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The world, explained by J. Michael Cole.

J. Michael Cole is a Taipei-based senior fellow with the University of Nottingham’s China Policy Institute (CPI), an associate researcher at the French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) in Taipei, and chief editor of the Taiwan Sentinel.

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The world, explained.

The world, explained by J. Michael Cole.

The world, explained.

Tsai passes first-year test, but challenges loom

Why strengthening the Taiwan-Japan alliance makes perfect sense

Taiwan, not the US, will likely pay the price for the Trump-Tsai call

China ramps up information warfare operations abroad

Taiwan's election: Change is a good thing

China needs to learn that the Taiwanese people can't be bought

Why Taiwanese leaders should skip the Victory Day parade in Beijing

'Blood and genes': China's alarming new military recruitment campaign

Taiwan-China relations (part 2): Beijing is the determining factor

The world, explained by J. Michael Cole.

Tsai passes first-year test, but challenges loom

Why strengthening the Taiwan-Japan alliance makes perfect sense

Taiwan, not the US, will likely pay the price for the Trump-Tsai call

China ramps up information warfare operations abroad

Taiwan's election: Change is a good thing

China needs to learn that the Taiwanese people can't be bought

Why Taiwanese leaders should skip the Victory Day parade in Beijing

'Blood and genes': China's alarming new military recruitment campaign

Taiwan-China relations (part 2): Beijing is the determining factor