The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Friday, November 30, 2012

Hundreds of students gather in Taipei to protest Next Media deal

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Fearing for the future of the media in Taiwan, students from around the country are heading a sustained campaign of protests  Hundreds o...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Dark clouds over Taiwan’s media

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Young Taiwanese protest in front of the EY yesterday The real threat from media monopoly run by large corporations is not brainwashing, ...
Monday, November 26, 2012

China’s undiplomatic passport gamble

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A Chinese official shows the new PRC passport Taipei finds itself in an especially difficult position to retaliate against Beijing’s lat...
Sunday, November 25, 2012

The Chen Shui-bian case and foreign meddling

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Former president Chen receives a medical checkup Unless Taiwanese themselves mobilize to secure medical parole for the former president,...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

Russia to sell 24 Su-35 aircraft to China

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A Su-35 prototype conducts tests in Russia Delivery of the multirole aircraft could begin from 2015, and Beijing is reportedly still com...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Taking Asia by surprise: a response

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A ROCAF Hercules C-130 prepares for landing Taiwan’s predicament calls for ingenuity and outside-the-box thinking. But outlandish fantas...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

From ‘bumblers’ to real leaders

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Beset by corruption scandals and a sagging economy, the KMT will need to prove it can turn things around before 2016, or will run out of a...
Monday, November 19, 2012

From Zhuhai, with love

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A promotional video shows carnage at Hualien AFB A promotional video at last week’s air show in China showed Taiwanese F-16 being blown ...

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  ...
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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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