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• Cadence Column Finished, February 7, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on February 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  It has been an amazing twelve years. The first political columns started in summer 2010. In 2011, I predicted that Taiwan would be recognized—a prediction which has not yet failed, but continues to push forward. Since 2014, the Times has… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 31, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Taiwan’s vice president went on tour. After meeting with the new president of Honduras, Vice President William Lai stopped in San Francisco. While in the States, he held virtual meetings with House Speaker Pelosi and others. Taiwan’s envoy to North… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 24, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  China has been busy online. Western allies warn about increasing cyber attacks from China; it’s become the common thing to expect and discuss. Cyber attacks aren’t China’s only online hobby. Social media “influencers” are reportedly set to spread the good… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 17, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  China is illegal. The US Department of State even says so. France even reports as such. This won’t exactly improve friendly relations across the Pacific. It’s actually a much larger step to an all out conflict. Just over a year… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 10, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 10, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Lithuania has become the “Taiwan of Europe”. Since WWII, Americans never again struggled with the concept that a problem abroad is a problem at home. This is how we Americans can vote to interfere around the world that we know… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, January 3, 2022

  By Pacific Daily Times on January 3, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Taiwan is on the rise. With chip shortages, stock is booming. You know how graphics cards are astronomically high? A lot of that money is going into Taiwan. Meanwhile, China found an excuse to order a real estate developer to… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, December 27, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on December 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Japan is on the scene in the Pacific. While Japanese athletes will attend the Olympics, Japanese officials will not. China doesn’t want Japan to “politicize” the games. But, consider 2008, the one-hour opening ceremony about nothing but China’s history, with… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, December 20, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on December 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The US is hitting China hard over treatment of Uyghurs. Nearly all imports from Xinjiang will be banned. At the same time, the US bolsters the call to bolster Taiwan’s military defense. However, Taiwan has the seeds of the same… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, December 13, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on December 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China responds with propaganda. A lot more keeps happening more. It’s too much for China to track. But, when the US pontificates about democracy, China leaps to opine first. The problem is the vibe. It’s not about what we say,… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, December 6, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on December 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This week, Slovokia cozies up to Taiwan. This is dangerously close to the Czech Republic. Formerly, the two were “Czechoslovakia” until 1993. Pacific Daily Times has some dark information about Taiwan’s poor treatment of a Czech citizen. As calls to… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, November 29, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on November 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China faces a very serious and very real boycott at the Olympic Games. The Olympic Committee awarded China as the host country and claims that politics isn’t its business; other governments need to handle that. Boycotts are under serious consideration… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, November 22, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on November 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The world is not responding well to the so-called “plandemic”. The important thing is not whether the global disease, as said by Judy Mikovits to have been developed under the supervision of Fauci, was actually intended to do all this…. Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, November 15, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on November 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Taiwan is a peaceful island of peaceful people. The Taiwanese calm demeanor often plays tricks on the minds of Americans and Chinese. Every day, Taiwanese put up with enormous nonsense and harassment, yet manage to carry on with an authentic… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, November 8, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on November 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China tripped the alarm. Revelations of a US aircraft carrier-shaped target in China’s Taklamakan Desert doesn’t exactly resemble a friendly trick-or-treat visit. Congress is upset, calling this the closest we’ve ever been. Washington tries to use calm rhetoric, saying they… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, November 1, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on November 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China has been told, then told again. This week, China was told again again again. The EU gave a blistering rebuke to China’s unsolicited three cents about what other governments call their offices. Specifically, Taiwan is labeling it’s representative office… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, October 25, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on October 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Taiwan was thrust into a position without being asked. In 1971, the United Nations removed the Taipei-seated government known today as “Taiwan” and switched to recognizing the Beijing-based government known as “China”. The Taiwanese were elbowed out of the global… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, October 18, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on October 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  According to Chinese and US claims, China has a high-orbit, hypersonic missile that can hit a target within 24 miles. And, that’s why China is the new boss of the world and everyone else should hate America. The end. But,… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, October 11, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on October 11, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Biden is creating a special center within CIA for China. Xi Jinping is irate. Biden knows China almost as well as Trump. He met with Chinese officials as Vice President. While Trump played a “good cop” routine on China, Biden… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, October 4, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on October 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This weekend saw yet another step-up in Chinese aggression—over 90 incursions in three days. While the world asks, “WTF!?” Taiwan rallies international support based on its IC chip industry. Taiwan supplies a good portion of the world’s semiconductors. If China… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, September 27, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on September 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The Huawei heir apparent and CFO, Meng, walked. She confessed, then flew home. China immediately released the two Canadians both named Michael, which China had previously said were not detained in any connection to Meng; but they were both released… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, September 20, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on September 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China steps up expansion via Hong Kong elections. Seven editors are banned from Wikipedia on concerns of not acting in good faith and with relation to China. The US sails through the Taiwan Straight again, this time a destroyer. Taiwan… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, September 13, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on September 13, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The easiest solution to China’s escalating situation in the South Sea is to enforce China’s own formal statements at face value. China says they respect other countries and do not want to militarize the South Sea. Leave it at that…. Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, September 6, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on September 6, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Taiwan! Taiwan! Taiwan! Europe can say it enough. In fact, Europe talks about Taiwan almost as much as China does. Taiwan doesn’t need formal diplomatic relations to live rent free in the minds of global leaders around the globe—especially living… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, August 30, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on August 30, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Adversity creates alliance. If China’s goal was to unite the world, it is succeeding. Taiwan and Japan are getting cozier than ever, as are Taiwan and the EU. The shift is happening and maps may need to be redrawn. The… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, August 23, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on August 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The White House’s distinction between Far Eastern allies and Afghanistan is consistent with the US strategic pivot during the Obama years: away from the Middle East, toward China. While China interprets the befuddled Afghanistan withdrawal as an indication that the… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia August 16, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on August 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Taiwan continues to shine. Aide sent to Haiti after a devastating earthquake combines growing ties with Lithuania. China objects—and those are bad optics that China’s speech-control can’t control outside its borders. China has been rewriting religion for years. Hymnals already… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, August 9, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on August 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  India has an aircraft carrier. It just finished its maiden voyage in China’s backyard. Those shipping lanes—one third of ocean-faring trade traffic—which China wants to claim by planting islands next to—most of them pass India. If any of them have… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, August 2, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on August 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is trudging through China’s backyard. Chinese government news “Global Times” describes Britain as trying to relive its old days. China was never happy about getting its ass whipped twice in the Opium Wars, which… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, July 26, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on July 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  While a typhoon largely evaded Taiwan over the weekend, tragedy struck the mainland. Shanghai faced flooding and death while India suffered a landslide in the Himalayas. In a shocking video, one boulder took out a bridge. Several people died. But,… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, July 19, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on July 19, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  China faces a three-pronged attack in the realm of public opinion. The Olympics converge with COVID; the third is three levelings up in Chinese military aggression. COVID is seen in the public eye as having mainly originated from China. Even… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, July 12, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on July 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The case against China keeps sprawling—trade, currency, COVID, now SAARS. Understanding China is such a key in global public opinion, it has become a case against Biden that political grandstanding and demagoguery can use without spinning facts. But being a… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, July 5, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on July 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Everyone gets more serious about Taiwan. The US wants a special free trade agreement. China wants reunification, again. While China stockpiles nukes, the US shakes the finger, then China shakes its fist. But, Chinese on the inside are tired of… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, Jun 28, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on June 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Spite for China is turning toward panic. Australian university campuses feel the pressure of CCP censorship, including death threats against students and pressure on family members back in China. If the CCP wanted to demonstrate its purported benevolence to the… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, June 21, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on June 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China is facing massive resentment against its own Communist Party from inside its own borders. Members of ordinary society stab Communist Party members and are regarded heroes. The party of self-importance on the world stage isn’t only hated by the… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, June 14, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on June 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The snowball of worldwide hate toward China is past the growth knee. It was slow going, but now it’s gaining unstoppable momentum. China’s self-importance has reached embarrassing levels. G7 wants stability, introducing an alternative plan to China’s tightening Belt Road…. Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, June 7, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on June 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s that time of year again. While Americans celebrate independence on July 4, Chinese mourn one month before on June 4, to remember the 1989 Tienanmen massacre. Chinese aren’t allowed to gather. People in Communist China are tightly controlled by… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, May 31, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on May 31, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China is in many crosshairs and Taiwan won’t have water trouble tomorrow. A long drought was going to put limits on TSMC’s chip maker in Taiwan. But, some heavy rain over the weekend and into Monday saved the day. While… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, May 24, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on May 24, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  A democratic Pacific alliance is on the rise. Many nations in the Far East may host US troops, but a bond is forming between them that runs deeper than any US influence. At the center: Taiwan; across the battlefield: China,… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, May 17, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on May 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Asia produced two shining lamps on two hills this week. One is Ming Yang, CFO of the Daqo solar manufacturer in Xinjiang. The other is Taiwan. Yang, who has a Taiwanese heritage, leads a company in China that is completely… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, May 10, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on May 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China’s rocket disintegrated as it returned to the atmosphere. It was almost metaphoric. Many objected to China’s plan to let this rocket make re-entry where it did, and China didn’t care. It worked out, but didn’t help China listen to… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, May 3, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on May 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Navies from across the globe are holding a slumber party in the East Pacific, namely the South Sea. British and other Europeans join the US, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, and of course China. Everyone says they want things to… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, April 26, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on April 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The world is starting to realize that China is just going to ignore everybody. Talking won’t work. Action won’t work unless China loses, then China still won’t listen. This isn’t new. China has never listened. The only reason China respected… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, April 19, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on April 20, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  China is over the line. There is no way that a nation which knows its own military limits would act as China is acting. Chinese militarized ships anchoring near the Philippines provide just one example. If China had the power… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, April 12, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on April 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China’s getting more flack from more sides—Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines. Vietnamese are furious with H&M for depicting maps with Vietnam-claimed islands as part of China, even though H&M did that because the Chinese told them to. The noose of perceived… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, April 5, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on April 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China looks worse and worse in the public eye. H&M closures have drawn more Western attention. Chinese ads showing a purportedly happy Xinjiang backfired among Facebook staff. The Philippines are evermore concerned about a swelling number of Chinese militia boats… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, March 29, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on March 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  China’s adversaries face a tightly closing decision. America needs to decide whether it can keep playing the role of the world-cop with only its B-game, or if it is ready to bust out its A-game not seen since FDR. More… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, March 22, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on March 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Huawei plans to charge royalties for some of its 5G tech, but they may lose respect when they refuse rent payment for anchoring 200 military-manned vessels the Philippines’ backyard pool. International royalties are based on international agreement, which China denies…. Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, March 15, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on March 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  More pressure on China over the games and Hong Kong. According to the Chinese, treaties with China don’t obligate China. That’s how the West views it anyway. This is the war-causing confusion between the West and the Chinese… China believes… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, March 8, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on March 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Military budgets—that’s the talk of the Taiwan Strait. China wants its budget to grow so it can play with the big kids by 2035. China’s apparently not ready to play with the big kids, at least since India just ate… Read More ›

• Cadence Column: Asia, March 1, 2021

  By Pacific Daily Times on March 1, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  China was fooled again. They thought Biden would be the same pushover he was as vice president. Oops. Human Rights groups are amassing. Now the Beijing 2022 Olympics are a candidate for boycott. As if that’s not enough, the USS… Read More ›