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China Cross-Strait
As Coronavirus Crisis Intensifies, Beijing Continues to Play Politics Over Taiwan
Posted On February 7, 2020 J Michael Cole 0

With a major epidemic on its hands, the Chinese government has not ceased its political warfare activities against Taiwan. It …

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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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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 Cross-Strait Editor Picks
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
China’s Dangerous ‘Bottom-Up’ Ultranationalism and the 85℃ Incident: a Warning
Posted On August 17, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

By allowing netizens to define its cross-Strait policy, Beijing risks losing control of the situation and could cause severe harm …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks
‘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 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 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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China Cross-Strait
Taiwanese Novelist Wu Ming-yi To Lodge Protest With Man Booker Prize Over ‘Taiwan, China’ Designation (Updated)
Posted On March 29, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Man Group, the hedge fund manager which sponsors the literary prize, launched a quantitative hedge fund in China last year …

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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 Editor Picks
The Great Chinese Lure: A Matter of National Security for Taiwan
Posted On March 15, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

A far greater threat to Taiwan than the PLA or pro-unification forces is the potential hollowing-out of Taiwan’s brain trust …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks Society & Culture
China Unleashes ‘Rough Power’ as Taiwan Deals with Deadly Quake
Posted On February 9, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Internet ultranationalism and political calculation are poisoning whatever ‘goodwill’ China has shown for Taiwan as it handles the aftermath of …