Government stresses energy supplies stable for LNG…for now
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Government stresses energy supplies stable for LNG…for now
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In last evaluation, Zero Day Attack is speculative fiction along the lines of Hong Kong’s Ten Years, rather than some blueprint for future invasion scenarios. But even just as a work of fiction, a lot of wasted opportunity considering the talents who were part of it
08.03.2026 13:10 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I’ll be leading this again
08.03.2026 08:26 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I guess this is a sign that the Executive Yuan will continue to exercise its newly appropriated power of veto
07.03.2026 03:57 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0It’s darkly humorous to see feminist imperialism used to justify interventionism when it’s not like the US isn’t also lurching its way toward theocratic patriarchy. A dark twinning is at work between the US and many of its antagonists, as is also true of China and Russia
06.03.2026 08:37 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A lot of warmed over campism and romanticization of autocrats of a different stripe in much of the left response on Iran to date, unfortunately
06.03.2026 08:35 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Looks like a fascinating read on the lives of Chinese spouses of Taiwanese after relocating in Taiwan
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It appears that the Executive Yuan will continue to exercise the veto power it has appropriated for itself, as a counter to the KMT's freeze of the Constitutional Court
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The KMT’s version of the special budget for defense seems to be modeled after the TPP’s and, in fact, tells us that they deliberately wish to be more hardline on the issue of relations with the US and arms sales
06.03.2026 03:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Interesting to see this public consideration of restarting coal power there are issues with gas supply
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The KMT has done a drastic rebrand on visual identity lately. Er, take a look for yourself
05.03.2026 17:37 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
Honestly, it's anybody's guess as to why there has been such a drop in PLA air intrusions, at best we have educated guesses but I'm wary of hot takes on the matter
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Fascinating read, this highlights links between Taiwanese Indigenous and other Austronesian Indigenous peoples
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Looks like controversy about Li Zhen-xiu's citizenship status will continue
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Ho is notably one of Taiwan’s top experts on labor and social movements
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KMT’s version of defense expenditures may be similar to the TPP’s in logic
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Seeing as it shows the extent of US military capabilities that China does not currently have
05.03.2026 02:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wrote about reactions in Taiwan to the US war with Iran in my latest for @thediplomat.com . What is notable is how Lai has sought to align Taiwan with the US and Israel, as well as how the pan-Green camp has viewed the war as reassuring in deterring China
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Interesting to see former KMT legislator Jason Hsu call for passage of defense spending
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Even if this does apply to blue-collar migrant workers, often they face dismissal if they are pregnant, so I'm not sure this will have much impact
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I don't think I've ever seen the Israeli military written about in such glowing terms in a front-page article for pan-Green media before--another impact of current events in Iran
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Good to see this kind of grassroots cooperation between Taiwanese and Thai civil society
www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6313806
UDN reported on it. Now it’s in Chinese-language discourse. My day is made. Please, someone ask Chiang to comment on it at a presser
https://global.udn.com/global_vision/story/8663/9359199?from=udn_ch2_menu_v2_main_index
You mean this guy?
04.03.2026 09:53 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0Not sure if you caught this, but MND source tells Liberty Times that the delivery of Patriot PAC-3 MSEs to Taiwan will likely be delayed because of this
04.03.2026 07:40 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0See you all tonight 19:00 at @newbloommag.net! #SciComm #Taipei #Taiwan 🧪
04.03.2026 09:42 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0On @Monocle_Radio in a few to discuss the impact on Taiwan from recent events in Iran
04.03.2026 07:33 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Please someone ask about this at the next MOFA presser
04.03.2026 05:06 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0