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China World
China’s Bullying of International Firms Reaches New Low With Gap T-Shirt Incident
Posted On May 15, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

In recent months China has used its Cyber Security Law and advertising regulations to pressure various international firms into removing …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks
China Acting on ‘Lebanonization’ Threat Against Taiwan
Posted On May 8, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Beijing has given up on winning the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese. Instead, using violence-prone proxies and a fake …

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China Cross-Strait World
Does China’s Pressure on Airlines to Write Off Taiwan Break WTO Rules?
Posted On May 7, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

At this stage in the game, Taiwan can no longer just count on the kindness and principles of other players …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks Taiwan Politics
Unprecedented Violence, Possible China Link As Anti-Pension Reform Protesters Storm Taiwan’s Legislature
Posted On April 27, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Physical assaults on members of the press and law-enforcement officials, and the presence of a protest leader at an event …

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Society & Culture
Conservative’s Bid for Referendum on Same-Sex Marriage, Sex Education Highlights Democratic Blindspot in Taiwan
Posted On April 23, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Amending the Referendum Act may have been a mistake in a highly politicized environment like Taiwan, where polarization is severe …

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For Taiwanese, Democracy is the Only Game in Town — And They Would Fight to Defend it
Posted On April 20, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

A recent survey shows that nearly 70 percent of Taiwanese would take action to defend their democratic way of life …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks Military
China’s Live-Fire Drill in the Taiwan Strait: A Case Study in Psychological Warfare
Posted On April 18, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Despite claims by Chinese hawks that the live-fire military exercise is aimed at Taiwan and that the aircraft carrier ‘Liaoning’ …

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China Cross-Strait
Taiwanese Novelist Wu Ming-yi To Lodge Protest With Man Booker Prize Over ‘Taiwan, China’ Designation (Updated)
Posted On March 29, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Man Group, the hedge fund manager which sponsors the literary prize, launched a quantitative hedge fund in China last year …

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China Cross-Strait Editor Picks World
Taiwan Travel Act: Use it Wisely
Posted On March 29, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

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

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China World
The CCP is Our Adversary, Not the Chinese People
Posted On March 20, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

As the CCP increasingly tries to narrow the space between party and state, and as President Xi erases the line …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks
The Great Chinese Lure: A Matter of National Security for Taiwan
Posted On March 15, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

A far greater threat to Taiwan than the PLA or pro-unification forces is the potential hollowing-out of Taiwan’s brain trust …

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China
‘Emperor Xi’ and Political Stability in China
Posted On March 13, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

By ending institutionalized transitions of power and extending the Chinese leader’s rule indefinitely, the constitutional change increases the odds that …