As usual, China-Taiwan commentators not from or based in Taiwan sound like sad old hamburger waiters prattling on about sauces. It's not...

Taking a bit of a risk with my weird graphic, but I like it.  I don't think of the Economist as an accurate source of news on Taiwan. Th...

                   I'm not here to start a war with China. This should be obvious. My anti-war position ought not to be considered uncon...

Regardless of what the future holds, preparedness is smarter than complacency. There's been renewed interest recently in the question of...

I've been clear on Lao Ren Cha 's Facebook page that I'm unable to update regularly as I clear the home stretch of dissertat...

This is about us against them. 

 After yesterday’s horrifying events in Hong Kong, I spent a fair amount of time on my couch bawling....

Hey Taiwan residents - both foreign and local - do you have a refugee fund? That is, personal savings or some other safety net that you a...

The National Interest has some of the best journalism on Taiwan out there (among media sources not dedicated to Taiwan, that is). So as e...