The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Thursday, June 30, 2016

China Ramps Up Information Warfare Operations Abroad

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But is the propaganda drive effective?  China’s participation in and sponsorship of international conferences, closed-door trilateral me...

Singaporean Charged for Threatening to 'Open Fire' on LGBT Community

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If found guilty, the 36-year-old man faces a maximum of five years’ imprisonment. His case also appears to have energized anti-LGBT elemen...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Is China Really That Irritable?

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According to the narrative created by international media, Beijing is so obsessed with Taiwan that it is constantly ‘infuriated’ by it  ...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Radio Silence in the Taiwan Strait? Think Again

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News that Beijing has suspended communication mechanisms with Taipei need to be taken in their proper context. It’s much less alarming tha...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Cambodia Deports 25 Taiwanese Fraud Suspects to PRC

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In an echo of incidents involving Kenya and Malaysia, earlier today 25 Taiwanese nationals were deported from Cambodia to China  After d...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Timing of ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung’s Arrest Raises Questions

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‘Even the blind can see what’s going on’  The arrest and charging today of “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung (梁國雄), a lawmaker with Hong Kong’...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Like It or Not, the KMT Is No Monolith

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For all its faults, today’s KMT cannot be accused of being a ‘stooge’ of Beijing, as an opinion maker in Hong Kong argued recently  In a...

Hong Kong-Based Legal Organization Challenges S China Sea Arbitration

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The hitherto unknown Asia Pacific Institute of International Law is headed by a seasoned Hong Kong barrister with interesting ties to the ...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Cambodia to Deport Taiwanese Fraud Suspects to … China

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The move occurs weeks after Taiwanese suspects in Kenya and Malaysia were sent back to China  Cambodian authorities on Monday announced ...

Citing ‘One China,’ Kyrgyzstan Bans All Contact With Taiwan

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Economic dependence on China once again seems to be behind a country’s decision to avoid interactions with Taiwan  A discombobulated Tai...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

China vs. Philippines in South China Sea: The Only Thing You Need to Know

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Manila can sue Beijing all it wants, but in the end it seems Chinese leaders already know how they will respond  In just a few weeks the...
Friday, June 17, 2016

TAO Says Chinese Anger Not Aimed at Taiwan but ‘Taiwan Independence’

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An Fengshan blames everything on those in Taiwan who seek to ‘secede’ from China. Unfortunately for him, the problem is a much more formid...

Ma Ying-jeou’s Great SOPA Whitewash

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The former Taiwanese president had a golden opportunity to give hope to embattled journalists in Hong Kong. He blew it  Barred by the Ts...

Monkey Intrusion Causes Outage at Air Force Base in Taiwan

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Despite the security breach, military officials maintain that national security was never compromised  Never mind Chinese spies or sabot...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Sports Event Rules and the Double Standards of the Taiwan Strait

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FIFA and other sports organizations have strict rules against the display of political, religious, or abusive slogans during international...

They Did Not Reap What They Sowed — We All Did

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‘In silence we are just as guilty as those who use the alphabet of bigotry to create an environment in which it is permissible for some to...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Support Unification? Ride This Cab

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A major taxi company in Taiwan has affiliations that may make you think twice before you open the door and jump in. Or not, depending on y...

Politics Behind Athens’ Denial of License to China Airlines

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The eleventh-hour cancellation of 18 scheduled flights between Taoyuan and Athens occurs amid closer economic ties between China and the c...
Monday, June 13, 2016

Reading the Tea Leaves in the Taiwan Strait

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Is the relationship coming to an end? Has Beijing embarked on a policy of disciplining Taiwan for making the ‘wrong’ choices? It’s simply ...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Racist ‘Citizen Journalist’ Videos Spark Outrage in Taiwan

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The almost universal reaction to a recent harassment case targeting elderly ‘Mainlanders’ in Kaohsiung shows that Taiwan has transcended a...
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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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