The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
Saturday, April 28, 2018

Q&A on Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific Concept

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How does Taiwan fit into the free and open Indo-Pacific?  Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe are not the only leaders talking about a “free and...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Unprecedented Violence, Possible China Link As Anti-Pension Reform Protesters Storm Taiwan’s Legislature

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Physical assaults on members of the press and law-enforcement officials, and the presence of a protest leader at an event in Beijing in 20...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Conservative’s Bid for Referendum on Same-Sex Marriage, Sex Education Highlights Democratic Blindspot in Taiwan

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Amending the Referendum Act may have been a mistake in a highly politicized environment like Taiwan, where polarization is severe and civi...
Friday, April 20, 2018

For Taiwanese, Democracy is the Only Game in Town — And They Would Fight to Defend it

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A new survey shows that nearly 70 percent of Taiwanese would take action to defend their democratic way of life if China attacked their co...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

China’s Live-Fire Drill in the Taiwan Strait: A Case Study in Psychological Warfare

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Despite claims by Chinese hawks that the live-fire military exercise is aimed at Taiwan and that the aircraft carrier ‘Liaoning’ could be ...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Taiwan Travel Act: Use it Wisely

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Recently signed into law by President Trump, the Taiwan Travel Act opens the door for high-level exchanges between Taiwanese and American ...

Taiwanese Novelist Wu Ming-yi To Lodge Protest With Man Booker Prize Over ‘Taiwan, China’ Designation

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Man Group, the hedge fund manager which sponsors the literary prize, launched a quantitative hedge fund in China last year catering to wea...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Xi Issues Stern Warning to Taiwan, Vows to Defend ‘Every Inch’ of Chinese Territory

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An emboldened President Xi had some strong words for Taiwan after President Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act into law last week  Chine...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

The CCP is Our Adversary, Not the Chinese People

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As the CCP increasingly tries to narrow the space between party and state, and as President Xi erases the line between himself and the par...
Thursday, March 15, 2018

The Great Chinese Lure: A Matter of National Security for Taiwan

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A far greater threat to Taiwan than the PLA or pro-unification forces is the potential hollowing-out of Taiwan’s brain trust as China’s ec...
Friday, March 09, 2018

Who’s to Blame for the ‘1992 Consensus’ Impasse?

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Beijing’s intransigence, and not Taipei’s refusal to fall into a trap, is the source of instability in bilateral relations  It has becom...
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...
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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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