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Why Did China Kidnap Lee Ming-Che, Anyway?

Brian Hioe
While Taiwanese human rights advocate Lee Ming-Che remains imprisoned in China under murky charges of “subverting state power” and attempting to encourage “multiparty rule” in China, it may be worth considering the question of what exactly China hopes to gain out of Lee’s imprisonment, if at all. Obviously, in all likelihood, China wishes to intimidate Taiwan, but in precisely what way does it wish to intimidate Taiwan?... Read More
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalOctober 20170 Comments 06 min read

Lee Ming-Che Trial Provokes Outrage, But What Now For Efforts To Secure His Release?

Brian Hioe
Outrage broken out in Taiwan with the appearance of detained Taiwanese human rights advocate Lee Ming-Che in Chinese courts yesterday. Lee pled guilty to “subverting state power” and undermining the authority of the CCP in attempting to encourage multi-party in democracy. But what now for efforts to secure Lee's release?... Read More
EnglishFeaturedSelf-DeterminationSeptember 2017Social Movements0 Comments 010 min read

The Trump Administration’s PRC-ROC Gaffe Funny, But Also Illustrative

Brian Hioe
A mix-up on a press release by White House spokesman Sean Spicer referring to Xi Jinping as the president of the “Republic of China” may be funny, but also a demonstrative sign of the Trump administration’s continued ineptitude regarding its Taiwan policy and handling of America’s delicate balancing act between Taiwan and China. All the more reason to be back away from hasty claims about the Trump’s administration’s “maturation” or its “normalization”... Read More
America and the Asia PacificEnglishJuly 20170 Comments 06 min read

The American Red Princelings

Garrett Dee
It came to light this past week that three Chinese labor rights activists who had been investigating three separate factories in southern China had been detained by the Chinese government, their whereabouts currently unknown. The suspected cause of the arrest? The factory the men were investigating for accounts for one-third of the production for Ivanka Trump's shoe brand... Read More
America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalJune 20170 Comments 015 min read

Threats To Regional Peace Set To Rise After North Korean Missile Test?

Brian Hioe
Many questions for regional peace in the Asia Pacific are up in the air after a failed missile test by North Korea today. It was speculated that North Korea may launch a nuclear missile test today to commemorate the birthday of Kim Il-Sung on April 15th. Today’s missile test was not a nuclear test, but it may precede such a test, and tensions will only increase in the region after it... Read More
April 2017EnglishInternationalRegional Tensions0 Comments 08 min read