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Will the War in Ukraine Impact Noble Gas Supplies? The following article appeared in this month’s Taiwan Business TOPICS, the magazine of the American Chamber of Commerce. The impact...

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0November 24, 2022
Will the War in Ukraine Impact Noble Gas Supplies?

The following article appeared in this month’s Taiwan Business TOPICS, the magazine of the American Chamber of Commerce. The impact...
0November 24, 2022
The battle for Taiwan’s constitution

The following piece was published on the UnHerd website today: At the Taipei headquarters of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP), a...
0October 26, 2022
Taiwan in the frame

Among the proselytizers, merchants and adventurers from Europe who inserted themselves into Taiwan’s early modern history, George Psalmanazar is notorious....
0October 6, 2022
Assessing Taiwan’s democracy

The following article appeared in today’s Taipei Times: Taiwan ranked eighth in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Democracy Index 2021,...
0September 29, 2022
All the World’s a Stage: Shakesepeare and Taiwan

The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times: A few years ago, I attended a Shakespeare workshop in Taipei....
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,...

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Activists speculate on Elon Musk's foreign influence after proposing Ukraine and Taiwan peace deals October 13, 2022
Speculation about Elon Musk’s ties with Beijing and the Kremlin have been boiling on Twitter after the world's richest man proposed peace plans for the Ukraine-Russia and Taiwan-China conflicts.
Oiwan Lam
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.
Oiwan Lam
What is the relation between Cambodia’s human trafficking scam and China’s Belt and Road Initiatives? September 7, 2022
As China started cracking down on online gambling, the sector has gone underground, expanded its market to non-Chinese speaking regions, conned people, and forced them to work for their illicit operations.
Oiwan Lam
After US House Speaker Pelosi’s visit, fake news flooded Taiwan's social media August 18, 2022
The fake news circulated in Taiwan days surrounding Pelosi's visit mainly aimed at insulting Pelosi, showing off China's military power in the drills, belittling Taiwan's status.
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Taiwan withdraws from hosting WorldPride 2025 over naming controversy August 17, 2022
The WorldPride 2025 Taiwan Preparation Committee withdrew from hosting the global LGBTQ+ event as the organizer, InterPride, insisted on changing the title of the event from WorldPride Taiwan 2025” to “WorldPride Kaohsiung 2025."
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