The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Emirates Orders Cabin Crew Not to Wear ROC Pin on Uniform, to Respect ‘One China’ Policy

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Complaints by Taiwanese crew to the new directive appear to have forced the airline company to reverse part of its order  A directive to...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

Tsai passes first-year test, but challenges loom

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An analysis of President Tsai's foreign and domestic policies during her first year in office  One year has elapsed since Tsai Ing-w...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage

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After months of waiting, Taiwan’s Council of Grand Justices rules that it is against the constitution to bar same-sex individuals from get...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

The Next U.S. Arms Package for Taiwan: What Taipei Should Ask For

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U.S. arms sales to Taiwan have both defensive and political value. While President Trump’s current infatuation with China makes it unlikel...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

We Can Slay the Dragons of Homophobia

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Phobia is at the heart of the campaign against the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan. Science and education can cast a light in ...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Yes, Taiwan Can and Will Survive Donald Trump

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The Trump administration will eventually awaken to the fact that Beijing cannot, and has no desire to, deliver on North Korea  Support...
Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Old Wine in an Old Bottle

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Beijing is reportedly planning to implement a ‘new strategy’ to win the hearts and minds of young Taiwanese. Like everything else that has...
Thursday, May 04, 2017

How to Wage the Battle for Taiwan’s International Space

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The moral case, however justified, has little chance of success in the current environment. Rather than continue with such a strategy, Tai...
Tuesday, May 02, 2017

Taiwan Kicked Out of Kimberley Process Meeting in Australia

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The Australian government had a chance to show leadership. Instead, it was a coward and gave in to Chinese pressure  The Taiwanese deleg...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Why China May Play Tough in the Lead-Up to Its 19th Party Conference

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The CCP party congress later this year will activate survival instincts of Communist officials in order to secure their power. Taiwan and ...
Friday, April 28, 2017

It Wasn’t Ever Going to be Easy

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Four foreign diplomats on Thursday shared their countries’ experiences with legalization of same-sex marriage with a Taiwanese audience. T...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

President Tsai Dodges Another Cross-Strait Bullet

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A Chinese activist’s attempt to defect to Taiwan earlier this week could have shaken the careful balancing act that has prevailed across t...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

TFD Hosts 2017 Community of Democracies Youth Forum

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The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and the Permanent Secretariat of the Community of Democracies today opened the 2017 CoD Youth Forum at...

Trends in Physical Violence and Assaults on the Press

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Physical violence and denial of access to members of the press are two tactics that have been used with alarming frequency in recent month...
Monday, April 17, 2017

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry Proposes High-Tech Weapon Deployments on Taiping Island

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As tensions rise in the South China Sea, Taiwan could deploy new high-tech weapons on an island it controls Due to a changing security e...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

US-China Relations after Mar-a-Lago

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Not much substance, but the two leaders agreed to a new framework for dialogue  U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart,...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Is President Tsai’s Handling of the Lee Ming-che Case Adequate?

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We shouldn’t expect the Tsai government to burst out guns blazing on the Lee case, as to do so would only spring the traps set by elements...
Thursday, April 06, 2017

Creative Ideas for Conflict Resolution in the Taiwan Strait Must be Based on Facts: A Response to Liu Yawei

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If a just solution is ever to be found to the hugely complex dispute in the Taiwan Strait, its foundations will have to rest on the facts,...
Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Can President Xi Score Points on Taiwan at Mar-a-Lago?

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The leaders of the world’s two most powerful countries will meet in Florida on April 6-7. Among the many issues they will discuss, Taiwan’...
Monday, April 03, 2017

Lee Ming-che disappearance in China causes fears among Taiwan NGOs

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Whether they are the result of new regulations in China governing foreign NGOs, the application of vague national security measures, or fa...
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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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