The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Saturday, November 30, 2013

A feast of hatred (updated with video links + 中文 links)

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Once again, opponents of same-sex marriage demonstrated that bigotry and intolerance, lies and hatred, are the foundations of their belie...
Friday, November 29, 2013

China’s dangerous gamble

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How comfortable we are with this new situation depends on whether we can trust Chinese leaders, air controllers, radar systems, and relati...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

China's ADIZ: Taiwan's Dilemma

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If Taiwan ever wants to be an equal participant in regional security, it must stand up to China over the new ADIZ Like other countries...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Lies and hatred are the tools of the desperate

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There is no debate or dialogue over same-sex marriage. Its opponents’ totalitarian view of the world makes sure of that As I’ve writt...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Exit stage: Leaving the ‘Taipei Times’

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After more than seven years, it’s time to move on… It’s been a little more than seven years since I began work with the Taipei Times ...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Failing to connect the dots

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Traditional news outlets in Taiwan are irresponsibly ignoring many important stories and thereby preventing foreign audiences from seeing...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

What China doesn’t get: A response to Wang Kung-yi

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Helping Beijing understand the complexity of Taiwanese society, rather than reinforcing its flawed assumptions, would go a long way in av...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Is the diplomatic truce over? The Gambia incident

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President Ma greets Jammeh in Taipei, June 26, 2012 Banjul announced last week that it was cutting ties with Taiwan. Was China behind th...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Strait talking - China's military power grows in the Taiwan Strait

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China is continuing to build up its military strength while increasing ties with Taiwan, as Beijing maintains its claims on the island. ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Turning the tables: A2/AD against China

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A  new report  by the RAND Corporation proposes turning the tables on China by creating a regional A2/AD alliance, relying principally ...
Thursday, November 07, 2013

The White Wolf’s curveball

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The famous (ex-) gangster is cunningly offering money to laid-off factory workers in return for a pledge to drop a planned protest agains...
Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Does China Want a Cold War?

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A new video by PLA generals suggests that some in the CCP are eager for a Cold War with Washington  Time and again in recent years, th...
Monday, November 04, 2013

Taiwanese Army receives first six of 30 AH-64E attack helicopters

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Taiwan is the first foreign customer of the ‘Echo’ model, which is lighter and more nimble than its predecessor In a long-awaited mom...
Saturday, November 02, 2013

An uneasy peace between China and Taiwan

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Yes, the world can learn a few things from Taiwan about how to engage China. But we should not ignore the idiosyncratic nature of the rela...
Friday, November 01, 2013

Twenty-three million invisible men and women

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Even well meaning and informed experts often ignore the single most important element in the cross-strait equation — the Taiwanese Ca...
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...
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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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