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0July 28, 2022
Democratic maneuvers in the twilight (review of ‘Democracy and Rule of Law in China’s Shadow’ for Taipei Times)

The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times: For those countries and states unfortunate enough to lie within China’s...
0July 27, 2022
Creating hope: perspectives on reporting from Russia’s war in Ukraine

The following article appeared in N3 Magazine, the magazine/website for the annual conference of the Asian American Journalists Association. “On...
0July 20, 2022
Why is China’s English disinformation still so crude?

The following article appeared in today’s Taipei Times: The comment arrived shortly after I’d posted the link on Facebook. The...
0July 14, 2022
Conveying the atrocious (review of ‘A Son of Taiwan’ for Taipei Times)

The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times: Unlike Transitions in Taiwan, the previous White Terror-themed collection from Cambria,...
0June 30, 2022
Taiwan and Ukraine: parallels, divergences and potential lessons

The following piece appeared in the June issue of Global Asia. In the preface to her 2004 work Visible Ghosts, Li...
0June 30, 2022
When the KMT called the shots in the Philippines (review of ‘Diasporic Cold Warriors’ for Taipei Times)

The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times. In 1950, the overseas Chinese community of the Philippines numbered 230,000...
0June 23, 2022
Ukraine disinformation fight sounds warning bells for Taiwan

The following article was published today on The Diplomat’s website. Taiwanese see propaganda everywhere. Decades of Martial Law will do...
0June 9, 2022
An interdisciplinary treasure trove of learning (review of ‘Maritime Landscapes’ for Taipei Times)

The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times. Now and then a work appears that ruthlessly exposes the limits...
0May 18, 2022
Why Taiwan can’t copy Ukraine’s civil defense blueprint

The following article went live on The Diplomat website today. Ukraine’s successful deployment of Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) has brought...

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  28 July 2022 10:49 AM | No Comments
- Creating hope: perspectives on reporting from Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Taiwan Policy Act 2022: The US becomes less ambiguous about defending Taiwan September 19, 2022
US President Joe Biden stated in a television interview that the US forces would defend Taiwan if China invaded the self-governed state.
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