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Reporter @WSJ , covering Taiwan and beyond. Former Hong Kong transplant via @mujschool . Also on the drums. 中文推特 👉🏻 @wangjoyu
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The Taiwanese internet is going "pink" today––an unofficial campaign to break gender stereotypes––following a tale about a boy who refused to wear a pink mask to school for fear of being bullied
#ColorHasNoGender
#顏色沒有性別
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This evening in Taipei, 300+ people wearing in black & chanting words—which are now banned in Hong Kong—turned out for a human-chain rally in solidarity with the city, marking one year after a key protest day that ended with cops beating people inside subway trains
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Yes, we voted.
#TaiwanElection
This guy, a first-time voter, took the first flight of today flying in from Hong Kong. He said his plane was full of Taiwanese people on board.
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As of 9:15 am Sunday, the line waiting to vote outside a polling station in Fortress Hill has stretched for more than 300 meters. It’s so long that I couldn’t even capture the whole queue in this time-lapse video.
#HongKong
#HongKongElection
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Happening now in Taipei: a few hundred protesters are gathering outside Taiwan’s legislative buildings after brawls erupted at the legislature on Friday over controversial bills
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OK. Here's a second batch: Note that it's not only government agencies but brands, NGOs and cultural groups are also supporting the cause in this "pink wave" across Taiwan
#ColorHasNoGender
#顏色沒有性別
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In one of Hong Kong's most Pro-China neighborhoods––North Point––a 22-year-old fresh college graduate just unseated a 69-year-old incumbent council member, who was first elected when the young man was two years old.
w/
@xinwenfan
#HKDCElection
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Taiwan has 14 submarine cables that connect the island to the rest of the world. Here's a
@WSJ
video explainer by
@adam_b_adada
on how Taiwan’s internet is under threat amid tensions with China, and what Taipei is doing to beef up and defend it.
Watch:
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Taiwan’s Vice President
@ChingteLai
, a leading candidate in the 2024 race, marched in the Taipei Pride Parade on Saturday. Accompanied by his
@DPPonline
comrades, Lai has became the highest ranking Taiwanese official to be part of Asia’s largest LGBT gathering.
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#TaiwanProtests
: It's 8:45 PM, and organizers say 80,000+ have shown up for a rally outside Taiwan's legislative buildings. They're protesting against a few opposition-backed bills. The crowd is expected to keep growing as the night goes on.
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You thought “Squid Game” costumes are going to take over Halloween this year. Meanwhile, in Taiwan:
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A mini photo exhibition displaying images of Hong Kong protests at this independent bookstore in Taipei
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🇹🇼🗳 Hot off the press from
@MOFA_Taiwan
: Taiwan's de facto U.S. ambassador Hsiao
@bikhim
officially resigned from her post. Her formal resignation comes as Taiwan's presidential frontrunner
@ChingteLai
is expected to announce his running mate today at 3pm
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Taiwan's military, inspired by Ukraine's willingness to fight, has expanded its reserve training program this year to include female veterans.
This week, about a dozen women reservists joined a five-day refresher training for the first time, brushing up on their combat skills.
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House
@SpeakerPelosi
waved to reporters at Taiwan’s legislature after her meeting with bipartisan lawmakers earlier this morning.
@WSJ
is here. Follow our live coverage of her second day of visit in Taiwan:
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At one of the world’s busiest airports, these guys have taken the concept of
#LennonWall
to the next level. Also featuring here: a mini version of a living protest art installation (!)
#HongKong
#antiELAB
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“This is the first time in history that there’s no one keeping their seat without competition. That’s democracy,” said Benny Tai, the law professor who inspired the 2014 Umbrella Movement.
Voters in Hong Kong will head to the polls tmr: by
@natashakhanhk
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Took this photo in 2011 as a summer intern, without knowing she’d become the president, or that I’d end up covering Taiwan as a journalist years later.
Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s first female president, is stepping down after eight years in office, with her deputy taking over tmrw.
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🇹🇼🗳️
#TaiwanElection
: A full house of press here at
@ChingteLai
’s press conference, where he officially names Hsiao
@bikhim
, Taiwan’s former U.S. envoy, as his running mate
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A film screening in Hong Kong about Taiwan legalizing same-sex marriage, titled "Taiwan Equals Love," got cancelled because "the Film Censorship Authority did not authorise the screening of the full documentary," says local art house cinema Broadway Cinematheque.
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"He is the bravest type." 18-year-old Tsang Chi-kin, the first protester to be shot with a live round by Hong Kong police, is “never afraid to speak his mind and would put his words into action,” his cousin told me.
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"Why do you compare China with the Nazis?" I asked Mr. Lee, who said he has started doing political graffiti since 2012.
He gave me a confused look.
"Or, what does
#CHINAZI
mean?" I tried again.
"Chi-Na-Zi," he said. "That's 痴那線 in Cantonese––meaning outrageous."
Me:🤯
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Taiwan President Tsai
@iingwen
arrives at boarding gate, embarking on her 10-day trip to Central America, with stops in New York and Los Angeles.
@charleshutzler
and I look at the increasingly fraught U.S.-China relations as Ms. Tsai’s plane takes off:
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China and Taiwan have stuck with zero-Covid policies for similar reasons. Now, as both contend with Omicron outbreaks, the divergence between their approaches to the virus is expanding rapidly. Our latest on the varying 🇹🇼 vs. 🇨🇳 strategies:
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🧵Happening in Taiwan 🇹🇼
This morning at the legislature, the KMT speaker tried to start a session while DPP lawmakers opposed several controversial bills.
"The new president was sworn in yesterday,"
@hankuoyutw
said. "if there's another clash, how are we going to explain it?"
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The 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolting Taitung "affected all of Taiwan," President Tsai
@iingwen
said in her latest remark on the big quake. She also warned of more aftershocks, asking people to remain vigilant as the government has set up a disaster-response center
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In a response to the severing of Honduras ties, Taiwan President Tsai
@iingwen
in her latest video address: "We won't play the pointless diplomatic money game with China"
Read more on
@WSJ
: w/
@selina_cheng
Honduras has established diplomatic relations with China and formally cut ties with Taiwan, leaving Taiwan with just 13 diplomatic partners, mostly small states in Central America and the Pacific
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With the legislative meeting for the controversial bills postponed to next week because it’s past midnight, DPP lawmakers came out to rally their supporters, chanting “Team Taiwan, Team Democracy.”
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“I am even more convinced that China can’t be trusted after seeing what happened in Hong Kong.” A march in Taipei drew what organizers said were 100,000 people into the streets in solidarity with Hong Kong, which has endured 17 weeks of unrest.
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Breaking: Taiwan's CDC says the U.K.-Aussie couple who complained to the BBC about its quarantine facility––and the quality of (Taiwanese) food––won't get govt subsidies during their 14-day isolation b/c their "false statements hurt Taiwan's image"
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It's been almost a month now. Residents of Taiwan’s Matsu archipelago suffered a prolonged outage since two Chinese ships cut off undersea cables. So I went there and talked to dozens of them. Here's what they got to say:
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A shutdown of Hong Kong's
@appledaily_hk
would mark the biggest blow to press freedom in the city since Beijing imposed a national-security law last year to crush dissent there.
@yuenok
reports.
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In Hong Kong, teachers are "in fear and trembling,” as Beijing moves to stamp out dissent.
@Lucy_Craymer
and I take an in-depth look at how teachers are on the new frontline of China’s crackdown on Hong Kong under the sweeping national-security law:
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“Are you really buying your drinks? You know yourself best,” said a Hong Kong police officer after his colleagues used pepper spray to some shoppers waiting in long lines to get their bubble tea in Causeway Bay. (There are a few protester-friendly shops on the same street.)
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.
@WSJ
exclusive: Three of five Hong Kong protesters who fled to Taiwan last year currently live in New York and Washington, D.C. Here's the account of the only group confirmed to have journeyed to freedom by speedboat: w/
@Chao_Deng
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Hong Kong protesters to Taiwan voters: “One country two systems”—we are only going to show you once.
#HongKongProtests
#TaiwanElection
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Meet the Narwhal, Taiwan’s first homemade submarine—a sleek new weapon that could alter China’s thinking about an invasion if Taipei can afford enough of them.
On the ground in Kaohsiung, with analysis from
@brentdsadler
,
@CollinSLKoh
,
@tshugart3
& more:
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BREAKING: President
@iingwen
has broken the record in Taiwan’s history set by former President Ma in 2008 by winning more than 7.7 millions votes as of 8:30 pm
#TaiwanElection
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#TaiwanProtests
Update: Rally organizers say the turnout for Friday’s protests in Taipei has already exceeded 100,000, as of 9 PM
🇹🇼
#TaiwanProtests
: It's 8:45 PM, and organizers say 80,000+ have shown up for a rally outside Taiwan's legislative buildings. They're protesting against a few opposition-backed bills. The crowd is expected to keep growing as the night goes on.
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In Taiwan, some sort of "zero-virus" economy is kicking in as the country didn't report new coronavirus cases in the past 3 days:
Companies are giving out freebies, from bubble tea to one-month trial of streaming music & even a free hotel stay, to celebrate a "zero-virus" day.
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In Taiwan––and in the time of a pandemic––even a psychic medium needs to have his temperature taken before carrying on a pilgrimage
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Explore this modern villa in Bali, asking for $2 million.
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How would you like to own a 34-acre winery with ocean views in New Zealand?
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http://t.co/yY3fAYwX3d
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“Go, Hong Kong!” Holding a bottle of
#Pocari
, 100+ people turned out for a run last night as they checked in at various Lennon walls across
#HongKong
island.
#LennonWall
#LennonWallRun
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Among Monday’s human chain in Taipei supporting Hong Kong was veteran director Wang Shau-di, pictured here.
“If you sit back and watch the pain of others, this pain will come to you one day,” the Taiwanese filmmaker said.
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This 100-acre country home in Australia will cost you $4.2 million. Peek inside.
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This Victorian-style home in Australia with views of the Sydney skyline wil cost you $9.7M.
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In 2014,
#UmbrellaMovement
protesters occupied
#HongKong
's streets for 79 days to demand greater democracy. Today, we’re exactly 79 days into the city's summer of unrest, and the
#antiELAB
protests show no signs of dying down.
📸 Harcourt Road, Admiralty: 2014 vs 2019
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LATEST: Nancy Pelosi is planning to visit Taiwan, with meetings scheduled with government officials there, a person familiar told
@WSJ
.
"She's definitely coming...The only variable is whether she spends the night in Taipei."
w/
@xinwenfan
@lizalinwsj
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Taiwan’s trade with the U.S. is expanding as Taipei and Washington move to strengthen their trading ties formally over the objections of Beijing by
@JoshZumbrun
&
@StephanieAYang
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This New Zealand home incorporates a nautical theme and has sweeping ocean views. Peek inside:
http://t.co/CGT62mehTk
http://t.co/IV2IIfWpyi
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Meanwhile in Taiwan, the Michelin Guide unveiled its debut selection of “Bib Gourmand” designated restaurants in Tainan, aka the Taiwanese capital of (street) food 👀
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On the market for $6.5M, this villa in Bali sits on 2 acres and has a black-sand beachfront.
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Once again, the legislative meeting on those controversial bills got postponed because it’s now past midnight. DPP lawmakers, shown here, came out to rally supporters, urging them to come back on Friday for when the meeting is set to resume.
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It's a wrap: Taiwan concludes its annual military exercises today.
@adam_b_adada
and I were running around this week to cover the drills, which were larger, louder and more coordinated than ever before. This drives home a clear message: War could happen.
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Taiwan has been gobbling up 🍍 as an act of patriotism since China banned imports of their 🍍 this month.
Now, the question is whether there’s such a thing as too much of a good fruit.
Our deep dive into Taiwan’s 🍍 madness: w/
@Chao_Deng
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3+ years ago when Taiwan became the first in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage, some transnational couples were excluded.
Today, Taiwan’s interior ministry grants all LGBT people the right to marry—except for those whose partners are Chinese nationals.
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#TaiwanProtests
: Rally outside Taiwan’s legislature continues, with organizers saying some 12,000 as of 6 PM braved the rain to protest against several opposition-backed bills. One of the bills, which gives the legislative body more power, was just passed into law this afternoon
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This $14.2 million penthouse apartment in Melbourne has stunning views of the bay and city.
http://t.co/ZBZg5iWGWz
http://t.co/VcmlYYSS55
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Nymphia Wind, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, appeared at the rally protesting KMT-backed bills.
“In the U.S., it's so vast you might not feel politics affect you,"
@66wind99
said. While in Taiwan, “politics really surrounds you.”
“We’re here to defend what matters to us.”
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Behind the scenes of today’s protest in Central, where a road block was set up with bricks on the ground, a woman was tackled by a masked man after she tried opening the road back up by kicking bricks to the sidewalk. Once she left, the bricks were placed back on the road again.
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In New Zealand, this home with sea views is hidden away in a serene fishing & yachting locale.
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http://t.co/JYQVl67i3D
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Take a look inside this luxury villa in Bali.
http://t.co/Hf2ufVE1z1
http://t.co/QIGWVHBTTK
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Good morning from Taiwan. The
#Hankuang
drills are kicking off today, focusing on a Chinese invasion scenario. Here, in Bali, northwest of Taipei and facing China, reservists are gearing up for an anti-landing exercise by transporting materials to build beach barriers.
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Taiwan's president
@iingwen
is set to land in LA ahead of a
@SpeakerMcCarthy
meeting––one that will test China's and U.S.'s ability to manage tensions
Here's how we get to the most pivotal moment of her visit: w/
@charleshutzler
+ quotes from
@lnachman32
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Taiwan’s ruling party claimed a decisive victory in a closely watched referendum, in a setback for Beijing that removes a key obstacle to a U.S. trade deal with the island democracy.
With quotes from
@BonnieGlaser
,
@wentisung
,
@jessicadrun
&
@FangYu_80168
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As president, Lee Teng-hui dismantled the authoritarian regime that
@kuomintang
imposed on Taiwan after WWII. He put in place reforms to allow Taiwanese to directly elect their leaders, paving the way to a vibrant multiparty democracy.
@ByChunHan
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“Speaking our mother tongue is a way for our generation to resist oppression and authoritarianism.”
While so many languages are dying out in the world, a movement to revive local languages in Taiwan is getting help from an unexpected source: China
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This cliff-side home in Australia with sea views is built around massive sandstone boulders.
http://t.co/GqA67OiShr
http://t.co/iQTCNCn8oW
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Overheard in the crowd: “Why are we still singing this song ten years later?"
The protest crowd has grown a lot in the past hour. DPP lawmakers have also been out to talk to the protesters and singing the anthem from the 2014 Sunflower Movement.
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A busy Saturday in Taiwan. In a speech marking her seventh year on the job, President Tsai Ing-wen vows to maintain the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.
"Although Taiwan is surrounded by risks, it is by no means a risk creator,"
@iingwen
said. "War is not an option."
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Insurers in Taiwan thought they hit the jackpot last year by selling millions of Covid policies. Now, they are facing a flood of claims, mounting losses and a wave of anger from the public. “It’s more like a gamble than an insurance product.” Our latest:
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Despite its exclusion from the WHO, Taiwan's success in curbing the coronavirus has reinforced confidence among many Taiwanese in standing up to what they see as China’s bullying practices against them.
via
@ByChunHan
@JChengWSJ
&
@YasufumiSaito
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#TaiwanEarthquake
: After two hours on the train and another eight hours on the road due to closures,
@nate_taplin
and I made our way to Hualien, where an M7.4 quake claimed 9 lives and injured 900+. This marks the most powerful seismic event to strike Taiwan in a quarter century.
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Two Taiwanese Olympic medalists, Kuo Hsing-chun and Yang Yung-wei, made a surprise appearance at
@GoldenMelody
— the Taiwanese equivalent of the Grammys — presenting top prizes to winners of best Mandarin album and best album of the year #金曲32
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#HongKong
#ExtraditionLaw
Protests: Two hours after the march has started—still a ton of people at the Victoria Park are waiting to go
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In “The Guardians of Sheep Village,” the wolves plan a malicious plot to take over the sheep’s village and devour them all. Hong Kong’s national-security police say this picture book and two others incited hatred against the government.
w/
@yuenok
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Taiwan’s military deployed some attack helicopters and amphibious vehicles this morning at a possible landing beach for the PLA, part of the Taiwanese preparations for this year’s Han Kuang exercise
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🇹🇼🗳️
#TaiwanElection
: This one-minute-long clip essentially captures what I witnessed at the Grand Hyatt Taipei this afternoon: Taiwan opposition's last bid for a joint presidential ticket
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Wow. Didn’t know there’s a Google Easter Egg for the ROC National Day (aka the 1911 revolution)
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Peek inside this $850,000 country home in Australia, near the Pacific coast.
http://t.co/nJAlgz2VxW
http://t.co/jRURpLjHqF
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This $10.3M waterfront apartment offers unobstructed city views of Sydney. Explore:
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http://t.co/Z8v9Rr17WE
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Peek inside this modern family home in rural Taiwan.
http://t.co/tnoLIotvGT
http://t.co/HiFSi3I4Gr
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46,000+ attended an open house at a naval base in Kaohsiung, where Taiwan's military on Saturday displayed its homemade warships, missiles and other weapons. The display was part of an effort to boost civilian-military relations in the face of a growing Chinese threat. 📸 by me:
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Take a look inside this contemporary penthouse duplex in Taipei, asking for $4.3M.
http://t.co/TtDtd3j46O
http://t.co/g9EaKfYGtI
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This 1930s Australian federation-style home on 2½ acres in New South Wales will cost you $1.2M
http://t.co/jatkMYSh2g
http://t.co/A2kSBtYzHF
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