David on Formosa
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Interested in Taiwan, democracy and human rights.
https://davidonformosa.wordpress.com/
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Some important history here. 100 years ago Taiwanese were working to establish their democratic and independent future!
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Üđ Kaori Fujisawa âđđžđ
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Japan: âmilitary exercisesâ âincrease tensionsâ âdialogueâ Philippines: âcoercionâ âintimidationâ âdistorted rule of international lawâ âfragile geopolitical environmentâ The Philippine text names the pathology, not just the symptom.
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Michael Turton
1 day ago
A good example of how "lefties" are totally down for imperialism and war, if the PRC is doing it. The US isn't trying to pry Taiwan from China, because China doesn't own it. Rather, the Taiwanese don't want to be annexed to the PRC, and nations around them are supporting them.
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Michael Turton
7 days ago
My column for today on the illiberal ASPI piece on the possibility of erosion of liberal democracy by the Lai administration.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Notes from Central Taiwan: The threat to Taiwanâs liberal values - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/12/25/2003849462
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Michael Turton
10 days ago
My column today on Okinawa and Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Notes from Central Taiwan: Okinawa as Taiwan - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/12/22/2003849287
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Safeguard Defenders (äżæ€ć«ćŁ«)
13 days ago
The fall of civil society in
#HongKong
is chilling. SD's earlier study on how NGOs, unions, media, and religious groups were shut down in 2021 reveals the earlier steps, with the recent closure of its main opposition continuing the fall of free HK.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/ccp-...
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Lao Ren Cha (Jenna)
16 days ago
I review Nathan Batto and Emily Beaulieu's book about brawling in legislatures in
#Taiwan
,
#Ukraine
and beyond!
laorencha.substack.com/p/book-revie...
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Book Review: Making Punches Count
Batto and Beaulieu take sordid tales of legislators punching, pushing and shoving and turn it into data to explore the who, why, where and a bit of how legislative brawls happen
https://laorencha.substack.com/p/book-review-making-punches-count
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Frozen Garlic explains how Taiwan has entered a constitutional crisis
frozengarlic.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/c...
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Constitutional crisis
For all the hand-wringing about the controversial recall efforts in early 2025, there was never any question about their legality. The procedures for our recalls were clearly laid out in the electiâŠ
https://frozengarlic.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/constitutional-crisis/
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The guilty verdict against Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai has been strongly condemned by rights groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Jimmy Lai conviction is âdeath knellâ for Hong Kong press freedom, says Amnesty â live
Group says guilty verdicts against incarcerated media tycoon also show cityâs national security laws designed not to protect but âto silenceâ people
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/dec/15/jimmy-lai-verdict-hong-kong-court-national-security-charges-live#top-of-blog
17 days ago
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Michael Turton
17 days ago
My column for today. The Rednote ban in Taiwan boils down to one simple fact: it has no offices in Taiwan, and cannot be regulated under local law. That imposes an either/or choice on the authorities.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Notes from Central Taiwan: Blocking Chinaâs Trojan horse(s) - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/12/15/2003848892
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A new museum/library in Taichung with innovative architecture
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19 days ago
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RSF
20 days ago
#HongKong
: With short notice, 2 years after his sham trial began, the verdict in Jimmy Laiâs trial is set for Monday, 15/12. Given his age, prison conditions, and deteriorating health, every day he stays in jail risks his life. Itâs time for democracies, especially đŹđ§ and đșđž, to act for his release.
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Hong Kong Watch
21 days ago
The sexual harassment of
@carmenlau.bsky.social
, Ted Hui and his family marks a sordid new low in the
#HongKong
governmentâs campaign of
#transnationalrepression
against activists. We stand with them and call for protection against this despicable behaviour.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Sexually explicit letters about exiled Hong Kong activists sent to UK and Australian addresses
Exclusive: Letters with deepfake images of Carmen Lau in UK and targeting of Ted Hui in Australia part of growing harassment
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/11/sexually-explicit-letters-deepfake-hong-kong-activists-uk-australia
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Min Chao
22 days ago
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.
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Human Rights Day protest against the CCP in Sydney. Participants included Chinese, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers and other groups
22 days ago
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
26 days ago
Zhang Yadi's plight illustrates the risk of going home for Chinese nationals who displease the state, as it increasingly tightens control over issues it considers sensitive -- such as that of Tibet. In full:
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Loved ones fear for pro-Tibet student activist detained in China
Zhang Yadi's plight illustrates the risk of going home for Chinese nationals who displease the state, as it increasingly tightens control over issues it considers sensitive -- such as that of Tibet.
https://buff.ly/NaPHWXl
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The Conversation AUNZ
28 days ago
Australians do not fully understand whatâs at stake if Taiwanâs democracy is threatened by China. đ Read the full story:
theconversation.com/what-is...
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Jeff/ć怫
27 days ago
Excellent video explaining and dispelling the common myths about Taiwan perpetuated by western media. Hint: Ranked 4th in the world with regard to safety, it definitely is not âthe most dangerous place on earth.â Great thanks to
@honghongtinn.bsky.social
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I went to the most dangerous place on earth
YouTube video by Taiwan Salad
https://youtu.be/oiWaYJ3cJqk?si=92JhUYXjHcQv1e2M
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Michael Turton
about 1 month ago
I wrote on the PRC campaign of words against Japan/Takaichi this week. It's infuriating that after so many years of PRC fauxspeak the int'l media still reaches for the "victims provoke" trope, like complaining that Benes provoked Hitler.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Notes from Central Taiwan: Beijingâs strategic temper tantrums... - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/11/24/2003847717
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New Bloom
about 1 month ago
"Kerry Brown's 'Why Taiwan Matters' Simply Argues That Taiwan Does Not Matter in the Face of China" by
@brianhioe.bsky.social
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Kerry Brownâs âWhy Taiwan Mattersâ Simply Argues That Taiwan Does Not Matter in the Face of China | New Bloom Magazine
With increased international attention on Taiwan in past yearsâparticularly with the rise in tensions in the Taiwan Straitâone now sees a curious phenomenon: that of the China hand who wishes to getâŠ
https://newbloommag.net/2025/11/18/brown-taiwan-matters-review/
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New Bloom
about 2 months ago
"'Girl' and 'Left-handed Girl': Two Tales of Mothers, Daughters, and Trauma" by Sebastien Smith
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âGirlâ and âLeft-handed Girlâ: Two Tales of Mothers, Daughters, and Trauma - No Man Is An Island
First, there was âAmerican Girlâ in 2021. Now we have âLeft-handed Girlâ, and, naturally, the succinctly titled âGirlââtwo more coming-of-age dramas centred around young women (and the mothers who rai...
https://nomanisanis.land/girl-left-handed-girl-review/
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A T Beaune ććèš„
about 2 months ago
Taiwan and Finland bands prepare for âheavy metal diplomacyâ đ«đź đ€đŒđ€đœ đčđŒ
focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...
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Taiwan heavy metal bands ready to rock Helsinki at the end of November - Focus Taiwan
Three Taiwanese bands will join Finnish music groups in Helsinki at the end of November to engage in "heavy metal diplomacy" at a festival organized by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and General Association of Chinese Culture (GACC).
https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202511150013
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Min Chao
about 2 months ago
Also in
#Europe
â the current vice president of
#Taiwan
, Bi-khim Hsiao, who delivered the 1st-ever speech by a senior member of the Taiwanese government in the European Parliament. "We don't just want to survive. We want democracies to thrive," she said in
#Brussels
.
www.ipac.global/news/taiwans...
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Mark Harrison
about 2 months ago
Australiaâs Understanding and Preparedness for a Taiwan Strait Contingency. From me, for Australian Outlook.
www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
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Australiaâs Understanding and Preparedness for a Taiwan Strait Contingency - Australian Institute of International Affairs
While Taiwan features frequently in Australian strategic and policy discussion and media discourse, overall understanding in Australiaâs national life of the implications of a crisis in the Taiwan Str...
https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/australias-understanding-and-preparedness-for-a-taiwan-strait-contingency/
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New ASPI report on Australian institutional responses to a Taiwan Strait crisis. Authors include
@mhar4.bsky.social
and
@nathanattrill.bsky.social
www.aspi.org.au/report/austr...
2 months ago
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Min Chao
2 months ago
Official statement by the foreign ministry of
#Taiwan
to TIME magazine: "China is the source of disruption to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait due to its persistent rhetorical and military aggression against Taiwanâincluding military exercises, gray-zone threats, and cognitive warfare."
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Pierre-Yves Baubry ćçŁ
2 months ago
A few remarks: 1. I can't get pass the lack of logic of the 1st paragraph, which rightly describes China as a threat for Taiwan (and as being "the most dangerous party") but blames Taiwan President Lai Ching-te for officially aknowledging that threat. Yes, Taiwan's political system is under threat.
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The Asian Feminist
2 months ago
150,000 join Taiwan Pride as organizers urge understanding Organizers and participants expressed hope that the parade would help build understanding amid a growing global backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
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150,000 join Taiwan Pride as organizers urge understanding - Focus Taiwan
Around 150,000 people attended Taiwan Pride on Saturday, with organizers and participants expressing hope that the parade would help build understanding amid a growing global backlash against diversit...
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202510250010
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TH Schee
3 months ago
Zero-based Mobilization: A Rapid Assessment of the Recent Hualien Flood Disaster and the Modernization of Taiwanâs Mobilization Systems
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Zero-based Mobilization: A Rapid Assessment of the Recent Hualien Flood Disaster and the Modernization of Taiwanâs Mobilization Systems
The scale and intensity of civilian mobilization witnesâŠ
https://blog.schee.info/2025/10/12/zero-based-mobilization-a-rapid-assessment-of-the-recent-hualien-flood-disaster-and-the-modernization-of-taiwans-mobilization-systems/
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Michael Turton
3 months ago
My column this week on migrant labor, the US move against Giant, etc
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Notes from Central Taiwan: Just âfollowing the lawâ - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/10/06/2003844981
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Congratulations to
@audreyt.org
for being one of the recipients of the 2025 Right Livelihood Awards
rightlivelihood.org/the-change-m...
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Audrey Tang - Right Livelihood
https://rightlivelihood.org/the-change-makers/find-a-laureate/audrey-tang/
3 months ago
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China Digital Times
3 months ago
Civicus Monitor â China: Regime continues to criminalise activists, increase digital restrictions and deploy transnational repression against protesters
monitor.civicus.org/explore/chin...
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China: Regime continues to criminalise activists, increase digital restrictions and deploy transnational repression against protesters - Civicus Monitor
https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/china-regime-continues-to-criminalise-activists-increase-digital-restrictions-and-deploy-transnational-repression-against-protesters/
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US Customs has issued a ban on the import of products from Giant Bicycles Taiwan factory citing the use of forced labour. Giant also manufacturers bicycles for other brands including the major US cycling brand Trek
www.cbp.gov/newsroom/nat...
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CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Securing America's Borders
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-issues-withhold-release-order-giant-manufacturing-co-ltd
3 months ago
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The landslide overflowed due to rain from Typhoon Ragasa causing flooding in Guangxi Township, Hualien
www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/20...
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3 months ago
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Min Chao
4 months ago
Why
#Taichung
folks were trying to recall
#KMT
legislator Yen Kuan-heng (éĄćŻŹæ): the 47-year-old son of a prominent
#gangster
was sentenced to 8 years and 4 months for crimes including embezzlement, falsifying transaction records, and occupying state-owned land. He purchased a Maserati w/ those funds.
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Jeff Wasserstrom
4 months ago
Statement by
@amnestyuk.bsky.social
supporting Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, Thailandâs first conscientious objector
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
cc
@marcusrediker.bsky.social
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Thailand authorities must immediately drop charges against conscientious objector
Ahead of the witness examination and hearing of activist and conscientious objector to military service Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal on 9 September, Amnesty Internationalâs Regional Research Director Mont...
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/09/thailand-authorities-must-immediately-drop-charges-against-conscientious-objector/
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Xander âș
4 months ago
An excellent feature on the wansei, Taiwan-born Japanese who were expelled after World War 2. Although the word "repatriation" is used, for some wansei the outbound trip from Keelung was the first time they had left home. Not all were able to integrate into post-war Japan.
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Jeff Wasserstrom
4 months ago
Michelle King on two accessible new books on Taiwan that, fittingly, treat its history as of great interest for its own sake
lareviewofbooks.org/article/one-...
...read the essay along w/this
lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-de...
& this
lareviewofbooks.org/article/move...
work well as a Taiwan trilogy
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One Island, Many Histories | Los Angeles Review of Books
Michelle T. King reviews Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrisonâs âRevolutionary Taiwanâ and Anna Beth Keimâs âHeaven Does Not Block All Roads.â
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/one-island-many-histories/
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PEN International
4 months ago
#HongKong
: 72 rights groups urge the UK Prime Minister to secure the release of imprisoned writer & publisher Jimmy Lai, as his health deteriorates.
#FreeJimmyLai
Read more âŹïž
www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...
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China-Hong Kong: 72 human rights organisations urge UK PM to secure Jimmy Laiâs release as his health deteriorates â PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwid...
21 August 2025: Today, PEN International and PEN Centres joined a coalition of 72 freedom of expression and human rights organisations in a letter to the UKâs Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer, urging ...
https://www.pen-international.org/news/china-hong-kong-joint-letter-urging-uk-pm-to-secure-jimmy-lais-release-as-his-health-deteriorates
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Taiwan Foreign Correspondentsâ Club (TFCC)
4 months ago
Please read the full statement on our website:
taiwanfcc.org/20250819-gaz...
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Kerim Friedman ć ćŻæ©
5 months ago
Important piece on the abuse of migrant fishers in Taiwan by
@michaelturton.bsky.social
, who argues that the government has the power to do something about itâif they wanted to.
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Notes from Central Taiwan: Subsidies at root of Taiwanâs migrant fishers abuses - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/08/18/2003842219
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Lao Ren Cha (Jenna)
5 months ago
As someone who does occasional travel writing and acts as an unofficial tour guide to friends and family visiting
#Taiwan
, I have some thoughts.
laorencha.substack.com/p/is-interna...
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Is International Tourism in Taiwan Really That Bad?
Yes and no. Or just read on for some of my favorite places to take visitors.
https://laorencha.substack.com/p/is-international-tourism-in-taiwan
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Kharis Templeman
5 months ago
Brookings just published my analysis of Taiwan politics after the first wave of recalls. The main point: the recalls have resolved some remaining political uncertainty, & all 3 political parties have some incentives to tack towards the middle.
www.brookings.edu/articles/tai...
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Taiwan after the great recalls: Toward a new political equilibrium? | Brookings
After the recall vote, Taiwanâs political combatants now have an opportunity for a political reset. Let us hope that they seize it.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/taiwan-after-the-great-recalls-toward-a-new-political-equilibrium/
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China Dissent Monitor, a project of
@freedomhouse.bsky.social
, has documented over 10,000 protest actions covering every region of China over the past three years
freedomhouse.org/article/prot...
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Protests Appear to Be Increasing in China. What Can We Learn from Them?
Citizens in China are speaking out when their rights are violated. Freedom Houseâs China Dissent Monitor analyzes these protest actionsâoften uncovering broader trends in Chinaâs politics and economy ...
https://freedomhouse.org/article/protests-appear-be-increasing-china-what-can-we-learn-them
5 months ago
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Sophie Richardson
5 months ago
Itâs been eight long years since human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was taken away by China govt officials. He hasnât been seen since. Hard to take Xi Jinpingâs claims of adherence to rule of lawâor decencyâseriously.
www.nchrd.org/2025/08/chin...
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China: Release Lawyer Gao Zhisheng, Forcibly Disappeared Since 2017 | Chinese Human Rights Defenders
https://www.nchrd.org/2025/08/china-release-lawyer-gao-zhisheng-forcibly-disappeared-since-2017/
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Brian Hioe
5 months ago
Hm, the second episode of Zero Day was significantly better than the first. Which I guess is what happens with anthology works. The focus is a sympathetic, humanistic character study of a young man who ends up becoming part of a pro-China gang group
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Made in China Journal
5 months ago
Chinaâs most expensive state-building infrastructure project is rising in Tibet: the Lower Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower dam.
@stellahongzhang.bsky.social
explores how this damâframed as green progressâadvances with little public scrutiny despite huge environmental, technical, and geopolitical stakes.
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Infrastructure and State-Building: Chinaâs Ambitions for the Lower Yarlung Tsangpo Project | Made in China Journal
19 July 2025, Nyingchi, Tibet. Against a bold red backdrop with snow-capped mountains looming in the distance, Chinaâs Premier Li Qiangâflanked on both sides by four senior officials and leaders of ma...
https://madeinchinajournal.com/2025/08/07/infrastructure-and-state-building-chinas-ambitions-for-the-lower-yarlung-tsangpo-project/
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In comparison to Ukraine, Taiwanâs civil society is not ready for war "...one glaring lesson remains unheeded in Taipei: civil society must be battle-ready before any conflict begins."
thediplomat.com/2025/08/taiw...
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Taiwanâs Civil Society Is Not Ready for War
Ukraineâs civil society was well-prepared, psychologically and practically, for Russiaâs invasion. Taiwanâs is not.
https://thediplomat.com/2025/08/taiwans-civil-society-is-not-ready-for-war/
5 months ago
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China Digital Times
5 months ago
Construction on Tibetan Megadam Fuels Ecological and Social Concerns "Reports show that the construction of almost 200 dams in Tibet is causing 'irreparable damage' to Tibetan communities, downstream countries, and the environment."
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Construction on Tibetan Megadam Fuels Ecological and Social Concerns
After Beijing granted authorization in December, construction on what would be the worldâs largest hydropower dam has now begun. The site is located along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in southeastern Tib...
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/07/construction-on-tibetan-megadam-fuels-ecological-and-social-concerns/
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Journal of Democracy
5 months ago
The drama of the countryâs divided government just played out in a failed, high-stakes vote to recall two-dozen opposition legislators. How both sides respond could determine the fate of Taiwanâs democracy.
www.journalofdemocra...
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Taiwanâs Risky No-Holds-Barred Politics | Journal of Democracy
The drama of the countryâs divided government just played out in a failed, high-stakes vote to recall two-dozen opposition legislators. How both sides respond could determine the fate of TaiwanâsâŠ
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/taiwans-risky-no-holds-barred-politics/
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The first solo exhibition by Australian artist
@badiucao.bsky.social
in his home country will open next month
www.badiucao.com/disagree-whe...
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Disagree Where We Must | badiucao
Disagree Where We Must marks the long-overdue first major solo exhibition of Badiucao in Australia, the country he has called home since 2009. While his work has been celebrated in prestigious nationa...
https://www.badiucao.com/disagree-where-we-must
5 months ago
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