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East China Sea Peace Initiative (What’s in it for Taiwan?)
Activists holding PRC and ROC flags are arrested by Japan Coast Guard (Source: Christian Science Monitor) Not dissimilar to the situation in South China Sea, dispute over East China Sea involves...
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Hsinchu-based EWR is operational
DPRK Rocket launch (November 2012) North Korea’s rocket launch has once again draw World’s attention to Korean peninsula but for Taiwan it was an important moment for quite different reason. As...
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Asahi Shimbun: Taiwan to skip Senkakus claims in fisheries talks with Japan
Taiwan to skip Senkakus claims in fisheries talks with Japan China, Japan and Taiwan all claim the Senkaku-Diaoyu islands as sovereign territory. On Tuesday, coast guard vessels from Japan and Taiwan...
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Senkaku Breakthrough: Taiwan and Japan agree on fishing rights
Taiwan-Japan Agreement map (Source: Taipei Times) Japan and Taiwan have signed a ground-breaking agreement on fishing rights that leaves China isolated in the territorial dispute over Senkaku/Diaoyutai...
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Unofficially Official: The U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific and the...
Co-author: Misato Matsuoka.* There is a lot of buzz about U.S. rebalancing policy, but at the end of the day it is not a massive policy change from the U.S. perspective and neither is it one from the...
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China’s new ADIZ: Do not panic, yet do worry.
With the announcement of the new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 23 November, Beijing has elevated its territorial claims in the East China Sea to a higher level, literally. Chinese officials...
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More than a neighbourly dispute awaits Joe Biden in Asia
US Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Asia next week could not come at a more timely moment. It is the first high level visit since President Obama cancelled his trip during the government shutdown in...
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The Odd Couple: Japan & Taiwan’s Unlikely Friendship (The Diplomat)
Co-author: Misato Matsuoka*. Photo: Central News Agency Japan does not have it easy among its neighbors. Koreans (from both Koreas) and Chinese won’t miss a chance to slam Japan for lack of repentance...
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Why Defending Taiwan Is NOT Illegal (The Diplomat)
My response to Julian Ku’s Why Defending Taiwan Is Illegal. Source: patricksaviation.com Professor Julian Ku argues that helping Taiwan to defend itself is illegal. The core of his argument is that...
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Taiwan’s Submarine Program: Lessons from the Past and Expected Challenges
The winner of the 2016 presidential election will have the unenviable responsibility of pushing Taiwan’s nascent indigenous submarine program forward. During the 1982 Falklands War between Argentina...
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