The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Taiwan: China's Finger is on the Pulse, Not the Trigger

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Despite the balance of power having shifted in China's favour, Beijing's list of options to coerce Taiwan is rather limited  Wit...
Monday, October 26, 2015

Why We Must Push Back

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Opponents of same-sex marriage have no compelling argument and must therefore resort to fear and senselessness. We should not remain silen...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

China needs to learn that the Taiwanese people can't be bought

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The pursuit of an economic solution to the Taiwan 'issue' is an exercise in futility and one that can only cause more frustrations...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

KMT's Hung Hsiu-chu is Out, Eric Chu is In

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The eleventh-hour move was made to prevent further hemorrhaging at the local level and to salvage the KMT’s chances in the legislative ele...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Does Beijing Believe Its Own Official Line On Taiwan?

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Maybe China does have a better understanding of the island-nation it claims as its own. But it just can’t admit it  Hardly a meeting bet...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Careful Not to Mistake Chinese Hawks for Doves

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China is now sponsoring a number of conferences in the West. While we should always encourage dialogue, we should also be aw...
Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Taiwan’s Pan-Blue Camp is at War with Itself

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The Chinese Nationalist Party is in crisis. And it has itself, not Hung Hsiu-chu, to blame  Something rather extraordinary occurred outs...
Friday, September 25, 2015

對寫作說幾句話

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台灣年輕人經常不惜花費幾萬塊錢學習怎麼寫作。但這完全是在浪費你的時間和金錢。 自從十年前定居台灣到現在,我已經再也數不清究竟有多少個台灣人問過我能不能教他/她寫作了。台灣人對於莎士比亞的語言似乎有一種愛恨交織的情感,但有不少人還是真的想學好英文,這當然是為了實用所需。在台...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Chinese Propaganda: Coming Soon to a Conference Near You

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A few things you should know about the Oct. 5 CEFC US-China colloquium in Washington  One week after Chinese President Xi Jinping comple...
Monday, September 21, 2015

Hung Hsiu-chu’s Crusade Against Populism

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Given her tendency to demonize civil society by constantly comparing it to Middle East-style terror organizations, we can only imagine how...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

POLITICAL WARFARE WATCH: Chang Wei-shan’s Troubling Connections

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A young employee at the Executive Yuan who supports unification is also involved with organizations that promote the secession of Okinawa ...
Monday, September 14, 2015

A Few Words on Writing

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Young Taiwanese are often willing to fork out tens of thousands of NT dollars to be taught how to write. That’s a complete was...
Friday, September 11, 2015

VOTE 2016: When Fiction Becomes Reality

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Sometimes a deliberately misleading headline is all it takes for disinformation to take flight  Once again today, Taiwanese media exhibi...
Friday, September 04, 2015

As Chen Yunlin Falls From Grace, Beijing Shows It Still Doesn’t Get Taiwan

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Beijing is blaming Chen Yunlin for 'losing' Taiwan. If only things were that simple... According to reports in Taiwanese media o...
Thursday, September 03, 2015

China’s ‘Victory Day’ Military Parade: A Worrying Signal

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Rather than signal a desire for peace, the parade was an expression of belligerence that can only contribute to future tensions within a r...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Why Taiwanese Leaders Should Skip the Victory Day Parade in Beijing

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Former KMT chairman Lien Chan will attend the military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3, which sends a very bad signal to the young men and wo...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

VOTE 2016: Why Beijing Should Worry About 小Soong’s ‘Rebirth’

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Politically expedient or heartfelt, James Soong’s transformation is a reflection of a consolidating identity in Taiwan. And that’s bad new...
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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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