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Taiwan-based journalist. Bylines in , , , . Previously Hong Kong, Kunming, Shanghai, LFK. Vice president .
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Just straight up admitting they’re going to declare their preferred candidates the winners regardless of the how the voting actually goes. Republicans no longer believe in democracy and they’re going to end it if they can.
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The 2-billion-USD #China-built #PhnomPenh #Sihanoukville 187-km-long Expressway was opened to the public after more than 3 years of construction. If China does not build, who will? If so, can China make its dev. projects & cooperation in #Cambodia the role model & best practice?
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Taipei Jazz Festival band lineup/schedule here:
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Walking through Da'an Park, the sound of an upright bass drew me toward the amphitheatre, where the 3-day Taipei Jazz festival has just kicked off. Sparse attendance so far, but nice vibe.
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Taiwan's 26-month export growth streak ends in September
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The Prime Minister’s residence Cat () has more Twitter followers than the Prime Minister herself (). What a time be alive.
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Ukraine is a democracy. Russia and Belarus aren't. The difference between 'three brotherly nations', as Russian imperialist propaganda described these countries for years, has never been bigger. But this nuance is lost to most of the foreign public. Decisions like this don't help
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Chang's gang
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First time I saw Chang An-Lo was in August of 2015. He had brought a group of men with clubs to intimidate high school and university students protesting at the Ministry of Education. I remember him screaming violent threats at young people. He seems much nicer on American TV.
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As tensions keep rising between the U.S. and China over Taiwan, Lesley Stahl travels to the island—a progressive, thriving democracy—to see how people on the ground are reacting and preparing for the possibility of a Chinese invasion. Sunday, on 60 Minutes cbsn.ws/3rzpKGH
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Interesting to hear the White Terror of martial law-era Taiwan under Chiang Kai-shek's ROC regime described as "the Chinese version of Western democracy"
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In 1971, Morley Safer reported from Taiwan and interviewed the island's ruler, Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang refused to answer any questions about the possibility of coming to terms with Communist China. cbsn.ws/3Mesm6z
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Ukraine abstained during the vote on the resolution, condemning the violation of the rights of Uyghurs.
I'm sorry for the position of our state.
I'll do my best to inform the government about the genocide of Uyghurs.
Ukraine should stand with human rights, not authoritarian China
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Spent a few spare moments today admiring old trees in Taipei that were incorporated into urban development rather than sacrificed for it
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The most important thing about this amazing Paris transformation is how fast it happened — how fast people on bikes “appeared” — once streets were transformed. You can’t write this off as “Paris was always this way,” because it wasn’t.
It took leadership.
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Wishful thinking from the next SecGen: "We do not believe that China would invade Taiwan, because China considers Taiwan as part of China, Why would it invade Taiwan? I believe that the Chinese leaders are wise and …they wd not do that,"
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Taiwan was ruled by the Zheng pirate clan from 1661 to 1683 and styled the Kingdom of Tungning from 1664. While it is true that the founder was an opportunistic Ming loyalist for complex reasons, it is not accurate to say that Taiwan was ever ruled by the Ming.
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Just pointing the above out to clarify. It's great to see growing interest in Taiwan -- it's an important story and a fascinating country. But it's also vital that we tell the story as accurately and fairly as possible.
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Inaccuracies in this graphic too. Taiwan was never a Portuguese colony, and the Spanish and Dutch partial colonizations of Taiwan did not alternate - they overlapped. Also, the Republic of China was not established in Taiwan in 1949, it was established in Nanjing, China, in 1912.
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Saying China and Taiwan “split” is inaccurate. In 1949, facing annihilation at the hands of Mao's Communist revolution, the Republic of China fled to Taiwan, which it had seized in 1945. Mao's troops never managed to extinguish the ROC, which remains Taiwan's government today.
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Taiwan and mainland China split during a civil war in 1949.
Beijing claims the island nation as its own territory and has not ruled out using military force to take it.
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From : "By renewing a secretive deal with Beijing, the Vatican is effectively endorsing the Chinese government’s perversion of religions and is dangerously close to being complicit in the country’s deepening rights abuses."
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And what is interesting is that the institution most invested in calling Cantonese a dialect—the PRC state—is quite blunt about this. They call Cantonese and other 方言 “variants” bc, in their logic, Chinese national and ethnic identity can only have one linguistic representative
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Perfect weather today for live music, tasty food and cold beverages - starts at 2pm
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It's also a celebration of #PressFreedom. Join us, @RSF_tc #EUinTaiwan @TaiwanFCC this Saturday, Oct 1 from 2-8pm at C-LAB (ZongxiaoFuxing MRT, Exit 5) for a day of music, food, and love. Dedication will be at 6pm, to be emceed by @emilyywu. See you there! facebook.com/events/6020271
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will meet his Philippine counterpart in Hawaii on Thursday. A U.S. senior defense official indicated that Taiwan will be a part of discussion.
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At inter-faith meeting on human trafficking, PM Hun Sen shared story from 15 years ago when document was submitted to 🇰🇭 to approve a Taiwan representative office. He refused and ordered officials to take the document and burn it. 1/
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Got it at this little Tainan snack place in Guting on the corner of Shuiyuan Lu Lane 27 and Shuiyuan Lu. Highly recommend.
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The reward: Iced aiyu jelly with cranberry (蔓越莓愛玉冰). Was skeptical about the cranberry innovation, but it worked out beautifully.
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Borderline 秋老虎 heat in Taipei and environs today. Good air quality though.
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Great opportunity here for young professionals interested in deepening their background in Taiwan policy issues. The US-Taiwan Next Generation Working Group is accepting applications for its second cohort. Deadline is November 1. Details at the link:
ieas.berkeley.edu/taiwan/applica
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“China sent Vice President Wang Qishan to the United Kingdom to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, but the dispatch of Wan [Gang], who is not a Communist Party member and wields little power, is seen as a protest of Tokyo’s position on Taiwan”
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Hun Sen's heir apparent being more apparent about it:
"From August through mid-September, Manet has met with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, and visited Vietnam and Laos."
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Hun Manet is not just a military commander. He is the prime minister’s eldest son and chosen successor of the ruling CPP, and he is increasingly putting on a public show and raising his profile.
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I’m in Sihanoukville to see a few U.S. partners - but also taking a moment to reflect on much human tragedy in this area. Unsafe boats, trafficking, scam centers, abandoned buildings, a casino glut. There’s a real need for broad action to address the storm clouds here.
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Among journalist respondents who received the HKJA survey only 22.9% responded, compared to 82.8% last year. Some of them said they fear the HKJA has come in the crosshairs of authorities & therefore they fear retribution for filling out the online form.
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HK’s press freedom has declined for yet another year, according to HKJA's latest Press Freedom Index. Ratings by journalists dropped almost 6 points, showing that the city’s press freedom hit a new low in 2021, following the Index’s steepest decline since it was created in 2013.
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I wonder if punditry and academics are coming around to the fact that this isn't a gaffe *and* also does not dramatically increase danger somehow or surprise china *and* is welcomed in taiwan
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The White House says U.S. policy on Taiwan hasn’t changed. But its repetition has cheered Taiwan, angered Beijing and encouraged U.S. hawks. “The president has said this, not once, not twice, but four times now."
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Third mass escape from forced labor in Cambodia in five weeks
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Report from yesterday says large numbers fled from a scam park in Victory Hill, Sihanoukville. One person who left the compound told Xigang Diary "1000s" left after the managers ran away. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/460qiliFKfee
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The democratically elected female president of Taiwan is not permitted to enter the United Nations, let alone address it
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'When women lead in political and public life, everyone benefits, especially in crises.' - @unwomenchief Sima Bahous at #UNGA Platform of #WomenLeaders.
The Platform highlights the importance of women’s FULL political participation in addressing global priorities effectively.
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China’s Xi to make Taiwan ‘reunification’ long-term goal at party congress ‘according to party and government sources.’ – Kyodo News
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Strategic ambiguity means that the US lacks a written mutual defense treaty with Taiwan, which has been the case since 1979. It does NOT mean that the US president cannot explicitly commit support for Taiwan's defense. President Biden’s comments were never gaffes or mistakes. 1/3
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The bad-loan ratio for China's property sector has climbed to 29.1%, Citi analysts estimate
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