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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait tracking China's campaign of multi-domain coercion against Taiwan
The big news this week is former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen's visit to Europe. It's a good opportunity for Taiwan to promote counter-narratives of democracy and international cooperation
https://open.substack.com/pub/stateofthestrait/p/former-taiwan-president-tsai-ing
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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait tracking China's campaign of multi-domain coercion against Taiwan
China is continuing to block Taiwan's efforts to attend the World Health Assembly in Geneva later this month. Taiwan has been blocked from the WHA since 2017
https://open.substack.com/pub/stateofthestrait/p/taiwan-fights-for-a-voice-at-the
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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait notes the increase in espionage cases in Taiwan, many of which involve military or ex-military personnel
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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait tracking all forms of coercion used by China against Taiwan
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ASPI has launched State of the Strait, a weekly report on Substack, to track all the forms of coercion China is using against Taiwan
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/to-counter-chinas-coercion-of-taiwan-we-must-track-it-better/
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@davidonformosa Also worth noting that #ASPI themselves are facing significant budget cuts in #Australia. 🤦♂️️
For now they're probably the most well-informed organization in the world to shine light on China's global influence operations.
The Chinese regime would naturally like to see them disbanded altogether.
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Some China-related NGOs face imminent closure as a result of the freezing of USAID funds
"In many cases, these organisations provide our last window into what is actually happening in China. They do the painstaking and often personally risky work of tracking Chinese media censorship, tallying local protests, uncovering human rights violations, documenting the Uyghur genocide, and supporting what remains of civil society in China."
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New report from Human Rights Watch about the Chinese government's systematic erasure of the Tibetan language
“Language loss on the scale taking place in Tibet is not accidental – it is Chinese government policy. Unless China’s practices change, an entire generation of Tibetan children will grow up cut off from their own language, culture, and heritage.” - Maya Wang, HRW
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/04/china-harmonization-plan-erasing-tibetan-language
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RightsCon 2026 in Zambia cancelled, possibly due to Chinese party-state interference, says Human Rights Watch
An activist on the organising committee told HRW that China objected to Taiwanese participation in the conference.The cancellation of the conference highlights the influence of China in Africa.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/01/zambia-summit-on-human-rights-technology-effectively-canceled
#Zambia #China #Taiwan #RightsCon #HRW #Africa #HumanRights #台灣
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Today is the 37th birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet. He was disappeared by the Chinese party-state at the age of six. His whereabouts remain unknown
https://savetibet.org/ict-statement-on-the-panchen-lamas-37th-birthday-april-25-2026/
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A review of Lev Nachman's book Contested Taiwan. The review focuses on the Sunflower Movement and the formation of the New Power Party. It calls the book's theoretical arguments about contested state theory "padding". I thought the theory was important and that Nachman added some very Taiwan specific context to it.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/04/23/2003856078
#Taiwan #TaiwanStudies #book #NPP #台灣 #時代力量 #政治 #sovereignty
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The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China's campaign is essential to combat China's efforts to assert a claim over Taiwan by deliberately misinterpreting UN Resolution 2758
"Globally, every democracy must join this legislative template to definitively reject China’s egregious distortion of UN Resolution 2758."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/11/29/2003848009
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The full text of Hsiao Bi-khim's speech to IPAC at the European Parliament
"Europe has defended freedom under fire. Taiwan has built democracy under pressure. These different histories lead to a shared commitment: in peace, dignity, and resilience."
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Some pretty fair criticism of the DPP by @donovan_smith
"Today’s DPP is culturally stifling, with rigid message discipline and almost zero tolerance for internal dissent. It is an opaque party, with infighting taking place behind closed doors and dominated by shadowy factions."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/04/23/2003856077
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Some pretty fair criticism of the DPP by @donovan_smith
"Today’s DPP is culturally stifling, with rigid message discipline and almost zero tolerance for internal dissent. It is an opaque party, with infighting taking place behind closed doors and dominated by shadowy factions."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/04/23/2003856077
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Some pretty fair criticism of the DPP by @donovan_smith
"Today’s DPP is culturally stifling, with rigid message discipline and almost zero tolerance for internal dissent. It is an opaque party, with infighting taking place behind closed doors and dominated by shadowy factions."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/04/23/2003856077
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Some pretty fair criticism of the DPP by @donovan_smith
"Today’s DPP is culturally stifling, with rigid message discipline and almost zero tolerance for internal dissent. It is an opaque party, with infighting taking place behind closed doors and dominated by shadowy factions."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/04/23/2003856077
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Taiwan does not need a Dictator Memorial Hall 台灣不需要獨裁者紀念堂
519 Action Group and 58 civil society organizations protested at CKS Memorial Hall in Taipei yesterday
They called for the closure of the hall and removal of the CKS statue. They also called for the removal of authoritarian symbols from across Taiwan and the democratization of public spaces
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/Taipei/breakingnews/5394115
#Taiwan #Taipei #HumanRights #TransitionalJustice #台灣 #政治 #台灣不需要獨裁者紀念堂
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On the anniversary of the 228 Massacre, the Taiwan Youth Association for Transitional Justice has called for the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to be renamed and repurposed
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/03/01/2003853068
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Taiwan should build a new Legislative Yuan (parliament) on the site of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, not the Grand Hotel which is proposed by the Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu, argues Huang Wei-ping
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2026/02/28/2003853008
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Civil society groups in Taiwan held a march on 79th anniversary of the 228 Massacre
"The 228 Incident was a series of ruthless crackdowns on protesters in the weeks and months following the brutal beating of a tobacco vendor in Taipei by government agents on Feb. 27, 1947, starting what came to be known as the White Terror. Estimates place the resulting death toll as high as 28,000."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/02/28/2003853025
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In the 1960s Japan and the ROC government had a secret deal to deport Taiwanese independence activists to Taiwan. Activists in Japan fighting against these deportations went on to found Amnesty International Japan in 1970
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/02/08/2003831523
#Taiwan #Japan #history #TransitionalJustice #AmnestyInternational #台灣 #轉型正義
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A delegation representing Taiwan’s Millet Ark Initiative (小米方舟) participated in the Second Global Summit on Indigenous Peacebuilding in New York
"Despite Taiwan being excluded from many formal international institutions due to geopolitical pressure, Indigenous communities from Taiwan continue to engage in global forums and dialogues in innovative ways."
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Two books about Taiwan, written three decades apart, reveal shifts in academic and journalistic discourse
"Reading these two books side by side offers more than a comparison of two authors or two historical moments. It reveals a deeper transformation in how Taiwan itself has changed, and how it is understood, narrated, and situated within global knowledge."
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Misinformation has become pervasive in Taiwan's information environment. A survey by NTU found that there was a high level of awareness of misinformation and its impacts on society
Over 90% of respondents supported government legislation to regulate misinformation. 76% believed that technology companies should take a more active role in limiting its spread
#Taiwan #FactCheck #disinformation #SocialMedia #tech #台灣 #事實查核
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The Melbourne Taiwan Film Festival will be held on 21-23 May 2026 at ACMI
https://australasia-taiwan.org/melbourne-taiwan-film-festiva/2026-melbourne-taiwan-film-festival/
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Jenna Lynn Cody's review of 'Rebel Island', a history of Taiwan by Jonathan Clements. She writes that it is an engaging read on Taiwan's early history, but contains numerous errors about more recent events
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Taiwan's President Lai Ching-teh has travelled to Eswatini. His arrival in the African country comes just ten days after a planned trip was cancelled as a result of the Chinese party-state pressuring countries en route to deny permission for overflight.
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Scooter Trip to Wutai 霧臺 - a nice day trip from Kaohsiung or Pingtung
https://formosajmac.com/2026/04/21/a-weekend-adventure-scooter-trip-to-wutai-%e9%9c%a7%e8%87%ba/
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Amnesty International's annual report, The State of the World’s Human Rights, has just been released.
It raised concerns about several issues in Taiwan including continued use of the death penalty, lack of protections for asylum seekers and problems with the Constitutional Court.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol10/0320/2026/en/
#HumanRights #AmnestyInternational #Taiwan #DeathPenalty #台灣 #人權