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President Tsai’s Second Term and Cross-Strait Relations: What to Watch Out For
Posted On June 29, 2020 J Michael Cole 0

The next four years will be marked by uncertainty over China’s trajectory and the state of the world in the …

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Hong Kong is a Mess for Beijing; Taiwan Would be a Nightmare
Posted On August 8, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

Liberal democratic societies are simply incompatible with the increasingly authoritarian mindset that animates the CCP. The notion that their inhabitants …

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Will the People’s Liberation Army be Deployed in Hong Kong?
Posted On July 30, 2019 Jean-Francois Dupre 0

No. A police state would serve Beijing better. With the Hong Kong protests intensifying in the past month, there has been …

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Thirty Years On, The CCP is Still Unrepentant About the Tiananmen Massacre
Posted On June 4, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

From Tiananmen Square in 1989 to Xinjiang today, the Party hasn’t learned a thing about benevolent rule. It’s all about …

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Careful Who You Allow on That Plane, Mr. Gou
Posted On May 6, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

Whatever their political beliefs or party affiliation, candidates in next year’s elections in Taiwan must be made aware of the …

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When it Comes to Taiwan, the CCP Doesn’t Have an Original Bone in its Body
Posted On January 2, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

In his first address in 2019, Xi Jinping proves once again that he and the party that he leads cannot …

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Cross-Strait Taiwan Politics
That’s What ‘Fake News’ Looks Like and What it Does to Democracy
Posted On November 12, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

A fabricated incident during the Kaohsiung mayoral candidates’ debate at the weekend demonstrates how disinformation can be used to undermine …

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Beijing’s ‘Peaceful Liberation’ Strategy Against Taiwan: A Warning
Posted On September 26, 2018 Christopher MacDonald 0

What the Warring States strategy and the Tibetan experience reveal about China’s plans to annex Taiwan.   Directly across from the Potala …

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‘Peaceful Unification’ Is Dead and Buried
Posted On August 7, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

The Chinese Communist Party uses ‘peaceful’ as a cover, a smokescreen to isolate and sideline whomever opposes its objective of …

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Cross-Strait World
Taiwan Continues to Slip Through Beijing’s Fingers
Posted On July 16, 2018 Kelvin Chen 0

Although we cannot completely write off the trade war between the U.S. and China as an underlying reason for its …

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China’s Bullying of Taiwan: External Distraction for an Underperforming CCP?
Posted On May 25, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Beijing’s harassment of Taiwan is not only failing, it serves as a distraction for a regime in Beijing that has …

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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 …