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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The choice of music stood out for a state banquet that saw Nvidia's Jensen Huang seated alongside Trump, Xi, and Musk: "Do You Hear the People Sing?" — the Les Misérables-derived anthem of HK's pro-democracy protests — and the Taiwan classic "The Moon Represents My Heart." ☂️🌝 youtu.be/2DKnlMK1fGk

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川席國宴響起《悲慘世界》名曲！當習近平面「唱反送中名曲」外媒驚：耐人尋味【頭條600秒】

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🇺🇦🇨🇳 Zelensky: I think that China is using their technologies with Russia not because they are great friends, brothers and sisters. Not, of course. Everything is very pragmatic, because they will need this experience somewhere.

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Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Zelensky is totally right, and I happen to live in that somewhere.

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Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯 @aimenlau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Recent propaganda and censorship efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have revealed an urgent desire among party leadership to blunt a spirit of defiance within Chinese society. Despite the party’s attempts to curb dissent, however, China’s citizens continue to defy authority."

freedomhouse.org

The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens

People across China persistently express discontent through “lying flat” and public protest.

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The CCP is banking on an "LLM for global crisis response" — "an experimental pipeline in which foreign-media coverage and social-media reactions are simulated, and changes in user sentiment and the spread of topics are predicted." The output, or "silicon sampling," optimizes China's global strategy.

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Jeff/傑夫 @jayfutw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A petition was submitted on National Development Council’s public portal that proposes non-citizens be required to pay retroactive health insurance fees calculated from birthdate to be eligible for NHI. Over 5000 signatures have been collected, so govt. response now required. Petition link below.

A screenshot of a post on Threads with the following text and a link to the proposal.

嗨~陌生人您好

我們有一個提案"擬定非台籍人士若要享有健保,需依照本國國民標準繳清從出生至今的健保費"

希望能邀請您花一分鐘的時間一起來附議、分享、幫忙擴散,大家來救我們的健保。

PS:一定要趕在9/30前,選舉前30日會暫停連署附議!

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 16/09/2026

China persists in using torture on prisoners to force confessions, including beatings and withholding medical care, a human rights group said Wednesday, with the daughter of one detainee telling AFP her mother fears she will die in jail. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/09/16/r...

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Cadenza 華彩樂 @eldritch.beauty · 16/09/2026

feed cleanser: photos I took this weekend of various traditional taiwanese dishes made vegan

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The global hysteria against Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting was started by Russian boxing kingpin Umar Kremlev, head of the International Boxing Association (IBA), an agency disavowed in 2023 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over corruption and ethical issues. He offered no proof then and now.

The International Boxing Association (IBA) held a press conference on Aug 5, 2024 that has since been described as “farcical,” “shambolic,” and “a car crash” fronted by “utter clowns, possibly criminals… and dingbats.” Instead of clarifying its claims regarding the so-called illegitimacy of Taiwan’s Lin and Algeria’s Imane Khelif, the IBA put forth even more contradictory statements and ignored straight-forward questions in a bumbling event that not only started 57 minutes late but was persistently plagued by low-grade technical issues like mic mishaps and muted conference calls. Several journalists walked out midway after realizing the IBA wasn’t planning to actually answer any honest queries.

IBA President Umar Kremlev appeared as a discombobulated head hovering over his three henchmen via glitchy video link. Relying on an interpreter, Putin's pal spoke in Russian and retorted that it was up to the two women athletes to prove that they were actual women. It was a classic case of “guilty until proven innocent.”

https://wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/team-taiwan-in-defense-of-woman-boxer-lin-yu-ting-part-3-625edf3559fc

Taiwanese illustrations rooting for Lin. © MOGA @MOGAooo

https://wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/team-taiwan-in-defense-of-woman-boxer-lin-yu-ting-part-3-625edf3559fc

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

APAC Ocean Youth Forum 2026 We are connected to the ocean, but that connection needs new forms of expression to become visible. Featuring speakers like Yu-Chen Lee🪼 and Nymphia Wind🍌, "Ocean Narrative" explores how complex issues translate to relatable experiences. www.accupass.com/event/260730...

$Speakers Marine Debris Artist Yu-Chen Lee Drag Artist and Performer Nymphia Wind Roots & Shoots Malaysia Youth Representative Bryan Yong 18 October (Sun), 09:30-16:00\ National Taiwan Museum Nanmen Branch 19 October (Mon), 08:00-17:00\ Heping lsland GeoPark$

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Yang Jun-Dah @yangjundah.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

See you all Monday night! Best if you've watched one or both films, or if you don't mind spoilers and want helpful context before watching. Let's explore how these new and old classics depict the KMT martial law era—and Taiwan people and society under that regime. #TaiwanHistoryBTS #台灣歷史補課營 🧋

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🇪🇺🇹🇼🇮🇹 Taiwanese Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim is in Italy for a democracy forum. Pina Picierno, vice president of the European Parliament, said: "No one can determine who can be hosted on European soil [...], and what presences must be hidden." "Freedom of debate is not negotiable with autocracies."

Pina Picierno, vice president of the European Parliament, said Hsiao’s planned participation “was kept secret until her arrival to protect her participation” in the conference.

“No one can determine who can be hosted on European soil, what voices can be heard, and what presences must be hidden,” Picierno said in a Facebook post. “It is a simple and very clear message: intimidation cannot decide who participates in our democratic debate.”

“Freedom of debate is not negotiable with autocracies. And Ventotene, more than ever today, must continue to be the place where freedom and democracy are defended without fear,” she added.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/9/11/taiwan-vice-president-makes-rare-europe-visit-for-conference-on-democracy

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026

I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.

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I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.

Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.

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Klaus Bardenhagen @taiwanreporter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Love, love, LOVE these painted tiles you often find on the walls surrounding Taiwanese school compounds.

Two hand-painted children’s tiles mounted on a pebble-textured pillar: the top shows a large blue parent bird with smaller birds by a pond with fish, the bottom a whimsical painted face with bright eyes and colorful splashes.

Three hand-painted children’s tiles mounted on a pebble-textured column showing whimsical animals: top a green bunny-like character holding a carrot above grass, middle a black dog under sun and clouds, bottom a blue elephant-like creature with a yellow body and trunk.

Children's painted ceramic tiles displayed on an exterior wall — top tile shows a green, wide-mouthed monster with a sun and yellow tail; below it a blue rabbit-like character; shiny gold Chinese characters mounted on the adjacent stone wall.

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here's me on that Simon Shuster piece in The Atlantic. The reason why I think it struck a nerve is his sympathies are quite transparent. He spends two paragraphs at the start fawning over the grandeur of CCP state ceremonies

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Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

After reading the article: headline and lede are far more provocative than the article itself. The writer came to Taiwan in April at the peak of Cheng Li-wun's "para-diplomatic" efforts. It shows. A lot can change in 5 months. Pandering to China remains a losing strategy for politicians in Taiwan.

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Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Legislator Puma Shen has issued a statement addressing "the selective quotes taken out of context and the decontextualized framing of Taiwan's defense reforms"... in this article...

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"We use technology to connect with the world, not to control it" — Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu Taiwan embraces the values of democracy, freedom, and a commitment to a rules-based global community. Taiwan seeks like-minded partners to build stronger supply chains, more resilient economies.

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Lao Ren Cha (Jenna) @channamasala.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I tried to keep this fairly short because, aside from some interesting gender politics, the main answer here is literally a big fat "DUH" laorencha.substack.com/p/gee-golly-...

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Gee golly, why don’t people want to do crappy jobs in Taiwan?

It’s the money, stupid. And the work climate.

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Chinese government is, of course, perfectly happy to punish Chinese artists as part of efforts to frame Taiwanese artists as the ones who did wrong in standing up for themselves. It shows, of course, how the Chinese government has no respect for Chinese artists either

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Roy Ngerng 鄞義林 @royngerng.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I am on Radio Taiwan Intl's podcast to talk about the low wage situation in Taiwan causing the economic imbalances, and how it is necessary to adopt a new mindset to raise wages faster in order to rebalance Taiwan's economy — together with @donovan-smith.bsky.social ! www.rti.org.tw/en/programne...

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Ep. 44 - Economic inequality in Taiwan, a perspective on the Falklands, and more - Rti

In this episode: - Roy Ngern and Courtney Donovan Smith on inequal economic development in T...

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

theverge.com

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#TaiwanWordoftheDay is #空氣吉他 🎸 ⁠Howard "Devil Narcissus" Lo represented Taiwan at the 2026 Air Guitar World Champion in the Finnish city of Oulu, strumming before a panel of judges that included Taiwan's ambassador to Finland, Freddy Lim of Chthonic. airguitarworldchampionships.com/en/the-2026-...

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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Chinamaxxers ignore the teen activists of Hong Kong. Joshua Wong will turn 30 next month. He started his protests at 14, and have spent his brightest years in prison but sure have the very Chinese time in your life. Heartbreaking essay by Frances Hui:

washingtonpost.com

Opinion | As a teen, he led Hong Kong protests. China is still punishing him.

My friend Joshua Wong, now 29, faces a new charge by Beijing that could keep him in jail for life.

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

At the opening ceremony of the Pacific Islands Forum, China's Pacific envoy, Qian Bo, threatened there would be "consequences" from Taiwan's presence. Well, that didn’t happen. The response from Pacific leaders had been immediate. While veiled in diplomatic language, they strongly pushed back. ↘️

Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr, the new chairman of the forum, invited all partners of the Pacific to ‘sail with them’ but emphasised that the leaders of the Pacific Islands would captain the ship. They would set the course for their future.

China will no doubt keep trying to undermine Palau’s support of Taiwan and to limit Taiwan’s participation at international gatherings. An apparent effort by China to ensure that some leaders did not attend this year’s meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum shows that it will continue to exert pressure on Taiwan’s partners, publicly and privately.

But what is evident so far at the 55th annual meeting of the forum is that Pacific leaders don’t like threats. And when they are unified and have agency, they set the agenda for the future of the region.

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Seeing how crazy the wumao are getting over Wong’s trial, it really makes you realize how afraid this massive, powerful state is of someone who began activism as a teenager and is just under 30, that they have to go the length to ascribe his influence to shadowy outside forces

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

KMT caucus whip Fu Kun-chi, long reputed for his oversized political influence in east Taiwan, is angered by Kathrin Hille (席佳琳), a former Taiwan correspondent for the Financial Times, who recently commented on common vote-buying practices in her adopted hometown of Hualien, where she now resides.

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Honestly, just tragic. A society that devours its young has no future but that is what the CCP has in the cards for Hong Kong, while Wong and many nameless others have sacrificed so much to defend their home

theguardian.com

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case

Wong, 29, is accused of urging foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades and other hostile measures against China

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Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

China is angry, China expresses ire, China warns, China issues stern warnings, China threatens. China.

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Wind&Bones Books @windandbones.com · 30/08/2026

Who is going to the Kaohsiung Reading Festival? Because WE ARE 👇 #Taiwan #books #reading

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

How does the Far Left end up embracing PRC imperialism and colonialism?

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's hard to see how an anime about an anthropomorphic cat who gets into antics because of their debilitating addiction to nicotine encourages smoking, but for all the accolades Taiwan has in terms of free speech, this is a case of the government violating that

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

No depths to which Prashad can sink at this point in the defense of regimes that have killed thousands but it’s telling how he acts to try and delegitimize the letter, knowing it could have sway—classic tactic in the defense of regimes with questionable human rights records

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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's always a great irony to see business groups opposed to family leave, salary raises, and imposing long brutal working hours, etc, nevertheless whining that there isn't enough labor. Today's demography is the destiny you guys helped create. focustaiwan.tw/business/202...

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Business group raises concerns over labor shortage in white paper - Focus Taiwan

The Taiwan-based business group Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI) issued its 2026 white paper on Monday, raising concerns over labor shortages among other major issues facing the countr...

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🍄 #TaiwanWordoftheDay is 「菇job」— a punny take on "good job" arising from the inaugural "Tsai Ing-wen Mushroom Carving Competition," initiated by the ex-president herself. The whole affair started with a netizen trying to carve a mushroom dog that morphed into the likeness of Tsai and became a meme.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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