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Hugo Tierny

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China’s Self-Defeating Approach to Taiwan
Posted On July 24, 2017 Hugo Tierny 0

By closing all options for negotiations with Taipei, Beijing has sunk into strategic deadlock and strengthened Taiwan’s national identity and …

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Taiwan’s Budding Security Relationship With Japan
Posted On May 16, 2017 Hugo Tierny 0

Dr. Kuo Yu-jen is a leading academic in Taiwan and the executive director of the Institute for National Policy Research …

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Why Washington Must Stand Up For Taiwan
Posted On April 12, 2017 Hugo Tierny 0

For moral as well as geo-strategic reasons, Taiwan matters to the United States. Abandoning it to authoritarian forces would spell …

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Cross-Strait Taiwan Defense
Rough Seas for Taiwan’s Indigenous Defense Submarine Program
Posted On March 21, 2017 Hugo Tierny 0

“China’s recent move to sail [its sole aircraft carrier] near Taiwan has highlighted the need for Taiwan to go ahead …

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‘Mainlanders’ and What it Means to be a Taiwanese
Posted On March 14, 2017 Hugo Tierny 0

Despite their wish to perpetuate their Chineseness abroad, mainlanders in Taiwan were changed by historical and social processes. They were …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks Society & Culture
The 228 Massacre: The Birth Certificate of a Nation?
Posted On March 1, 2017 Hugo Tierny 0

For many, the 228 Incident of 1947 has entered Taiwanese memory as a milestone of national history, symbolizing the divorce …