J. Michael Cole is a Taipei-based senior fellow with the Global Taiwan Institute in Washington, D.C., and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa, Canada.
When it comes to Beijing, politics motivates everything

Soldiers prepare to spray disinfectant at the Taoyuan General Hospital on Jan. 19: a cluster of COVID-19 infections at the hospital led to a new wave of attacks by opposition politicians. © Reuters
J. Michael Cole is a Taipei-based senior fellow with the Global Taiwan Institute in Washington, D.C., and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa, Canada.