Hantavirus. A New Zeland passenger of the cruise who had disembarked in Saint Helena has entered Taiwan on May 7, but Taiwan was only notified on May 13 by NZ through the IHR national focal point channel. The passager was then immediately isolated in hospital. www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Bulletin/...

Taiwan CDC: A New Zealand passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius tested negative in Taiwan The passenger entered Taiwan on May 7. Testing of blood, urine samples were negative for hantavirus. As a high-risk contact, the passenger, a dual national, will remain isolated in hospital until June 6.

This is the 1st time Taiwan is excluded from a WTO Ministerial Conference since 2002, after being forced to choose between participating as a "Province of China" or sitting out entirely. The issue wasn't resolved even after members like the US raised serious concerns about undue pressure from China.

12 Senators wrote to Rubio in support of Taiwan, quoting his own words from 2017: You emphasized the "bipartisan commitment that we must not waver in providing necessary support for Taiwan to defend itself in the face of China's ongoing military aggression and the cross-Strait military imbalance."

#TaiwanArchives: Taiwan's Alishan Forest Railway and Oigawa Line, the only rack railway in Japan, became sister railways on Jan. 25, 1986. The two railways are preparing special projects throughout 2026 that will allow visitors to experience 40 years of exchange in a "rideable" and engaging form.

"About 23 million people live in Taiwan, a Pacific island about the size of Maryland. Despite its size, the island produces a tremendous amount of agricultural goods per year—about US$18 billion." Yunlin's agricultural mosaic captured by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 9 on March 18, 2026.

#TaiwanWordoftheDay is 菜瓜布蛋糕, or dish scrubber cake made with layers of matcha sponge cake, lemon curd, cream cheese frosting, and crème brûlée 🧽

Different transliterations are used by the opposing sides of the Taiwan Strait. For Marco Rubio, Taiwan uses 盧比歐 vs China's 鲁比奥 — both pronounced "lubio" despite the 1st and 3rd characters being different. Trump is 特朗普 "telangpu" in China and 川普 "chuanpu" in Taiwan — different characters again.

JustGiving partner Forward Alliance — a Taiwan civil defence think tank — said: "The change to designate Taiwan as 'Chinese Taipei' is unacceptable. It is part of an ongoing campaign to diminish Taiwan internationally." Founder Enoch Wu is working with local NGOs and the US platform on a solution.

"For Taiwan's civil society, being suppressed by China at int'l conferences or excluded from the United Nations system is nothing new, but this must never be normalized. This is not just Taiwan's problem—it is a challenge facing global civil society as a whole." www.techpolicy.press/rightscon-or...

#TaiwanArchives: "Dignity, Vitality, Infrastructure" campaign flyers in traditional KMT colors for Lee Tung-hui and Lien Chan, who won in the four-way elections of 1996, becoming the first president and veep to ever be elected by popular vote (54% of all ballots cast) in post-authoritarian Taiwan.

"🇨🇳 Scholars see a form of phased subjugation for the island: an immediate security crackdown neutralising political opponents; institutional restructuring beyond what has taken place in HK; and a decades-long psychological re-engineering project so Taiwanese come to identify with the CCP’s China."

#TaiwanArchives, 1966: Spanish icon Marisol (Josefa Flores González) arrives in Taiwan. After a press conference at Yuanshan Grand Hotel in Taipei, she performed 2 charity concerts at Chung Hua Sports Arena to benefit local orphanages. She concluded the visit by expressing her admiration for Taiwan.

I am so tired of this shit. It doesn't need to happen. Shark fin soup needs to be banned, and the government has to take action. And wait til I tell you about the slavery aboard... www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar... Or read Joe Henley's Migrante.

Thread. An industry run by scumbags. Truly.

From 2019 to 2024, 18% of squid jigging vessels on the high seas adjacent to the Argentine EEZ — an area known as "Mile 201" — were flagged to Taiwan. Killing of seals took place on 20% of Taiwanese vessels; at least two Taiwan squid jiggers engaged in the systematic capture and finning of sharks.

A former state official, 2024: "Our leaders emphasise the importance of maintaining 'social stability' for very good reason. [...] If we get it wrong, our system will encounter the same fate as the KMT in Taiwan, the Soviet Union or the Qing dynasty. […] History tells us that power is not a given."

Many Facebook groups centered on Taiwan's Matsu temples are actually operated by China's Borderless Technology (無邊界集團), a digital content management conglomerate that weaponizes Taiwan's religious devotion to spread disinformation and influence political discourse, warns the Taiwan FactCheck Center.

⚾ Inaugural World Collegiate Baseball Championship Set for July 11-15 in Taichung! The inaugural event will bring together four teams — Taiwan, Japan, Korea, the US — for a five-day tournament that showcases premier collegiate talent on the world stage. Wonder if China will try to interfere again?

#TaiwanArchives Released circa 1942-1943, Kokumin Dojo (臺南州國民道場, Civilian Training Centre) was a Japanese state-sponsored propaganda film documenting rituals used to convert Taiwanese people into imperial Japanese subjects.

Chinese state-owned ships for deep-sea mining research are often also gathering military intelligence on US submarines via acoustic monitoring, mapping the sea floor to identify global telecommunications cables, and surveying Taiwan's maritime landscape on such dual-mission "scientific" expeditions.

🦉 BIRD CAM ALERT: The world's first-ever high-def livestream of Tawny Fish Owl chick-rearing! The Tawny Fish Owl is Taiwan's largest owl species and the only one whose diet consists primarily of fish and amphibians, making it the apex predator of stream ecosystems. www.youtube.com/live/nXmf5J0...

"Taiwan wants to be a part of the lunar adventure." With its leadership in semiconductor IC manufacturing, robust virtual vertical integration, and excellence in precision machinery, Taiwan aims to become a reliable partner in the Artemis program for establishing a permanent moon base by late 2028.

#TaiwanArchives: 15 November, 1971 "Chiao Kuan-Hua and Huang Hua, the first People's Republic of China representatives at the United Nations, after twenty years of diplomatic struggle. Previously, China's seat was held by Taiwan ROC."

The latest offerings from Taiwanese claw machines: Capybara hamburgers

"One day after a government press release endorsed #RightsCon, we received a phone call [...] and were told that diplomats from the People's Republic of China (PRC) were putting pressure on the Government of Zambia because Taiwanese civil society participants were planning to join us in person."

On April 12, Bala of Taiwan won the 2026 World Latte Art Championship☕. But now all mentions of Taiwan have been removed and replaced from the official World Coffee Championships website, which today credits Bala's win to Chinese Taipei, thanks to China's insecurities and attempts to isolate Taiwan.

Sea water, betel nut leaf, and snow fungus, oh my! Taiwanese artisanal citrus jams shone at this year's Dalemain World Marmalade Awards. Keep an eye out for indie producers such as jammm果醬, kudamonodanshi 果食男子, satoyama chen marmalade 里山澄, cingguodessert 青菓邸舍甜品坊. www.dalemain.com/artisan-awar...

The 2026 census on black-faced spoonbills tallied a global population of 7,746, reflecting an 11.1% increase since last year. 4,719 individuals spend their winters in Taiwan, which translates to 61% of all black-faced spoonbills in existence — made possible by bird-friendly aquaculture practices.

Some lovely feathery residents of Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area in central Taiwan: Formosan yuhina (冠羽畫眉) Black-naped monarch (黑枕藍鶲) Whistling green pigeon (綠鳩) Taiwan bamboo partridge (臺灣竹雞)

At least 5 people in Taiwan, including 1 city councilor and 1 legislative assistant, were approached by someone purporting to be a well-regarded journalist. That person turned out to be a Chinese spy impersonating Yi-Shan Chen, editor-in-chief of CommonWealth magazine: www.cw.com.tw/article/5140...

In the 2025 Great Recall Movement, Taiwan activists were subjected to "water meter checks (查水表)," a euphemism for being harassed by gov employees over the mundane or trivial. For example, Taipei cops began frequenting pro-recall shops like Touat Books after "tip-offs by friendly citizens (熱心民眾檢舉)."

Pai Tsan-jung 白璨榮 is a private citizen in central Taiwan who spearheaded the purchase, refurbishment, and shipment of 206 retired emergency vehicles to Ukraine since 2023. The textile mill owner has developed cloth diapers, a reusable alternative to disposable ones, for donating to Ukraine as well.

IPAC Statement on President Lai's Cancelled Visit to Eswatini: China's coordinated coercion of African nations [Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar] to block Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's flight path reveals a relentless drive to isolate Taiwan, now extending to an attempt to control the skies.

here's the bar graphs of those; there's a clear point around the year 2000 where everything suddenly sucks real fast

Taipei Zoo welcomes new hatchlings, foreign residents, bids adieu to a faithful old wolf 🧵

Madre taiwanese, padre americano. Nella terza foto è insieme alla vicepresidente di Taiwan, Hsiao Bi-khim, che ha invece madre americana e padre taiwanese.

Temperature change in four major cities of Taiwan — i.e. Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, and Tainan — over the past 160+ years.

Dr. Kjell Lindgren (林琪兒) is a Taipei-born NASA astronaut who completed two missions on the International Space Station. During his cumulative 311 days in space, Lindgren shared striking images of #Taiwan from orbit. He's back in Taiwan to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.

STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN TAIWAN 1️⃣ In disagreement over a budget bill, opposing positions between the main political factions grew further entrenched. In the face of wide-ranging cuts, the gov focused on addressing national security concerns, while long-standing rights commitments failed to advance.

In related news, the canoe Alingano Maisu that stopped by #Taiwan this March is making a 6,200-nautical mile journey back to Palau! Its 13-member crew includes Paiwan writer Sakinu Ahronglong. In Micronesian, Maisu means "the breadfruit that falls with the wind" — a gift from the Earth to everyone.

In 2023, cultural blessings, celebratory dances, and protocol were conducted at Alaska to send-off legendary voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa on her 4-year Moananuiākea Voyage to build a collective movement to care for the oceans. Indigenous partners include Princess Maljevljev of the Paiwan Tribe of Taiwan.

#Taiwan offers #swings for #wheelchair users! Taipei expo park user guide: pkl.gov.taipei/News_Video_C...

Sunshine Women's Choir receives 1-star rating: "Everyone involved with this feelgood/feelbad prison musical/weepie, and Taiwan's biggest local box office hit ever, should be put on immediate cinematic probation and banned from film-making until it's clear they are no longer a danger to the public."

The #KMT is asking for the #Taiwan government for reimbursements of up to NT$4.8 million (US$152,101) for a visit to China that was unilaterally initiated and not approved via taxpayers' vote, in which the KMT and #CCP made a deal to deny Taiwan's right to exist. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

#TaiwanArchives 1780 #map providing insights into the geographical knowledge and #colonial ambitions of late 18th-century Europe. It illustrates the intersection of scientific inquiry and imperial expansion, characteristic of the Enlightenment period's approach to #cartography and #exploration.

Taiwan's government body for handling #China affairs: What Chairperson Cheng calls a "peace framework" is but a "unification framework" that packages unification as peace. Beijing's unilateral orchestration of a KMT-CCP leaders' meeting is intended to frame cross-strait issues as internal affairs.

The old residence of political activist Lin I-hsiung (林義雄), now the Gikong Presbyterian Church (義光教會) in #Taipei, is now declared a transitional justice site. On Feb. 28, 1980, Lin's mother and twin daughters were murdered in their home. No perpetrator was identified during that #authoritarian era.

Olympic bronze medalist Chen Nien-chin (陳念琴) of #Taiwan claims gold in the women's 65kg division at the 2026 Asian #Boxing Championship in Mongolia! Chen was the top seed in her weight class after switching from the 70kg division that is not included at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games later this year.

Cheng Li-wun's startled response to a CCP official's comment on having "viewed her vids" led netizens on a mad scramble to uncover her past — from being an activist denouncing the KMT's inhumane treatment of the #Taiwanese in 1989, to dressing up as a #bunny for Lien Chan's farewell banquet in 2005.