taiwan share with the US?

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Major-General Liu Shi-lay One cannot accuse Taiwan’s military of leaking like a sieve and complain that it isn’t being completely transp...
Monday, November 05, 2012

Japan developing ballistic missile-tracking drone

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Visitors at a rocket launch site in North Korea Targeting ballistic missiles during the boost phase has several advantages, and unmanned...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

PLA reshuffle signals factional balancing, continuity

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With an average age of above 60 and all with about 40 years’ experience in the PLA, the new appointments reflect a desire for continuity  ...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

China’s J-31 Stealth Aircraft Takes Flight

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The J-31, right, on its maiden flight, with J-11B escort The aircraft performed a high-speed taxi run before flying for about 10 minutes...

Promoting gay rights helps Taiwan

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Participants at the LGBT parade on Saturday There are no better placed people to combat discrimination than those who have been the vict...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Planned bonus cut angers military officers, threatens morale

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Taiwanese soldiers stand at attention ‘Our family’s rightfully deserved pension bonuses have been confiscated by the government ... her ...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Taiwan’s China Spy Problem: The Chang Chih-hsin Case

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Retired navy commander Chang Chih-hsin Even with warming relations across the Taiwan Strait, Chinese intelligence collection against the...

Taiwanese pilots, crew to begin training on AH-64 'Echo' Apache in November

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An AH-64E Apache helicopter in flight The Apache 'Delta' Block III had enough significant upgrades to warrant a new designation....
Friday, October 26, 2012

Taiwanese jailed in US for illegal exports to Iran

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Susan Yeh, aka Susan Yip Among the items she and two others procured or tried to procure for Iran were underwater locator beacons and mi...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

US political ad uses wrong ‘Taiwan’ flag

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A still from Doheny's TV ad Congressional candidate Matt Doheny’s new ad snipes at Congressman Bill Owens over a visit to Taiwan las...

A chance to learn from others

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John Baird, PM Harper and Premier Wen Jiabao An Canada-China investment agreement that is close to being implemented could provide impor...
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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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