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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-02-01 at 21:17

UN experts have called on Thailand to immediately repeal its lésé majesté law

“Under international law individuals have the right to criticise public officials, including a King, and to advocate peacefully for the reform of any public institution, including the monarchy,” the experts said

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/01/thailand-must-immediately-repeal-lese-majeste-laws-say-un-experts

[#]Thailand #HumanRights #UnitedNations #LeseMajeste

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-27 at 11:30

K-pop fans have been part of the Bluebird Movement protests in Taiwan. Fans identify not just with their idols, but also with the political environment in which they exist

A slogan at one of the protests said, "Democracy must be upheld so that star-chasing can be an everyday practice", arguing that democracy is what gives everyone the freedom to like and show support for their favourite artists

https://taiwaninsight.org/2025/01/27/winter-bluebirds-k-pop-in-the-social-movement/

[#]Taiwan #BluebirdMovement #protest #activism #Democracy #台灣 #青鳥行動 #Kpop

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-26 at 23:54

📎 More details of Taiwan's budget cuts on @newbloommag

https://newbloommag.net/2025/01/24/kmt-budget-cuts-overview/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-26 at 23:07

⬆️ "some of the most harmful cuts include 70% of the executive’s operating budget, a 3% cut to defense at the same time that the international community is calling for Taiwan to increase its defense spending, and a 50% freeze on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at a time of unprecedented exposure of Taiwan’s international standing. They’ve frozen funding for Taiwan’s construction of submarines, severely cut funding for detection of earthquakes, cut subsidies for public housing..."

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-26 at 23:06

A Broad and Ample Road on Taiwan's constitutional crisis and the impact of budget cuts imposed by KMT and TPP legislators. These cuts amount to an attack on Taiwanese culture and international participation

https://open.substack.com/pub/ampleroad/p/like-the-fungus-living-on-the-remains

[#]Taiwan #KMT #TPP #台灣 #國民黨 #民衆黨

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-24 at 22:10

🎶 The top 20 songs of 2024 on StreetVoice give an idea of what's cool in Taiwan's indie music world

https://streetvoice.com/pages/saa/award.html

[#]Taiwan #TWmusic #Taiwanderful #music #台灣 #獨立音樂

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-24 at 11:29

Guomao Community (果貿社區) is Kaohsiung's "Little Hong Kong"

https://formosajmac.com/2025/01/23/explore-guomao-community-kaohsiungs-little-hong-kong/

[#]Taiwan #Taiwanderful #Kaohsiung #台灣 #高雄

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-24 at 01:32

Fighting Fascism in Italy - an important history lesson

"Throughout history, ordinary people have risen to extraordinary challenges, finding ways to resist oppressive regimes. The Italian Resistance against Mussolini’s fascist regime offers powerful lessons in courage, strategy, and solidarity."

https://smashingpatriarchy.substack.com/p/fighting-fascism

[#]Fascism #antifa #politics #activism #History

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-23 at 22:20

Australia's department of foreign affairs issued a statement clarifying its one-China policy in response to an op-ed by the Chinese ambassador which contained misleading claims about Taiwan

via Mark Harrison on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mhar4.bsky.social/post/3lgfue6h3tk2q

DFAT statement: https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/correcting-record/statement-australias-one-china-policy

[#]China #Taiwan #auspol #台灣 #中國 #FactCheck

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-23 at 22:07

Australian writer Yang Hengjun is being denied basic necessities in a Beijing prison. He lacks warm clothes and toothpaste. He is also suffering health problems

https://archive.is/F9MoN (SMH)

[#]China #auspol #HumanRights #中國 #人權

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-23 at 10:22

🏳️‍🌈👨‍❤️‍👨 Some good news. Thailand has made same-sex marriage legal as of today with the first couples registering their marriages

https://youtu.be/iWJAE3JvmtU?si=aqcpbQoZp4tPKRg0

[#]Thailand #LGBT

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-23 at 01:39

🚴‍♂️ Cycling in Taiwan 台灣的單車生活

1. Australian cyclist bikepacking around Taiwan

2. Giant bike with custom paint job seen in Kaohsiung. It had 高雄囝仔 (Kaohsiung kid) written on the top tube

3. tokyobike café in Wanhua District, Taipei

4. Taiwan's YouBike system sets the standard for bike sharing

[#]Taiwan #Taiwanderful #cycling #bikepacking #台灣 #自行車 #YouBike

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-23 at 01:22

Ben Goren on UK-Taiwan relations

"[There are] promising signs to indicate that the UK is starting to realize how important Taiwan is to UK interests."

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/01/23/2003830672

[#]Taiwan #UKpol #台灣

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-22 at 01:24

☕ Coffee in Taiwan - recommendations from my recent visit

1. coffee stopover - Taichung

2. Ruh Café No. 1 - Kaohsiung

[#]Taiwan #Taiwanderful #coffee #café #Taichung #Kaohsiung #台灣 #高雄 #台中 #咖啡

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-22 at 00:02

South Korean democracy is in crisis but so far it has proven to be resilient

"Institutions are not just abstract, impersonal constructs, divorced from the cultural and social context in which they operate. They are populated by ordinary South Koreans, imbued with their democratic culture and education, which they are proud of and very keen to defend."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/21/south-korea-democracy-president-scandal

[#]SouthKorea #Democracy #Politics

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-21 at 06:40

The US Naval College organised wargame exercise based on a 2030 cyber attack by the PLA with the aim of crippling Taiwan's vital infrastructure

The teams made recommendations for areas that Taiwan could invest in now to get ready for 2030. They also found some glaring weaknesses in Taiwan's current infrastructure that could be open to exploitation

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/20/china_taiwan_wargames/

[#]Taiwan #China #military #CyberAttack #InformationWarfare #台灣 #中國

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-21 at 01:35

Badiucao's cartoon on Trump's inauguration

Note how some have referred to Musk's arm raising as an "awkward gesture" while others have called it what it is, a Nazi/fascist salute.

[#]cartoon #Trump #ElonMusk #Fascism

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-21 at 01:28

Ed Moon's Post on BlueSky about the budget cuts to Taiwanplus. The words written in Chinese are not complimentary towards Taiwan

Partial translation: "When a public media news organisation is no longer able to report basic facts, where is the freedom of the press? ...I believe the international media can now see Taiwan's true nature."

https://bsky.app/profile/emoontw.bsky.social/post/3lg7nn37z3s23

[#]Taiwan #TaiwanPlus #PressFreedom #journalism #台灣 #媒體自由

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-21 at 01:10

The latest edition of the Taiwan FactCheck Center's English newsletter

1. Chinese-language disinformation about the LA fires

2. An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers

https://mailchi.mp/tfc-taiwan/tfc-disinfo-detector-1-foreign-forgeries-an-analysis-of-disinformation-tactics-leveraging-taiwans-diplomatic-events-10337015?e=69ca13f63e

[#]China #Taiwan #台灣 #SocialMedia #FactCheck #Disinformation #LAfires #Meta

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Written by David on Formosa on 2025-01-20 at 09:54

Must read explainer on Taiwan's constitutional crisis by Kharis Templeman

"...the current confrontation is a foreseeable consequence of Taiwan's constitutional framework, which despite going through several rounds of reforms is still an awkward mash-up of presidential and parliamentary features that isn't well-designed to handle periods of divided government."

https://www.kharistempleman.com/blog/taiwan-is-on-the-verge-of-a-constitutional-crisis

[#]Taiwan #台灣 #政治 #Democracy #DPP #KMT #TPP

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