Brian Hioe

Scooter Murder Case Returns to Familiar Causes | New Bloom Magazine A recent murder case involving a woman and her sister being stabbed to death by her husband while on a scooter in New Taipei proves familiar. Namely, there are a number of cases in past years of women...

"Scooter Murder Case Returns to Familiar Causes" by @brianhioe.bsky.social

Lol, I would really like it if riders on public transportation could refrain from picking at open wounds

Survey finds signs of depression in 43% of fathers in Taiwan - Focus Taiwan More than 40 percent of fathers in Taiwan show signs of depression, according to a survey released Monday by the Child Welfare League Foundation.

A rather alarming statistic

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I'm told there are copies of Taipei at Daybreak at the 24-hour books.com.tw store in Xinyi now

16 arrested in Kaohsiung hospital heist - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Very weird story

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Warden with Chinese nationality to appeal removal - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

This case is ongoing as well

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Passport renunciation for Chinese spouses proposed - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Still more moves from the government on the issue of Chinese spouses in Taiwan. Seems like the Lai administration really wants to pursue this issue

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Taiwan, Alaska close to record LNG deal: governor - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Taiwan's lack of LNG--dangerous for energy supply in the event of invasion--and desire to shore up ties with the US during the Trump administration drives this

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Ministries fail security checks: report - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Rather concerning, yet somehow not surprising in light of more general failures to take security seriously and bureaucratic inertia

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潛艦技工維修時被電死！專家憂： 美海軍困境縮影「戰爭時恐無艦可派」 | 聯合新聞網 美國海軍當前面臨設施老化、維修人員短缺及乾塢量能受限等諸多挑戰，以致保修屢屢延宕。潛艦海倫娜號維修不當釀成一名士兵殉職，...

UDN hoping to cast doubt on submarines with this article on the electroction death of a US submarine technician--this is about US submarines and is running as a front-page article

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經貿辦：台美關稅談判進行中　大致底定再向立院報告 | 產經 | 中央社 CNA 民眾黨團提案要求行政院長卓榮泰到立法院專案報告台美關稅談判，行政院經貿談判辦公室副總談判代表顏慧欣今天表示，談判仍進行中，過早發布談判實質內容恐對談判有不必要的困擾，建議在大致底定、草簽後，再向立法院報告。

Trade negotiations still ongoing with the US, according to the Office of Trade Negotiations of the Executive Yuan

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Here's my report on the rally today. Good to see pushback against the fact that the Taiwanese government has no issue with aiding illegal settlement by Israel in the occupied West Bank

Tariffs: Tariff talks must be kept confidential, DPP legislator says - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Ironic considering how the KMT didn’t care too much about transparency eleven years ago when the trade talks were with China, but now it claims to be very concerned about trade talks with the US

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Another attack on green energy as a DPP plot by the KMT

The DPP's dilemmas regarding the recall--in having not organized the recalls, but backing them, and now backlash against and within the party for their failures--are at once visible, accentuating existing splits

Going for Low-Hanging Fruit, Deliberate Strategy, or Path Dependency?: Liz Truss’ Visit to Taiwan Written by Brian Hioe. Former UK prime minister Liz Truss arrived in Taiwan on May 16th for a five-day visit. Truss’ main purpose in visiting was to give a speech at the invitation of the Prospect …

I still feel rather proud of the take I came up with when pressed, on Liz Truss coming to Taiwan--that China would have reacted more strongly if it had been anyone but her. The same typology I lay out in this piece applies here though, too

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英國前首相強生將訪台參加安全論壇　拜會政府高層 | 政治 | 中央社 CNA 「凱達格蘭論壇：2025印太安全對話」5日登場，英國方面消息人士表示，前首相強生（Boris Johnson）將應邀出席發表演說，並會晤台灣政府高層。

Uhhhhh, Boris Johnson to visit Taiwan? Why??? A step up from Liz Truss at least???

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Cabinet to challenge NT$10,000 cash handout in Constitutional Court - Focus Taiwan The Executive Yuan will ask the Constitutional Court to review a provision passed by the opposition-led Legislature requiring the government to distribute NT$10,000 (US$331) to every Taiwanese citizen...

It's true, this is in fact a constitutional challenge about which branch of government controls the budget, but it poses a challenge for the Lai administration

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A new issue of @mekongreview.com! I really enjoyed editing the stories in this piece—so much research and experience and reflection went into the writing 🥰

KMT calls for national conference on U.S. tariffs - Focus Taiwan Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁), chief convener of the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), on Friday urged President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) to convene a national conference as soon as possible in response to the 20 percen...

Ah, yes, let us call for a national conference on the tariffs with the claim that this is for unity while in fact hoping to have knives out to make as much political opportunity out of this as possible

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立法院表決戰　決議政院立即足額撥付地方一般性補助款 | 政治 | 中央社 CNA 行政院統刪給各縣市一般性補助款25%，引發反彈，民眾黨團日前提案促請立即足額撥付。立法院會今天處理此案上演表決戰，藍白最終挾人數優勢通過，決議行政院應立即足額撥付一般性補助款給地方政府。

Executive Yuan decreases subsidies to local governments, given the budget cuts passed by the KMT-controlled legislature, Legislative Yuan passes motion to call for subsidies

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Taiwan’s President Is Running Out of Options Lai Ching-te is battling internal strife while navigating an unpredictable trade war with Washington.

How is a vote that only occurred for 25 politicians a national referendum on cross-strait relations again? Only analysts who don’t know anything about Taiwan and therefore interpret everything through the lens of China could come to such a conclusion

Anyway, I like this meme making fun of him

轟台20%關稅喪權辱國 趙少康示警：經濟動能將全面熄火 美國白宮31日在官網行政命令頁面公布各國關稅，台灣稅率為20%，高於日韓的15%。資深媒體人趙少康今早表示，20%關稅喪...

But he seems to be doubling down on some sense

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美宣布台灣關稅20%！網灌爆趙少康臉書批「造謠」：不是說32%？ 美國總統川普（Donald J. Trump）於當地時間7月31日簽署調整互惠關稅稅率的行政命令，台灣最新適用稅率為20％。不過，國民黨戰鬥藍發起人趙少康上月聲稱，「我得到的消息就是32%」，還批民進黨就是想拖過726罷免投票日再公布，結果遭到行政院跟美國在台協會AIT打臉。如今台灣最新稅率出爐，許多網友都到趙少康臉書留言開轟，「說好的32%呢？」

Zhao criticized for this, with many leaving comments on his Facebook page criticizing him

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On "Taiwan This Week on @ICRTNews today shortly after 8 PM with @DimitriBruyas and Gavin Phipps!

獨家》20％關稅為暫時性稅率 將繼續協商調降 - 自由財經 〔記者鄒景雯/台北報導〕美國川普政府公布台灣8月1日起20％關稅，這是暫時性的稅率，台美將繼續協商，有進一步調降的空間。 知情官員指出，有關白宮公布的20％內容，這是美方通知，台美完成最後經

Lai admin touting possibility of further negotiations on lowering the tariff rate. Well, it’s also true Trump could suddenly change the provisions of a possible deal after the fact as well

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趙少康稱「美對台關稅就是32％」 政院批謠言非常不可取 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 美國尚未公布台灣適用的關稅稅率，前中廣董事長趙少康卻爆料說：「我得到的消息就是32％，絕對不會太少，他們想要10％絕對不可能。」國民黨立委張嘉郡也聲稱，聽聞美國已寄信台灣，希望行政院盡快公布；行政院今日強調，台灣迄今並未收到美國通知，這些謠言無論基於個人商業或政治上的動機，都是不負責任，也非常不可取。有關網路及在野黨謠傳台灣已經收到美國對等關稅信函，並予以掩蓋一事。行政院發言人李慧芝表示，台灣迄今...

Well, looks like we can throw these claims by Jaw Shaw-Kong that the tariff would be 32% out as disinformation

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20%!

電信業通信設備颱風災損逾2億　續搶修祭關懷方案 | 產經 | 中央社 CNA 颱風丹娜絲造成南部多處網路斷訊，電信協會統計3大業者受損的通信設備損失逾2億元，同為風災重大受災戶，業者仍出動約7000人次的維修人力搶修，目前修復率逾99%，更提出關懷方案，包括連2月送300分鐘免費通話數。

Damage to telecom systems caused by the typhoon likely points to a point of weakness in the event of invasion--another way in which defense concerns overlap with resilience against natural disasters

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