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Will the War in Ukraine Impact Noble Gas Supplies?
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The battle for Taiwan’s constitution
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Taiwan in the frame
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Assessing Taiwan’s democracy
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All the World’s a Stage: Shakesepeare and Taiwan
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Democratic maneuvers in the twilight (review of ‘Democracy and Rule of Law in China’s Shadow’ for Taipei Times)
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Creating hope: perspectives on reporting from Russia’s war in Ukraine
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China exploits the West’s tolerance
27 November 2022 1:02 PM | No Comments -
Will the War in Ukraine Impact Noble Gas Supplies?
24 November 2022 12:00 PM | No Comments -
The battle for Taiwan’s constitution
24 November 2022 11:43 AM | No Comments -
Taiwan in the frame
26 October 2022 12:18 PM | No Comments -
Assessing Taiwan’s democracy
06 October 2022 3:39 PM | No Comments -
All the World’s a Stage: Shakesepeare and Taiwan
29 September 2022 1:03 AM | No Comments -
Democratic maneuvers in the twilight (review of ‘Democracy and Rule of Law in China’s Shadow’ for Taipei Times)
28 July 2022 10:49 AM | No Comments -
Creating hope: perspectives on reporting from Russia’s war in Ukraine
27 July 2022 1:58 PM | No Comments
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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 Ang explains how the spectral dreamscape that her characters inhabit symbolizes Taiwan. “Such a ghost island is borderless and not a country, and its voices are outside the center of the grand national body and […] -
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 — just over 1 percent of the country’s population. This made it among the smallest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. In comparison, Thailand had more than 3 million Chinese residents that same year. Yet, […] -
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 that. Under the Kuomintang (KMT) dictatorship, indoctrination saw a generation of Taiwanese rendered “politically and socially inert,” to quote sociologist Hsiau A-chin. With that dark experience in living memory, the democratization of the 1980s and […] -
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 of one’s knowledge. Even seasoned students of Taiwan’s history are likely to find this book doing so repeatedly. Whether speculating on the origins of the Pisheye (毗舍耶) raiders who terrorized coastal Fujian in the twelfth […] -
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 renewed focus to the possibility of creating a similar military reserve in Taiwan. Yet, much of this discussion has ignored the constitutionality of such a move. A March 15 commentary in War on the Rocks […] -
Toward a healthier information environment in Taiwan
The following piece appeared in today’s Taipei Times: What lessons can Taiwan learn from the disinformation campaigns that have surrounded the war in Ukraine? At an Amnesty International Taiwan event in Taipei on Wednesday night, four speakers offered compelling insights into this and related questions. One of the main takeaways was the observation that disinformation […] -
Hijacked history (review of ‘The Hijacked War’ for Taipei Times)
The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times: Outside historical circles, the name Li Da-an (李大安) will be familiar to few Taiwanese. However, there was a time where this lowly soldier was feted as a national hero in Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) propaganda. As one of 155,000 inmates in the UN’s POW camp on […] -
The complex tale of Taiwanese identity (Global Asia review of ‘Politics and Cultural Nativism in 1970s Taiwan’)
The following book review appeared in the June issue of Global Asia: References to Taiwan as the first Chinese democracy have justifiably drawn flak in recent years. With almost 90 percent of Taiwan’s population now identifying as Taiwanese and less than 5 percent as Chinese, the description is no longer seen as appropriate. For many, it […] -
The Cold War history behind Nicaragua’s break with Taiwan
The following piece appeared as the leader today in The Diplomat magazine: We touched down in Managua, Nicaragua, shortly before 7:50 p.m. on July 18, 2014. The tickets were originally booked for a cheaper flight the following day, but Pablo Morales was having none of it. “It’s Liberation Day,” he said. “You have to be […] -
Taiwan and Lithuania look to the long term on consumer goods trade
The following piece article appeared in the Taiwan Business TOPICS, the magazine of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan: What does Lithuania mean to Taiwan? Prior to 2021, perhaps only the presence of several of the country’s basketball players in the NBA. However, following donation in July and October last year of more than […]