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1/ Why do people keep writing versions of this? It should be painfully obvious that leaving Taiwan to its own devices does not avoid a great power war. It simply moves it back to Japan and Philippines, with Taiwan's military and geographic advantages now in PRC hands. Unserious.

In this moving interview with EWTN News Nightly, Sebastien Lai opens up about the anguish of knowing that his father, Jimmy Lai, 77, is suffering under harsh, punishing conditions — unjustly imprisoned for defending basic freedoms. Sebastien speaks not only as an advocate, but as

DOGE was never about "efficiency."

Taiwan’s New Strategy: Make China Fear the Pain of an Invasion—Facing rising threat from China, Taiwan races to overhaul its military and secure President Trump’s backing Joyu Wang wsj.com/world/asia/tai… wsj.com/world/asia/tai…

"On May 3, a China Coast Guard helicopter entered Japan’s territorial airspace around the Japanese-controlled, Chinese-claimed Senkaku Islands — marking just the fourth such incursion by a Chinese aircraft and first by a helicopter since the end of World War II."

JUST IN: Hong Kong authorities have proposed establishing a mechanism to allow mainland China to exercise jurisdiction over national security cases, building on an article in the Beijing-imposed national security law stating that “complex” cases can be prosecuted across the

EXCLUSIVE - President Lai Ching-te 賴清德Lai Ching-te on #Taiwan’s relations with the US, Japan, China & the world, working with DC & Tokyo, his national security reforms, Beijing’s infiltration, chips, supply chain, tariffs & the changing int’l order #interview asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks…

Australia and the Netherlands have won our historic case against Russia for the downing of Flight MH17. We remain unwavering in our commitment to the pursuit of truth, justice and accountability for the victims and their loved ones.

Gaza parents desperate as children face starvation under Israeli blockade bbc.in/4jSxVYn

"They've agreed to open China -- fully open China. And I think it's going to be fantastic for China. I think it's going to be fantastic for us," Trump said. "I think it's going to be great for unification and peace."

The desire for democracy is not confined by oceans or borders. The tyranny that threatens Ukraine today threatens Taiwan tomorrow. Thank you to former President 蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen for joining us at #CDS2025.

The continued detention of journalist Zhang Zhan is just one egregious case in China's long list of jailed journalists and writers. We join RSF, PEN International and dozens more human rights organizations urging Chinese authorities release Zhang. rsf.org/en/china-coali…

"Anyone would think that Taiwan, faced with a risk of blockade from China, would be doing all it could to ensure self-sufficiency or at least long endurance without supplies. But in energy security, it is going backwards." Great piece by Jane Rickards. aspistrategist.org.au/taiwan-lacks-c…

🇨🇳#China's research ship Zhong Shan Da Xue continues its survey of the approaches to the Bashi Channel, the strategically vital passage between 🇹🇼#Taiwan & the 🇵🇭#Philippines. Its survey, much of which has been within the Philippine exclusive economic zone, started on April 2nd.

‘Elon Musk’s …Grok was malfunctioning on Wednesday, repeatedly mentioning “white genocide” in South Africa in its responses to unrelated topics. It also told users it was “instructed by my creators” to accept the genocide “as real and racially motivated”’ theguardian.com/technology/202…

US Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi has introduced a bipartisan bill that would make the “six assurances” — long-standing US foreign policy governing relations with Taiwan — official US law taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar… Photo: Reuters

" in its semi-annual calculation of the BMI, The Economist ranked the Taiwan dollar as the cheapest of the 58 currencies in its purview, being undervalued by 58.8 per cent against the greenback" A 14% of GDP current account surplus says the same 1/2

aspi.org.au/strategist-pos… "With the standout exception of the Philippines, things are currently trending in Beijing’s direction. Indeed, from Beijing’s perspective, ASEAN’s collective trajectory might be summarised as ‘losing without fighting’."

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Reminder to be wary of AI overviews. This response to a Google search of when the KMT arrived in Taiwan is off by four years - the KMT arrived here in late 1945, after Japan's surrender.