🥵 La #canicule de fin mai paraît déjà bien loin, mais elle était exceptionnelle. 🪦 Avec un impact sanitaire : au moins 300 décès "en excès" durant les 17 départements en vigilance orange, soit +14 %. 🧓🏻 Surtout des personnes âgées d'au moins 75 ans, comme toujours. 1/3

🚨‼️ Le #Sénat vote la réintroduction de L'acétamipride et le flupyradifurone, au grand bonheur de Laurent #Duplomb de la #FNSEA et contre l’avis des autorités scientifiques.

Very good unpacking here of the Taiwan-Ukraine comparison made by KMT Chair Cheng Li-wun.

M60A3 TTS tank of the Taiwan (ROC) Army's Lanyang Area Command returns to base after the conclusion of the Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise, 6/26/2026. Note the rain from Typhoon Mekkhala. (Photo from Youth Daily News)

Well, not so surprising for those to whom he was not "virtually unknown".

PRC imperialism is going to kill more than just Taiwanese in a Taiwan invasion scenario.

Unfazed by the crashing waves, 72-year-old Wu Feng-chiao yanks fistfuls of brownish-purple seaweed she will process into jelly, one of the last women in Taiwan keeping the marine harvest tradition alive u.afp.com/SKif

KMT to introduce own drone bill. Delay and obstruct, delay and obstruct. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

"Taiwan’s exports to China under the Early Harvest Program of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) fell to a record low last year, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday on the agreement’s 16th anniversary." www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

At some point, United Front functionaries with substantial track-records in CCP-affiliate parties like this lady, are just going to stop lying to get local nominations, and run on their record. I mean, she probably planned to do so in the Chinese language media anyway.

THIS IS HOW INSURANCE WORKS!

Among Taiwan's 12 diplomatic allies, two were competing in the FIFA World Cup (not a bad %). Haiti was out after the group phase, but Paraguay is heading to the round of 16 after a stunning win against Germany.

Good morning, Taiwan

"Reading what he wrote about their role in Hitler’s rise to power in « Wages of Destruction », this is not really a surprise…" - @guillaumee.bsky.social "In 2023 alone, as the Chinese EV avalanche was already upon them, Germany’s big 3 automakers... paid out 31 billion euros in dividend."

"Il faisait 47 degrés chez elle": retrouvées par des proches inquiets, des voisins ou les pompiers, des personnes âgées isolées sont "mortes seules" ces derniers jours dans leurs logements surchauffés, constatent lundi des témoins, soignants et services funéraires. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKw7

⚡️Massive explosion in Monaco injures Ukrainian family, media reports. According to the French news outlet BFM TV, the blast injured Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, his partner, and 13-year-old daughter. Authorities are investigating the incident as a possible terrorist attack.

「讓中國百姓過上繁榮好日子」

Comment Christophe Cassou, climatologue, a climatisé le plateau de BFMTV.

Stéphane Foucart @sfoucart.bsky.social, toujours impeccable.

Que disait le dernier rapport annuel du Haut conseil sur le climat (ainsi d'ailleurs que ceux qui se succèdent depuis 2019)? 🤫 Aucune surprise donc sur ce qui se passe aujourd'hui. Et pour en savoir plus, des explications, graphiques, vidéos, des résumés sur le compte @hc-climat.bsky.social

Facing China, one Taiwan Coast Guard officer draws strength from the gods reut.rs/4f9ERA8

In Poland’s tech strategy, Taiwan is filling in for projects once envisioned for China and the U.S.

Off duty, Yeh Chih-sheng is an assistant priest at a Penghu temple. On duty, he is part of Taipei's maritime front line as China asserts its claim of sovereignty over the island.

Taiwan’s integrated air defense intelligence system is on track to be completed by the end of the year. However, opposition lawmakers cut the project’s proposed special budget during legislative review, raising concerns that deployment could be delayed.

"Following the signing of the ECFA with China in 2010, Taiwan's economic growth rate actually slowed down from 2011 to 2015. Starting in 2016, Taiwan adjusted its overall economic strategy, moving away from reliance on a single market, gradually creating an industrial boom."

Undergrad, the HKU student publication, announced that it would cease publication, ending its 74-year run • The HKUSU, which was forced to sever ties with the university in 2021, said it failed to recruit enough members to form an editorial board www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

"Beijing angered and Taiwan cheered". I'm not a big fan of the "countries got feelings" narrative but at least news agencies are finally discovering that Taiwan is being capable of feeling emotions too.

No idea yet of how/why, but as an event: This is almost incredible. Airspace over Beijing is some of most tightly controlled in the world. (Did book on that theme, 'China Airborne') Reminder of our reliance on brave international reporters to find out the truth. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/w...

The top ten family names in Taiwan are: 陳 — Chen, 11.21% 林 — Lin, 8.33% 黃 — Huang, 6% 張 — Chang, 5.30% 李 — Lee, 5.13% 王 — Wang, 4.09% 吳 — Wu, 4% 劉 — Liu, 3.16% 蔡 — Tsai, 2.93% 楊 — Yang, 2.64% Altogether, 52.79% of people in Taiwan have one of these last names, according to 2023 data.

Recension du livre de Jean-Pierre Cabestan, "Taiwan : une démocratie face à la Chine", dans @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Des « biais chinois » (comprendre : des biais autoritaires).

Je m’étrangle. On nous parle souveraineté numérique et on prend une IA chinoise pour traiter des données fiscales ou budgétaires nationales?????????????

🧭 Taiwan's Ministry of Environment has released a "Cool Map" that directs the user to the closest water fountain as well as nearby parks, public facilities, and convenience stores, where people can find shade and reprieve from the summer heat. 抗高溫涼適地圖 Cool Map: taiwancoolmap.moenv.gov.tw/coolmap

JP Farandou, 24 juin 2026 : "On ne va pas mettre le pays à l'arrêt" ; refus d'imposer une température maximale au travail. JP Farandou, 25 juin 2026, après qu'un chauffeur de bus ait fait un malaise et percuté un arbre 👇

I hope there isn’t any cataclysmic historical event on the horizon but if there were, historians will look harshly at the role played by Taiwan’s opposition parties.

Ah oui les amis "insoumis", il faut choisir : - soit la Chine annexe Taiwan et on s'en lave les mains (comme Jean-Luc il dit) - soit on a des beaux BL (et la démocratie qui les rend possibles).

"Pendant que certains voisins asiatiques doivent composer avec la censure, Taiwan a décidé de ne pas se gêner. Résultat ? Des séries Boys Love décomplexées, qui sonnent vrai."

Once you capitulate it is never enough

Depuis des années, certains s'emploient à faire des raccourcis, voire à fabriquer de toutes pièces des déclarations pour mettre en cause LFI et JLM, alors que leurs positions et déclarations bien réelles contiennent suffisamment de points problématiques. La haine est mauvaise conseillère.

Jean-Pierre Cabestant et Valérie Niquet expliquent très bien tous les points importants. J'apporterais une légère nuance à ce que dit Jean-Pierre Cabestant sur le KMT et la "réunification" : Certes, le KMT est l'adhésion au principe d'une Chine unique sans "réunification effective immédiate". 1/2

RIP la douceur angevine

My Chinese name is 博 (chosen as it sounds similar to the first syllable of my French family name). I am often told that this is a "fake" family name but I have now found an official report on family names in Taiwan proving everyone wrong. We are 94. www.ris.gov.tw/documents/da...

"We are the swamp and we own it"

La diffusion du documentaire a été suivie d'un échange de haute tenue entre Jean-Pierre Cabestant et Valérie Niquet.

Réalisé il y a quelques années, le documentaire de @pierrehaski.bsky.social sur Taiwan est rediffusé par @lcp.fr. On mesure aussi ce qui a changé depuis son tournage, par ex: les exportations taïwanaises vers la Chine ne représentent plus que 26% du total, contre près de 40% il y a quelques années.

BREAKING: Judge Sullivan just granted my Motion for Preliminary Injunction, ordering Todd Blanche to produce TO THE PUBLIC, on or before July 2nd, specific UNREDACTED Epstein Files documents or show cause as to why they should not be produced. Details to come! www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246...

"EU-China relations have shifted from managed competition toward structural confrontation ... Europe’s internal divisions & notoriously slow decision-making are rendering the descent more volatile &dangerous than it needs to be" Alicia Garcia Herrero on post-EUCO dynamic

L'enquête du Monde se demande si l'invitation de Thiel était un renvoi d'ascenseur après que le milliardaire a financé à hauteur de 80 000 dollars l'Institut Thomas-More, porté par Stérin et présidé par le mari de Delsol, Charles Millon.

Climatoscepticisme et milliardaires technofascistes : sur les traces de l'académicienne Chantal Delsol, qui avait invité Peter Thiel à Paris en janvier dernier. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

The Hang Seng Index briefly fell below 23,000 today; Alibaba shares in Hong Kong fell 4.5% today after American firm Anthropic accused Alibaba of un-authorized access to its AI models. Hang Seng 23,076.91 ↓335.27 (1.43%), the lowest level since May 2025 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...