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The Making of ‘Insidious Power: How China Undermines Global Democracy’
Posted On July 29, 2020 J Michael Cole 0

A new book released on July 30 takes a close look at the agencies and mechanisms of CCP 'sharp power' …

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Cross-Strait
Chinese Disinformation in Taiwan
Posted On December 30, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

Disinformation can contribute to polarization within a targeted society while eroding belief in the objective truth. China’s information warfare efforts …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
Media and Free Expression in Taiwan Are Under Attack: What Can be Done?
Posted On July 18, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

How can we avoid the imposition of a blanket silence which can only empower our enemies and damage our democracy? …

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China Cross-Strait
Straits Forum: Mostly Echo Chamber and Platitudes, But Still a Threat
Posted On June 18, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

The meetings that take place behind closed doors, where secret deals and co-optation by United Front organizations occur, is where …

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China Cross-Strait World
The Stars Are Aligned: The Case for a Greater International Role for Taiwan
Posted On May 14, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

More than ever, the world’s leading democracies must rally to the cause of freedom and international law, at the center …

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China Cross-Strait Editor Picks
More Than 70 Participants From Taiwanese Media Industry Attend 4th Cross-Strait Media Summit in Beijing
Posted On May 11, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

Led by representatives from the Want Want China Times Media Group, several dozens of people from the print, broadcast, new …

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China Cross-Strait
Organizers of Aborted Pro-Unification Rally Recruiting Taiwanese for Communist Party School
Posted On April 13, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

A phone number associated with United Front groups involved with a controversial pro-China parade that was scheduled for this weekend …

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China Cross-Strait Editor Picks Taiwan Politics
The Battle Between Taiwan’s Democratic Ideals and China’s Subversive Proxies: Where Do We Draw the Line?
Posted On April 11, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

It’s one thing to adhere to democratic principles and to the ideals of freedom of expression, but what do we …

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Cross-Strait Taiwan Politics
Taipei Must Act on Chinese Interference
Posted On April 8, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

Chinese interference in elections is a clear and present danger, and the time has come for the government to take …

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China World
A Survival Guide to (Chinese) Authoritarian ‘Lawfare’
Posted On December 19, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

An expansionist, revisionist party-state apparatus that for decades has refined the means by which it silences its critics at home …

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Chinese Interference in Taiwan’s Elections is Part of a Two-Pronged Attack on Democracy
Posted On October 24, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

For the November elections, vote buying is no longer the purely local problem it once was. It is now directly …

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China Cross-Strait World
Unity Is Key to Countering China’s ‘Sharp Power’
Posted On July 27, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

China is in conflict with a world order and a system of rules and beliefs that it now regards as …