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Why would Russia be teaching China how to drop tanks and troops from a plane? A former Ukrainian intelligence officer who helped to verify 800 pages of leaked documents calls it “a critical component, which is needed for China being ready to invade Taiwan.”

YouTube video by GZERO Media Is USA winning the short game, but losing the future? | Ian Bremmer's Quick Take

the us is the world’s strongest petrostate.
it’s giving up on post-carbon energy leadership.
china thanks you.
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Check out this Taiwan rack of ribs...
www.youtube.com/shorts/k_6Oa...

Why Should We Care if America Pulls Back While China Pushes Out? | with Shannon Brandao

A great episode with Shannon Brandao, worth your time.

EU says UN resolution only switched China representation, did not mention Taiwan TAIPEI (Reuters) -The United Nations resolution that led to Beijing assuming China's seat from Taipei was about switching representation and did not mention Taiwan, the EU said, commenting on an escalating dispute over the interpretation of the key document. China says that 1971's U.N. resolution 2758, which led to Beijing taking over representing China from Taipei, gives international legal backing to its territorial claims over Taiwan, and reiterated that point in a long foreign ministry statement last week.

EU wades into kerfuffle over UN Resolution 2758, after China's new position paper caused Taipei to claim lays the groundwork for an attack

EU says "it is very short - only 150 words. And among those 150 words, the word 'Taiwan' does not appear"

Lai Urges Trump to Back Taiwan as Doubts Rise Over US Commitment Taiwan President Lai Ching-te urged Donald Trump to continue supporting Taiwan, amid mounting concerns over whether the US president could sacrifice the self-governing democracy’s interests in order to engage with Beijing.

Taiwan President Lai urges Trump to continue supporting Taiwan, amid mounting concerns over whether the US president could sacrifice the self-governing democracy’s interests in order to engage with Beijing

https://www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announcements/detail/247c09c0-3412-4bb7-9587-c1e93877bbae

https://www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announcements/detail/4d4244b4-38c7-484c-abf1-36125174f2b0

FS-8A — the first component of FORMOSAT-8, a #satellite formation comprising 8 units — departs for the US. Nicknamed Chi Bo-lin satellite (齊柏林衛星) after the late environmentalist, the observation unit built with 84% #Taiwan-made parts will be launched on SpaceX's Transporter 15 #rideshare mission.

China exiles in Thailand lose hope, fearing Beijing's long reach With tears rolling down his cheeks, detained Chinese political exile Zhou Junyi struggles to make his voice heard over dozens of families visiting Bangkok's main immigration detention centre.Chinese e...

“The Chinese political activists are concentrated in Chiang Mai in Thailand's north, where they hold lectures and publish pamphlets, but they now fear for their oasis.”

Ahead of special election, California sees shifts in party preference | California Politics 360 As of last month, nearly half of all voters are registered with the Democratic Party, while 25% are registered with the Republican Party, and 22% have no party preference.

Momentum in CA politics not in Newsom's favor:

"The latest state voter registration data show since February 10, 82,700 people have registered as No Party Preference voters, and the Republican Party has gained 48,000 voters.

In contrast, Democrats have only gained 190 voters in over 200 days."

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

Taiwan, Japan to step up joint maritime training: report - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

the second joint maritime training exercise since the nations severed formal diplomatic ties in September 1972 www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

I said what I said.

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

focustaiwan.tw/culture/2025...

In 2022, the #ChinaIndex showed 45% of measured countries had at least one of their top 5 social media apps linked to the PRC. In the latest edition, that figure has jumped to 65%.

Why does this matter? As Dr. Sriparna Pathak noted about TikTok:

Watch the full discussion: dtl.tw/ci-forum

Ukraine saw the steepest decline in PRC influence in the latest #ChinaIndex. Our regional partner, Sorin Ioniță, shares what others can learn from Ukraine’s experience.

👉 Watch the full discussion dtl.tw/ci-forum

Donald Trump approves TikTok deal through executive order Vice President JD Vance said that “there was some resistance on the Chinese side.

Vice President JD Vance said that “there was some resistance on the Chinese side.

How China controls the world New report reveals how Beijing influences Uganda and other countries in thinking and action COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Today, the number of learners attending Mandarin classes at the Confucius Inst...

Interesting piece on what the #ChinaIndex reveals about PRC influence in Uganda and beyond: subtle moves — apps, festivals, infrastructure, ‘no-lecture’ loans — quietly build exposure and alignment with Beijing’s strategic goals.

dtl.tw/arddch

ICC charges ex-Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte with crimes against humanity. He had help in that murderous so-called "drug war." Time to round up his accomplices www.bbc.com/news/article...

Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

2025 China- Indonesia Propinsi Indeks: Memahami Kaki Cina Di Provinsi Indonesia 2025 China- Provinsi Indonesia Indeks adalah edisi kedua dari studi perintis yang memetakan keberadaan Cina secara sistematis di seluruh provinsi Indonesia antara 1 Agustus 2024 - 1 Agustus 2025. Memb...

Great to see Center of Economic and Law Studies expand on the #ChinaIndex to examine the PRC’s reach across Indonesia’s provinces — highlighting how its influence goes beyond national projects and reaches deep into local economies & communities.

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A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

Editorials - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

In an article published by the Harvard Kennedy School, renowned historian of modern China Rana Mitter's description of Taiwan's history — before and after 1945 — contains significant flaws. www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...

Big sigh. Watch this.

Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting?

No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.

To cling to political relevance, lol. But it proves somewhat awkward for the KMT that Hung keeps doing this, even if the party as a whole is not exactly moderating its pro-China image at times

Trump to blacklist countries for imprisoning Americans - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

In one measure rarely taken by the US, officials said that the US Department of State could bar US citizens from visiting countries put on the blacklist. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

How Tokyo became an unexpected haven for China’s middle class An aspirational generation of Chinese arrivals are beginning to shape Japan’s demographic, social and perhaps even political destiny

“Japan is stable. It has rational politics. It has no Chinese nationalists…Everyone has a third term for Trump or a fourth term for Xi in their mind, and they don’t like it.” on.ft.com/3JO8WYW

China’s Xi, flanked by Putin and Kim, shows off ‘new generation’ weapons As Xi Jinping declared China as a nation “never intimidated by bullies,” President Trump urged him to acknowledge the United States’ support in winning World War II.

People living near Tiananmen Square were even banned from cooking on Wednesday morning — on account that any smoke could haze up the sky — and instead were given breakfast packs of hard-boiled tea eggs, bread rolls and spicy Sichuan pickles. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

YouTube video by TaiwanPlus News Using Open-Source Intelligence To Track the PLA｜TaiwanPlus News

TaiwanPlus caught up with one open-source intelligence analyst who teaches Taiwanese how to track China's military activities to see how these tools can be used to identify new military equipment.

Ghost Month celebrations in northern Taiwan as the Main Alter is lit by Keelung’s leaders. 👻