The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The war of the shoes

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The government is cracking down hard on shoe throwers not because the practice is violent, but because this unusual form of protest is a ...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Eviction of vendors at Sun Moon Lake

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The elderly vendors have until Oct. 31 to vacate the area, or they will be evicted. In their place, a brand new BOT project will be erect...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Please protest ‘rationally’

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The authorities depict young activists as ‘violent’ and ‘irrational’ because they know they cannot win an argument against them. If you c...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

InfraVest’s thugs strike again

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None of what happened this morning was unavoidable, if only the firm and the government agencies that have facilitated its operations had...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Truly worrying signs in Taiwan

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Student are hounded by police. Peaceful protesters are thrown in jail for throwing eggs. Meanwhile, a wanted criminal with a violent past...
Monday, October 21, 2013

The Tourism Bureau’s assault on Falun Gong ... and our intelligence

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A nationwide directive targeting the Falun Gong backfires, and the government’s explanation shows that the administration believes we are...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Bug off: Wiretapping isn’t normal practice

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Taiwan’s justice minister says she’d have no problem with the government intercepting her phone communications because she has nothing to...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Bigots, religion, and the case for same-sex unions

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At the heart of Christian group ’s  opposition to same-sex marriage is the ingrained appetite for suffering and abnegation, and the desir...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Citizen 1985: The real deal, or a false flag? (中文 link at bottom)

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We know very little about the group behind three recent mass rallies, but its behavior raises questions about its raison d’etre, and poss...
Friday, October 04, 2013

Taiwan’s retired generals: A gold mine for China?

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Much is often said about the risks that retired Taiwanese generals will share secrets with the Chinese during exchange visits. However, fo...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Taiwanese Navy holds rare SM-2 live-fire exercise; receives first P-3C

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Despite being held close to Yonaguni Island, Taiwan denied speculation that the exercise sent any political message to Japan, which is in ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The current predicament

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It seems that we are now finding ourselves in the same predicament as the thinkers, writers, academics, and dreamers who saw themselves s...
Monday, September 23, 2013

No politics on campus and the death of ideals

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A recent incident at NCCU sheds light on efforts by those in power to neutralize universities as centers for new thinking and idealism ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

In Memoriam: Mr. Chang Sen-wen

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An act of despair by a victim of state-sanctioned demolitions today is the strongest indictment of the government’s inhumane definition o...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Threading the Wrong Needle: A Response

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A new report by the EastWest Institute only manages to reinforce the illusion that US arms sales to Taiwan are the principal cause of fric...
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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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