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At the 4th #Czechia-#Taiwan Forum in Taipei, we are discussing 3 Ps: 1️⃣ parochialism // that undermines partnerships, incl support for 🇺🇦 2️⃣ populism // that drives us apart 3️⃣ and promise // we can only respond to doom and gloom through action. Proud of my @europeanvalues.bsky.social Taiwan team!

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🇨🇳🇪🇺 China pivot = false choice. Europe’s better options: stronger ties with the UK, Canada, Australia, Japan and Korea. 👇 Click to read the analysis by @matejsimalcik.bsky.social

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"We will uphold the spirit of peace through strength [...] to bolster the free and democratic community," Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te asserts at the opening of the inaugural Halifax Security Forum event in 🇹🇼. Amid rising parochialism, he stresses the importance of solidarity among democracies.

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Nice riverside ride home after insightful talk hosted by @europeanvalues.bsky.social at Czech Hub. Danish diplomat Jonas Parello-Plesner, executive director of @aodemocracies.bsky.social in conversation with Emily Y. Wu about his book 'The Battle for Taiwan' and other issues. @yehaoqin.bsky.social

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Trump repeats disinformation claims that Lin Yu-ting is male, Sports Administration defends her. Well, another way Trump has further alienated Taiwan. Worth noting is such claims are originally of Russian origin

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Under Trump, the EU-US relationship will be more transactional and unpredictable. But this isn't just about Trump — the EU must take charge of its future. Here's how it can not just withstand the Trump era but merge stronger ➡️ eu.boell.org/en/2025/02/0...

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Taiwan says South Africa gives March deadline to move office from Pretoria www.reuters.com/world/taiwan...

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Trump’s newest State Dept appointee.

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Zhang Zhan, chińska dziennikarka obywatelska, która spędziła 4 lata w więzieniu za relacjonowanie Covid-19, prowadzi strajk głodowy i jest przymusowo dokarmiana w areszcie, gdzie trafiła po ponownym zatrzymaniu jesienią ub.r. Więcej ➡️ www.wnp.pl/rynki-zagran... @ketalaolan.bsky.social

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It was a pleasure to join the good Visegrad friends here in Taipei – @yehaoqin.bsky.social, @zsuzsettte.bsky.social & @nasredinhoja.bsky.social – and represent @ceias-eu.bsky.social for a discussion on the #Taiwan - #EU and Taiwan - #CEE, relations hosted by the @europeanvalues.bsky.social.

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Central Eastern Europe has helped build up momentum in the EU’s relations with #Taiwan. But this has played out differently in Prague, Warsaw, Bratislava — and Budapest. We discussed this & more with @yehaoqin.bsky.social, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social & @nasredinhoja.bsky.social in Taipei.

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What's the future of Europe's economic security? 👉 Register to attend online: visegradinsight.eu/event-online... Join our online discussion with @yehaoqin.bsky.social and @vtchakarova.bsky.social, hosted by Visegrad Insight’s Editor-in-Chief @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social.

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📺 Making sense of Vietnam's PM Phạm Minh Chính visit to Poland on @tvpworld.bsky.social The first visit of VN PM in PL in 15 yrs coincides with the 75th anniv of 🇻🇳🇵🇱 ties and the Polish EU Presidency and comes at a time when Hanoi is trying to #derisk its rltns with Russia. youtu.be/wTf1wYYer8I?...

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A slap into the face of many #Taiwan supporters around the world. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived in Warsaw last night, marking the first visit of a VN PM to Poland — home to a 30thousand strong VN diaspora — in 15 years. While in Europe, Pham will also visit the Czech Republic. Here's his ride at @chopinairport.bsky.social.

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"#Taiwan and #Lithuania need to remain active, courageous, and united in the geopolitically unstable world," @glandsbergis.bsky.social asserts at an event hosted by Taiwan's MOFA and Prospect Foundation, emphasizing similarities in challenges in safeguarding security and prosperity.

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Celebrating multilingual #Taiwan in Tfuya, a community of the Tsou people.

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'We should see the recent cable-cutting incidents as an opportunity to do better, applying emerging political will to re-shape a strengthened response—in the Indo-Pacific just as much as in Europe,' write Jakub Janda and James Corera.

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Ding Xiaoxing (CiCIR) summarises the year 2024 in Russian politics. Good insight into the strategic dimension of the two countries' relationship. 👇 "普京高票连任，俄国内保持稳定" / "Putin was re-elected with a high vote, and Russia remained stable" www.aisixiang.com/data/158110....

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Good vistas and even better conversations in Pinglin, the capital's tea growing backyard in great company of @ketalaolan.bsky.social. Mr. Yeh, owner of a tea business, expressed his concern about climate crisis as rising temperatures are already affecting his yields.

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Orban is unwilling to follow EU rules, loses €1 bn of EU funds for his country, and decides to turn to China for loans instead. www.spiegel.de/ausland/unga...

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“Lin Yu-ting against the world — the much-maligned subject of Trump and Rowling’s misinformed remarks is a dashing woman who achieved the Taiwan Dream.” @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social

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Sin-nî khoài-lo̍k from democratic #Taiwan. 新年快樂，身體健康，心想事成!

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Na zakończenie tego wyjątkowo intensywnego roku wraz z niezastąpionym ekspertem od Tajwanu @yehaoqin.bsky.social rozmawialiśmy z @polskieradio24.bsky.social o #Tajwanie, kraju na pierwszym froncie walki z chińską dezinformacją. podcasty.polskieradio.pl/track/chinsk...

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Japanese artist Ishikawa Kinichiro (石川欽一郎) was an influential teacher of western painting techniques during two stints (1907-1916, 1924-1932) in Taiwan. Many of his students went on to become influential artists and teachers in their own right.

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At year’s end, five books on China or Taiwan that spoke to me in 2024. A short thread 🧵 (1/6)

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嗨 (ft. an actual 海) in the spirit of sounding as inspired as any 觀光署 brochure, the magic of taipei lies in its 山(&)水 - both conveniently reachable via youbike stay awesome, peipei

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✨New blog post on our site. Inspired by the #pluriversal perspectives on peace and security advocated by the Central Eastern European Security Hub (CEEShub), we propose examining these issues through a different lens: the perspective of #Taiwan’s #Indigenous Peoples. securityhub.ee/blog/taiwan-...

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Though I remain confident that the Cross-Strait issue is in equilibrium and the risk of escalation is low, I definitely don't think it would be wise for Taiwan to reduce defense spending! Given its generally healthy economy, now's probably also not a time for Taiwan to cut social protection either.

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Young Taiwanese people less likely to support laws against Chinese ‘united front’ activity – Taipei Times: ‘Only 37.9 percent of people aged 20 to 24 believe that laws should be amended to prevent Taiwanese influencers from collaborating with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’

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Taiwan’s economics minister Kuo Jyh-huei pushes for industrial cooperation with Germany and Czechia – Focus Taiwan: ‘witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging to set up industrial clusters and promote business opportunities’

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#Taiwan watching in 2024:

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#Hakka town outside of the Hakka Belt: Fenglin in Taiwan's East Rift Valley

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In my latest for @visegradinsight.bsky.social, I argue that Central and Eastern European countries should deepen their engagements with #Taiwan as they gear up for Trump 2.0. CEE must become a partner, not a client, in Washington's pivot to #Indo-Pacific. visegradinsight.eu/trump-2-0-wh...

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Ko has sent letter of resignation as chair of TPP udn.com/news/story/1...

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More than 10,000 people took to the streets in Taipei to protest three legal amendments proposed by the opposition parties and demand Kuomintang legislative caucus whip Fu Kun-chi step down, according to the organiser. focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...

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Polish "strategic butter policy" explained and compared with the Czech perspective. Butter seems to be a polictially sensitive issue all over the Central Europe. zahranicni.hn.cz/c7-67526940-...

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Also see this call for support from Taiwan's Indigenous peoples simp.ly/p/mc3DkV

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Our new CEIAS #report maps social media #discourse 💬📱 around #Chinese involvement in electromobility, 🚗 & in particular the #EU tariffs in 🇨🇿🇸🇰🇭🇺🇵🇱 Supported by European Media & Information Fund (EMIF) managed by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 📊 See our findings below! (1/5) ceias.eu/debating-chi...

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New: European Union leaders will avoid directly calling out China over Russia’s war in Ukraine at a major summit this week, according to a draft statement www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

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🇹🇼 As the US shifts focus to Asia, will CEE step up or be sidelined? @matejsimalcik.bsky.social @abachulska.bsky.social Read @yehaoqin.bsky.social's analysis here ⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/trump-2-0-wh...

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In my latest for @visegradinsight.bsky.social, I argue that Central and Eastern European countries should deepen their engagements with #Taiwan as they gear up for Trump 2.0. CEE must become a partner, not a client, in Washington's pivot to #Indo-Pacific. visegradinsight.eu/trump-2-0-wh...

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The work of Taiwanese sculptor Hsu Tung Han 韓旭東 - of wood sculptures carved as if pixelated and uploading [Via his Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/hsutu...

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Taipei City Councillor Vincent Chao and I joined TaiwanPlus' Rath Wang on #Taiwan Talks to discuss #CityDiplomacy as a tool for expanding Taiwan's international space. The episode will be released next month—stay tuned for our discussion spanning from Taipei to Kaohsiung, and from Warsaw to Seattle.

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Contra the usual gaudy Qing ceramics, here is the Kangxi Emperor’s favorite rouge glaze: 胭脂紅. Palace medical records noted that Kangxi (1654-1722) was cured of his depression (after his favorite son’s death) by red wine, brought to him by a Jesuit missionary. Hence the commemorative wine-red glaze.

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