Today 2.28 p.m., a documentary about Taiwan’s democracy movement will be on Youtube. Hand in Hand 牽阮的手. I saw it in the cinema back in 2011, but I need to revisit it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaH2...

My website/blog was down for a while due to technical problems. Should work again now. Sorry if there was any confusion. intaiwan.net

NEW: NBC News also now confirming my reporting that DOJ is withholding at least three FBI interviews with the woman who accused Trump of assaulting her when she was a child nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

This has to be one of the best Taiwan hiking blogs in English. A British lady describes hikes in detail, with all necessary information and no nonsense. Did the first and third from this "around Taipei" list recently, Had never heard of them. Really good. taiwantrailsandtales.com/taipei-publi...

This is interesting. "People waxing nostalgic for the Chiang Ching-Kuo years have forgotten how completely corrupt things were in those days. ... The purpose ... was... making everyone complicit in the KMT’s system." www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

I need a "Don't show lists with 100+ entries" option on @letterboxd.social. Who's with me?

Ich freue mich sehr über Kommentare zu meinem Buch, z.B. bei Amazon. Besonders natürlich über solche. Mehr Infos zur "Wichtigsten Insel der Welt" und Möglichkeit für Feedback: amzn.to/3VPG4mt

Tomorrow! Join us for the first session of our Taiwan History 101 reading group! www.facebook.com/events/16106...

Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael. On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition. ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.

Verantwortungslos oder großartig? Ich habe mir die ungesicherte Besteigung des Taipei 101 durch Alex Honnold selbst vor Ort angesehen. Puh... Was denkt Ihr? Taiwans brillantester Tourismus-Coup: Alex Honnold Free Solo auf dem Taipei 101 intaiwan.net/2026/01/26/a...

‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war

"In Taiwans polarisierter Gesellschaft, die sich gegen die Eingliederungsambitionen der Volksrepublik China wehrt, aber zutiefst zerstritten darüber ist, wie das zu schaffen sei, gilt das Taipei 101 als Haus der Einigkeit." Der Spiegel (Paywall) zu Alex Honnold www.spiegel.de/ausland/umst...

SNL did a spoof of the Netflix trailer for Alex Honnold's Taipei 101 free solo climb (that's been postponed to tomorrow due to weather conditions). www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C-Z...

I've been living in Taiwan for the last 13 years now, and...yes. All of this.

How has this not been introduced 10 or 15 years ago? "Large new buildings with a floor area of more than 1,000 square meters will be required to install rooftop solar panels starting Aug. 1." focustaiwan.tw/business/202...

If you're in Taipei tomorrow moring at 9 a.m., what will you do? 1) Go to Taipei 101 to watch Alex Honnold attempt to climb all the way up? 2) Watch it live on Netflix? 3) Anything else? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXiE...

"Taiwanese are used to military exercises and all manner of threats from China. All you can do is keep on keeping on. Perhaps [The New York Times' Nicholas] Kristof no longer is, because he’s not here living through it. We are." laorencha.substack.com/p/when-it-co...

Alle persönlich gesehen und für gut befunden, 1995 bis 2004. Liste: Gute deutsche Filme rund um 2000 letterboxd.com/formosaner/l...

she’s been doing this thing lately where I throw a ball and she runs over and brings it back. what’s that about

ICE not only manhandled and terrorized a 10th grader who is an American citizen, they stole his phone. And then they sold it. I repeat, they stole his phone, and then they sold it.

All I can say is "Thank God for Strong, Black Women." They are always first in line to tell it like it is. So. Much. Respect. They aren't in the least intimidated by these cowardly thugs. We need more people in leadership to step up like this.

Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE: "No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested". "Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

"hated Hulk Hogan" turning out to be a useful marker of allies in times of trouble

Yay Taiwan! #AcademyAwards #LeftHandedGirl

Excellent guests on the current episode of ICRT's Taiwan This Week. Kitsch Liao and Eryk Michael Smith share useful insights into Taiwanese' reaction to China's military drills, flawed media reporting, Taiwan's military culture, and the Pentagon's China Military Power Report. pca.st/episode/d18d...

Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.

The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.

This can really be updated every year... All the best to you and your loved ones, happy 2025!

Nvidia has chosen Taipei for its overseas headquarters. "Money talks, and it is clear from the flow of capital that tech titans see Taiwan as safe, efficient and irreplaceable ..." www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...

"The irony is stark.. Beijing is internationalizing the Taiwan issue further — and transforming Japan from a cautious stakeholder into a more determined deterrent actor... By trying to tame Japan, Beijing is compelling Tokyo to prepare more seriously." www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...

China firing missiles into the ocean as part of their anti-Taiwan military drills is not new! They did it in 2022 already - see link. They want you to worry, they want you to spread panic. Don't do them the favor. edition.cnn.com/2022/08/04/a...

It's breathtakingly good.

A great little film too few people know: Trees Lounge, Steve Buscemi's directorial debut from 1996. Chloe Sevigny is so good in this. Oh, and that scene where the little boy is waiting for the ice cream truck by the side of the street... hit-the-north.uk/2023/05/26/o...

RIP to my old calendar, you served well. Klaus @taiwanreporter.bsky.social sent me a fresh 2026 Taiwan photo calendar and the shots are seriously gorgeous. If you know anyone abroad who misses Taiwan, this is the kind of gift that truly hits the heart. Get it here: shopee.tw/product/4482...

“People in Taiwan are naive about the super-rich and tech firms. They don’t see how harmful these people are,” laments Academia Sinica's Lu Chien-yi. “They don’t consider the cost in terms of land, water and energy.” www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Eine eigene Rezension schiebe ich schon zu lange vor mir her, also will ich es vor Weihnachten mal loswerden: "Man kann alles loslassen außer Stäbchen" ist das tollste Taiwan-Kochbuch auf Deutsch, das ich kenne. amzn.to/48VHzVy

Darüber sollte in Talkshows gesprochen werden: Der Staat verzichtet auf Milliarden, weil in Finanzämtern Personal abgebaut wird und die Prüfer besonders Großbetriebe und Reiche immer seltener besuchen! open.substack.com/pub/mauriceh...

Und deshalb, liebe Kinder, heißt der Bahnhofskino-Podcast so. @bahnhofskino.com

Good, they'll never come to Taiwan.

Wieso interessiert man sich in Sachsen besonders für Taiwan, welche Fragen wurden mir gerade bei zwei Veranstaltungen dort gestellt? Ilon Huang von RTI hat mit mir darüber geredet, und auch darüber, warum mein Buch mir neue Gelegenheiten bot, in die Tiefe zu gehen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKOd...

fuckin lmao at the text under obama

Taiwan "is already embedded in the collective security framework of the Indo-Pacific region... Beijing’s attempts to isolate Taiwan have had the reverse effect. The deepening of the US’ and Japan’s cooperation is the inevitable response to hegemonic expansionism." www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...

This video will make you very anxious. But might come in handy if you get into mob problems. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6_I...

Defend a terrible film by picking something from it that saves it.

Watched del Toro's Frankenstein the other night. Then watched Reign of Fire. The latter is a better film in all regards.

He's probably watching that "Mission: Impossible" part set in Dubai for inspiration. "U.S. climber Alex Honnold will attempt to scale Taipei 101 without a rope and harness in a live Netflix special on Jan. 24." focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...