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In Memoriam: Lee Teng-Hui and the Democracy That He Built
Posted On August 10, 2020 J Michael Cole 0

The former president of Taiwan is the incontestable refutation of the belief that history is merely an impersonal force, that …

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China Cross-Strait
Dual Recognition: Could Taiwan Countenance the Idea?
Posted On August 15, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

The zero-sum game in the Taiwan Strait has outlived its usefulness and no longer reflects reality. Taipei should make it …

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Taiwan Politics
Divergent Understandings of Taiwanese Democracy: Ma Ying-jeou vs. Tsai Ing-wen
Posted On July 19, 2019 Dafydd Fell 0

In recent speeches, both politicians claimed that Taiwan’s democracy is in danger. But the way they conceptualize this danger is …

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China Cross-Strait
Xi’s Two Fractured Legs
Posted On March 22, 2018 Gabor Szentesi 0

Xi Jinping wants legitimacy and legacy, but both of those legs are fractured. And instead of trying to tread carefully …

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China Editor Picks
Xi and the Chinese Presidency: New Rules, Uncertain Future
Posted On March 1, 2018 Timothy Rich 0

Observers are correct to be concerned about the ramifications of extending Xi’s presidency. But comparisons to the Mao era may …

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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 Editor Picks
The Real Reasons Behind Chinese Expansionism
Posted On July 25, 2017 Jojje Olsson 0

China is increasingly relying on military force to back up its territorial claims and growing sphere of influence. Just like …

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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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Book Reviews China
The Beautiful Country and The Middle Kingdom: A Review
Posted On March 23, 2017 Grace Jackson 0

Veteran reporter John Pomfret has given us a rich and vivid account of U.S.-China relations, full of surprising facts and …

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Editor Picks Society & Culture
‘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 …