01 May 2015

News Story: Thinking Taiwan editor blasts appeasement advocates


J Michael Cole, editor in chief of Thinking Taiwan, an English-language media platform funded by Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, has criticized scholars who favor allowing Taiwan to be swallowed by China and who blame Taiwan's public and the DPP for standing in the way of cross-strait ties, according to Duowei News, a media outlet run by overseas Chinese.

In an April 23 article for National Interest, Cole, a strong advocate of Taiwan's right to self-determination, hit out at those who advocate a strategy of appeasement with regard to the question of unification, saying, "What is even more extraordinary about this lopsided logic is that its adherents do recognize the extraordinary accomplishments that have been made by Taiwan over the decades. And yet they still find it within themselves to propose policies that are as defeatist as they are bereft of human decency — or logic [...]"

Read the full story at Want China Times