China Sex and corruption: China’s disgraceful internet celebrity September 25, 2017 0 Written by Lingling Mao. Three years ago in July 2014, GUO Meimei, a then Chinese internet celebrity, was arrested for involvement in illegal gambling and the…
Internet The latest case of online outrage: The Wei Zexi incident May 12, 2016 0 Written by Jing Cheng. On April 12, 2016, Wei Zexi, a 21-year-old college student from Xidian University in Shaanxi China died of synovial sarcoma, a…
Security Taiwan’s ‘Apache-gate’ and a call for restraint April 7, 2015 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. The optics could hardly have been worse: Lt. Col. Lao Nai-cheng, a pilot manning the Taiwanese Army’s AH-64E “Guardian” helicopter—one…
Taiwan A Rude Awakening for Taiwan’s Presidential Office January 26, 2014 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. Chang Ter-cheng (張德正), a 41-year-old truck driver and former Air Force officer, had serious grievances against the government. As he…
Politics Taps October 9, 2013 0 Written by Paul R. Katz. It has been a rough few weeks for Taiwan’s young democracy (see the reports in The Economist and Washington Post).…
