Trump talks about Taiwan’s security like it’s a casino chip on a poker table. That's really bad news.

Mais que fument ces gens?

lol

Thinking Taiwan has relaunched its English Edition to provide analysis about Taiwan-related issues for the international policy community. Thinking Taiwan is Taiwan-based think tank founded by former president Tsai Ing-wen https://www.thinkingtaiwan.net/content/100332 #Taiwan #台灣

Hantavirus. A New Zeland passenger of the cruise who had disembarked in Saint Helena has entered Taiwan on May 7, but Taiwan was only notified on May 13 by NZ through the IHR national focal point channel. The passager was then immediately isolated in hospital. www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Bulletin/...

Everyone in Taiwan had sighed a breath of relief - until Trump opened his mouth on Air Force One 😅

Part 1 - Trump in 2024 during the campaign when asked if he will be able to get Xi to release Jimmy Lai from prison if elected: “100% I’Il get him out. He’ll be easy to get out.” Part 2 - Today: “I brought up Jimmy Lai. I would say the response to that was, um, not positive.”

While his administration seems to hold the line on Taiwan Trump himself will never change his "Taiwan stole us" stance.

This is the 1st time Taiwan is excluded from a WTO Ministerial Conference since 2002, after being forced to choose between participating as a "Province of China" or sitting out entirely. The issue wasn't resolved even after members like the US raised serious concerns about undue pressure from China.

Taiwan was excluded from the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference, forced to participate under official visas that list it as a "Province of China," or sit out of the conference they have full and equal participation in. The implication that Taiwan is not a WTO member in its own right is unacceptable.

⚡️US cancels planned deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland. The Pentagon has abruptly cancelled a planned deployment of 4,000 U.S. troops to Poland, as concerns over the reliability of U.S. military commitments to European allies continue to increase.

Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Not only did Tony Dokoupil not get a visa in time to anchor from Beijing as his network rivals did, he also was booted from broadcasting at his Taipei hotel where he anchored “CBS Evening” on Wednesday night. Tony’s never-ending big problems, via @status.news www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...

Boba Fridays With Tony Dokoupil

Say it with me folks: Baijiu Fridays with Tony Dokoupil

Well, that took less than 24 hours, lads. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Trump Unwittingly Breaks Chinese Taboo Against Napping Facedown In Soup Bowl

REP. @votegloriaj.bsky.social: “I was like this can’t be real, but it is. I went to the website… House Republicans are just big ol’ racists and don’t care who knows it.” Gloria confirms what we said — White male Dems (except Powell) still have committees, Black & Female Dems were removed.

'What happened to me is proof that Hong Kong is no longer Hong Kong': Antoine Védeilhé

Hong Kong : un pays, un système ? Parlons-en avec Antoine Védeilhé et Thibaut Bruttin

2026, allégorie.

We got a fanboy here.

Article pour Le Temps : À Taïwan, les inquiétudes montent avant la rencontre entre Xi Jinping et un Donald Trump qui «change d’avis et se contredit souvent» www.letemps.ch/monde/asie-o...

Trump must not sell out Taiwan, period.

SECRETARY RUBIO on TAIWAN: From our perspective, any forced change in the status quo and the situation that’s there would be bad for both countries.

#Taiwan thus far the summit is a nothingburger. PRC always sends out stern warnings on Taiwan. There will be two different statements as always, everyone will go home, and the world will go on. If you worried about Taiwan, see amendments proposed for the Offshore Islands Development Act. Dangerous

Cette vidéo explicative signée @france24.com n'est pas parfaite à 100% (on pourra chipoter sur la manière de présenter la prise de contrôle de Taiwan par la République de Chine, ainsi que la formulation "Etat de facto" ou la définition du "statu quo") mais est dans l'ensemble très bien faite.

Evidemment, BFMTV a invité Alain Bauer pour parler de Taiwan. Rien ne nous sera épargné.

"menace" serait plus précis que "prévient".

Commentary: Japan is being forced to confront the tradeoff between cheap services, rising wages and limited immigration as labor shortages and tighter visa rules strain the economy.

My research found that the foreign press corps in China shrank from >700 in 2008 to 500 in 2021, & to 400+ in 2024. What’s less clear is how the makeup of the foreign press corps has changed - whether J-visa access is increasingly favoring ideologically aligned media. More: doi.org/10.1177/1940...

It's VERY important to understand what's happening with the NASA 🔭 budget. White House proposed cuts to everything *but* Artemis. The GOP-led House proposal restores the size of the budget BUT shifts spending, which is to say *House committee and White House agree on cutting NASA astrophysics* 🧪⚛️

Arrivé en France pour fuir un gang, Rubén, 37 ans, a été débouté de sa demande d'asile. Placé sous OQTF, il a été retrouvé mort 10 jours après son renvoi au Honduras. Son drame rappelle ceci : les vies ne s'effacent pas derrière le mot «migrant». ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/p

Monsieur @jnbarrot.bsky.social nous voulons lire les 'french response' sur BlueSky ! Vous accordez de fait le monopole de votre communication à X c'est vous qui donnez l'opportunité à la meute de s'en donner à cœur joie.

Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Thursday said Beijing was "the sole risk to regional peace and stability," after Chinese President Xi Jinpingtold U.S. President Donald Trump that Taiwan was "the most important issue" in China-U.S. relations.

Une fois de plus, la Chine qui menace. Taiwan ne menace personne. Et pourtant, on va trouver pléthore de gens pour radoter sur "la Chine, puissance de paix et d'équilibre"...

Au troisième jour de leur visite en France, le 12 mai, le président du Yuan législatif, Han Kuo-yu [韓國瑜], et des députés taïwanais de tous bords, accompagnés la représentante de Taiwan en France, Hao Pei-chih [郝培芝], ont été reçus au Sénat français.

Les autorités hongkongaises s'acharneront sur ce jeune homme courageux jusqu'à sa mort.

#TaiwanArchives: Taiwan's Alishan Forest Railway and Oigawa Line, the only rack railway in Japan, became sister railways on Jan. 25, 1986. The two railways are preparing special projects throughout 2026 that will allow visitors to experience 40 years of exchange in a "rideable" and engaging form.

Xi Jinping met en garde Donald Trump sur Taïwan - dans une ambiance cordiale, le sort de l’île est central pour Pékin. Les Taïwanais ont peur de ce que peut lâcher l’imprévisible Trump. Ma chronique géopolitique du 7/10 @franceinter www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

Today's People's Daily is a masterclass in what China's state media doesn't say. Trump's Beijing visit, the biggest diplomatic event in years, doesn't even make page one. When stakes are highest, the CCP's "mouth and throat" speak most carefully.

#CNews diffuse la propagande #russe sur l'invasion de l'Ukraine depuis plus d'un an sans aucune contradiction ou pluralisme. L' @arcom.fr peut et doit évaluer ce manquement à la convention sur la durée, conformément à la décision du Conseil d'État N° 494597 du 04/07/2025 🧵1/4

A l'occasion de l'ouverture du festival de Cannes, plusieurs syndicats du monde de la culture (Sud Culture, CGT Culture, STUCS-CNTSO...) dénoncent le « criblage » effectué sur toutes les personnes voulant travailler sur cet évènement.

Taiwan watches Trump-Xi summit nervously, hoping island does not become “the surprise” in Beijing. Trump plans to discuss future US arms sales to Taiwan directly with Xi, raising fresh anxiety in Taipei over one of the most sensitive meetings in years. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

Bravo!

interesting rationale from a prospective juror in the Elon Musk Twitter stock manipulation case

Remigration is a white nationalist idea: immigrants of color voluntarily leave America for their native countries,making America whiter. That the State Department and White House are openly promoting it is an obvious tell - as if another one was needed - about the Trump regime’s goal.

Le Quai d'Orsay et son compte riposte. Allégorie.

Today, the House voted overwhelmingly to send a pro-democracy message to Trump ahead of his summit with Xi. The President must listen and do all he can to secure the immediate release of Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai and other prisoners of conscience languishing behind bars in China.