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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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Cross-Strait
The KMT’s Dangerous Flirting with a China Peace Agreement
Posted On February 21, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

Whatever the motive, anyone who suggests that Taiwan could enter into negotiations on a peace accord with authoritarian China on …

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Editor Picks Society & Culture
How Liberal is Taiwan? Adultery, the Death Penalty and Marriage Equality
Posted On November 18, 2018 Dafydd Fell 0

Public opinion trends and campaigning by conservative groups raise question marks about Taiwan’s reputation as one of the most liberal …

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China Cross-Strait
Xi-Lien Meeting: Same Old Platitudes, With Two Possible Gems
Posted On July 17, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Given how little the two men gave us to run with, all we’re left with is what wasn’t said, or …

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Taiwan Politics
Can the KMT Reinvent Itself? Lessons From the Past
Posted On May 9, 2018 Dafydd Fell 0

The current leadership does not seem to have learned from its electoral defeats and therefore the Kuomintang remains locked in …

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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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Cross-Strait Taiwan Politics
Taiwan, International Aid, and the Challenge of Official Recognition
Posted On May 6, 2018 Timothy Rich and Andi Dahmer 0

The Tsai administration should downplay the role of foreign aid in diplomatic relations and repackage efforts at maintaining diplomatic relations …

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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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Cross-Strait World
Taiwan’s Search for Global Space
Posted On April 11, 2018 Robert Henderson 0

As Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of the World Health Organization from 1998-2003, said in a recent interview, the international community …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks
China’s 31 Preferential Policies for Taiwan: An Opportunity, Not a Threat
Posted On March 23, 2018 Gunter Schubert 0

China’s strategy is a blessing in disguise, pushing the government and all political forces to do better in order to …

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Cross-Strait
Who’s to Blame for the ‘1992 Consensus’ Impasse?
Posted On March 9, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Beijing’s intransigence, and not Taipei’s refusal to fall into a trap, is the source of instability in bilateral relations.   It has …