Ep. 1: Promoting Democracy and peace in the taiwan straits

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One Things That Matter feature is the invitation for audience members to dive more deeply into the topic after each episode.  We can never do justice to the topics we’ve chosen in a mere one-hour podcast.  Here are resources recommended by our panelists for curious audience members.

Taiwan series reports by Toronto Star journalist Joanna Chiu

The Globe and Mail reports by Steven Chase

Analysis by Global News reporter Sam Cooper

Silent Invasion: How China Is Turning Australia into a Puppet State, by Clive Hamilton (2018)

Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control, by Josh Chin & Liza Lin (2022)

The Tiananmen Papers, by Liang Zhang, Andrew J. Nathan, Perry Link,  & Orville Schell (2002)

The Island of Formosa, Past and Present: History, People, Resources, and Commercial Prospects. Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants, and Other Productions, by James Davidson (1903)

Formosa Betrayed, by George Kerr (1965)

Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan, by Jonathan Manthorpe (2009)

Claws of the Panda: Beijing's Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada, by Jonathan Manthorpe (2019)

Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence, by Jonathan Manthorpe (2020)

The Road to Character, by David Brooks (2015) (The third is an excellent insight into an overarching theme of Things That Matter - the importance or character for good citizenship and good leadership)