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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
228: Trauma, Memory and the Birth of a Nation
Posted On February 28, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

The 228 Massacre is sacred ground — a graveyard out of whose soil a nation emerged. And for many, it …

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Cross-Strait
Conflict in the Taiwan Strait: What it Is, and What it Isn’t
Posted On January 31, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

International media need to find a better term than ‘rivals’ to describe a situation in which a small democracy is …

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Society & Culture
Making Transitional Justice Work
Posted On December 8, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Institutionalization will be key to ensure the long-term survival of the many agencies that have a role to play in …

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Book Reviews China
Stories From China’s Secret Prisons
Posted On November 24, 2017 Jojje Olsson 0

In recent years hundreds of Chinese lawyers and activists have been arbitrarily jailed under a new form of detention. All …

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China Editor Picks World
We Must Push Back Before China Silences Us
Posted On November 16, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Authoritarian China has turned its sights on the intellectuals in the West who are shedding light on what the regime …

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China Editor Picks World
The Gui Minhai Case Two Years On: A Daughter’s Struggle
Posted On October 16, 2017 Jojje Olsson 0

Exactly two years ago, Swedish publisher Gui Minhai was kidnapped by Chinese security agents in Thailand. He has been held …

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China Cross-Strait Editor Picks
Beware of Chinese Social Media
Posted On September 23, 2017 Jojje Olsson 0

The show trial of activist Lee Ming-che once again highlights the dangers of using Chinese social media. Even citizens outside …

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China Cross-Strait Editor Picks
What Lee Ming-che’s Show Trial Tells Us
Posted On September 12, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

More than anything, Beijing is using the Lee case to send a warning to Taiwan and the rest of the …

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Book Reviews China Cross-Strait Editor Picks
The Liberals’ Great Failure on Taiwan: A Response to Edward Luce
Posted On August 23, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

It is grand time that liberals recognized that the defense of Taiwan is a worthy liberal enterprise, not a relic …

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Taiwan Politics
When Did Martial Law Start and End?
Posted On July 20, 2017 Dafydd Fell 0

The lifting of martial law in 1987 was an important turning point in Taiwan’s history. But it was not such …

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China Cross-Strait
Assertive Great Power or Victim — China Can’t be Both
Posted On July 13, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Hubristic and expansionist China shouldn’t cry foul when its nationals don’t receive a warm reception in countries it has been …

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China World
China is Demoting Human Rights at the UN
Posted On June 30, 2017 Jojje Olsson 0

China is using its growing influence not only to isolate Taiwan from the United Nations, but also to combat the …