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John F. Copper

John F. Copper

Pearls and Irritations

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Taiwan: Is reunification with China a dead issue?

On January 13 this year, Taiwan, amid high hopes in the ruling party, held its quadrennial presidential/vice presidential/legislative election. It was...

13.10.2024 6

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How threatening is AI? Opinions differ in the United States and China

Three years ago, in 2021, Henry Kissinger and two other noted gurus, Eric Schmidt, owning a technical background and who later became CEO of Google,...

26.09.2024 10

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Next year’s US Taiwan policy: Trump versus Harris

Very much on the minds of the government as well as residents in Taiwan is the November election in the United States. The question is which...

08.09.2024 10

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China: the global trading giant

An extraordinary chart from The Pioneer below compares nations whose largest trading partner was either the USA or China in the year 2000 and the year...

28.07.2024 10

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Socialist America, state capitalist China

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. So is a graph or chart. All provoke questions and new ideas. The above chart clearly portrays...

03.07.2024 9

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Democracy in decline in the West, not in Asia

Recently, Freedom House, a non-profit organisation that assesses democracy freedom, and human rights, reported that globally democracy has been in...

22.03.2024 6

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The odds of China using nuclear war to resolve the Taiwan issue

Recently the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a thinktank in Washington, DC, did a survey asking U.S. and Taiwan Experts if China might...

19.02.2024 6

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Are Asian Americans moving to the Republican Party?

For some years Asian Americans have strongly favoured the Democratic Party with their votes. The main reasons for this were that when they came to...

29.01.2024 8

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Taiwan’s January 13, 2024 election: The whole story

When Election Day ended in Taiwan the local and foreign media, pundits, and others almost in unison reported Vice President Lai and the ruling...

15.01.2024 9

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What will Beijing do if Lai Ching-teh wins Taiwan’s Presidential Election?

Taiwan will hold its national presidential and legislative election on January 13. Vice President Lai Ching-teh, the pro independence candidate of the...

09.01.2024 20

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Why isn’t China a Democracy?

U.S. President Joe Biden, the Western media, and American academics seek to rally Western democracies against China, allegedly the leader of the...

08.12.2023 10

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