I just went to the National Museum of Taiwan History and they had a special board game exhibit this month! I took 29 pictures of different games (hoping to make a video when I get back), but here’s one in the western games section of Monopoly!

6 sorties of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 5 out of 6 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern and southwestern part ADIZ.

Thanks to the invitation from Drs. Ruo-Fan Liu and Karen Eggleston at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center--I gave a talk there in March. The YouTube video of my presentation has been available online. 感謝劉若凡與翁笙和博士的邀請，我在史丹佛大學給了演講，跟大家分享演講影片: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu7j...

Looks like that Cheng Li-wun expressed support for Taiwanese independence when young has been noticed by Chinese netizens news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

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Oil inbound... www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

My column on the Cheng Li-wun visit to the PRC www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Way back when, the city of Taipei elected a tangwai (outside the party = KMT) mayor. After that the one-party gov't appointed the mayor. Donovan on the DPP's problems there. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

This is a bot account passing around text I've seen elsewhere, but the idea of "journey of peace" is traditional in the KMT's displays of fealty to the Chinese Communist Party. I put this together....

AI's next bottleneck: Why even the best chips made in the U.S. take a round trip to Taiwan

Haha. No. Taiwan doesn't have an energy self-sufficiency problem in case of war. Once again, in war, exports cease. Industry collapses. Elec demand cut by more than half, easily serviced with existing coal and renewables.

Beijing Is Trying to Break U.S. Narratives Over Taiwan foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/08/x...

Chinese student banned from Taiwan for two years over video declaring Taiwan to be part of China www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/20...

The war that nobody wants but everyone is expecting within the next years. ‼️ Read the full article here ‼️ open.substack.com/pub/dogoodex... #china #taiwan #crisis #japan #usa #war #politics #geopolitics #strategy #analysis #scenario #militaryoperation #news #globalwars

This January, an adult Formosan black #bear ventured into Indigenous villages on #Alishan mountain on 11 separate occasions, breaking into warehouses, vegetable gardens, boxed beehives, and one household kitchen. The bear left behind broken wares, chunks of honeycomb, and battered, raided fridges.

Taipei Times: Danish envoys’ privileges in Taiwan revoked over naming controversy – ‘Taiwan’s representative office in Denmark continues to communicate with the Danish government’

The next Democratic candidate for president should use tough rhetoric on China. But other than drawing a bright line around Taiwan, this should largely be aimed at channeling geopolitical competition towards domestic reconstruction www.liberalcurrents.com/the-next-dem...

Hey @support.bsky.team, are you going to get rid of these pro-PRC bots? Or are we just going to let this place become like the Hellsite?

Taiwan chip industry calls for helium, LNG reserves amid Iran war risks https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/iran-tensions/iran-war/taiwan-chip-industry-calls-for-helium-lng-reserves-amid-iran-war-risks2

Here's the text of Cheng Li-wun's speech at the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum, she refers to the ROC as being a seed for peace, claims eastern culture is peaceful compared to despotic western culture, that Japan was acting out western hegemonic culture udn.com/news/story/6...

Insane Orientalist, racist shit from a foolish, treacherous woman who dares not say the PRC is acting out Western communist culture. Taking the Lee Kwan Yew road of Asian Values didn't work before for the KMT and it won't work now. Can't wait for Cheng's US trip with this excreta on her record.

Ten years after a toxic waste dump poisoned Vietnam’s coast, the Taiwanese company responsible, both governments, and even the victims themselves have maintained a stunning silence.

This is pretty ironic, considering that Sun Yat-sen, at the founding of the Republic of China in 1911, was clearly influenced by Western ideas of liberalism, democracy, and republicanism. Rotating Sun Yat-sen hooked up to a generator would solve all of Taiwan's energy problems.

Taiwan opposition leader pledges reconciliation at memorial for founding father in China reut.rs/3On3Cyl

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 In ‘Taiwan matters’, Joe Keary, Nathan Attrill, Mark Harrison and Marc Ablong warn that even a limited Taiwan Strait disruption could trigger a global shock far exceeding recent crises, including the Middle East conflict, with direct consequences for Australia. 🔖: bit.ly/4sUcx9p

Why yes economist the details matter. So why do you refer to the two interpretations of the 1992 consensus which China has never accepted?

China’s coast guard blends talks with pressure, reshaping how Beijing talks with Taiwan and the Philippines. A tactical shift unfolds before calm diplomacy. Read More: azat.tv/en/china-coa...

Yep. Apparently Xi Jin-ping is the only human on earth not to have realized his great opportunity.

Cheng Li-wun’s visit signals that Beijing is still seeking to influence Taiwan’s political trajectory through selective engagement with the opposition KMT.

Commentary: China's growing strategic and theater nuclear forces raise risks in a Taiwan contingency, leading Japan to focus on conventional force readiness and collaboration with U.S. deterrence.

Great stuff here asia.nikkei.com/opinion/the-...

idk how well known this book is? but it's really fascinating -- study of how people in Hokkaido protested the assimilation of the island to japanese domestic laws, demanding that they instead be treated as a "colony" like taiwan and sakhalin because they got autonomy + special funding measures

China may have surpassed the United States in AI for drone swarms, one Taiwan-based analyst said.

Japanese media know how to write a headline and use quotation marks appropriately. Not complicated once one has a clear understanding of Taiwan.

I hope that someone in the government will find the courage to change all the things that need to be changed, and that someone has a plan to mitigate the damage this will do to foreign support for Taiwan.

Taiwan's opposition leader arrived in China on Tuesday for a "peace" mission and possible meeting with leader Xi Jinping, as Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te reiterated he was open for talks.

Yes so rare there were only five previous instances in the last two decades of a kmt chair visiting. So rare that in fact it's a regular occurrence.

Focus Taiwan: KMT chair Cheng Li-wun 鄭麗文 leaves for China on ‘peace tour’ amid mixed reaction – ‘she hoped to use the six-day “peace tour” to show that “peace across the Taiwan Strait is not as difficult as [the DPP] think.”’

Today is #FreedomofSpeechDay in #Taiwan commemorating the self-immolation of Nylon Cheng, publisher-activist. Events include speeches in #Taipei at the memorial hall dedicated to the dictator whom Cheng published exposés about, like the Chiang family scandals, as well as a "freedom mart" in #Tainan.

Honduras in the center of the China US tussle ketagalanmedia.com/2026/04/07/h...

A huge problem in Taiwan is this sort of illegal, destructive waste disposal. enews.moenv.gov.tw/page/3b3c62c...

Power rates need to be changed now, not September. September is right before the election. Raise rates gradually starting this month. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

1 sorties of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 1 out of 1 sorties entered Taiwan’s southwestern part ADIZ.

Five KMT Chairman now kowtow to PRC. Is Taiwan safer? talk.ltn.com.tw/article/pape...

Taiwan's Anti-Ship Missile Wall: How the Island Became Taiwan is building the densest coastal missile defense network in the world. Analysis of the weapons… https://theboard.world/articles/defense/taiwans-anti-ship-missile-wall-how-the-island-became-asias #geopolitics #defense #military #missiles

I'm quoted in @cnn.com with @williamyang120.bsky.social discussing the anxieties around contemporary US-Taiwan and Cross-Strait relations. edition.cnn.com/2026/04/06/a...

TIL chiang kai-shek was offered to have taiwan share its UN seat with the PRC, but instead withdrew completely leaving his country without any representation whatsoever. who knew corrupt, ultranationalist warlords make bad leaders!

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