How well do you know these 25 figures from Taiwan's martial law era, aka the Kuomintang's reign of #WhiteTerror? Take the quiz (Mandarin only) ➡️ taiwan-memory-quiz-452711040965.us-west1.run.app

Så man läser en novellsamling rekommenderad av en president? 《大腿山》av 程廷 Apyang Imiq

You can find The Lantern and the Night Moths at Bookman Books at the Taipei Book Fair (thank you @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social)

Is it written by a black cat…

#Books from the Taipei book fair 🧵 President Lai Ching-te's 63 picks include the Mandarin edition of @dearclarissa.bsky.social's "Made in Taiwan" cookbook, Wu Ming-yi's new novel "The Three-Legged Crab-Eating Mongoose and the Giant," Yuri comic "The PEENKY Promise": www.upmedia.mg/tw/lifestyle...

The Country That Cannot Be Named. Hence why #Taiwanese athletes are calling attention to the fact that Taiwan's name is conspicuously absent from the national team outfits they are forced to wear in compliance with IOC rules and pressure from China.

10 athletes — 3 men, 6 women, 1 backup — from #Taiwan will be competing at the #MilanOlympics: Alpine Skiing - Men Alpine Skiing - Women Speed Skating - Women's 500m Cross-Country Skiing - Men Cross-Country Skiing - Women Figure Skating - Men's Single Bobsleigh - Women's Monobob Bobsleigh - 2-Woman

How the animals of #TaipeiZoo are staying warm this #Taiwanese winter 🥶 #Orangutans make good use of cloth bags — which they carry around and wear like capes or blankets — and dry hay to cosy up their sleeping quarters. Extra rations also boost their caloric intake. Not pictured: electric heaters.

Under its new chair, "Unification goddess" Cheng Li-wun who ran on a One-China platform, engagement deepens between the #KMT and #CCP. Her deputy and Ma Ying-jeou Foundation exec, Hsiao Hsu-tsen, met with TAO Director Song Tao in Tianjin after Cheng's win. wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/taiwan-democ...

Excellent account of the Great Recall Movement. It did not succeed in its aims, but don't believe for a second that it was a waste of time or some kind of politcal disaster. It trained up, remobilized pro-Taiwan social movements and cultural leaders, and cultivated solidarity. They will rise again.

In many ways it parallels the flowering of social movements and activism in the years before the Sunflower Movement. By the time the Sunflower movement came along, there were thousands of trained and experienced activists who had won and lost many small battles. They were ready for something bigger.

Although the context is different and the bluebirds are focused on more overtly political issues, the acquisition of organization experience and hardening through defeat are quite similar. If something unexpected presents the opportunity, they will be well-positioned to act effectively.

The sneering and contempt of the Blue/White coalition for the bluebirds is actually a good thing. They underestimate the potential strength of the civil society forces now tightly allied againt them. This gives the bluebirds an important tactical advantage going forward.

Dear future historians, this is what really happened during the 2025 Great Recall Movement of #Taiwan! wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/taiwan-democ...

Nvidia's Jensen Huang, the 8th wealthiest individual in the world, warns that "anybody who thinks China can't manufacture is missing a big idea." He predicts #China would ultimately win the #AI race, saying that "China is nanoseconds behind America in AI." wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/jensanity-wh...

#TaiwanArchives: A #Boeing727 fatally crashed into Linkou, about 8 miles west of #Taipei, while flying from Hong Kong on Feb. 16, 1968. 22, including 1 person on the ground, were killed. Exactly 30 years later, China Airlines Flight 676, flying from Bali to Taipei, crashed in Taoyuan, killing 203.

#TaiwanArchives: Food, daily supplies, and #propaganda banners quoting Chiang Kai-shek's call to join his fight against Chinese Communists are sent to China via giant #balloons from the Taiwanese island fortress, #Kinmen, in 1966.

#TaiwanArchives: A video from the year 1969 showing the #peacock garden of #SunMoonLake, an aviary home to over a hundred extravagant emerald and rare white breeds of the peafowl.

#TaiwanArchives: French senators arrive in #Penghu (also known as the Pescadores) in 1969 to visit a memorial dedicated to the late commander of the Far East Squadron, Admiral Amédée Courbet. #France briefly occupied the Pescadores in 1885 during a siege on #Formosa as part of the Sino-French War.

#TaiwanArchives: The SHIN SHENG THEATER opens in #Taipei in 1956 as a six-story building crowned with a 1,600-seat #cinema and a "Miracle Mirror" CinemaScope screen. The first movie to be shown here was the American musical comedy "The Court Jester."

Taiwan's #boxing queen #LinYuTing is the focus of an exhibit by a photographer who took up the camera after meeting the #Taiwanese Olympian: "At 30, she has walked through the hustle and bustle and the tranquility, standing in the spotlight with perseverance and courage." www.metamorphosis30.tw/en

Ringing in 2026 with the spirit and momentum of a galloping dragon horse dashing into the clouds! The red horse symbolizes a bright future. The white horse stands for taking the lead in the new year and striving for continuous self-improvement. #Stamps from #Taiwan: www.post.gov.tw/post/interne...

No time to consume ourselves with internal strife. We may hold different views on many issues, but w/o strong and resilient national defense, there will be no country. Democracy gives us the right to debate and the right to disagree. But w/o a nation, freedoms and rights like these would not exist.

Magnitude 7.0 strong quake rocks #Taiwan

#TaiwanArchives: A #Taiwan #Christmas, 1958 edition. X-mas decor and stationary are sold on #Taiwanese streets. Gift parcels and holiday letters flood postal offices. Plays and dinner dances. Choir performances and church gatherings.

Less than 600 are left in the wild. The removal of rat poison on farmland can help save the endangered leopard #cat of #Taiwan: youtu.be/jZaByttptYM

So fun! A thread of wildlife cam shots from Taiwan.

Thread: wildlife in Taiwan‘s forests.

Formosan black #bears have been observed to create tree #nests on the branches of the ring-cupped #oak.

Foreign missions and diplomats grieve with #Taiwan over a mass stabbing spree that led to 4 dead (including the lone, 27yo attacker) and 6 injured. #UK Representative Ruth Bradley-Jones: "What a shocking sadness. #Taipei, tonight we grieve together."

A thread on #nature and #wildlife photographs shared by the #Taiwanese forestry agency 🧵 Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area in Miaoli is known for mist-shrouded #mountain ridges and ancient red cypresses revered as "sacred #trees." recreation.forest.gov.tw/EN/Forest/RA...

The Reeves' muntjac is the #forest creature most likely to photobomb other critters in #wildlife cams set up by the #Taiwanese forestry bureau (it shares a frame with a Swinhoe's pheasant below). Also photographed: a family of #Formosan wild boars, a Formosan black bear, Yellow-throated marten trio.

Chosen from 86 submissions around the world, "Left-Handed Girl" is one of the 15 international feature films shortlisted for an #Oscar. Director Tsou Shih-ching hopes the movie on clashing with patriarchal expectations will help more people "understand #Taiwan via a different culture and angle."

Taiwan's Alishan Forest Railway (AFR) and Zig Zag Railway in New South Wales — two century-old mountain railways renowned for their switchback alignments — are officially twinned. AFR now has 10 sister #railways across 6 countries: Japan, Switzerland, India, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, #Australia.

Final medal ally after 3 days of competition in southern #Taiwan! Tayal: 10 🏅: 7 🥈: 1 🥉: 2 Paiwan: 6 🥈: 3 🥉: 3 New Zealand: 4 🏅: 2 🥈: 1 🥉: 1 Seediq: 4 🏅: 2 🥈: 1 🥉: 1 Rukai: 4 🏅: 1 🥈: 1 🥉: 2 Hawaii: 4 🥈: 2 🥉: 2 Truku: 3 🏅: 1 🥈: 2 Bunun: 3 🏅: 1 🥉: 2 Yami: 2 🏅: 1 🥉: 1 Guam: 2 🥈: 1 🥉: 1

Italian musician-YouTuber Davide Biale (Davie504) on #endorsement deals from Chinese firms: "Some brands want to buy your #silence more than your #sponsorship." He lost a US$75K deal by refusing to delete this comment: "Taiwan IS a country, noobs." His wife is from #Taiwan. youtu.be/C8Soc6m48Jc

Net-casting competition! "Floating balls substitutes for #fish within the pool; there are 300 targets in total, each worth 1 point. After the #net is cast and targets are captured, the athlete retrieves the net to shore, and the captured targets are counted." www.youtube.com/live/lx_7a7l...

Traditional #canoe racing with tatalas — the traditional fishing boats of the Tao (Yami) people of Orchid Island! www.youtube.com/live/WlZStnw...

Kawaii!

Nice mascot!

The World #Indigenous Traditional Games kicks off in #Taiwan today! The mascot is inspired by the Formosan wild boar, a symbol of strength, endurance, and bravery. Tribal markings represent cultural identity and exchanges. The design reflects the perseverance and vitality of Indigenous communities.

The veneration of Jensen Huang in #Taiwan: A #massage chain store prints a giant banner soliciting the Taiwanese-American #Nvidia boss to frequent this establishment, and that employees of the chips giant can receive 15% discount after the chips giant chooses to settle at Beitou Shilin Science Park.

#TaiwanArchives: Pingtung's Wandan Township is famous for a mud #volcano that intermittently flares up with sludge and flames. This 1969 video depicts a big eruption spewing mud over farmland, prompting a clean-up with rakes and ox. The natural phenomenon releases the build-up of subterranean gases.

#TaiwanArchives: In 1955, #Taipei welcomed the arrival of the bone relics of #Xuanzang (玄奘), a Tang dynasty monk who traveled to India to procure 657 Buddhist scriptures. His 17-year pilgrimage was immortalized in the Chinese classic "Journey to the West (西遊記)." The Śarīra, however, came from Japan.

#TaiwanArchives: The first #parachute wedding took place in #Taiwan in 1959, in which the betrothed couple leaped out of a military plane, a C-46 Commando decorated in #wedding colors. Over 5,000 people witnessed their kiss upon landing. They then had their union officiated at a Pingtung chapel.

An ASUS worker living in #Taiwan as a Chinese #spouse is discovered to run a pro-unification Facebook group. Has repeatedly reported her Taiwanese colleagues for violating *Chinese laws* to ASUS management, and reported the CEO for being pro-independence to the CCP. www.taisounds.com/news/content...

#TaiwanArchives: In 1969, the Atomic Energy Commission of #Taiwan bought a 40-megawatt heavy water nuclear reactor from #Atomic Energy of #Canada Ltd. The purchase was proclaimed to be used for peaceful research purposes, but Taiwan secretly set about creating a stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium.

This is Freddy Lim, lead singer of #Chthonic who served 2 terms in the #Taiwanese parliament before becoming the country's ambassador to #Finland. He talks about Taiwan's martial law history, road to democratization, CCP oppression, and music on #MetalheadPolitics! ghostisland.media/en/shows/met...

#TaiwanArchives: A 1949 video showcasing the 6 #Convair planes (空中行宮) purchased from America at US$520K each by the Central Air Transport Co. (CATC ,央航) to service #Taipei, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou. CATC later defected from the ROC to the PRC in what became known as the Two Airlines Incident (兩航投共).

The first satellite of the FORMOSAT-8 array has been deployed on a ride-share mission upon Transporter-15! It entered orbit at 5.04am, made contact with Earth via a comms center in Norway at 5.34am, and is expected to make its first rotation over #Taiwan at 10.42am. www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...