Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Those who would turn back the clock in Taiwan (中文 link at bottom)

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The religious leader of an alliance opposing same-sex marriage brushes elbows with a pro-unification gangster; The Catholic Church distan...
Monday, January 27, 2014

Why China’s aircraft carrier program makes (some) sense

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China’s interest in aircraft carriers is a strategic calculation based in the psychology of modern warfare The reactions to what appeare...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

A rude awakening for Taiwan’s Presidential Office

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While walls can be erected to ensure better protection, they will do nothing to resolve the widening chasm between those in power and th...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Status Quo: Taiwanese continue to prefer what they have

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Taiwanese identification and desire for independence has increased just as cross-strait exchanges have deepened and as the Ma Administrat...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

2013年，你過得好嗎？

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A video retrospective using photographs taken by me and Edd Jhong of PNN. How was your year 2013? What will 2014 bring?
Monday, January 20, 2014

The National Police Administration’s Heidao friends

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It doesn’t look too good when the head of the National Police Administration is caught at a banquet with a Triad member One of the ma...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Taiwan unveils ‘Wan Chien’ missile, upgraded IDF aircraft

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All 71 IDFs in the 443rd Tactical Fighter Wing in Tainan have been upgraded, and all can carry to air-to-ground cruise missile The Taiwa...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Pro-democracy hero? No thank you (中文 link at bottom)

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Administrators at NCKU in central Taiwan are betraying the democratic principles and foundations that are necessary for a well-rounded ed...

Of orgies, activism, and poor journalism (中文 link at bottom)

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Merely sensationalistic or politically motivated, a recent UDN article about social movements goes a long way in trying to discredit acti...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

The Times They Are A-Changin': A year in pictures

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A retrospective of some of the major events in Taiwan in 2013, with photos by Edd Jhong of PNN/PTS and me The full selection of pictures...
Tuesday, January 07, 2014

The Dapu ruling and Taiwan’s ‘moral wealth’

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A court last week ruled that the government had wrongfully demolished four homes in Miaoli County. Fearing that this would set an inconve...

Taiwanese intelligence accused of meddling in Hong Kong

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Beijing accuses Taiwan of seeking to create “chaos” in the the territory to discredit the one country, two systems formula  It’s probabl...
Saturday, January 04, 2014

Same-sex marriage in Taiwan: A case for progress, modernity, and putting Taiwan on the map (中文 link at bottom)

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Opponents of same-sex marriage simply don’t have a case. Share a panel with one of the leaders of the movement, and you’ll see why As...
Friday, January 03, 2014

Senkaku Weirdness to Start Off the Year

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The East China Sea has already seen a number of surprises in 2014  No sooner had we bid farewell to a year of rising tensions in the Eas...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Taiwan’s courts as fast-food joints, or tools of repression? (中文 link at bottom)

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Facing growing public discontent and rising activism, the government is using the courts to silence the opposition. Now it won’t even giv...