Brian Hioe

In the past, I would have said that Huang would not go without a fight, but he seems to just sort of roll up in the face of the KMT these days in a way that is, in fact, unstrategic for the TPP so I wonder what happens now

鐵路乘客補完計畫？從維護車廂安全到「軟性勸導」的乘車心理戰 | 轉角國際 udn Global 姑且不論何種「形式」才是雅俗共賞的最大公約數，這起網路論戰本身就突顯了公共場所中任何細節都可能「起爭議」，也提醒我們更應該關注的是宣導本身的「內容」，也就是發生在車廂中的各種「暴走」行為與其因應之道。

Really interesting read in UDN on social messaging in public transport

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分析柯文哲、黃國昌直播 詹凌瑀：柯準備清理門戶預告片 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 前民眾黨主席柯文哲昨日久違直播，並與現任民眾黨主席黃國昌對談。對此，媒體人詹凌瑀分析，昨晚那場號稱「兩個太陽」的直播，根本不是取暖大會，而是柯文哲準備清理門戶的預告片。詹凌瑀在臉書PO文表示，昨晚那場號稱「兩個太陽」的直播，根本不是取暖大會，而是柯文哲準備清理門戶的預告片，黃國昌整晚焦慮全寫在臉上，拚命細數自己這一年跟國民黨聯手過了多少法案。嘴上說是為了黨，明眼人都看得出來他是在向柯文哲「面試求生...

Looks like there's talk of Ko Wen-je coming back and pushing out Huang Kuo-chang of the TPP now

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Taiwan, Palestine, and Cross-Movement Solidarity in an Increasingly Campist World By: Aurora Chang

This one? I'm not actually sure Aurora has written anything else in the last two years

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Ah, is there something more specific about that piece? Could be a lot of pieces, aha

YouTube video by TaiwanPlus News Taiwan 2025: The Year in Conflict and Resilience｜TaiwanPlus News

Appeared on Correspondents on @taiwanplusnews to review the past year's biggest stories!

China Airlines eases rules allowing cabin crew to wear framed glasses - Focus Taiwan China Airlines (CAL), a major Taiwanese international carrier, said Friday it has started to allow cabin crew to wear framed glasses on duty, while Tigerair Taiwan also announced plans to adopt a simi...

A reminder how restrictive dress policies are for flight attendants, that they were not until recently allowed to wear framed glasses

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In the past, Taiwan would look to the US and other countries for precedents for regulatory actions on apps and so forth in discourse, but that doesn't seem to have really been done here either, it just happened out of nowhere

Opposition takes aim at premier after rejecting reconsideration request - Focus Taiwan Opposition lawmakers on Friday criticized Premier Cho Jung-tai's (卓榮泰) repeated use of Taiwan's reconsideration mechanism, after voting down the Cabinet's request to revisit amendments to the Act Gove...

The pot calling the kettle black?

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It seems about as heavy-handed as when he went after only female Chinese streamers, provoking pushback because of its sudden nature and because of how clumsily it was executed, creating more oxygen for pushback

I mean, like where did this come from? Lai did not sufficiently build up public concern about RedNote before the ban, he just did it out of nowhere. Lai continues to be really lacking in nuance or deftness when it comes to launching measures on Chinese influence

Taiwan's opposition questions Xiaohongshu block as politically motivated - Focus Taiwan Taiwan's opposition parties on Friday criticized the government's decision to block the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu for one year, warning that the measure could suppress or even erode interne...

RedNote is, no doubt, a vector for Chinese influence but does it actually sway opinion among youth? I'm not so sure. On the other hand, it seems like a way for Lai to easily turn Gen Z youth who already are reluctant on issues like the draft against him

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Pingtung Watermelon Dispute Returns to Familiar Issues Facing Indigenous | New Bloom Magazine Indigenous Pawan residents of Pingtung’s Fangshan Creek and Fenggang Creek have called upon the government to not renew the permits of watermelon farmers who grow their crops on riverbeds in winter…

"Pingtung Watermelon Dispute Returns to Familiar Issues Facing Indigenous" by @brianhioe.bsky.social

'Left-Handed Girl' named one of top 5 international films by NBR - Focus Taiwan Taiwanese film "Left-Handed Girl" (左撇子女孩) continued to gain international recognition on Wednesday, being selected by the National Board of Review (NBR) as one of its top five international films.

Looks like Left-Handed Girl is getting some critical attention internationally

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Hello @brianhioe.bsky.social, for your "who does it best" series:

The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts

Exclusive: China massing military ships across region in show of maritime force, sources say China is deploying a large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point more than 100, in the largest maritime show of force to date, according to four sources and in...

So fun, lol

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財劃法覆議案立院投票 又遭藍白否決 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 立法院會今天處理「財政收支劃分法」修正部分條文覆議案，並進行記名投票，領票人109人，贊成維持立法院原決議、反對覆議案59票，反對立法院原決議、贊成覆議案50票，覆議案遭藍白多數否決。韓國瑜宣布投票結果，「財政收支劃分法」修正部分條文覆議案，贊成維持本院原決議者59位委員，超過「憲法」增修條文第三條第二項第二款所定全體立法委員二分之一之人數，「本院原決議予以維持」。

KMT and TPP block the budget…again

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China, Evoking World War II, Urges Europe to Take Its Side Against Japan

Okay, lol. It’s almost like the legacy of World War II means whatever you want to say it is

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Lai doesn't exactly have the strongest political hand right now, after all. Is he overreaching? I guess we'll see

Taiwan blocks Xiaohongshu amid fraud, security concerns - Focus Taiwan Authorities on Thursday ordered a one-year block of Xiaohongshu (小紅書), a Chinese app with more than 3 million users in Taiwan, due to cybersecurity failures and widespread fraud activity on the platfo...

Lai administration implements a one-year block of Rednote, or Xiaohongshu, citing fraud concerns. That comes a bit out of nowhere--young people may react strongly against that. It surprises me that the Lai admin sees itself as in a position to do that

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The fact that Okinawan self-determination only gets flagged now in such a high-profile manner by the CCP as a way to stick it to Japan, when issues facing Okinawa aren’t exactly new, reflects to what extent it’s a cheap, quick attack and they don’t actually care about the issue

Some deep irony to China questioning Japan’s sovereignty over Okinawa over Japan’s support for Taiwan. As for me, I ask, why not self-determination for Okinawans? And also Taiwanese, Tibetans, and Uyghurs, and whoever? None of us are free until we all are, lol

An update on the New Bloom Palestine Monthly Mutual Aid Initiative

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你哪位？越南選美冒出「中國台灣」選手 台灣小姐：根本沒派人參加 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報 2025「Miss Cosmo」選美比賽本月20日將在越南胡志明市登場，卻傳出有佳麗疑似冒充台灣人，宣稱來自「中國台灣」。對此，「台灣小姐」黃韻霏今（4）日指出，台灣根本沒有派人參賽。黃韻霏今日在Threads曬出一名女子披「中國台灣」背帶參賽的照片，發文表示台灣根本沒有派人參加，她直言「原本有討論可能會派我去，但臨時加價報名費，我們就沒有出賽」。

A contestant appeared in a beauty pageant in Vietnam claiming to represent “Taiwan China” but Taiwan did not send any delegation to attend that pageant

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Threads標示用戶IP位置 大量「假台灣人、真中國網軍」狂刪帳號 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 著名社群平台X （原推特）為打擊假帳號、提升平台透明度，從今年11月下旬開始，顯示每個用戶帳號IP位置，讓充斥在該平台的中共網軍假帳號秒現行、簡體中文書寫得假訊息大幅銳減，引發國際關注。近日不少台灣網友發現，Meta旗下社群平台Threads（台灣暱稱：脆或串）也開始標示用戶所在地，並讓大量原形畢露的中共網軍火速刪號。今（4）日上午，PTT「創世神」、台灣人工智慧實驗室（Taiwan AI Lab...

Threads is showing location of IPs now, leading to deletions of accounts being run out of China for disinformation

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中配錢麗廢居留許可、未驅逐出境！陸委會曝這原因 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 中國籍配偶錢麗被台灣政府廢止「依親居留」後，在台狀態退回「停留」，並未被驅逐出境。陸委會發言人梁文傑今天透露，考慮到她的丈夫長年在海外工作，夫家還有公婆、子女要照顧，所以給予停留的資格。曾任職於華碩的錢麗，因經營臉書粉絲專頁「中國人民解放軍」宣揚武統，其行為「有危害台灣國家安全與社會安定之虞」，日前被註銷台灣身分與戶籍，在台狀態退回「依親居留」，但仍可享用健保，引起不少中配不滿而提出檢舉。

Chinese spouse whose residence permit was invalidated over support for armed annexation not forced to leave over family concerns. The Lai administration is probably trying to signal flexibility here

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Calling all freelancers—and anyone hiring freelancers in Taipei! Join us at @newbloommag.net our first #CNNtaipei. Everyone gets 3 min. to talk about yourself, your projects, and your ideal collaborators. Cover is $300 NTD for all, $500 if playing slides/media (upload at bit.ly/cnntaipei) #Taiwan

I'd want more concrete proof of that before concluding anything, but it would be interesting if that is indeed taking place

日本沖繩黑幫遭中國勢力滲透？ 警政署證實：張安樂兩度邀請來台碰頭 - 社會 - 自由時報電子報 媒體報導中國勢力滲透日本鼓吹沖繩獨立，竟有台灣黑幫參與其中。警政署刑事局副局長蕭欽杰今天在行政院院會後記者會證實，日本指定暴力團體「旭琉會」在2023年5月與2025年2月有受到竹聯幫大老、統促黨總裁張安樂邀請來台，警方有嚴密掌握；至於涉及到政治與國安的部分，警政署會做充分掌握。

Media is reporting on links between Chang An-lo's China Unification Promotion Party and Okinawan organized crime groups, with the aim of using Taiwanese gangs to expand Chinese influence there?

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