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Friso Dubbelboer @frisodubbelboer.bsky.social · 9h

Opvallende uitspraak, want het komt niet vaak voor dat Taiwan zich uitspreekt over incidenten in de Zuid-Chinese Zee waar het niet bij betrokken is. Manila en Taipei hebben ook geen formele betrekkingen. www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstor...

Taiwan condemns latest Chinese harassment vs. PH vessels

Taiwan on Tuesday condemned China's latest aggressive actions against Philippine government vessels off an island inhabited by Filipinos in the disputed South China Sea, which is claimed by Beijing ne...

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Wai Huan Chong @whuan-strefella.bsky.social · 9h

The umbrella street 2020.
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#streetphotography #photography #taiwan #kaohsiung

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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 7h

Taiwan reports surge in Chinese cyber activity and disinformation efforts therecord.media/taiwan-nsb-r...

Taiwan reports surge in Chinese cyber activity and disinformation efforts

Taiwan’s National Security Bureau says network intrusions and influence operations by China have increased this year, with critical infrastructure drawing the most attention.

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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 10h

‘I’m from Taiwan’ badge emerges amid anti-China sentiment – The Korea Herald: ‘In April, a 30-year-old man assaulted two Chinese women in their 20s who were speaking Mandarin on a bus. Five days later, the same man struck a Taiwanese man in the head with a soju bottle, mistaking him for Chinese.’

‘I’m from Taiwan’ badge emerges amid anti-China sentiment

Amid ongoing anti-Chinese protests by far-right groups in South Korea, a badge reading “I am Taiwanese” has emerged among Taiwanese visitors to the country, acc

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 8h

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Prosecutors investigate possible negligence in Guangfu flood response - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

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Mark Poloncarz @markpoloncarz.bsky.social · 23h

Good news as Sumitomo has announced it is selling its site in Tonawanda to HWA of Taiwan, which will open an industrial park to manufacture automotive-related products, create up to 250 jobs and subdividing the site for other businesses, thereby creating more jobs on-site. 1/2

Hwa Fong Rubber to purchase former Sumitomo Rubber facility and transform it into industrial park

Hwa Fong Rubber has announced its intent to purchase the former Sumitomo Rubber facility and property in the Town of Tonawanda.

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 10h

A subtle point: police in Fujian province are tasked with this attack. PRC always wanting to make Taiwan subordinate to Fujian.

Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 22h

Chinese authorities have issued bounties for 18 Taiwanese military members.

Police in China's Fujian province claim the 18 are part of Taiwan's "psychological warfare unit" that spread disinformation and propaganda on Taiwan's independence

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 22h

From exposing labor abuse at sea to reshaping Taiwan’s media landscape, Sherry Lee of 報導者 The Reporter, has spent 25+ years redefining investigative journalism.

Hear from her at #GIJC25 in Kuala Lumpur.

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Advice from a Pioneer of Investigative Journalism in the Chinese-Speaking World

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MW Hyde @mwhyde.bsky.social · 14h

And extraordinarily useful for separating the more pragmatist and capital-conscious pro-China elements from the wacko, invade-us-now brigade. Genuinely staggering as KMT infighting goes, though. A watershed moment.

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 13h

I will be sad when the election is held and this entertainment stops.

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Lotta @gemmy.bsky.social · 1d

Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments have increased by 17% so far this year compared to 2024, reaching an average of 2.8 million per day, data from the National Security Bureau showed.
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Taiwan flags rise in Chinese cyberattacks, warns of 'online troll army'

TAIPEI -Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments have increased by 17% so far this year compared to 2024, reaching an average of 2.8 million per day, data from the National Security...

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 16h

16 PLA aircraft, 13 PLAN vessels and 2 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 14 out of 16 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, southwestern and southeastern ADIZ.

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 15h

Here for Chinese views of independence of Taiwan in the 20s and 30s.
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Notes from Central Taiwan: Imaginings of another Taiwan - Taipei Times

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 15h

Go here for a discussion of the Century of Humiliation is a construct of Han expansionism.
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The Century of Humiliation is Expansionist Baloney

This post takes a look at China's claim to the South China Sea and what it teaches us about the whole idea of national humiliation that ev...

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 16h

There was no "century of humiliation". It is expansionist baloney. Taiwan was largely thought to be outside China & deserving of independence til the early 1940s when Chinese expansionists began to see it as a place they could grab, in part by constructing faux history like "century of humiliation"

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 16h

Taiwan censorship is so ridiculous and it is also a requirement for participating in an awful lot of institutions & markets. real case study in 'why the hell do we put up with this bullshit'

dferrer.bsky.social @dferrer.bsky.social · 16h

We had an outage because Qwen 2.5 refused to do anything for a prompt that was modified to add a table of markets with Taiwan and China as separate countries. Wouldn’t do the SA task without a disclaimer that Taiwan is an integral part of China added. Not a sex thing but censorship is insidious

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dferrer.bsky.social @dferrer.bsky.social · 16h

We had an outage because Qwen 2.5 refused to do anything for a prompt that was modified to add a table of markets with Taiwan and China as separate countries. Wouldn’t do the SA task without a disclaimer that Taiwan is an integral part of China added. Not a sex thing but censorship is insidious

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 16h

Technological Innovation and Social Unchange: Iron in Later Prehistoric Taiwan María Cruz Berrocal1 · Marc Gener Moret2,3 · Elena Serrano Herrero1,2,3,4 · Ellen Hsieh4 · Chenghwa Tsang

Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 17h

You know the Chinese listen....

Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 18h

"About 850,000 residences were occupied by elderly people in the first quarter, including 655,000 that housed only one resident, the Ministry of the Interior said."
www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/arc...

Aging population reshaping Taiwan’s housing market, real-estate brokers say - Taipei Times

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Amnesty EU @amnestyeu.bsky.social · 1d

New: China's PR offensive in Europe rings hollow

China’s aggressive posturing in the region, especially re: Taiwan, “stands in stark contradiction to the peaceful rhetoric China promotes in Europe,” says @eelingchiu.bsky.social, Director of Amnesty International Taiwan.

We ignore it at our peril 👇

China's PR offensive in Europe rings hollow

The Chinese government has issued statements about the importance of peace and positioned itself as a broker between Russia and Ukraine, the Myanmar junta and armed groups, and Iran and Saudi Arabia. ...

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 19h

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趙少康控中國介入藍營主席選舉蔡正元、邱毅質疑他是CIA間諜 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

國民黨將於本月18日舉行主席改選，網內互打越來越火熱。候選人郝龍斌日前控訴遭「境外」網軍攻擊抹黑，挺郝的前中廣董事長趙少康也直指所謂「境外」網軍就是來自中國，呼籲國安單位介入調查，今天（13日）又召開記者會公布疑似中國網路介選藍營主席戰的相關數據，引發外界熱議。針對此事，親藍陣營內部有不少親中派出聲砲轟，前立委蔡正元、邱毅甚至質疑趙少康是美國中情局（CIA）的間諜！針對趙少康指控中國介入國民黨主席...

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ Rutte: If China were to move against Taiwan, it's likely China would force its junior partner, Russia, to move against NATO to keep us busy.

Russia’s military is stretched there and elsewhere… There’s a lone and broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol.

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 1d

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Film on foreign student exploitation in Taiwan wins top festival award | Taiwan News | Oct. 14, 2025 13:27

Malaysian director awarded for film on exploitation of two Vietnamese students | Oct. 14, 2025 13:27

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 1d

"human rights activist Lee Ming-che, who was detained in China for years, alleged that the party has been aware of and benefited from Chinese interference, yet resisted proposals to counter such intrusions."
asia.nikkei.com/politics/tai...

Taiwan's KMT leadership contest roiled by accusations of Chinese influence

Party bigwig calls on Beijing to stop videos, urges security agency to investigate

asia.nikkei.com

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