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This new Taiwan-focused newsletter by ASPI is off to a very strong start aspistrategist.org.au/to-counter-chi…

"In Unusual Turn, Calls for Dissolution of Cabinet and New Elections Break Out in KMT" by Brian Hioe 丘琦欣 newbloommag.net/2025/04/19/kmt…

Taiwan has the best Healthcare system in the world according to Numbeo’s health index! 🏥 That being said, many doctors and nurses are overworked and underpaid, and not all treatments are perfect. But it’s still the best in the world!

#China has NO legal basis to claim #Taiwan. #UNGA2758 has no word about it, and the #PRC has never ruled our land for any single day. #Sudetenland is a #WWII lesson not to be repeated. We have to stop #Xi & his #CRINK clones now, or #China will keep going in the #IndoPacific.

Shameful censorship of independent media in #India. TV channels spew hate/lies 24/7, vigilantes carry on, but The Wire is being banned. Banning academics & journalists from policy criticism or accountability calls in name of being antinational symbolises insecurity &

"Rediscovering" Simon Leys - from "The Burning Forest"

+ while there are numerous significant differences, there’s one comparative aspect of #Taiwan w another Asian geopolitical flashpoint- #Kashmir: construction & control of ‘cartographic imaginaries’ by #India & #China. Read my coauthored recent research on it w Mariah Thornton 宋妍嫵 ⬇️

TV news report on Tsai Ing-wen's visit to Russell Square. She speaks about her initial connection to SOAS Taiwan Studies in early 2000s, I have a part on SOAS Taiwan Studies and legislator and SOAS student 賴品妤 on the growing interest here in Taiwan. youtube.com/watch?v=LWtUnF…

Work day, incl projects & student workshops. Will share news stories about my case ASAP & soon respond to good people 🙏🏽❤️ As for trolls' ceaseless abuse -- people who care about #democracy & criticise policies of ruling party are not anti-#India. Modi/RSS/Sangh ≠ India.

Dangerous how the Indian state wields its power in such authoritarian/undemocratic ways. The extent of its transnational repression is shocking and a sign of deep insecurity. A shame Professor Nitasha Kaul, PhD experienced this.

What!? A direct Ishigaki to Taiwan ferry route! Yes please!

Russia makes 3x more since the launch of their 2022 invasion of Ukraine. How? By exporting hydrocarbons to Western countries. Russia makes far more money from alleged allies of Ukraine than Ukraine receives in aid to combat Russia's invasion. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Some vintage Taiwanese stationary. Without it, I wouldn't have known that biting one's navel and bathing are actually sports.

.台灣事實查核中心 Taiwan FactCheck Center uncovered a peculiar series of deep fake videos praising #Taiwan, highlighting the differences between Taiwan & #China, and stressing the "politeness" of Taiwanese. Unusual to see #disinformation on Chinese social media cutting both ways. mailchi.mp/tfc-taiwan/tfc…

Remember June 4th search.app/GNc3V

Wrote on the interplay between recalls and referendums in my latest for Euroview euroview.ecct.com.tw/category-insid…

🚨 Breaking today | China deploys both operational aircraft carriers simultaneously to the Western Pacific for the first time Marking another significant milestone for the PLA, CNS Liaoning (16) and CNS Shandong (17) - and a fleet of 20+ warships - are operating east of Taiwan.

KMT outlines new strategy to deal with recalls, mostly dependent on mobilizing political heavyweights and local elected officials such as mayors ynews.page.link/T2wu3

It was a fantastic experience to share my work on #love and #AI histories with a public lecture and an exhibit co-curated with a wonderful group of students (Abigail, Leesha, Namgyel). We all had such a great time thinking about #technology and #society!