Brian Hioe

Not the largest vigil, but glad people came out

Facts:
- thousands of people were evacuated ahead of the flooding and countless lives were saved
- according to gov't, all victims came from areas subject to evacuations, coordination between central and local government obviously had issues
- Fu Kun-chi's bad faith has no limit

Frequent labor movements in China contradict Wang’s claim. It's not the lack of “development,” but the state machinery - in "constant adjustment" - that suppresses. The New Left evades and alienates the very subject of leftist critique: the working people and their lived experiences & voices

Wang Hui: "But...this expected “revolution” [Occupy Wall Street] has not yet appeared in China...Why?...China is vast and regions are unevenly developed has ironically acted as a buffer in the context of the financial crisis... Second, China has actually been in a constant process of adjustment..."

Trump deserves Nobel if he gets Xi to renounce force against Taiwan: Lai - Focus Taiwan U.S. President Donald Trump would deserve to win a Nobel Peace Prize if he could get China to renounce the use of force against Taiwan, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said in comments published...

Such comments by Lai aiming at flattering Trump are cringeworthy, lol. But would it work? I always had this suspicion that Lai might try to be "Shinzo Abe 2.0" in positioning himself as Trump's sidekick one day

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I was thinking that I regret not responding to any elderly relative that sent me a moon-themed image for the Mid-Autumn Festival with a cryptic image of the moon from Evangelion without any explanation

Taiwanese performance artist opens 2-year-long exhibition in New York - Focus Taiwan Taiwanese-American performance artist Hsieh Teh-ching (謝德慶) on Saturday opened a major two-year retrospective at Dia Beacon in New York, showcasing six of his most influential works, including five ic...

Would love to see this exhibition if I were in New York, Hsieh is a real icon for performance art

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Excavation company boss who volunteered in flood-hit Hualien town dies - Focus Taiwan The owner of a Taoyuan excavation company who volunteered to help with cleanup efforts in Hualien's flood-hit Guangfu Township died late Monday of complications from an infected wound, according to a ...

Volunteer in Hualien dies after complications from an infected wound during the clean-up

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傅崐萁指中央無撤離計畫 卓榮泰嗆：我們搶救生命只有你在搶救政治生命 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 國民黨立委傅崐萁今天就花蓮縣光復鄉潰堤議題在立法院會質詢行政院長卓榮泰，直指中央沒有撤離計畫「就是人禍」；卓則反駁，撤離的計畫和實施執行當然是地方政府，地方政府沒有完成撤離計畫，也沒有得實施，並嗆傅，「我們在搶救生命，只有你在搶救政治生命！」

Fu Kun-chi attacks the central government, claiming it had no evacuation plans for the typhoon. Premier Cho Jung-tai responds that evacuation plans are the remit of local governments. Fu is often seen as head of a political dynasty that controls Hualien

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檢方追問隨身碟檔案 柯文哲拒答16題卻頻漏餡 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報 台北地院今天開庭審理涉京華城弊案，傳喚前台北市長、前民眾黨主席柯文哲作證，檢方開門見山追問柯文哲的隨身硬碟「工作簿」 檔案內容，柯承認隨身碟是他的，但內有上萬個檔案，很多他都沒看過，檢方追問「工作簿」上記載的金主、金額，柯文哲連續拒絕回答16次，檢察官提示金主、中間人的證詞追問，柯則答稱不清楚、不記得，強調收到的錢都用於選舉，帳務細節他不清楚，絕對沒有帶回家或挪為私用，但也不經意露餡證實工作簿的數...

Ko Wen-je refuses to answer 16 times when asked about information about donors on a spreadsheet, claims this is the prosecutors trying to politically target him

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Taiwan to secure medical cold chain - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Another point of possible vulnerability in wartime, though rarely discussed

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PRC vessels faking signals to test Taiwan’s response - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

I guess it does seem likely that China would try to spoof signals for ships as part of grey-zone tactics--or to try and lure Taiwan into a mistaken response that allows for escalating tensions

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Another day, another argument like this that disregards Taiwanese (or, for that matter, Chinese) agency and acts as though the US is the only mover in the world that the rest of the world is only ever reactive to

館長直播喊要斬「總統賴清德X頭」！刑事局撂重話了 政治中心／徐詩詠報導過去經常評論時事的網紅館長（陳之漢），昨（5）日晚間直播時，疑似因對執政者不滿，竟當場脫口，要砍掉總統賴清德的頭，讓不少網友相當傻眼。至今已有不少民眾向國安單位檢舉，認為館長言論已經違法。對此，警方認為館長言論涉嫌違反《刑法》第153條「煽惑他人犯罪」及第305條「恐嚇危害安全罪」，刑事局偵查第七大隊正蒐集相關事證，並報請新北地檢署指揮偵辦中。

Holger Chen calls for Lai Ching-te to be beheaded during a livestream

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Donations to Hualien flood relief fund top US$29.6 million - Focus Taiwan Donations to the relief fund for residents affected by floods in Hualien County have topped NT$900 million (US$29.6 million) as of Friday, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Saturday.

Good to see so many donations came in after the typhoon

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TPP accuses Premier Cho of malfeasance over budget - Focus Taiwan The Taiwan People's Party (TPP) legislative caucus said Sunday it will move to reconsider the central government's general budget on Tuesday and report Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) to the Ministry of Ju...

TPP seems to be signaling that it will continue to take a hard line on the budget

Beijing politicizing festival: academics - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Not surprising that Beijing would politicize the Mid-Autumn Festival

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Hsiao Bi-khim put out these “senior images” for the Mid-Autumn Festival

I wanted to like it, given the great premise, but it was an absolute train wreck hampered by its badly written script, exoticized view of American society, and plot requiring incredibly suspension of disbelief

Notable that there have been several protests about Taipei infrastructure against the Chiang mayoral administration in recent memory

Traditionally a highly respected profession, today’s educators face increasingly challenging labor conditions

Report of Lai planning US stopover denied - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Hmmmm

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探勘隊歷時5天抵馬太鞍溪堰塞湖區　煙塵瀰漫、壩體穩定度仍不足 | 生活 | 中央社 CNA 林業保育署花蓮分署監測資料顯示，馬太鞍溪堰塞湖潰決至今水位高程已下降118公尺，蓄水量湖體至今無明顯變化，但壩體穩定度仍不足夠，探勘人員今天下午已抵達湖區。

Team reaches the collapsed barrier lake that led to deadly floooding after a five-day hike to inspect it

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Finger pointing between both sides, but either way, this is an illustrative case in rural Taiwan

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Is China using an alleged criminal to get Paraguay to ditch Taiwan? I 101 East Documentary

Fascinating watch on an individual that manages China’s relationship with Paraguay—including efforts to convince Paraguay to switch ties from Taiwan to China—but is involved in bribery, stealing power for crypto mining, human trafficking, the works

Fala Formosa! Taiwanese expats to Brazil carve 7 decades of immigrant stories - Focus Taiwan São Paulo is not typically thought of as a hotspot for Taiwanese restaurants and Boba tea shops, much less places that attract long lines of patrons.

Interesting read. 70,000 Taiwanese in Brazil is no small diaspora

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Hualien strays find their way: Volunteer vets save flood animals - Focus Taiwan When the Matai'an Creek barrier lake in Hualien County overflowed on Sept. 23, it unleashed massive floods in the county's Guangfu Township that left devastation in their wake.

Nice feature from @focus_taiwan on rescued animals after the typhoon

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DPP lawmaker files suit against TPP chair over alleged paparazzi network - Focus Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Yi-chuan (王義川) filed a criminal complaint on Friday against Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) and six others, alleging they ...

Huang Kuo-chang and others now face a lawsuit over their alleged paparazzi team

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KMT chairmanship candidates spar over cross-strait policy - Focus Taiwan Six Kuomintang (KMT) chairmanship candidates sparred Thursday over cross-strait policy in a debate organized by TVBS and the United Daily News, offering positions from cautious dialogue under the "199...

I do like to see the KMT fight, as we see with the chair elections, ha

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Cases of Taiwanese missing in China rise - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Most Taiwanese detained in China seem to be for fraud but it is concerning either way if this is pretext for political charges or if they are held in an unaccountable manner