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Say It Loud: Language and Identity in Taiwan and Hong Kong

The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan and Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong show how far citizens in both countries are prepared to go to safeguard what they see as their distinctive …

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• China Faces Not One But Two Forces for Independence in Taiwan Editorials
• VOTE 2016: Tsai Ing-wen’s Five Major Reforms Special Report
• Taiwan’s New President Likely to Surprise on Cross-Strait Ties Special Report
• The New Missile Corvette and Taiwan’s Naval Doctrine Defense
• China’s Aircraft Carrier Program: Implications for Taiwan and the Region Defense
• Time to Kiss Goodbye to Taiwan’s Adultery Laws Society & Culture
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Can China Take Over Taiwan by Force?

Experience tells us that we often fail to see the tragedies that loom on the horizon. This is difficult to …

TAIWAN INSIDER Vol. 1 No. 10

Special election edition, Week of Nov. 21-29 (This week’s issue of the Insider, which is usually published on …

Who’s Waving Those PRC Flags (and Beating People Up) at Taipei 101?

In a post published elsewhere earlier this year, I discussed the small group of pro-unification activists …