China Mind Your Language: Why Taiwan Isn’t the Provocateur in the Taiwan Strait January 5, 2016 3 Written by J. Michael Cole British author George Orwell, one of the greatest polemicists ever to have put ink to paper, once wrote that “Orthodoxy,…
Taiwan KMT whip emphasizing quality of life issues on campaign trail December 25, 2015 0 Written by Solidarity.tw. With the KMT's approval ratings at rock bottom, none of its legislative incumbents are completely safe, and all of them are working hard…
Taiwan The Wang Controversy is a Symptom of KMT Sclerosis December 9, 2015 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. After the disaster that was Hung Hsiu-chu, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) initial pick for presidential candidate, it was expected…
Taiwan What to expect from a Tsai presidency? December 8, 2015 0 Written by Ben Goren. With Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leading her main rival, Eric Chu of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT),…
China China Intensifies Media Campaign against Taiwan’s DPP in the US August 22, 2015 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. Amid signs of a consolidating identity among Taiwan’s youth and the increasingly likely prospect of a victory by the Democratic…
Taiwan Cross-Strait interdependence: Who needs whom? February 13, 2015 0 Written by Michael Reilly. Alastair Campbell famously once said that Tony Blair’s government didn't "do God". In similar vein, Chinese foreign policy makers don’t "do…
