The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Why Jiang Yi-huah Will be Able to Talk About Taiwan’s Democracy in Hong Kong

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The former Taiwanese premier under president Ma Ying-jeou appears to have slipped through the firewall that has been erected around Hong K...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

When They Get it Wrong

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A bizarre analysis of Taiwan’s delegation to President Trump’s swearing-in ceremony exemplifies everything that is wrong with much of what...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

China Intensifies Disinformation Campaign Against Taiwan

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Banking on structural weaknesses in today’s media, Beijing has succeeded in broadcasting a false narrative about Taiwan, often on a global...
Friday, January 13, 2017

China Goes After Taiwan’s Allies, Official and Not

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Given Taiwan’s unusual situation, the erosion of unofficial relationships with key countries could in the long run be more damaging to its...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

China Tightens Pincers on Taiwan

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While the external threat to Taiwan appears to be growing, Beijing could also increase its cooperation with local proxies to undermine the...
Monday, January 09, 2017

Sorry Beijing: States Have Sovereign Rights

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Whatever we might say about the Trump camp, they are stiffening American spines when it comes to doing the right thing by democratic Taiwa...
Saturday, January 07, 2017

Pro-unification Groups, Triad Members Threaten Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong, Legislators in Taiwan

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Brief altercations at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport this morning when pro-Beijing gangsters broke through police lines and tried to...
Wednesday, January 04, 2017

China’s ‘Soft Powerlessness’

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Ultra-nationalistic Chinese citizens and organizations are out of control on the Internet and harassing Beijing’s opponents in ways that o...
Tuesday, January 03, 2017

A New Voice for Taiwan in Times of High Uncertainty

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The years ahead promise to be challenging ones for Taiwan. More than ever, its people need to engage the international community so that t...

U.S. Hate Group MassResistance Behind Anti-LGBT Activities in Taiwan

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The Christian-led movement against the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan is now being directly aided by a group from the Extreme...

Book Review: Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard

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In his latest book, professor Bruce Jacobs walks us through the key trials surrounding the Kaohsiung Incident and gets down and personal w...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

São Tomé and Príncipe Drops Taiwan, Embraces China

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What was behind the move? What are the implications for Taiwan?  The African nation of São Tomé and Príncipe on December 20 announced th...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

One China, Many Trumps?

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Panic, hope, fear and anger are all premature when it comes to Trump’s policy on Taiwan and China  If we needed one word to describe Pre...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

The Tsai-Trump Call: The Dynamics in Taiwan

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Most analysis of the call overlooks a crucial component: Tsai’s own calculations and the domestic reaction on Taiwan  The 10-minute tele...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Taiwan, Not the US, Will Likely Pay the Price for the Trump-Tsai Call

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Weighing the pros and cons of THE CALL  The recent 10-minute telephone conversation between US President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwanes...
Monday, December 05, 2016

Should Washington Recalibrate Relations with Taipei?

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President Trump could do a few things to normalize ties with Taiwan, but the options remain limited  The recent storm over Taiwanese Pre...

Trump's Taiwan Call: Cross-Strait Politics by Other Means

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What was behind the Tsai-Trump call? What does it mean about US-Taiwan-China relations? President-elect Donald J. Trump last week seemed...
Thursday, December 01, 2016

My Marriage Equality Testimony (of Sorts)

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As I write these words, the aircraft that is taking me to London, where I am scheduled to give three lectures this week, is flying over K...
Thursday, November 24, 2016

More than Marriage Equality, it’s a Battle Between Reason and Obscurantism

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The current mess isn’t a gentlemen’s debate on policy, where one side’s facts are weighed against those of their opponents; it is, instead...
Friday, November 18, 2016

Thousands protest as Taiwan inches closer to legalising same-sex marriage

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Opponents of same-sex marriage rallied outside the legislature as lawmakers discussed proposed amendments to the civil code Several thou...
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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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