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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I really should bring the #Hellfoods feed back... 🤔
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Ryan McBeth @ryanmcbeth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Rates of China 🇨🇳 violating Taiwan‘s 🇹🇼Airspace Going Down youtube.com/shorts/NmTUo...
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Rates of China 🇨🇳 violating Taiwan‘s 🇹🇼Airspace Going Down
YouTube video by Ryan McBeth
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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 27/08/2026
The South China Morning Post updated the following headline: BEFORE Taiwan man wins lawsuit but gets jailed for recording wife's affair with robot vacuum AFTER Taiwan man wins lawsuit but gets jailed for using robot vacuum to record wife’s affair
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Interesting piece on obliteration of Davis Line in Taiwan Strait by PLA with Pelosi visit as pretext. h/t to Courtney Donovan Smith 石東文@donovan_smith whose is more active on hell site than Bluesky. globaltaiwan.org/2026/07/four...
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Four Years Later: The Legacy of the Nancy Pelosi Visit on Taiwan’s Security | Global Taiwan Institute
In early August 2022, then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei to meet with then-Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. The visit, originally scheduled for the spring but delayed due to Pelosi cont...
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James Lin @jamestwotree.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Honored to have Julia Strauss review my book, In the Global Vanguard: "All interested in contemporary Taiwan history, as well as other audiences interested in agrarian development or the high modernism of the Green Revolution, should run, not walk, to get their hands on this informative and ground-
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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Forest rangers free decades-old tree from its iron shackles 🌿 Loggers had established an aerial network of transport cages by roping trees with metal chains to harvest valuable timber like the Formosan red cypress and hinoki. Now these historic cable systems are being dismantled with civilian help.
A civilian reported sighting this tree, whose trunk was encircled by metal cords.Forest rangers removing remnants of an old cable system for transporting timberThe mountain terrain did not allow for heavy machinery, only hand-held toolsA freed tree in the forests of Hsinchu, Taiwan

https://www.forest.gov.tw/news/0078842
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Cramped space katana quick-draws (Iaijutsu Original post
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Mark M. Turner @markturner25.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Sharing some of my research titled "Native American and Native Hawaiian Depictions in U.S. Military Aviation, 1941-1945." Lieutenant Nicholas T. Redeye (Cayuga Iroquois) served as a pilot in naval aviation during WWII and the Korean War. More details at this link: indianz.com/News/2011/05....
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caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
 When you essay is due tomorrow but your run out of references
“This was once revealed to me in a dream”
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Got notification from the Institute of modern History's archive. 1. Ma Guang-ya's papers 馬光亞文書 The main contents of Ma Guang-ya's papers include his personal handwritten medical manuscripts, copied manuscripts of earlier works, and published writings. (1)
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Chase W. Nelson 倪誠志 @chasewnelson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Taiwan has launched an anonymous tip line for Chinese nationals to share information: “aimed at expanding the collection of intelligence on China’s political, military, economic, and social developments”. Modeled on similar programs by other intelligence agencies. focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...
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Taiwan's top intelligence agency launches PRC tip-off site - Focus Taiwan
Taiwan's top intelligence agency on Sunday launched a reporting channel for Chinese nationals to provide intelligence on China, saying the initiative would help broaden its "diverse intelligence sourc...
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
www.maptap.gg June 3 95🏅 99🎯 97🔥 96🔥 46😟 Final score: 814
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Radio&Nukes @radioandnukes.com · 30/05/2026
🌠 BOOM! Bright meteor over Boston today — flash caught by NOAA GOES lightning sensor, boom recorded by Raspberry Shake! GOES shows stunning white-blue flash w/ purple halo over New England. Waveform from AM.R199D spikes at ~18:11 UTC. #Meteor #Boston
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Train station-Kyoto
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Phelim Kine @phelimkine.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Taiwan needs all the friends it can get. But conditions in Eswatini are very much at odds with Taipei's "values-based" diplomacy. "There are few regimes more vile, oppressive, and loathsome than that of King Mswati III of Eswatini" formosareview.substack.com/p/taiwans-ep...
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Seen today in Taichung Taiwan
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Andy Oler @andyoler.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We are slowly making more of Toby’s music available again on Bandcamp. For Bandcamp Friday, we re-released two albums he made with Michael James Tapscott of Odawas: Tapscott Sings Toby and Toby and Tapscott Sing. tobyoler.bandcamp.com/album/tapsco...
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Tapscott Sings Toby, by Toby Oler
11 track album
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Haven't read this yet. Numerous articles used the report to state US IC sees no imminent threat of invasion of Taiwan. Not sure if it accounts for all the "purges" within PLA in recent months(years) but would think they have impact on 2027 "prepared" deadline. www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
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BonFire @bonfire25.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
$TSM Taiwan Semi is down bc of a Helium shortage. HUH? > Well, turns out advanced semi chips cannot be produced without Helium. (who knew?) > Helium is a by product of LNG. > 20% of the world's LNG comes through the Strait of Hormuz. The more you know. The better your decisions. #FinSky
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Chhiū-ông-kong 樹王公 @shuwanggong.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Taiwan's Constitutional Court held that penalties for failing to pay supplemental health insurance premiums were partially unconstitutional and ordered revisions to Article 85 of the National Health Insurance Act within two years. The Court is operating again. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...
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沒繳補充保費罰3倍? 健保法遭判部分違憲 衛福部允2年內修法 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報
憲法法庭今(6日)就健保補充保費裁罰制度作出判決,認定「全民健康保險法」第85條以「應扣繳金額」作為罰鍰唯一計算基準,並處以固定倍數罰鍰,部分情況下可能罰得太重,違反比例原則,判定這部分規定違憲,並要求主管機關在判決公告後2年內檢討修正;對此衛福部社會保險司表示,將依判決意旨檢討修法,修法完成前,個案裁罰將給予彈性處理。本案源於全晟土木包工業負責人陳冠均,2017年給付3名工人薪資,依法應在給薪時...
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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Taiwan is a very geologically interesting country www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6294035
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Pingtung County opens remodeled fire geological park | Taiwan News | Feb. 2, 2026 11:57
Remodeled attraction highlights rare flames and ecological design | Feb. 2, 2026 11:57
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This showed up on a website translating English to Chinese:
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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Ministry of interior announces that Taiwan has become a super aged society
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Others have taken notice but comments toward speak to problem inside Taiwan: DPP is blamed for brinksmanship which is CCP party line aped by Western journalists. Engaging in self-defense is wrong. Let's open Taiwan completely to the PRC just like Ma Ying-jeou wanted. Delusional. archive.ph/8mymI
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
/1 Lot of people talking abt how yesterday somehow gave CCP a road map for Taiwan. No such thing. PRC has thought abt this for years. What I presented yesterday was best case scenario: limited resources with limited casualties. Something that "could" happen, not now but maybe later.
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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Must read. First half scary. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Donovan’s Deep Dives: Taiwan’s basic services could begin to crumble this year - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Will be glad when these "interesting times" stop getting interesting.
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
/1 I have seen a few people mention that the US operation against Maduro doesn't provide a precedent to the PRC with reg to Taiwan. However, if I was Pres. Lai, I wouldn't take comfort in that notion.
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
For awhile, I complained abt CCP trying to rewrite the “software” for the international rules of law and order. Watching the US Constitution and those int rules be rewritten by an elected US president is surreal/sad/frightening on many levels home and abroad
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
For a country that has as many natural disasters as this one, not a good move. DHS begins slashing FEMA disaster response staff as 2026 begins ground.news/article/excl... #groundnews via @Ground_app ground.news
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DHS begins slashing FEMA disaster response staff as 2026 begins
The Trump administration is abruptly cutting dozens of staff who are at the forefront of disaster response and recovery at the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week, according to internal emai...
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Now they we're into 2026, I'm now in a mood for Peter Frampton 1976.
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
As always, threatening to take back something you never controlled in the first place. China’s Xi hails nation’s technological progress and renews promise to take back Taiwan ground.news/article/chin... #groundnews via @Ground_app ground.news
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China’s Xi hails nation’s technological progress and renews promise to take back Taiwan
China’s People’s Liberation Army says it has “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan. That concludes a set of...
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Wish everyone the happiest of holidays. In a time when kindness and support for the needy is viewed as weakness, I still think the spirit of Christmas is not to be a Grinch or a Scrooge. It is to show kindness, good cheer, and support to those without, not hate.
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This asks more questions than attempting to provide an analytical response to the questions raised. I don't expect an exact answer but we know from what the CCP has done elsewhere would it COULD do if it occupied Taiwan. Says nothing about TSMC or world economy. www.upi.com/Voices/2025/...
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What happens if Taiwan, Ukraine go under? - UPI.com
Virtually all debate and controversy over the future sovereignty of Taiwan and Ukraine have rested on preventing the worst from happening.
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
US Marines cancel plan to move 4th Marine regiment to Guam. 第4海兵連隊改編中止 シュワブ拠点 グアム移転に影響か www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/1... via @theokinawatimes
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第4海兵連隊改編中止 シュワブ拠点 グアム移転に影響か | 沖縄タイムス+プラス
【平安名純代・米国特約記者】米海兵隊は、キャンプ・シュワブ(名護市など)を拠点とする第4海兵連隊について、グアムで海兵沿岸連隊(MLR)へ改編する計画を中止し、従来型の歩兵連隊として維持する方針を明らかにした。
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
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Andy Oler @andyoler.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Here we go, the inaugural issue of Rust Belt Studies: A Journal of Public and Emplaced Humanities! I'm happy to see the work that Katie and Valentino are doing—please read, submit, and support! www.rustbeltstudies.org
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Home | Rust Belt Studies
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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Bad news for Taiwan's workers www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
A lot of people already discussed this article which is annoying for blaming Taiwan for alleged "crisis" with CCP. CCP poured millions in defense when there are no threats and created a security dilemma for its neighbors who engage in self-defense but labeled aggressors. time.com/7304818/us-c...
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
This is great news. I helped bring Huayu Best to my institution (the name may have changed by now). These professors are here on J-1 visas which hopefully won't go the way of H1B. www.postandcourier.com/education-la...
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Taiwan to send Mandarin language teachers to SC schools in new partnership
Taiwan will send Mandarin Chinese language teachers to work in South Carolina schools as part of a new partnership between the state Education Department and the country’s Ministry of Education.
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Michael Danielsen - Taiwan Corner @taiwancorner.org · 04/10/2025
Why give all Taiwanese NT$10.000 tax rebate when Taiwan has poor people who needs better care! www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6213301
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Taiwan NT$10,000 tax rebate likely in November | Taiwan News | Oct. 3, 2025 17:17
Legislative Yuan to pass special budget in mid-October | Oct. 3, 2025 17:17
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Taiwan refutes China’s position paper on U.N. resolution 2758 www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
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Taiwan refutes China’s position paper on U.N. resolution 2758 - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I have colleagues on a H-1B that are worried abt their situation even though there has been assurance that the policy only pertains to "prospective" hires. For thousands of Taiwanese, H-1B visa confusion hits home focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
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For thousands of Taiwanese, H-1B visa confusion hits home - Focus Taiwan
A Taiwanese data analyst who works in Pennsylvania surnamed Ko (柯) was enjoying a vacation in Taiwan when the unthinkable occurred.
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I was interviewed for Taiwan Talk by ICRT's Hope Ng about my last book and my thoughts on Taiwan's foreign/military policy in the current international political environment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJy...
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U.S. Academic Stephen G Craft Revisits the Liu Ziran Incident
YouTube video by ICRT 英語廣播電台
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Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
From 1949 to 1987, Taiwan has spent 13,936 days under martial law. Since 1987, the country has now spent 13,938 days and counting experiencing democracy and rule of law. 就在今天,台灣的「解嚴時間」終於超越了「戒嚴時間」。
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Heard disappointing news yesterday that DOD killed the Project Global Officer program. Project GO supported US ROTC cadets in learning Arabic, Russian and Mandarin Chinese as well as the culture of places like Taiwan.
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Been reading a lot about Joshua Liao who pursued Taiwan independence after the Feb. 28 Incident. A good introduction is found at taiwaninsight.org/2021/04/12/j...
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Joshua Wen-Kwei Liao (1905 – 1952): A Founding Theorist of Taiwanese Independence
Written by Kuan-Wei Wu 吳冠緯. Like his East-Asian contemporary intellectuals, Joshua was a product of both Western and Eastern traditions during those divided times. His reflection on statehood enfol…
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Reading U.S. docs JFK to Reagan regarding One China vs Two Chinas, Taiwan independence, etc. Policymakers consistently opposed either. My favorite quote comes from Nixon in 1972 convo with Kissinger/Haldeman: "That’s so goddamn—have you ever heard of the Taiwan Independence Movement?"
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Stephen G. Craft 柯福恩 @sgc1.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Here in Kaohsiung, visited Air Force Museum. Saw different MiG fighters and IL bomber that defected to Taiwan from the PRC. Saw F104‘s, F-5s and F 100s I watched flying over Taiwan back in the mid 80s. Also saw a couple of interesting flight simulators and massive UHF radios. Lotta things to see.
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