📣 CATS is India's first research initiative dedicated to the study of contemporary Taiwan & China. Our endeavour is to bring to the people information on the developments in Taiwan 🇹🇼& China 🇨🇳

7⃣ Book World Prague is the largest literary event in the 🇨🇿 Republic, featuring over 400 exhibitors & participants from more than 30 countries. The fair also presents a freedom of expression award and includes a dedicated section focused on free speech.

6⃣Auer said 🇨🇳 contacted 🇨🇿 Ministry of Culture to request his replacement as fair director with someone more favorable to🇨🇳. The ministry responded that it does not intervene in privately organized events.

5⃣ Auer noted that 🇨🇳's officials objected to the printed fair catalog, which mentioned cooperation with 🇹🇼’s Ministry of Culture. They requested that it be withdrawn from distribution, which the organizers declined.

4⃣ 🇨🇳's representatives have routinely asked organizers to refer to 🇹🇼 as a “region” rather than a “country” in fair materials.

3️⃣ This year marks the return of 🇨🇳's publishers to the fair for the first time in four years. Their previous absence followed the participation of several 🇨🇳's dissident writers living in exile.

2⃣ Mi:Lu Publishing, which specializes in translating & promoting 🇹🇼 literature, is participating in the event for the fourth time. The booth features 🇹🇼’s national flag, which drew objections from the 🇨🇳's delegation.

1️⃣ 🇨🇳's representatives have requested the removal of 🇹🇼’s national flag from a booth operated by Czech🇨🇿 publisher Mi:Lu Publishing at the Book World Prague international book fair, according to fair director Radovan Auer. https://t.co/bclsybXaZP

🚨 #China 🇨🇳 requests removal of Taiwan🇹🇼 flag at Book World Prague 🧵 follows:

6⃣ Last month, 🇨🇳 held war games code-named "Strait Thunder-2025A" around 🇹🇼, the "A" at its end suggesting there could be more to come.

5⃣ 🇨🇳's Defence Ministry & 🇹🇼 Affairs Office said this week that Lai was a "Taiwan Strait crisis maker" who had increased antagonism and confrontation and undermined peace and stability.

4⃣ Lai visited army engineers & anti-submarine helicopter crews at bases in the southern city of Kaohsiung to thank them for their efforts before the traditional #Dragon Boat festival at the end of the month.

3️⃣ 🇨🇳 calls Lai a "separatist" and has rebuffed his multiple offers for talks. Lai rejects 🇨🇳's sovereignty claims over the democratic and entirely separately governed island, saying only 🇹🇼's people can decide their future.

2⃣ Govt spokesperson said that 🇹🇼 cannot rule out that 🇨🇳 will hold more military drills to "stir up trouble" around Tuesday's one-year anniversary of Lai taking office.

1️⃣ 🇹🇼President Lai Ching-te offered his support & encouragement to the armed forces on Friday ahead of what the government has warned could be a new round of 🇨🇳's military exercises near the island from as early as next week. https://t.co/ryt6tB2XGY

🚨 #Taiwan🇹🇼 President rallies the troops ahead of possible Chinese🇨🇳 drills 🧵 follows:

Authored by Howard Wang and published in 2025, the report analyzes the structure and function of this specialized language used within the CCP’s bureaucracy. The report is available for free download from the RAND website. ( https://t.co/cNGL4xSOjz)

4️⃣ Implications: Understanding Tifa is critical for analyzing CCP governance, as it reveals how the party maintains coherence and authority in its policymaking.

3️⃣ Political Discourse: The report explores how Tifa shapes internal debates and decisionmaking processes, reinforcing party discipline and limiting dissent.

2️⃣ Policy Implementation: Tifa ensures alignment across the CCP’s vast organizational structure by embedding ideological and operational guidance in official discourse.

1️⃣ Coded Communication (Tifa): The CCP employs Tifa, a system of carefully crafted phrases and terms, to convey policy directives to its implementing bureaucracy while maintaining control over interpretation and execution.