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"reining in Taiwan" is such a ridiculous line, rein in from what? It's not 1970 any more with the KMT threatening to launch the most ambitious invasion in history, that's the other side doing that now. Taiwan is just trying to exist.

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Reporters without Borders Press Freedom Index, Hong Kong (2025) Overall: 39.86 ↓3.20 (very serious) - Political context 27.40 ↓7.28 - Economic context 44.76 ↓1.12 - Legal framework 36.76 ↓2.57 - Sociocultural context 46.67 ↓1.06 - Security indicator 43.72 ↓3.95

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A new power is rising! It's victory is at hand!

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Yes, simple, straightforward and good!

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I wrote a very simple and straightforward explainer on what Chinese leaders think and who's the most at risk in a US China trade war the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/a-haters-gui...

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"I'm in."

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A Chinese activist who hung three protest banners calling for political reform on an overpass this month has disappeared. He was detained and his location is now unknown.

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There’s this weird thing where Beijing expects diaspora to act in China’s interest, but also extremely happy to throw them under the bus, not understanding/caring about effects of stuff like this

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You see, yellow raincoats can threaten the regime

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Lawfare means the law doesn’t apply to the government but applies to everyone who it considers an enemy

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Imagine learning solely to live with machines that mimic humans rather than learning to understand society which is human

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Auction is ending this Friday! And we’ve had a few eleventh hour additions, including a collector’s edition of Vicious, Rogue One data art print, future EasterCon memberships and @laurenbeukes.com’s the writing desk.

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期間限定赤目チュウさんもカッコイイんだけどこれがマッチョであるかどうか...ﾓｳﾜｶﾗﾅｲ #鳥マッチョ鑑賞会 #チュウサギ #birds

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New event! 📆3rd May 🕖7pm Taiwan Time TaiwanFCC, @newbloommag.net & @rsf.org hold panel "world press freedom day: Fighting for facts in a age of authoritarianism" w/ Shirley Leung Ka Lai, Aleksandra Bielakowska, Will Yang, Long Huu Trinh & @brianhioe.bsky.social www.facebook.com/events/46619...

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🇨🇦 🫡

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A bit of a tangent, but I was listening to a podcast a few weeks ago where they were discussing the various scenarios of a U.S. invasion of Canada Which was very surreal (in the worst way) to listen to as a Canadian living in Taiwan and researches PRC information and influence operations…

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Former legislators Claudia Mo, Gary Fan, Jeremy Tam, and Kwok Ka-ki were released from prison in the early hours of Tuesday after being sentenced to four years and two months in jail in November for conspiracy to commit subversion.

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First batch of Hong Kong democrats freed after 4 years' jail for subversion reut.rs/3GwmpD0

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Four HK ex-lawmakers Jeremy Tam, Kwok Ka-ki, Claudia Mo & Gary Fan, of the 45 jailed for the democrat primary under the National Security Law, have been released from prison after serving full sentences. Cars drive them out & no one saw their faces. thecollectivehk.com/47%e4%ba%ba%...

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And that divorce rate is after Beijing made it more cumbersome to get one a few years ago. Divorces fell dramatically after the law but you can’t really stop these trends over a longer time period

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Reminder that traditional Confucian notions of proper family and gender roles are no match for broader dynamics of modernity.

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Lau is one of the opponents of the regime – Hongkongers as well as Tibetans, Uyghurs, Taiwanese and campaigners for democracy – subjected to what the US-based advocacy group Freedom House calls “the most sophisticated, global and comprehensive campaign of transnational repression in the world”.

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From the @theguardian.com: "Revealed: online campaign urged far right to attack China’s opponents in UK" tinyurl.com/2b56r3ar #HongKong #TNR

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Good to see @sommervilletv.bsky.social say it how it is with regard to the Junta's "Ceasefire" in Myanmar. "the country's ruling junta agreed to a halt in its devastating military campaign. It then violated that ceasefire, again and again" "I saw them break it repeatedly" #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it sent troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Kursk Oblast under the orders of Kim Jong-un.

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Forbidden dried mangos

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TIL that 「紅毛」 actually comes from Hokkien en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_mo

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'Crow and Cherry Blossoms' - Imao Keinen, ca. 1930s. #InternationalCrowandRavenAppreciationDay #JapaneseArt #shinhanga

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I was down in Central last night taking pictures. I added the results to my gallery of Central street scenes. Sadly quiet for a Saturday night. camerondcampbell.smugmug.com/China/Hong-K...

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Dark: "The US Empire's confidence has three roots: the USD, its armed forces, and high technology. "Our confidence has three other roots: tree bark, wild grass, and Guan Yin clay!" (Things widely eaten during the Great Famine, so symbolic of the capacity to endure deprivation and suffering.)

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Chinese photographer Wang Shuang-quan Eye clinic in Tainan, Taiwan, 1962 #Photography

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CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/04/tran...

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The funniest thing is the alternate ending completely changes what the whole movie is trying to say

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When I stand on the edge of a reef, I'm compelled to jump in, even when my scuba gear is at home. 😆 Shitiping, Hualien Taiwan Canon EOS 6D Mark II Tamron SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD #landscapephotography #landscape #seascapephotography #seascape #naturephotography #nature #ocean #taiwan #photography

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If that’s the person they are looking for, it’s going to be a long wait until the two sides actually talk

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In 2024, #HongKong authorities convicted 45 ppl of “subversion” for joining a primary election— #ShumNgoFai was one of them. Via wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/04/46_2... Our report documents the scale of these arbitrary detentions: 📘 “In a Prison Cell Waiting for Daybreak” www.nchrd.org/2025/03/in-a...

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Taiwan president won’t attend Pope Francis’s funeral. Taipei has had good reason to worry about Vatican’s interactions with China, which, ironically, unfolded amid increasing restrictions on religious freedom in the country. Thanks @heldavidson.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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This is Yuri Briar except for the mom part

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