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Society & Culture
The Recall Attempt Against Huang Kuo-chang: What’s at Stake?
Posted On October 26, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Conservative Christian groups are getting closer to unseating a progressive legislator from the New Power Party due to his support …

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Cross-Strait World
Taiwan Conspicuously Absent From Peace Event in Montreal
Posted On October 13, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Repressive and authoritarian countries are all featured at an event about peace in Montreal. But Taiwan, one of the rare …

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Cross-Strait Society & Culture
Double Ten and the Narcissism of Small Differences in Taiwan
Posted On October 11, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Both Taiwan and the ROC today overlap in the fundamental values and ideas that define society. Rather than bicker over …

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Book Reviews Cross-Strait Editor Picks Military
Optimism for Taiwan’s Defense: A Review of ‘The Chinese Invasion Threat’
Posted On October 7, 2017 Peter Mattis 0

Unlike what is often said or written about conflict in the Taiwan Strait, PLA military planners regard the invasion of …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks World
Homage to Catalonia … and Taiwan
Posted On October 3, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

We can admire and encourage Catalans as they aspire to build their own country. But the situation there is a …

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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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Cross-Strait Taiwan Politics
Thinking Strategically About Taiwan’s Survival
Posted On August 9, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

As it faces off against an increasingly assertive China, Taiwan must do everything it can to present a united front …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks
China Threatens the Very Essence of Taiwan’s Statehood
Posted On July 28, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

China isn’t ready to take Taiwan by force, and its efforts to win over the Taiwanese with economic incentives have …

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Book Reviews Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
Review of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan

Posted On July 5, 2017 Niki J. P. Alsford 0

The world of academia needs to recognize the importance of Taiwan Studies, a field which has been gaining momentum in …

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China Cross-Strait World
China and the ‘Cold War Mentality’
Posted On June 8, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Beijing has repeatedly accused its critics of having a ‘Cold War mentality.’ But is being a Cold Warrior really something …

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China Cross-Strait Hong Kong
Hong Kong Bookseller Lam Wing-kee Touts Plan to Open Store in Taiwan as ‘Symbol of Resistance’
Posted On May 9, 2017 Jojje Olsson 0

Causeway Bay Books recently announced plans to relocate from Hong Kong to Taipei. But during a recent trip to Taiwan, …