Lawyer, lecturer, political analyst. Director Assoc of Americans Resident Overseas. Fmr. chairman Republicans Abroad Asia, Taipei Jewish Center. Views=my own
Pres. Giammattei welcomes Pres. Tsai to
#Guatemala
, though there was a protocol misunderstanding and he had to grab Pres. Tsai to stop her from walking past the flags too quickly.
好像團隊沒有事先解釋給總統儀式相關程序。
@drgiammattei
@iingwen
#VisitaTaiw
ánGT 🇬🇹 🇹🇼
Smith 衆議員本來批評民進黨立委,後來原文下架了。他得罪台灣政府還是美國特定台裔團體?
#Taiwan
: Amid dispute in the Legislative Yuan over a proposed expansion of its powers, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) has removed his original press release that criticized
@DPPonline
legislators.
#Taiwan
Election: As others have pointed out, it appears Taiwan activated its national warning system for an Einstein Probe launch, which is a collaboration between the Chinese Academy of Sciences, European Space Agency and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
中國網友真的相信嗎?
A social media post in China purports to show a PRC flag raising event in Tainan, Taiwan that did not occur.
#China
#Taiwan
#Tainan
#中國 #台南 #台灣
In
#Taipei
, Republic of
#China
🇹🇼flag flies for 10 Oct 1911 Wuchang Uprising #武昌起義 anniversary (led to Xinhai Revolution #辛亥革命, Qing dynasty end).
Long celebrated as ROC National Day, the 1911 uprising had little connection to
#Taiwan
yet some call it "Taiwan National Day"
Substitute teacher in CA tweets in Mandarin she recently taught at mostly black high school and the students are idiots who'll soon have right to vote. Also tweeted 80% of kids of illegal immigrants from
#China
will grow up to be addicts, jailed or homeless.
16 June: "Chinese President Xi meets Bill Gates, calls him ‘an old friend’"
12 July: "Microsoft says Chinese hackers breached email, including U.S. government agencies"
@USAmbChina
大使沒有說清楚在二戰,美國與國民政府站在一起,他也沒提敵人是日本帝國.
@USAmbChina
omits that the US ally in World War II was the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang)-ruled Republic of China, and he omits that China and the US stood together to fight Imperial Japan.
Poll in
#Taiwan
reveals depite negatives views about
#China
, support for independence is less than half:
Independence now: 7%
Maintain status quo, move towards independence: 40.8%
Maintain status quo: 39.1%
Maintain status quo, move towards unification: 7%
Unification now: 1.8%
Although he was an acting president in 1949-50, the first former Republic of China president to appear in Mainland China since 1949 was Li Tsung-jen, who in 1965 returned to China from his exile in the US.
因為李宗仁在1965年投共從美國回大陸,
@kuomintang
不提他嗎?
Reportedly blocked in China is searches for news about actress Liliya Tong #佟丽娅 marrying Shen Haixiong #慎海雄, head of China Media Group and CCP Propaganda Department deputy minister.
China netizens will have to keep reading news about
#WangLeeHom
.
#Myanmar
pro-democracy National Unity Gov't "has issued a New Year statement in support of China’s claim of sovereignty over Taiwan"
(
#milkteaalliance
Alliance members in Taiwan, take note)
缅甸民主派"民族團結政府"發“支持一個中國”聲明。奶茶聯盟會怎麽說?
#Taiwan
: Although Bonnie Glaser writes that the US does not and is not supporting Taiwan independence, in reality, the US supports Taiwan's de-facto independence every day, though the US has yet to support Taiwan's de-jure independence.
This 👇is disinformation. The US did not "send" Congressman McCaul to Taiwan. Members of Congress decide on their own to visit Taiwan and do not seek nor require the permission of the executive branch. The US does not and is not supporting Taiwan independence.
#Taiwan
Election: Chinese Nationalist Party
@kuomintang
presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih's team tries their first English tweet since April 22nd (tweet on May 19th was deleted).
Another English error, and a reference to democratic values that seems borrowed from
@iingwen
.
英國大選:去年5月來台拿政府講師費80,000英鎊的最短命首相 #特拉斯 這次英國大選敗選!她該退款給 #台灣,對不對?
#UKElections
: Liz Truss
@trussliz
, who came here to
#Taiwan
in May '23 and was paid £80,000 for a speech, lost her seat. Maybe Taiwan should ask for a partial refund.
@Chellaney
: "sanctions against Moscow are hurting their own countries’ economies without significantly crimping the Kremlin’s war machine"
"This, in turn, is likely to encourage China to move on Taiwan"
(should
#Taiwan
oppose sanctions on
#Russia
?)
In
@TheHill
,
@DanielLDavis1
writes "As much as we would hate to see
#China
capture
#Taiwan
, nothing on that island is worth risking America’s entire national security"
美國學者: "儘管我們不希望中國占領台灣,但台灣沒什麽值得拿美國的整個國家安全去冒險"
As many have pointed out, there are no known examples of
#China
gov't spokespersons or publications referring to
#Taiwan
as a "renegade province".
Yet journalists continue to use this cliché.
@BBCNewsAsia
@tessa_wong
@yuanyi_z
"never visited"? Really?
Sun Yat-sen visited Taiwan three times (1900, 1913 and 1918), and in 1924 was on a boat that stopped at Keelung but Sun did not disembark.
謝謝 #蔣萬安 委員參加今晚 #亞太青年協會 模擬
@APEC
#台灣 晚宴!
Thank you
@kuomintang
Legislator Wayne Chiang for joining the Asia Pacific Youth Association Model APEC reception tonight in
#Taipei
.
#Taiwan
media devoting much coverage to
#Kyoto
#Tachibana
Senior High School “Orange Devils” band which will perform at Republic of China 🇹🇼National Day (not "Taiwan National Day" or "Taiwan birthday" as some call it) events tomorrow here in Taipei
#京都橘高等学校吹奏楽部 #雙十節
#HongKong
: Politicians and political parties in
#Taiwan
continue to say they "stand with Hong Kong", though there is lots of reporting about the frustrations Hong Kong people have encountered in trying to relocate here such as this
@VOAChinese
article:
難怪跟其他亞洲國家比,#台灣 比較難吸引到國外遊客。看看這個標誌,欠缺維護而且向遊客傳達出糟糕的訊息像是:「我們才不care這個看板有多劣質」
Sadly,
#Taiwan
has long way to go to be as tourist friendly as other Asia destinations. Poorly maintained signage is a terrible msg to tourists
Amazes me how bad scholarship about ROC history continues to be.
Scholar with impressive CV and 37k followers tweets Sun Yat-sen never visited
#Taiwan
. Sun visited in 1900, 1913 & 1918 and in 1924 was on a boat that stopped in Keelung (he didnt disembark)
@yuanyi_z
@LyleJMorris
56% "said they would approve...of US intervention"
50% "believed the US was "committed by treaty" to defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack"
"Around a third of those polled said they didn't know whether Taiwan was a military ally"
#Taiwan
#China
@Newsweek
This American usually can distinguish between Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean individuals.
I have trouble distinguishing between good and bad individuals regardless of their ethnicity.
Europeans and Americans can't distinguish between Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean individuals. No matter how much we dye our hair yellow or how sharp we make our noses, we can't become Westerners. We should always remember our roots. Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi emphasized
#Taiwan
finally relaxes its indoor
#maskmandate
from 20-Feb:
1) Req'd 指定場所: Medical facilities, public transport (can remove for eating, photos)
2) Recommended特殊情境: Illness symptoms, seniors, crowds
3) Other indoor settings 其餘室內場所: Up to you
#COVID19
@Taiwan_CDC
@PaulHuangReport
@MoNDefense
Group photo with the commemorative coin at the end of the training; is this a serious effort to provide training to women with previous military experience, or, only a public relations exercise?