The Japan Times67%
Taiwan tests how it would resist a Chinese siege at sea 91%
By Chris Buckley100% Amy Chang Chien100%
7/25/2026, 8:10:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 82% saturation with 100 hits. Analysis detected 389 faulty-reasoning hits from 122 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 85% and a BS Rank of 91% (2,012 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 90.80% of the article peer group.
TAIPEI – As armed Chinese ships expand patrols around Taiwan, officials in Taipei are more urgently testing how they would keep fuel and other vital supplies flowing if Beijing tried to choke off the island.
China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, has in recent years rehearsed a blockade, using naval ships and military planes to practice sealing off access to Taiwan.
Taiwan relies on imports of fossil fuels for about 95% of its energy, and natural gas fuels half of its power generation.
And the global shocks caused by the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran have highlighted the importance of securing energy supplies.
Confirmation Bias
22.1%Confirmation Bias
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22.1%AuthorChris Buckley
7.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
59.8%Availability Heuristic
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59.8%AuthorChris Buckley
40.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorChris Buckley
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Hindsight Bias
22.1%Hindsight Bias
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22.1%AuthorChris Buckley
7.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
9%Framing Effect
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9%AuthorChris Buckley
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorChris Buckley
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Negativity Bias
28.7%Negativity Bias
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28.7%AuthorChris Buckley
36.1%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorChris Buckley
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
22.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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22.1%AuthorChris Buckley
7.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorChris Buckley
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorChris Buckley
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorChris Buckley
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorChris Buckley
7.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
28.7%Appeal to Emotion
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28.7%AuthorChris Buckley
9.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorChris Buckley
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
44.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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44.3%AuthorChris Buckley
14.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
82%Biased Writer Voice
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82%AuthorChris Buckley
27.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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122 words analyzed.
Analysis
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