The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Sunday, July 30, 2017

Will China's Disinformation War Destabilize Taiwan?

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If you can’t control the message, take that control away from your opponent by making sure the message gets lost  While analysts continu...
Friday, July 28, 2017

China Threatens the Very Essence of Taiwan’s Statehood

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China isn’t ready to take Taiwan by force, and its efforts to win over the Taiwanese with economic incentives have failed. Beijing’s next ...
Friday, July 21, 2017

Fake News at Work: President Tsai ‘Persecutes Religion’ in Taiwan

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Temple operators in Taiwan appear to have become the latest targets in a disinformation campaign intended to discredit the administration ...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Brawls in Taiwan’s Legislature: A Blemish, Yes, but Hardly a Way of Life

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The unfortunate scenes we have witnessed in recent days are not what parliament is all about, nor are they representative of a cherished i...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Taiwan Confirms China’s ‘Black Hand’ Behind Anti-Reform Protests

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Using ‘content farms’ and other means, Chinese elements are suspected of generating much of the disinformation that has been circulating c...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Assertive Great Power or Victim — China Can’t be Both

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Hubristic and expansionist China shouldn’t cry foul when its nationals don’t receive a warm reception in countries it has been bullying fo...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017

President Tsai’s Safety at Risk as Anti-Pension Reform Groups Plot Escalatory Action

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Groups with a track record of violence are threatening President Tsai and her entourage with actions that could pose a major health hazard...
Friday, July 07, 2017

The Trump Administration’s First Arms Package for Taiwan: What’s in it?

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The latest U.S. arms sale to Taiwan is no game changer, but some of the items approved for transfer suggest greater willingness on Washing...
Monday, July 03, 2017

Death of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong Sends Warning to the International Community

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Most people already knew that ‘one country, two systems’ was a sham, at best a temporary smokescreen meant to facilitate the recuperation ...
Friday, June 30, 2017

The World is Not Abandoning Taiwan

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Despite the challenges and diplomatic reversals, Taiwan is in many ways more connected to the international community today than it was du...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

The World Is Deserting Taiwan. How Should the U.S. Respond?

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A ChinaFile Conversation between Richard Bernstein, Margaret Lewis and J. Michael Cole  There are plenty of things the United States cou...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Taiwan Just Lost Panama to China—But It Doesn't (Really) Matter

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Absent a working Taiwan strategy, Beijing has ramped up the pressure to isolate Taipei internationally  Panama on Tuesday severed diplom...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Panama Severs Diplomatic Relations with Taiwan, Embraces PRC

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After more than a billion dollars in infrastructure investment, port acquisitions and the promise of riches, Panama has decided to sever t...
Thursday, June 08, 2017

China and the ‘Cold War Mentality’

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Beijing has repeatedly accused its critics of having a ‘Cold War mentality.’ But is being a Cold Warrior really something to be ashamed of...
Thursday, June 01, 2017

Taiwan, Tell Thyself

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It is nearly impossible to find foreign-language books about Taiwan in Taiwanese bookstores. This needs to be fixed, perhaps with incentiv...
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 ...
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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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