The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Friday, July 29, 2016

Due to ‘Safety Concerns’, Chinese Dance Competition Cancels HK Venue, Shifts to Taiwan

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Various pro-CCP groups have been protesting outside Macpherson Stadium in Mong Kok District since July 20, prompting management to cancel ...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

A Bear and a Complex Character: New Symbols of Taiwanese Patriotism?

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Symbols are essential to nationalism, and Taiwan will need more of those if it is to succeed in making the case for its continued existenc...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Taiwan, Hong Kong Artists Forced to Sign ‘No Separatism’ Form: Reports

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While there has not been any confirmation of a new rule, several artists have heard rumors that they will have to sign the document to per...

Chinese Warns of ‘Soft’ and ‘Insidious’ Taiwan Independence Forces

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Chinese officials and academics continue to fail to understand the origins of the widespread opposition to unification in Taiwan  The ch...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

A Catalyst for KMT Reform?

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In post-Sunflower Taiwan, the KMT’s ‘ill-gotten’ assets are more scarlet letter than an advantage  After a marathon review in the legisl...
Friday, July 22, 2016

The Closing of the Chinese Mind

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‘If we are to avoid major tensions in the Taiwan Strait, there will have to be a time when the people in Chinese academia and government w...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

Ex-Convict Calls on ‘Anti-Independence Heroes’ to Firebomb DPP HQ

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Tung Nien-tai is known to seek publicity and may be mentally unstable. Police have been alerted  A former convict and debt collector yes...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Visit to Taiping Island: An Exercise in Wastefulness and Futility

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A bipartisan group of Taiwanese legislators headed for the South China Sea today to ‘defend’ the nation’s sovereignty. All of this is gran...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Taiwan Must Avoid Short-Termism and Think Strategically

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With control of both the legislative and executive branches of government, it must be very tempting for the DPP to take bold actions. But ...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Beijing Alters Recent History: Says Taipei Suspended Dialogue

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China unilaterally suspended cross-strait communication mechanisms late last month after judging that President Tsai had failed to meet Be...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Chinese Communist Youth League Wins: Film Drops Taiwanese Actor from Project

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After weeks of pressure online and a threat of boycott by Chinese ultranationalists, a film studio has given in and chose to replace Taiwa...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Beijing in ‘State of Alert’ Ahead of Key Ruling on South China Sea

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Armored vehicles and undercover police have been deployed around the Embassy of the Philippines in Beijing amid rumors of planned protests...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Communist Youth League Slams Chinese Film Director For Starring Taiwanese Actor

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Chinese ultranationalists have called for a boycott of Vicki Zhao’s upcoming film for her casting of Taiwan’s Leon Dai as the lead actor  ...
Thursday, July 07, 2016

Explosion at Taiwan Train Station, 24 Injured

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Authorities are trying to determine the cause of the explosion  As many as 24 people were injured in an explosion on board a train at th...

Forbes’ Inexplicable Contempt for Taiwan

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By putting it in the same category as Donald Trump, European nationalists and Rodrigo Duterte, Tim Ferguson provides an image of Taiwan’s ...
Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Taiwan to Join Family of U.S.-Made AIM-9X Block II Missile Users

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‘The missile would have made Top Gun a very short movie’  Tucson, Arizona-based Raytheon Co., Missile Systems on July 1 was awarded a US...
Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Top Chinese Official Calls for Greater Cooperation with Taiwan Media (Dream On)

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Given the state of the media in China today, any closer cooperation with its highly censored and propagandistic news outlets would be suic...
Monday, July 04, 2016

Missile Incident Propels New Round of Insanity in Taiwan’s Media

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Like other forces the world over, the Taiwanese military is prone to mistakes. While it should be pressured to improve its performance, re...
Friday, July 01, 2016

Polish Journalists Denied Accreditation Due to Chinese Pressure

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One of the journalists says that her criticism of Beijing’s human rights track record and her signing of an open letter ahead of Preside...

Taiwanese Navy ‘Mistakenly’ Fires ‘Carrier Killer’ Cruise Missile, Hits Fishing Vessel, Kills 1

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Nobody was injured in the incident, and the Navy is conducting an investigation  The Taiwanese Navy on Friday (July 1) announced that on...
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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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