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Playing boardgames (recent: Vantage). Writing about Taiwan every Monday and Thursday in the Taipei Times.

Taichung, Taiwan 42743
Joined August 2007
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@ReviewPacific
The Pacific Review
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In this new open access (🔓) article, Matthew D. Stephen explains how #China has used transnational policy forums to facilitate strategic social interactions and as platforms to exercise discursive influence. https://t.co/VbsFwt0pqq
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@ajphelo
Andrew J Phelan
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Why China’s Ports Empire Has the US Worried https://t.co/FHVmZu8ZS2 via @YouTube
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@SebastianBae
Sebastian Bae
1 day
The proofing copies for both "Littoral Commander: Australia" 🦘 and 2nd Edition "Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific" 🗺️ are here! I will be confirming some last details before the print run goes into high gear! None of this would have been possible without your support. 🎲 😁 💥
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@brianhioe
Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
5 hours
I actually wouldn’t be surprised if the KMT fast-tracking a bill to allow PRC nationals to hold office without giving up their original nationality leads to spontaneous protest
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@randomyoko
Yoko 🇯🇵 | ランダムヨーコ (石井陽子)
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🇯🇵🇨🇳 News: Chinese media reported on the 24th that 12 Japan–China routes, including a “Nanjing–Fukuoka” flight, had been canceled. However, the Nanjing–Fukuoka route has not operated in recent years, and the only route currently confirmed canceled at Fukuoka Airport is
@livedoornews
ライブドアニュース
9 hours
【指摘】中国メディア、架空の「南京―福岡」便欠航報道か https://t.co/Q6Nfvi6Kby 中国メディアは24日、南京-福岡を含む日中間の一部の12路線が欠航になったと報道。しかし、南京-福岡は近年は運航しておらず、福岡空港で現在欠航が決まったのは大連-福岡(春秋航空、週1便)だけだという。
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@brianhioe
Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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Honestly, if there is the fear of contingency scenarios in the next few years, it’s not likely nuclear plants would be recommissioned in time for that https://t.co/05UwTg8S7h
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focustaiwan.tw
Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) is expected to submit a plan for restarting two of Taiwan's decommissioned nuclear power plants to the Nuclear Safety Commission by March 2026, the Ministry of Economic...
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@shetlerjones
Philip Shetler-Jones
5 hours
Hostile PRC communication against Japan seems to go back to before this latest controversy over Taiwan contingencies - “Normalising disinformation: China shifts to overt operations against Japan | The Strategist”
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aspistrategist.org.au
Chinese state media and diplomatic social media accounts intensified efforts to erode Japan’s standing as an Indo-Pacific defence and security partner in 2025, research by Japan Nexus Intelligence...
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@business
Bloomberg
12 hours
China’s campaign to deprive Taiwan of diplomatic recognition risks a rare reversal this month when voters in Honduras choose their next president.
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bloomberg.com
China’s campaign to deprive Taiwan of diplomatic recognition risks a rare reversal this month when voters in Honduras choose their next president.
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@TaiwanNewsEN
Taiwan News
6 hours
Taipower will submit a reactivation plan for two nuclear power plants to the Nuclear Safety Commission in March. https://t.co/EfdGarqTH7
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@taiwanplusnews
TaiwanPlus News
8 hours
Japan is rejecting a Wall Street Journal report claiming President Trump told Prime Minister Takaichi not to provoke China over Taiwan.
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@rutasosabu
Rutaso.Japan🇯🇵🐶
1 day
It turns out this statement didn’t come from the Chinese Embassy — it came from a spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And this is what they said: “If you provoke the bottom line of the Chinese people, you will surely face a fierce counterattack from China.
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@tchau01
Thompson Chau
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NEW: The KMT is pushing a bill that will allow people from China to hold govt & public positions in Taiwan without renouncing their Chinese citizenship. The move follows a law the KMT proposed last year to fast-track naturalisation of Chinese spouses. 1/3 https://t.co/loTUygh5co
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asia.nikkei.com
Opposition says it is standing up for China-born spouses, also seeks faster naturalization
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@jojjeols
Jojje Olsson
7 hours
Nothing to see here, just the KMT trying to enact a law that would allow Chinese nationals to hold office in Taiwan, without renouncing their Chinese citizenship. This is a country that wants to annex Taiwan. Would Ukraine allow Russians to hold office?
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asia.nikkei.com
Opposition says it is standing up for China-born spouses, also seeks faster naturalization
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@rutasosabu
Rutaso.Japan🇯🇵🐶
21 hours
🚨 BREAKING The Wall Street Journal pushed a completely FALSE story claiming President Trump told Japan “not to provoke China over Taiwan.” Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara just shut it down: “There is NO such fact. ZERO.” Let’s be honest — China loves using
@Sankei_news
産経ニュース
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トランプ氏からの助言「そのような事実ない」 木原稔官房長官、米紙WSJに申し入れ https://t.co/sFYDhfnSfZ 木原稔官房長官は「トランプ氏から台湾の主権に関する問題で中国政府を挑発しないよう助言(を受けた)との記述があるが、そのような事実はない」と否定した。
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@wallstengine
Wall St Engine
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FT report that Alibaba and ByteDance are now training their newest AI models in Southeast Asian data centers to keep access to Nvidia $NVDA chips after the U.S. banned H20 sales to China in April 2025. They are leasing compute from non-Chinese operators in places like Singapore
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@TaiwanNewsEN
Taiwan News
10 hours
German firm Trumpf opens plasma power center in Taiwan https://t.co/OioXidWLim
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@Joel_P_Atkinson
Joel Atkinson
9 hours
America is relying on the South Korean shipbuilding model to revitalize American shipbuilding, but the South Korean industry relies on temporary foreign workers 🤷‍♂️
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@brianhioe
Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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This is an unusual development, controversy about China-born Xu potentially becoming a TPP legislator did not involve any allegations of wrongdoing on her part https://t.co/COtktJnKVN
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focustaiwan.tw
The New Taipei District Court has agreed to detain and hold incommunicado China-born Xu Chunying (徐春鶯), who is suspected of defrauding banks and campaigning for candidates in Taiwan elections under...
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