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Ghost Nations
Three books, three eras. Is it about time we called Taiwan what it is. China won't like it. But perhaps it's time we stopped trying to please China.
Jul 16
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Chris Taylor
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Making Revolution
A new biography may yield few secrets about Xi Jinping, but it speaks volumes about the party that forged father and son
Jul 5
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Chris Taylor
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The Gift of Fire
China's giddy ascent to superpower rival of the US is one of five-year plans, wholesale IP theft and vast spy rings—in the pursuit of profits, Apple…
Jun 10
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Chris Taylor
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So, Beijing Has a Nuclear Pact with Ukraine
Mar 14, 2022
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Chris Taylor
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Touchdown, strap in
Aug 2, 2022
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Chris Taylor
'I’m Uyghur by Blood, Chinese by Birth, Taiwanese by Choice'
Jun 4, 2022
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Chris Taylor
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Saint Jim
Feb 27
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Chris Taylor
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Beyond 'Banality'
May 25, 2022
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Chris Taylor
China's Other Voices
Jun 4, 2023
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Rebel Island, Boiling Moat
As geopolitical puzzles go, Taiwan's a winner, resulting in some convoluted journalese: Welcome to, say, 'pawn between two giants.' or would you prefer…
May 28
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Chris Taylor
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Go East Young Lawyer
An esteemed figure in advancing rule of law in East Asia, Jerome Cohen goes about his life story more in the form of an extraordinarily long dinner…
Apr 9
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Chris Taylor
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Kafka at the Gates of Dawn
A collection of essays by sinologist Perry Link is a could-be autobiography, but thankfully it tells us far more about the bizarre cultural evolution of…
Mar 9
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Chris Taylor
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Saint Jim
The rags-to-riches – and then to-jail – tale of how Jimmy Lai became a billionaire before accepting God and a CCP jail cell is a page-turner despite the…
Feb 27
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Chris Taylor
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Tangled up in red
Huawei, telecoms, the Party, and Mao-nostalgia 'cat tax'
Jan 27
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Chris Taylor
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Does Xi dream of communist sheep?
In the Orwellian world of 'Xi Jinping Thought,' the new Great Helmsman and the Party are one; can the Party ever replace him?
Jan 16
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Chris Taylor
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Hacks and other escalations
At the cutting edge of technological sophistication, 'China exceptionalists' are confronted by a modern nation state preparing for war
Jan 7
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