Austin H. Wang
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Associate professor at @UNLVPoliSci. Duke PhD. Wilson China Fellow 2021. Poli behavior and Asian politics. Father of two kids. I play with data everyday. 🇺🇸
Joined November 2012
1. Replicate a top-journal article.2. Found a huge coding error overturning all results.3. Inform the top-journal editors.4. Top-journal editors said that they do not review, consider, or publish any replication. --.What an accumulation of scientific knowledge!.
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Taiwan president @iingwen holds a Taiwan-made Kestrel anti-armor rocket this morning. Source:
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1/4 .There are two reasons for the legislative brawl in Taiwan now. The first issue is that KMT works with TPP to block all DPP's proposals from being read for the first time since the beginning of this Legislative term. All DPP's proposals were returned by the agenda committee.
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#Taiwan baseball team defeated Japan and the US and won the @Premier12 champion for the first time. TW players celebrated the winning by highlighting their chests with fingers. Why? Bc they are not allowed to put their country name "Taiwan" on it unlike all other countries.
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Pew illustrates how the world has changed its view of China in the past 20 years.
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Taiwanese citizens and foreign journalists responded differently to China's military drill. This comic is gold. By Niklas Eriksson.
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They mean it. They want the kid to know that there is no gender-specific color.
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想不到也得用中文說一次：.1)就算教會挺台獨，殺手不認識教友，不知誰有挺誰沒挺，基於想像隨機殺不特定的一群人就是仇恨犯罪，且準備充分不是衝動.2)就算對美台施政不滿，『選擇』開到較遠教堂殺退休老人，懦夫而已.3) 一群人開心舉『迅猛滅獨妖』，去人化(dehumanization)是二戰種族屠殺前期心理建設.
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To my knowledge, at least five Taiwanese commentators and politicians are gifting more than 300 bags of Taiwanese fried chicken chop for free on the street because they won/lost the bet on whether Pelosi will come or not. It's a win-win tradition and should be treasured.
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1)俄共統治烏克蘭強徵糧食1932年餓死三百萬人至今未賠.2)飢荒時買通紐時記者Walter Duranty寫稿宣傳沒飢荒被後世嘲笑是useful idiot.3)克里米亞原住民Tatars被俄共佔領後全送勞改幾乎滅族，俄人搬去住成為多數。克並不自古屬於俄.4)基輔歷史文化比莫斯科久.5)俄讓利烏不代表可以打烏，勿幫侵略者說話.
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A professor at Hokkaido University was arrested in Beijing. He received an academic invitation from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to give a talk and was then arrested in the hotel. It is believed that the academic invitation is part of the trap.
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#VivaTaiwan is trending now. It comes from a leaked #Brazil official document sent from #China, which requires all Brazil officials not to congratulate #Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen's reelection inauguration. Welcome Brazil to join the #MilkTeaAlliance.
Em carta, a embaixada da ditadura chinesa recomendou o silêncio dos parlamentares brasileiros em relação à posse da presidente de Taiwan. Uma afronta. Diz que não podemos nem felicitar a presidente. Portanto, mesmo com atraso, felicito a presidente Tsai Ing-wen pela posse.
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所以國民黨剛說投給他可以避免戰爭，然後國民黨一勝選中國就下達農產品禁令了，而且懲罰地點還是金門跟台中新竹(台灣啤酒酒廠). .
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今年許多群組的說詞是二二八跟之後白色恐怖『也』有許多外省人被殺，完全不知道想表達什麼： .1. 這不就代表蔣的罪孽是兩倍重，外省人也要支持拆銅像嗎？.2. 就算有外省人被殺，也不代表屠殺本省人不是因為種族因素啊，美國當初拓荒時一邊殺原住民一邊白人也會互殺，但前者還是種族主義啊。.
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If you really want to "save women", plz support Yu-Ting Lin, who.1)is registered female by parents by birth&never change.2)be a boxer bc wants to protect mom from abuse.3)defamed by man-dominated IBA w/o any paper-based evidence.4)defeat all opp w/ better skill, not more muscle.
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#Chinese respondents w higher education & higher income & contacting #Taiwanese ppl are MORE likely to support unification by #force. Contact theory, liberalization theory, and middle-class peace theory all fail.
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2/4 .This "agenda block" had never been used in the past eight years when DPP was the majority in the past, and this block now prevents any further negotiation and deliberation. As a result, only KMT and TPP's preferred proposal will be considered at the floor.
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Final.Many law scholars had warned that such power of investigation is definitely unconstitutional, but KMT and TPP wanted to pass it anyway. In their meeting on May 17, KMT and TPP wanted to vote on this bill directly without any discussion or debate, which caused the brawl.
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4/4.The main problem of this bill is that some information may be too sensitive to be shared openly (such as contracts of weapons, foreign policy negotiation, chip technology), and that the legislators have the ultimate power to decide who are cheating or hiding information.
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3/4.The second problem is that KMT and TPP proposed to enhance the Congressmen's power of investigation, which allows the Congressmen to investigate anyone. Anyone, officials, and ordinary people who hide the information or cheat on the Legislators will be sent to jail for 3yr.
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The legendary #Taiwanese breakfast chain #美而美 opens its first store in Northern California. The price is 5 times higher than it is in Taiwan but totally worth it…….
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最近兩篇重要的台美新聞，美國防部反駁一中、美國務院網站更新台美關係，都是過了幾天，包括我在內的幾位在臉書發文後，台灣才有少數媒體跟進(反駁一中只有自由)，有台灣記者偷偷說我臉書像總編輯一樣。.這樣不太對吧。無論台灣媒體是沒拿到這些資訊還是刻意忽略，造成的議程設定效果都是很糟糕的。.
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How Chinese propaganda creates a parallel universe on Youtube. Multiple (verified) YT channels upload videos claiming Trump or the US admitted their weakness and ask China for help. Other videos claim that the #coronavirus is from the US's lab. Videos are viewed 250k times in 4d.
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OK, THANKS for the update and clarification. The actor's girlfriend only says that "dress like Taiwanese" she did not say "not Chinese" in the sentence. However, her twitter account nnevvy is still attacked by Chinese twitter users and is now closed.
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Due to the cancellation of lots of sports by the #coronavirus, the major sports tv channel ELTA in #Taiwan decides to provide #Slamdunk every day during the prime time at 7pm. the most famous basketball anime in my childhood. Official announcement:
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To be clear:.Does Taiwan have racists? Yes. Is it the reason to exclude Taiwan from WHO? No. Is it racism and politicizing to force Taiwanese to use the country name they don't like? Yes.
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China-controlled FB content firms started to amplify the volume of Olympics trans issues. These pages shared short movie clips and celebrity gossip before, but suddenly shared "men dressed as women in the Olympics" today. These firms were also used to influence TW 2024 election.
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PRC just had its biggest drill near Taiwan in recent months with NO US House chair visiting TW, no new weapon deal, no TW president passing by California, AND KMT visiting the US, AND Taiwan just allowed Chinese visitors and students. WHO is the troublemaker in Taiwan strait?.
Taiwan @MoNDefense reports that a total of 103 PLA aircraft operated around Taiwan between 0600 Sept. 17 and 0600 Sept. 18. Of those, 40 crossed the median line/intruded into Taiwan's ADIZ.
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我幾乎不在推特寫中文，但假如這裡有讀中文的朋友對烏克蘭歷史政治有興趣的話，可以參考這篇(我同步有寫在臉書).
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Tenured. I would like to thank my university, my department, and my colleagues for their supports and encouragements. 學校正式通過我的終身聘，感謝UNLV以及同事們一路以來的支持與鼓勵。.
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2018年才成立，提名了喜劇演員澤倫斯基出馬角逐總統。澤倫斯基完全沒有從政經驗，也沒有提出任何鮮明的政策，但他有一個非常鮮明的口號「打倒貪腐，不要戰爭」.澤倫斯基在各地競選時，都認為烏克蘭最主要的問題就是貪汙，而只有他這個素人當選才有辦法打敗貪汙、對抗深層政府.
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Early this week, a monkey broke into an office in National Sun-Yet Sun University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Source:
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My grandpa was from Shandong and loved SD restaurants in TW wholeheartedly. Meanwhile, his childhood home was confiscated, lineage temple was bulldozed, and relatives were repressed by CCP. So no, he rejected unification before he passed away. Dumplings are for the good old days.
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Have you ever seen an empty Zhongxiao Fuxing Station (忠孝復興站)? Here you are. Source:
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1hr ago, many #Taiwanese models suddenly uploaded the same salute photo on FB page and complain about high house prices and low salaries in Taiwan. They use the same tag #myvotingwill #宣告我的投票意志 .It reminds me a news this April that China gov was hiring pro-CN TW models.
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UCDavis advise to students traveling in China (sent today):.1. Not using messaging apps in China at this time. 2. Do not sign anything.3. Do not give up your passport unless forced to do so. 4. Report any detention to the US Embassy.5. Be cautious of lengthy Q&A or interrogation.
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剛聽說Amazon上忽然被洗版，出現大量0元的台灣政治新書，作者都是第一次發書(甚至有自稱是George Orwell，點進去看書本介紹內容都是Pelosi讓中國生氣，這樣一洗版完要找台灣政治的書反而不容易找到了。這個新招倒是沒看過.
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According to the newest survey released by National Chengchi University, #Taiwan identity hits a historical high - 67% - while double identity gets the historical low.
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Two years ago, students in my East Asian politics course asked me whether it is safe to travel to Hong Kong. "I think it's ok". I replied. I will not give the same answer now.
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Watching TV with grandma. A reporter is covering the drill on Xiaoliuqiu island, which is 10km nearby the drill tomorrow. However, all TW tourists she asked were not worried about the drill. "You shot your missiles & I do my scuba diving." ."Will the drill hurt the sea turtle?".
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Many #Taiwanese people are fighting against #GoogleTranslate - When translating English into Traditional Chinese (used by HK and TW), GT relies more on the term used in simplified C. E.g. President Tsai was t. to 主席(chairman), potato be 土豆 in PRC but 土豆 is peanut in TW
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You cannot find anything about DPP candidate Lai on the LittleRedBook app 小紅書, according to multiple user reports. But you can find many TPP’s Ko and KMT’s Ho’s information, mostly positive. If it’s LRB’s policy, then it will be the first evidence of CN manipulation on LRB.
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Taiwan People’s Party’s new slogan will be categorized by algorithms as hyper extreme if we put it out of the context….
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Japan announced to send 1.2m AZ to Taiwan tomorrow. Tomorrow is 6/4, and the flight number is JL “8”0”9”. It’s a good strategy to make this news being censored automatically.
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College students in Shanghai and Peking put Friedman's formula on the banners because Friedman sounds like free man.
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In KMT&TPP's proposal for legislative investigation, officials can only answer but cannot ask questions. If the answer concerns national security, foreign policy, or sensitive information, officials cannot refuse to answer unless the chair of the committee approves it.
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Quick Analysis:.DPP got the exact same party votes in 2020 and 2024. Meanwhile, Lai cannot get more votes from non-DPPers like Tsai did in 2020.
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University of Washington now offers M.A. in Taiwan Studies (East Asia Studies, Taiwan Track), first in the US.
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I am approved for promotion to Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at UNLV @UNLVPoliSci and recommended for tenure by the UNLV President. I would like to thank my colleagues and the department for their support in the past five years.
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@miaopoya 台灣的好學校都是公立的，因為政府與納稅人希望投資這些會考試的菁英以後為台灣思考、奮鬥、不要落下任何同胞，讓台灣壯大。而不是考完拿到這些資源覺得應得的，然後用來打壓當初付出投資的人們。.
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It seems to me that it is no longer necessary to teach the electoral system in Hong Kong next time in my East Asian Politics course.
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For #Taiwanese students in Las Vegas, if you felt unease/uncomfortable with the politically motivated Church shooting targeting Taiwanese, you are not alone. You can share your feeling with me and I am available to talk to you. #stopaapihate @UNLVPoliSci.
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Basically, the 2022 #VotingRight #referendum in #Taiwan is politically divided. #DPP supporters say Yes, #KMT supporters say NO. Others mixed. Not about urbanization, generation, or level of education. Sad.
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More updates: It seems that the actor bbright's gf retweets an article claiming that the #covid19 is from a lab in Wuhan, China, and then the actor "likes" the retweet. He apologized later. Another story is that they uploaded some photos but described Taiwan as a country.
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"Chinese Taiwan" and "chief executive = President" are something new to me.
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TW Olympics boxer Lin Yu-Ting is a women. Her unchanged natl ID starts w/ 2 like all newborn girls (all boys get 1) registered by doctor&TW gov when Lin was born - no reason for them to fake it 20 yrs ago. Ting婷 is also a classic female name in TW and is never changed. .
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Taiwan former President Ma claimed in China that ROC Consitution indicates mainland, Taiwan, and Matzu as its territory. Wrong. ROC Consitution does not indicate a specific boundary.
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Someone noticed that a software's language setting tries to distinguish "simplified Chinese" and "traditional Chinese" by using PRC's national flag and . a bubble tea .#Taiwan #MilkTeaAlliance
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“Dad so you work all day to write something like this? It’s kinda boring.”
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The ROC (Taiwan) army's official Facebook account just posted the first-ever photo to support gay marriage. The army is usually one of the most conservative groups in Taiwan. Source:
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Our new article, "Why does Taiwan Identity Decline?", is accepted in Journal of Asian and African Studies. We combine 50+ surveys to explain a new phenomenon: the decline of Taiwan identity. @yeh2sctw @FangYu_80168 @wupolisciusa .@UNLVPoliSci @unlv
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Contributions of former #Taiwan president (1988-2000) Lee Deng-hui (1923-2020):.1. Direct presidential election. 2. Fair party competition. 3. Established Taiwan identity. 4. Stabilized US-Taiwan-China balance. 5. Civilian control of the military. 6. Completed 1-5 peacefully.
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Taiwanese people rejected the idea of applying to " rename " themselves from "Chinese Taipei" to Taiwan because the majority is afraid of being kicked out by the Olympic Games, which China dominates. However, fear can never deprive one of one's true identity.
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Making sense of what happened in Taiwan (1/n).1. Taiwan did not become "pro-china". 45% supports name-change referendum. 2. DPP did not collapse. It still got 40% of votes (lower than the name-change referendum!).3. Positive correlation btw anti-LGBT% and KMT gain.
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之前看到有推友討論宗教YouTube趁機大外宣散布假訊息的事情，也看到4X貓發文，於是就認真爬了一下，抓出一大串，而且都有直接證據是中國團隊直營的臉書跟YouTube，平常講佛法，中間穿插台灣要毀滅了跟蔡英文有私生子的內容.
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After the 2020 election, 42% of legislators in Taiwan are female, a new record. @DrSarahLiu .But the mean age of the legislator is 53, which is higher than the population (which median is 42).
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Does China learn from Russia on manipulating Tawan election through social media? .Below is the name-changes of a FB group with 30k TWese. In 2017, it began w/ "歡享", a content firm in Hebei, CN. Then it changed to Han Guo-yu Fans club in 2018, then Terry Guo Fans club now, 2019
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CCP invited a self-claimed journalist in #Taiwan to publish 8 fake polls showing KMT>DPP. The journalist received the order directly from the CCP Fujian Committee. That's how fragile an open society could be. Polls were then covered by China-friendly news media 中天
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Dear @elonmusk,.Even though you are not able to stop the bullying, you can at least not justify it. The free soul is more important than GDP, and that is why we are human beings.
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Taiwan stock market index is 17341 today, while Hong Kong Hang Seng index is 17313 today at 1pm. It's the first time since 1992 that TW index surpasses HK index. HK index cut to half since 2016 while TW index has almost doubled.
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Why are people comparing Taiwan with Donetsk? What is the de facto similarity between the two? .Even if Donetsk is a country, it does not justify Russia's sending troops there. Even if Taiwan is not a country, it does not justify China's threat and coercion.
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#Taiwan has 0 covid19 local transmitted case for 28 consecutive days. Unimaginable. Glad to think that my family members in Taiwan are safe.
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On Taiwan President Tsai's speech:.1. ROC 5 times, Taiwan 44 times.2. Not mention 1992 Concensus, only anti-One Country Two Systems.3. "Cross-strait relations have reached a historical.turning point".4. Constitutional Reform committee! (for gov reform and human rights).
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In today's PRC elite meeting, no Chinese elites mentioned "1992 Consensus". Yesterday, Taiwan President Tsai did not mention 1992 Consensus neither. Say goodbye to the 1992 Consensus.
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My article "National Identity, Willingness to Fight, and Collective Action," coauthored with PhD candidate Nadia Eldermerdash, is finally accepted for publication in the Journal of Peace Research.
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TBH, #Taiwanese should be proud that both the rallies and the voting process ended peacefully and smoothly. It is not for granted. It is proof of a good civil society and a qualified state capacity. #TaiwanElection.
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On @Diplomat_APAC .1)Not bc DPP. 2)KMT&TPP forcibly pushed the bill unnecessarily.3)So ppl doubted the motivation, e.g. the #China factor. 4)Care natl security&low poli trust in Legislative Yuan. @UNLVPoliSci @FangYu_80168 @wupolisciusa @yeh2sctw @unlv
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