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Shock and awe, indeed

on a donc notre mot à dire

Mirror TV faces fines over rumored Chen Shui-bian politics show: NCC - Focus Taiwan The National Communications Commission (NCC) said Monday it will fine Mirror TV if the station hosts a political talk show by former President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), following reports it intends to do ...

Far be it from me to wish Mirror TV would blatantly break the rules, but it would be quite ironic if the first major consequence of the KMT & TPP blocking nominations at the NCC were the airing of a show featuring Chen Shui-bian.

Taiwan extends penalty range for damaging subsea cables, pipelines - Focus Taiwan Taiwan's Legislature on Tuesday approved amendments to several laws that will include penalties for damaging undersea power cables, natural gas pipelines or water pipelines and allow for equipment use...

Taiwanese legislature adopts extended penalty range for damaging subsea cables and pipelines – Focus Taiwan

Chinese Side Did Not Respond to Hotline Regarding Radar Directed at Japan ASDF Jets, Japanese Govt Sources Say <p>Chinese defense authorities did not respond when the Japanese side attempted to make contact using a dedicated hotline regarding Chinese military aircraft directing radar at Japanese Air Self-Defen...

Chinese side did not respond to hotline regarding radar directed at Japan ASDF jets, Japanese government sources say – The Yomiuri Shimbun: ‘Chinese military aircraft, launched from the Liaoning, directed radar at ASDF jets twice that were conducting airspace intrusion countermeasures’

💙 Happy birthday to the European flag!

Adopted 70 years ago by the Council of Europe, it became the #EU emblem in 1985.

12 stars. Blue sky. A circle of unity. A symbol for the whole of Europe and shared values.

Learn more: go.coe.int/HmDIt

ASML supplied product to military research institute in China Nieuwsuur discovered that ASML supplied components for chip machines to Chinese military and quantum institutes. Experts warn that this technology could be crucial for military applications.

Last year, ASML sold an essential chip machine part to a military research institute of CETC, one of China's key defence companies. A Chinese quantum institute was also a customer.

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Tweet de Musk (21,4 M vues) The European Union is not DEMOcracy - rule of the people - but rather BUREAUcracy - rule of the unelected bureaucrat!

QRT de French response (183 k vues) We know your definition of democracy is different. But every country doesn't have to give MASSIVE subs to some companies to offer their owners a so-called legitimacy, including to denounce budget deficits they created themselves, to be a democracy.

Les équipes du MEAE se font plaisir. Cocorico 🇫🇷
Mais il faut garder à l'esprit que le jeu est pipé par le tenancier, maître des algorithmes, qui seul décide ce que les utilisateurs voient.

En direct : la Lituanie déclare l'état d'urgence à cause de ballons de contrebande biélorusses La Lituanie a déclaré mardi 9 décembre 2025 l'état d'urgence après la détection de ballons de contrebande en provenance de Biélorussie. Côté diplomatique, au lendemain des discussions entre Volodymyr Zelensky et ses alliés européens, l'Ukraine doit présenter mardi aux États-Unis une version révisée du plan de paix de Donald Trump visant à mettre fin à la guerre menée par la Russie. Suivez notre direct.

En direct : la Lituanie déclare l'état d'urgence à cause de ballons de contrebande biélorusses

La question suppose donc qu'il y en ait au moins deux.

As peace talks are ongoing, the EU remains ironclad in its support for Ukraine.
Our financing proposals are on the table.
The goal is a strong Ukraine, on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.
We reaffirmed to President Zelenskyy that the EU remains steadfast and committed to its principles.

Dominique de Villepin : ses multiples activités en Chine

Une enquête d'Élodie Guéguen et Géraldine Hallot, de la cellule investigation de Radio France. ➡️ https://l.franceinter.fr/Uje

Interview by Patrick Healy With Joseph Kahn Patrick Healy is the assistant managing editor for standards and trust at The Times. He was previously a Times Politics editor and reporter. Dec. 2, 2025 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 How does The New York Times cover the fire hose of news from the Trump administration? What journalistic principles drive that coverage? Why does The Times publish work that challenges our audience's assumptions at a time when many people want their views validated? Where do we

“My biggest fault? I’d say it’s that I work too hard and care too much” ass lede

Die Sicherheit Asiens & Europas sind eng verknüpft. Freier Warenverkehr in der Straße von Taiwan ist wichtig für den Wohlstand in Europa & weltweit, eine Eskalation dort beträfe uns auch. Eine Veränderung des Status Quo darf nur gewaltfrei & einvernehmlich sein. @aussenminister.diplo.de

Bonjour M. le Ministre @jnbarrot.bsky.social, combien de temps devra-t-on encore attendre avant que la diplomatie française se décide à communiquer sur @bsky.app, comme la plupart de ses homologues européens?

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PS: as a general manner, I share many posts, including some I do not agree with 100% but that i find interesting.

As for Zhang Zhan, the comment is by RSF. I shared RSF's post because I believe she should not be in jail for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. I am not expressing a personal view on her journalistic credentials, I just think she should be living her life and not rotting in jail.

It is also the case that some journalists in Taiwan with opposite views on unification have also taken the "influencer" path - which I could define as not being a journalist talking about a cause but becoming the public face of that cause. I would also call them "influencers" for that matter.

For me, this is not what journalists do.
She may/might still do journalistic work on other topics, so I don't intend to deny her that "status", but she has become an influencer when it comes to unification.

She has for several months now been appearing in podcasts, youtube programs, etc. hosted by pro-unification forces in Taiwan, in China or in the Chinese diaspora.
She is even celebrated as a good catch by famous pro-unification influencers (see here for instance - on X - : x.com/NiSiv4/statu...).

(of course, sharing her views exposes her to criticism or push back, which is a normal rule of public debate in a democracy). But I go further, calling her an "influencer" and I stand by this qualification. She is not only a journalist expressing personal views but has taken on a influencer carreer.

I think journalists can express their opinions though (as long as it is clearly labelled as an opinion), as we all have this right in a democracy. So I am not blaming A.O. for sharing her views on unification. Many journalists in Taiwan (pro or against that perspective) have done so before her.

My view: one is a journalist when one is reporting news in an independent way (I, for one, am not a journalist: while I am using journalistic techniques, my work is on the communications side). Many journalists refrain from sharing their opinions in order to maintain the appearance of independence.

I've given the NYT military innovation piece a read.

If China were to invade Taiwan, "our adversaries" would use the same "expensive, vulnerable weapons:" aircraft carriers, fighters, amphibious warfare ships, and armored vehicles.

#CalendrierDeLAvent 9 décembre

Ce florilège de poèmes "témoigne des angoisses et des espoirs de la société taïwanaise qui émerge à peine d’une rude période de répression politique."

"De la neige dans un bol en argent", de Lin Yao-teh (林燿德), trad. @ggaffric.bsky.social, Editions Circé, 2025.

Thank you for your reporting, always so clear.

The EU has quietly renewed its sanctions on four Chinese officials and one organisation for their role in human rights violations in Xinjiang - procedural move, done last week without fanfare along with other sanctions rollovers - via @engineroglu_fw

On peut quand même se demander si c'est bien le rôle des journalistes que de se faire les porte-parole de la diplomatie chinoise pour espérer faire trébucher un ministre japonais... mais bon...

Chinese aircraft locking radar on to Japanese fighter jets, and now China is accusing Japan of threatening them.

Wish western press would accurately describe the situation instead of just parroting Chinese propaganda