Grant Huang

Jet Lag: The Game just released Season 17 trailer. The game play is to "capture" as many TRA stations in 5 days. Still can't believe they were actually in Taiwan.
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日本火箭任務失敗 台灣立方衛星「山雀」未能升空 | 科技 | 中央社 CNA 國家太空中心（TASA）的山雀立方衛星（T1A）第一顆，原預計今天在日本搭載SPACE ONE的火箭升空，很可惜火箭未能順利入軌。TASA表示，山雀雖無法透過這次升空進行太空環境驗證，但這是實驗必經過程，未來還有其他同系列的立方衛星計畫，將有以其他平台取得驗證的機會。

In the Second launch the rocket actually carried PARUS-T1A by TASA.
If this launch is successful, Taiwanese companies could have more options and closer launch provider to work with in the near future.

Source:
www.cna.com.tw/news/ait/202...

Japanese private launch company Space One is going to launch its KAIROS 3rd rocket tomorrow 3/1 at local time 11:00am at . It's carrying 4 micro/cubesats into space. The company had two failure launch attempts in 2024.
Link:
space-one.co.jp/news/news_20...

Live:
youtu.be/iGTpmpSdGNk

Even though the GDP of these three countries is getting similar, this report shows there is still huge disparity in starting salaries.

link:
kefplaza.com/web/pages/gc...

The Korea Enterprises Federation released a report comparing entry-level salaries in Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The findings shows that the Korean is 40% more than Taiwanese(PPP-adj). In general, salaries from non-SMEs is 1.226 times higher than SMEs in Taiwan, while the ratio in Korea is 1.159.

TASA(Taiwan Space Agency) has recently released five images captured by FORMOSAT-8. According to TASA, the image resolution met the originally designed 1m resolution. This is a great improvement over FORMOSAT-5’s 2m resolution images.
www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...

The print edition of @economist.com is weekly—but there's often more than one cover. Different regions, different stories. In 2025, we published 81 in total. Here they all are—and how each one came to be: www.economist.com/interactive/...

1/2) As fascist, (using traditional description) totalitarian state capitalist regime, CCP oppresses & controls every aspect of citizens lives. Only difference between Trump regime & Xi/CCP is that US regime hasn’t completely succeeded (yet) & folks can protest & we can still see takeover process.

Welcome to the Taiwanese indie boom Living so close to a huge unfriendly neighbour has made our politics intense – but it has also done the same for our music culture

Wrote for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on the contemporary Taiwanese indie scene

www.thenewworld.co.uk/brian-hioe-w...

www.srf.ch/news/interna...

On the situation in #Venezuela - lots of booms, lots of videos, not much verified info. Remember, in any military operation, first reports are always wrong. Will see in an hour or so where we are, and whether there are any statements/releases from the Pentagon (or anyone else).

Yesterday I visited the Chen Renhe Centennial +3 exhibition at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.

Chen Renhe was a Kaohsiung-based architect of Modernism, responsible for numerous public building projects, ranging from Buddhist temples to a slaughterhouse, as well as many schools in between.

YouTube video by ZDFheute Nachrichten Militärübung: Was China von Taiwan will und welche Rolle Japan und die USA spielen | ZDFheute live

ZDF news on recent Chinese military exercise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UWV...

Philippines challenges Chinese vessel off northern province amid Taiwan tensions The Philippines Coast Guard said it deployed an aircraft on Tuesday to challenge a Chinese research ship that serves as a base for submersible vessels after it was spotted about 19 nautical miles off the coast of the northern Cagayan province.

Philippines challenges Chinese vessel off northern province amid Taiwan tensions reut.rs/4ji0hM9

For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake.

The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake. n.pr/4jkrm19

Bauland Schweiz: Wo gibt es noch Land und zu welchen Bodenpreisen? In der Schweiz herrscht Wohnungsknappheit. Wir zeigen am Beispiel Zürich, wo es noch Bauland hat und was es kostet.

Damn… this interactive data new is so cool

www.srf.ch/news/wirtsch...

The quest to chart the sea This map reveals what scientists care about—and what armed forces don’t want to share

This map reveals what scientists care about—and what armed forces don’t want to share

YouTube video by Financial Times Scammers, spies and triads: inside cyber-crime’s $15tn global empire | FT Film

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9cu...

Ariane 6 launching from Guiana Space Centre.

Galileo 14th launch successful! 🛰️

On 17 December at 05:01 GMT/06:01 CET), Galileo satellites 33-34 were launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on an Ariane 6 rocket.

🔗 esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Galileo_s_first_Ariane_6_launch_strengthens_European_resilience

A map quilt showing various maps of Rhode Island.

The #30DayMapChallenge is a wrap! I made a map quilt of my favorite Rhode Island maps from the challenge. I had to resize a few of them to get them all to line up. Had I planned this in advance, I would have alternated between light and dark maps.

#cartography

In Singapore🇸🇬 and Malaysia 🇲🇾 , box junctions is marked with two lines forming a cross. Yet, in Apple Maps crossings in Singapore is marked with grids.

The Reporter’s 10th-anniversary exhibition is worth checking out. It features lots of handwritten drafts, sketches, and behind-the-scenes stories.

2025.12.04(四)–07(日) 11:00-19:00
華山1914文化創意產業園區中4A館
Huashan 1914 Creative Park 4A
10th.twreporter.org

Eight trends to watch, explained with maps From urbanisation in China to the flow of gold from Sudan

Eight trends to watch, explained with maps
economist.com/the-world-ah...

Jet lag is filming next season in Taiwan. Pretty excited about it.

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Most of the time … a spice. Soup tastes better with ginger in it.

Reports say Korea at risk of Taiwan-style polarization amid AI boom - The Korea Times Korea is increasingly headed toward Taiwan’s polarized economic path amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, where only a handful of AI-related...

Korea = Taiwan. Same long-term problems, mirror economies
www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/2025...

I wasn’t aware of the term until you noticed it. I’m also a bit disappointed with the interpretation of “status quo.” I think the focus of the video is the “Beijing Model” and similar tactics used in Taiwan, so Matt Bevan ignored some critical developments during that period.

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth Inside China’s plan to take over Taiwan “peacefully” | If You're Listening | ABC NEWS In-depth

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9s6...

A Vantor handout satellite image taken on November 22, 2025, shows Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court before a major fire swept through several blocks at the complex. The bottom image, taken on Thursday, shows smoke rising from apartments during the blaze. Photo: AFP/©2025 Vantor." In full: buff.ly/RSwXkVU