#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...

#香港加油 #PrayForHongKong

#TaiwanArchives: A 1971 video extolling the benefits of raising Beltsville Small White #Turkeys (貝茨維爾小型白色火雞, Meleagris gallopavo) that were imported to #Taiwan from the United States by the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction.

#Taiwan VP Bi-khim Hsiao went shopping at a 🇯🇵 store in #Taipei "to support Japanese seafood and Japanese goods 😻" The hashtag #TaiwanJapanFriendship ( #台日友好 ) was used. Among her purchases were #scallops advertised with a drawing of President Lai Ching-te, a nod to his #sushi lunch the other day.

#SpaceX scrubbed the Transporter-15 launch. Next attempt: Nov 29, 2am #Taiwan time

"The dangerous leadership threatening regional stability is in #Beijing, not #Taipei." "Claiming unacceptable provocation from a #democracy [like #Taiwan] is a staple of the propaganda Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Xi have used to justify their #aggression."

Tseng Jing-hua delivered an incredible performance as a dedicated health worker during the chaotic height of Taiwan's 2003 #SARS epidemic in "Eye of the Storm #疫起." His character's fate, which was left ambiguous by the end of the film, has been addressed and honored in this MV: youtu.be/w9zz36TqBKs

#Taiwanese icon Chen Shu-fang received the #GoldenHorse Lifetime Achievement Award tonight ✨ goldenhorse.org.tw/news/detail/... youtu.be/K6Q-UUW7WJE

An overlooked part of Taiwan's colonial history is that the Latin script arrived long before any Chinese, brought by European missionaries during their brief colonial attempts, but adopted by some Indigenous languages for long after

Important topic. Though I'd like to emphasize that despite the standardization efforts for the Latin-based orthography, there's a variety of "unofficial" writing methods for these languages being used. I've even heard of someone still using Kanji. I think it's great, even if a bit impractical.

"Taiwan is home to over 20 living languages, and many of them don’t require a single Chinese character. In fact, some of the most vibrant linguistic revival movements happening on the island right now rely largely on extended Latin alphabets," says 姜呈穎 of JustFont. blog.justfont.com/2025/10/beyo...

"We don't just want to survive — we want democracies to thrive. We are not just defending what we have, but building what we want the future to look like [...] Taiwan is ready to work with all of you. Together, we can ensure that freedom not only endures but prevails." Listen: youtu.be/BdW-ctCo1wo

CEO di Nvidia Jensen Huang non ha scrupoli a pubblicizzare il suo rapporto personale con il presidente Donald Trump

#FORMOSAT8 launch has been delayed once more, says #SpaceX, citing weather and technical issues. New tentative launch date is scheduled for Nov. 27, 2.18am #Taiwan time, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California: www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ... More info: www.spacex.com/launches/tra...

Lawmakers from 28 nations meeting in Brussels for the 5th Summit of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China #IPAC announced a coordinated international effort to safeguard #peace in the #TaiwanStrait in the face of the PRC's escalating #authoritarianism. Statement: www.ipac.global/news/interna...

"A united democratic response would be much more difficult to break down for authoritarians. Here, Taiwan has much to contribute [...] We are also willing to bear our share of burden, and do not take our security partners' support for granted." Hear Tsai Ing-wen's full speech: youtu.be/y-6GkCVY6Qk

Upcoming events worth a trip to Pingtung County: The 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games 世界原住民族傳統運動會(12/10–12/12) at the Laiyi Senior High in Laiyi Township and the Kacalisiyan Art & Music Festival on the Slope 斜坡上的藝術節 (11/29–11/30) at the Linhousilin Forest Park in Chaozhou.

Another #AIchatbot to boycott — #Qwen by #Alibaba destroys the environment while parroting false #CCP narratives about #Taiwan, an independent country that has never been ruled even for a day by Communist China.

Taiwan hosts the 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games next month! First Nation athletes will compete alongside Indigenous Formosans in 10 events: • Archery • Music/Dance • Log Sawing • Wrestling • Net Casting • Canoe Racing • Road Running • Weight Carrying Relay • Freediving Sprint • Tug of War

"Gran parte del cotone mondiale proviene dallo Xinjiang dove il governo cinese sta praticando la pulizia etnica della minoranza musulmana Acquistare cotone dello Xinjiang è come sostenere il genocidio uyguro del PCC"

Found #XinjiangCotton at a #Taipei store, promptly exited store 🥲 Much of the world's cotton comes from #Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority. To buy Xinjiang cotton is akin to supporting the CCP's #UyghurGenocide. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When European explorers arrived in Asia and Africa, they came across many wondrous creatures like the #pangolin. They believed the armored mammal resembling "a large animated spruce cone" was a formidable living tank that developed an impregnable shell "hard enough to turn a musket-ball" by old age.

"Japan's newfound resolve regarding Taiwan's defense results from a policy alignment with the US [...] Alone, Japan stands no chance of defending #Taiwan. By signaling its intention to improve the capabilities needed to defend Taiwan, Tokyo has made a positive contribution to the deterrent effect."

The latest #Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation #survey shows that more people desire #independence (44.3%) than the combined supporters of status quo (24.6%) and unification (13.9). The foundation cites this to refute mainstream media claiming an "overwhelming support for cross-strait status quo."

Violating international conventions in an attempt to convince the global community that it holds jurisdiction over #Taiwan, the CCP's transnational #repression tactics will not only target legislators but may soon extend to the broader #Taiwanese public in the future. www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Cont...