The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

228: Trauma, Memory and the Birth of a Nation

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The 228 Massacre is sacred ground — a graveyard out of whose soil a nation emerged. And for many, it was an original sin for the Nationali...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Xi Jinping’s Power Grab Creates Systemic Instability

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Lifting the term limits for the Chinese president could increase the likelihood of a coup d’etat in China  The China-watching punditry h...
Friday, February 23, 2018

Lufthansa, British Airways Give in to Chinese Pressure, List Taiwan as Part of China

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Two more carriers now list Taiwan as part of China on their web sites as Beijing threatens fines for ‘violations’ to advertisement and cyb...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Top Chinese Military Strategist Bemoans KMT’s Lack of Commitment to Unification

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Members of the Kuomintang who visit China are ‘lying and eating and drinking’, a Chinese military strategist argues  Speaking in a recen...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Congress Is Right to Stand Up for Taiwan

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A bill that would allow exchanges between senior US and Taiwanese officials is making its way in Congress, sparking some push-back by Chin...
Friday, February 09, 2018

China Unleashes ‘Rough Power’ as Taiwan Deals with Deadly Quake

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Internet ultranationalism and political calculation are poisoning whatever ‘goodwill’ China has shown for Taiwan as it handles the afterma...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Conflict in the Taiwan Strait: What it Is, and What it Isn’t

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International media need to find a better term than ‘rivals’ to describe a situation in which a small democracy is fighting for its surviv...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Globalizing Taiwan’s Defense Industry

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Opportunities exist for much greater cooperation between Taiwanese defense firms and partners around the world. But before this can happen...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Beijing Ramps Up Pressure on Foreign Airlines, Firms to Respect China’s ‘Territorial Integrity’

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After Delta Air Lines and Qantas, several airlines are coming under pressure by Beijing to remove references to Taiwan as a sovereign enti...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Trump’s National Security Strategy and Taiwan’s Changing Security Environment

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Despite some positive language in the new National Security Strategy, allies like Taiwan that rely on continued U.S. support cannot afford...
Thursday, January 11, 2018

Analysis: China’s New Air Routes Near Taiwan: Why Now? To What End?

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Beijing has reneged on an agreement reached with Taipei in 2015, in part to destabilize the Tsai Ing-wen administration and to show who is...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

The Taiwan Strait in 2018 – Still a Dangerous Flashpoint

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While the world’s attention is fixated on North Korea, it would be imprudent to ignore the other dangerous flashpoint in the Indo-Pacific ...
Tuesday, January 02, 2018

How can democracies counter China’s growing clout

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Canada must adjust its policies of engagement with China by building upon the knowledge that is accumulating globally  China is on a mis...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

A U.S. Attack on North Korea: Could China Retaliate Against Taiwan?

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Chinese retaliation against Taiwan amid a U.S. military move on North Korea would be an occasion for Beijing to redress two historical wou...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

New Party Officials Held for Questioning as China-Linked Spy Probe Widens

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A handful of individuals from the pro-unification New Party were taken in for questioning in a case that seems to be linked to a spy ring ...
Monday, December 18, 2017

Taiwan’s Democracy Dodges a Bullet

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The attempt to unseat Huang Kuo-chang of the New Power Party highlights troubling flaws with Taiwan’s recall laws, which could become a so...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Beijing’s Orwellian View of Taiwan is Getting Dangerous

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The often risible comments by Chinese officials about Taiwan are certainly entertaining, but they signal a dangerous malaise within the CC...
Monday, December 11, 2017

Analysis: Chinese Envoy to the U.S. Threatens War Over U.S. Navy Port Calls in Taiwan

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While it is unlikely the PLA would invade Taiwan in response to the resumption of regular U.S. Navy visits to Taiwan, Taipei and Washingto...
Saturday, December 09, 2017

Why America Should Beware a Resurgent China

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The world is witnessing a new, more assertive phase in China’s foreign engagement under President Xi Jinping  As it makes its presence f...
Friday, December 08, 2017

Making Transitional Justice Work

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Institutionalization will be key to ensure the long-term survival of the many agencies that have a role to play in transitional justice, d...
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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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