1. New Leaders: New Attitude?

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    In the lead-up to the once-in-a-decade Chinese leadership transition in November, most experts on China agreed that new party chairman [...]

  2. China’s New Passport Sparks Controversy

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    Several Asian countries last week reacted with unusual fury over the new design of the Chinese passport, which features watermarks [...]

  3. Sorry Folks: Israel’s Iron Dome Won’t Work in Asia

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    The apparent success of the Iron Dome anti-rocket system in the latest iteration of the Israel-Hamas conflict has spurred interest [...]

  4. America Needs a Taiwan Strategy

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    The rapid expansion of ties between Taiwan (Republic of China) and China (People’s Republic of China) over the last decade [...]

  5. Would Taiwan Fight?

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    It is often said that if China attacked Taiwan, the majority of Taiwanese would choose not to fight rather than [...]

  6. Taiwan Hedges its Bets on China

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    By a number of yardsticks, relations in the Taiwan Strait today are the best they’ve been in years, if not [...]

  7. Cross-Strait Ties to Cool?

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    Ever since the jailhouse door banged shut on disgraced Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, the bogeyman of cross-strait relations, we’ve grown [...]