Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
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Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. BBC Asia Correspondent, based in Taipei. Previously Tokyo, Jerusalem, Moscow, Beijing.
Taipei. Taiwan.
Joined April 2011
There’s a very simple question for all the Beijing propagandists pushing this line - why are all non Chinese owned platforms banned in China? All.
This is why the U.S. is banning TikTok or anything from China. Just simple chats with average Chinese people on Xiaohongshu (RedNote) made numerous people in the U.S. aware of how toxic their system is.
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I felt the same when I went to New Zealand. 🤣🤣🤣 - I didn’t actually, it was lovely. But going to Aukland did’t make me think, “not as fancy as Sydney or Melbourne”, because it’s a different place. I’m.
Aww, I felt the same way. So many Chinese mainland friends kept telling me: “You will love Taiwan so much, it’s so nice” etc etc. I held off going for so long to keep it as something to look forward to…. I was so disappointed.
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The greatest Japanese invention most of the world still hasn't heard of. It has long struck me as odd that Japanese washlet toilets didn't sweep the world like so much other Japanese technology - and still haven't. Although slowly slowly it seems to be happening.
"The great revolution in Japan’s toilet culture came in 1980, with the release of the Washlet.".
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RT @BloombergTV: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confronted China's Xi Jinping about alleged human rights violations during a meeting a….
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RT @limlouisa: As a generation of Hong Kong’s brightest and best start a collective 45 years behind bars, HK cartoonist summed it up best.….
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RT @CollinSLKoh: In order to promote greater regional peace and prosperity Beijing can establish itself as a role model to all by decommiss….
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This isn’t happening 110km from the coast of Palawan and 950km from Sanya in Hainan.
EXCLUSIVE: China Coastguard blocks Filipino fishermen from Sabina (Escoda) Shoal @gmanews @24orasgma
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RT @CollinSLKoh: Beijing doing a Scarborough Shoal on Sabina Shoal. Which is why it's necessary to have a constant, rotational coastguard o….
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RT @CollinSLKoh: Taiwan in 'informal discussions' with Trump on potential mega arms deal, including Aegis destroyers, E-2D Hawkeye AEW&C pl….
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Taipei wants to show new administration it is serious about protecting itself against China
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RT @gideonrachman: The book display at Heathrow is unintentionally funny. Or possibly intentionally.
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RT @CollinSLKoh: "Every proposal": PRC and Russia adeptly prove themselves as anything but constructive players where it comes to internati….
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At the meeting between 26 member countries, proposals to establish new marine protected areas and revise catch limits for krill are rejected, while existing krill management measures are rolled back....
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RT @DerekJGrossman: This image was just displayed at Vietnam’s annual South China Sea conference, which I’m attending right now. 😄👏 https:/….
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A really fascinating and detailed look in to how another piece of Tokyo history (and public land) is set to disappear under yet another vast high rise office and residential development.
Opinion: Growing scrutiny over Tokyo's ties with private developer
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RT @DavidMcNeill3: NHK has finally taken a deep dive the Johnny Kitagawa scandal. Like the BBC & Jimmy Savile, this is uncomfortable territ….
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ジャニーズ事務所の創業者・故ジャニー喜多川氏。なぜ誰も彼を止められなかったのか─。ベールに包まれたその“アイドル帝国”の実像をひも解く。
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The giant slogan on the wall says:. Listen to Chairman Xi’s command.Be responsible to Chairman Xi.Let Chairman Xi rest assured. China is definitely going back to 1960s — the Culture Revolution era.
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RT @brianhioe: This is a real image released by the Chinese Coast Guard regarding China's military drills around Taiwan today, this is not….
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RT @RushDoshi: PRC Eastern Theater Command just announced exercises in the Taiwan Strait. Lai dialed back his 10/10 speech from his inaugu….
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RT @AsiaMTI: Vietnam has created 692 new acres of land in the South China Sea in the last six months. Satellite imagery reveals the growing….
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