#China is becoming more powerful, but such power does not automatically translate into self-assurance. It wields power with immaturity, unrestricted by reason and experience, deaf to the counsel of wisdom within China and abroad. My latest for Toronto Star thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Language matters. Reducing #Taiwan to a "question" or an "issue" downgrades it and the Taiwanese people to the status of mere objects, a problem that needs to be managed and, ultimately, resolved. My latest for Macdonald-Laurier Institute macdonaldlaurier.ca/taiwan-mere-qu…

Chinese (ultra)nationalists have lambasted the #CCP regime in recent weeks over its unwillingness or inability to defend its "red lines" over #Taiwan. Will this affect Beijing's policy? My latest. nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/chin…

Withstanding pressure from the Chinese government, Tokyo’s decision to proceed with the donation of 1.24 million vaccine doses to #Taiwan suggests that Beijing’s ability to dictate how countries interact with Taiwan is eroding. My latest for Global Taiwan Inst. globaltaiwan.org/2021/06/vol-6-…

Tensions in the #Taiwan Strait must be assessed in their regional and global context. Taiwan’s souring ties w/ Beijing occurred in parallel with, not in isolation from, a similar downturn in other countries’ relations w/ #China. My latest for Macdonald-Laurier Institute macdonaldlaurier.ca/g7-places-taiw…

My paper "On the Role of Organized Crime and Related Substate Actors in Chinese Political Warfare Against #Taiwan" in the latest issue of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau's (法務部調查局) Prospect & Exploration Journal (展望與探索月刊). Here: mjib.gov.tw/FileUploads/eB…

【CCP Centennial Highlights the Unbridgeable Gap between Taiwan and China】The contrast between #Taiwan and #China has become starker under Xi, whose #CCP, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this month, has completely lost touch with reality. My latest globaltaiwan.org/2021/07/vol-6-…

The debate over whether China will attack Taiwan has been marred by hyperbole and assumptions that risk providing a skewed picture of the situation. It also often ignores those who would suffer the most if we don’t get this right: the Taiwanese. My latest macdonaldlaurier.ca/taiwan-deserve…

“It is Beijing that is waging a cold war on the democratic world, and is holding the planet hostage on climate change.” My latest for the National Post nationalpost.com/opinion/opinio…

How time flies! A year ago today, the volume Dr. Szuchien Hsu and I co-edited was published. Based on two workshops held in Arlington, VA, and Taipei, it brings together research by some of the world's leading experts on Chinese influence operations. amazon.com/Insidious-Powe…

【Wendy Sherman’s China Visit Highlights Irreconcilable Gulf between Beijing and Washington】Sherman’s encounters in Tianjin underscore the fact that the two superpowers still have a long way to go before they can bridge their differences: J Michael Cole (寇謐將). pf.org.tw/article-pfch-2…

I will be on BBC 4's "The Briefing Room" at 8:00PM UK time. "Taiwan and the Threat to Peace." I am joined by GMF's Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀, Chatham House's Yu Jie, and Oxford U's Margaret Hillenbrand. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Unless an unhealthy mix of ultranationalism and Han supremacism is put back into its bottle, #China will not only be highly destabilizing internationally, but it also risks failure as a state to meet the needs and expectations of its citizens. My latest. macdonaldlaurier.ca/olympics-highl…

Today the Intermediate People's Court of Dandong City sentenced Canadian #MichaelSpavor to 11 years imprisonment for "espionage" and "passing state secrets." Time to revisit this ChinaFile piece in which we discuss why travel to the #PRC is risky. chinafile.com/conversation/w…

【#CCP Proxies Call for Mutiny, Violence, and Overthrow of the Tsai Government】#Taiwan has various instruments at its disposal to mitigate the threat, including legal means as well as upgraded security measures. My latest for Global Taiwan Inst.. globaltaiwan.org/2021/08/vol-6-…

Nice review of my book "Cross-Strait Relations Since 2016: The End of the Illusion" in today's Taipei Times. Routledge Books #Taiwan #China 蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen taipeitimes.com/News/feat/arch…

By clamping down on #HongKong, Beijing has made it easier for the world to empathize with #Taiwan and to understand why its people are adamantly opposed to annexation by their large authoritarian neighbour. My latest for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute macdonaldlaurier.ca/fall-hong-kong…

【The US Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Future Stability in the Taiwan Strait】My latest for the Global Taiwan Inst. bit.ly/2UJUoAk

"US withdrawal from #Afghanistan ... has served as a plot device similar to that used in Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Rashomon, in which an incident gives rise to various, often self-contradictory, viewpoints." My latest for @UoNARI_Taiwan taiwaninsight.org/2021/08/27/tai…

#Kovrig and #Spavor at 1,000. We had plenty of warnings, and we didn't heed them. These two men, and many others besides them, are paying the price. My latest for the The Globe and Mail. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…