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...

Hi BBC, can you explain why the paragraph in the red box has been included in this piece? How does this relate to the rest of an article that's about Taiwan, and a problem Taiwan is dealing with? Is it because their problem comes from PRC? Are you flinching at shadows? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"I like to think of AI as a plagiarism mechanism."

Has anyone ever thought, “i wish my drink was a sandwich”? What are we doing here Taiwan?

Such a bonkers movie. A true guilty pleasure.

Excellent, important text! "Red lines remove agency from Beijing, and place it only on Beijing’s victims. Identifying something as a “red line” is inherently pro-PRC..." www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Excellent, important text! "Red lines remove agency from Beijing, and place it only on Beijing’s victims. Identifying something as a “red line” is inherently pro-PRC..." www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Anyone interested in these Chinese learning materials? Giving them away for free (in Taipei, or shipping costs). Hardly used. Otherwise it will end up in recycling.

1000 times yes! "Blue-collar migrant workers contribute to society as much as white-collar workers and should have the right to work in Taiwan without discrimination until they choose to leave", Migrant Empowerment Network in Taiwan spokeswoman Wu Jing-ru said. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Just had a conversation with a friend. We both agreed on that for us two, Taiwanese people are culturally closer to us (as being from Germany), than people from the USA. Thinking of this - guess that could be even true for other people here. (bold working theory, I know)

Ansonsten ist die 202. Folge von Lauer und Wehner grade fertig geworden und die Unterstützer*innen des Podcasts können die Folge jetzt hören. plus.lauerundwehner.de/2025/12/06/m...

"In einem Experiment spielten Menschen Monopoly. Die einen hatten doppelt so viele Würfel, Geld, und bekamen doppelt so viel, wenn sie über Los zogen. Sie gewannen immer, was klar war. Wenn man sie nach dem Grund fragte, erzählten sie aber von ihren tollen Strategien." archive.ph/y05JO#select...

Meinen Taiwan-Kalender 2026 ist Ilon Huang von Radio Taiwan International mit mir durchgegangen. Monat für Monat reden wir über die Fotomotive. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSgU...

Referring to Casablanca as a "franchise" is extremely funny and also quite revealing of Netflix's attitude towards cinema

Ach wie nett und passend gerade...der @taiwanreporter.bsky.social war bei RTI zum Interview mit Ilon Huang. Thema natürlich der neue Kalender und die Geschichten dahinter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSgU...

"Pro-PRC propaganda [...] never stops, and is always the same: it always calls for weakening the US position on Taiwan as the first step to abandoning it, and it never demands that the PRC make any meaningful changes. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

This Friday and Saturday, there's a Taiwan Documentary Film Festival in the university town of Tübingen in southwestern Germany. uni-tuebingen.de/forschung/ze...

Watch live! Information from the organizers: --------------------------- On Dec. 4th and 5th, the German Taiwanese Dialogue Platform is hosting the "4th Berlin Taiwan Conference". Dec. 4th: Day 1 Starting 09:00am CET Zoom-Meeting: lnkd.in/eTWmMbg2 Meeting-ID: 874 1503 5982 Code: 678323 1/2

does anyone else notice the giant lady doesnt cut up your hot dogs anymore!?

The pics in the comments are gold.

No, we don't need another Rush Hour sequel. Instead, we need a sequel to White Chicks with the Wayan Brothers going undercover as the U.S. Attorney General and the White House Press Secretary.

What an awesome poster.

Der Rezensent der NZZ befindet: 'Kevin Chen entwirft in «Geisterdämmerung» ein melancholisches Epochen- und Familientableau, poetisch und unsentimental, oft von schräger Komik und doppelbödigem Humor.' www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/d...

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

Wer erklärt @HubertAiwanger dass man im Zweifel die Autos produzieren muss, die die Käuferinnen und Käufer gerne hätten, nicht die, die die Belegschaft am liebsten produziert. Sonst wird das nämlich mit der Sicherung der Arbeitsplätze nichts.

It's real, and it's mind-blowing. A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.

Zeit-Reporter war beim Screening mit Tsai in Berlin und merkt an: "Den Unterschied zwischen attraktiver Soft Power und einschüchternder Hard Power hat Peking nie recht verstanden, was die Reaktionen Chinas auf Zero Day Attack einmal mehr offenbaren." (Paywall)

You could make this observation across most of Taiwan society. All the low hanging fruit has been plucked -- trains run on time, streets are safe, taxes are paid, petty corruption eliminated, NHS works (for while). Time for deeper wrenching changes. But.......

"Taiwan requires not incremental adjustments but a fundamental, top-to-bottom overhaul of how it recruits, educates, and cultivates its military professionals. "Taiwan is assembling a formidable sword — Abrams, F-16V, HIMARS — yet risks neglecting the swordsman." www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6239817

Terrible headline, BBC. When will thy ever learn? Suggestion: "Why China chose to throw hissy fit after PM pointed out military adventurism at Japan borders is bad"

Gute Infos dazu, warum Taiwans Freiheit für Japan wichtig ist. www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

Taiwans ehemalige Präsidentin Tsai Ing-wen im Video-Interview bei "Welt": Keine besonders originellen Fragen oder Antworten, aber einige wichtige Punkte mal abgeklopft. www.welt.de/politik/ausl...