Lana Pedisic

Austria is set for a far-right chancellor. For the EU it’s the ‘new normal’ If Herbert Kickl becomes chancellor, Vienna will join list of disruptive member states, putting EU policies in peril When Austria’s Freedom party (FPÖ) entered government 25 years ago, shock waves reverberated around Europe. Punitive measures were…

Austria is set for a far-right chancellor. For the EU it’s the ‘new normal’

Taiwan launches detention rule in light of 'gray zone' activities at sea - Focus Taiwan Taiwan's authorities said Thursday that a mechanism has been established to facilitate interdepartmental efforts to allow vessels suspected of engaging in acts of sabotage in coastal waters to be deta...

Regulations updated to deal with investigating submarine cable sabotage

China's cyber intrusions turns sinister in 2024 From targeted espionage to pre-positioning - not that they are mutually exclusive

China's cyber intrusions took a sinister turn in 2024

www.theregister.com/2024/12/31/c...

Tonight in Taipei 🌙🇹🇼

This is unequivocally my book recommendation for 2024:

China Marches West by Peter Perdue.

Excellently written and about a truly epic (but oft overlooked) period of grand Qing expansionism & those it trampled under hoof…

Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy' Lawmakers were aiming to stop three amendments that would make it more difficult for voters to oust elected officials who they see as unfit.

"If the KMT forcefully passes the amendments ... Taiwan's democratic self-checking and self-repairing mechanism will be gone, and it will also cause significant and irreversible damage to Taiwan's civil society and democratic system," the ruling party said."

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12...

Right on point.

Soup Dumplings as Soft Power Din Tai Fung has become a potent global symbol of Taiwan, at a time when the island sorely needs it.

TSMC, and DTF, I guess. Symbols of Taiwan.

Soup Dumplings as Soft Power
Din Tai Fung has become a potent global symbol of Taiwan, at a time when the island sorely needs it.
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/13/t...

Paraguay kicks out Chinese envoy for Taiwan comments | CNN Paraguay on Thursday kicked out a Chinese envoy for allegedly interfering in its domestic affairs and urging the South American nation to break off ties and long friendship with Taiwan. The Chinese di...

👏👏👏 Paraguay on Thursday kicked out a Chinese envoy for interfering in its domestic affairs and urging the South American nation to break off ties and long friendship with Taiwan. The Chinese diplomat was given 24 hours to leave the country.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/a...

🇵🇼 Greetings from Palau, last stop of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's Pacific tour. The region is a crucial diplomatic front for Taipei and could also play a strategic role in a potential conflict.

Our latest on why his trip matters: on.wsj.com/4gozCu7 with @austinramzy.bsky.social

Doublethink Lab and Voice of America: US Election Joint Observation Mission Final Report This report provides an overview of Chinese information operations during the US elections.

New @doublethinklab.bsky.social report from my colleagues @jasperhewitt.bsky.social and Elena Yi-Ching Ho!

In collaboration with @voanews.bsky.social, they examined into PRC information operations during the US elections and observed 315 Spamouflage accounts on X. Read the full report below.

U.S. to deploy missile units to Japan islands in Taiwan contingency The U.S. military will set up temporary bases along Japan's southwestern Nansei island chain and the Philippines to deploy missile units in the event of a Taiwan contingency, sources familiar with Jap...

US to deploy missile units to Japan islands in Taiwan contingency – Kyodo News: ‘the first joint operation plan for the United States and Japan to cope with a contingency involving Taiwan and China’