Antonio Casanova 安博愷
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Educator, history enthusiast, runner. Resident of Taipei, Taiwan.
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Shortly before the unprecedented series of budget cuts sought by the pan-Blue camp–the largest in Taiwanese history–the KMT spearheaded a controversial amendment to the Organization Act of the Council of Indigenous Peoples
The KMT’s Assault on Indigenous Political Representation: A Talk
Event in Taipei, Taiwan by New Bloom on Friday, March 14 2025
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March 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Shortly before the unprecedented series of budget cuts sought by the pan-Blue camp–the largest in Taiwanese history–the KMT spearheaded a controversial amendment to the Organization Act of the Council of Indigenous Peoples
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One of the KMT’s recall petition encounters paperwork issues due to one of the responsible persons not actually having fulfilled four months of residency in Wanhua
罷免提議書被中選會退件 吳沛憶酸：國民黨果然是違憲大黨...... - 政治 - 自由時報電子報
郭顏慧／核稿編輯國民黨青年軍提議罷免民進黨立委吳沛憶，由劉思吟擔任領銜人、張延廷做為備補領銜人，5日搶頭香將2678份提議書交中選會；7日晚間傳出，張延廷在萬華設籍未滿4個月，不符合備補領銜人資格，罷免提議書全數被退件。對此吳沛憶表示，國民黨果然違憲大黨，不管做什麼事都不看法條。
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February 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
One of the KMT’s recall petition encounters paperwork issues due to one of the responsible persons not actually having fulfilled four months of residency in Wanhua
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This is a story I have wanted to write since I arrived in Taiwan.
As an Aussie landing in another hot coastal place, I was struck by how few people swim and how much beach swimming is discouraged. So I spent four years talking to everyone I could about it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
As an Aussie landing in another hot coastal place, I was struck by how few people swim and how much beach swimming is discouraged. So I spent four years talking to everyone I could about it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Taiwan’s next generation takes on its fear of the deep
A cocktail of protectiveness, fear and superstition has led many Taiwanese to stay away from the ocean, but that is starting to change, one swimming class at a time
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February 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is a story I have wanted to write since I arrived in Taiwan.
As an Aussie landing in another hot coastal place, I was struck by how few people swim and how much beach swimming is discouraged. So I spent four years talking to everyone I could about it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
As an Aussie landing in another hot coastal place, I was struck by how few people swim and how much beach swimming is discouraged. So I spent four years talking to everyone I could about it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Instructions on how to file first round recal petitions against district KMT legislators around Taiwan. These petitions can be sent by mail. The first-round threshold has already been reached for 12 high-profile KMT legislators including Hsu Chiao-hsin and Wang Hung-wei.
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罷免第一階所需基本書面範例 & 相關社群整理
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January 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Instructions on how to file first round recal petitions against district KMT legislators around Taiwan. These petitions can be sent by mail. The first-round threshold has already been reached for 12 high-profile KMT legislators including Hsu Chiao-hsin and Wang Hung-wei.
linktr.ee/apple004
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TPP wants to cut or suspend 10%/NT$300 billion (US$ 9 billion) including half of the Control Yuan's paltry US$1.2 million budget for human rights. Vengeful and illiberal.
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民眾黨團提案大砍10%總預算 行政院、農業部特別費刪光 | 聯合新聞網
立法院會期進入最後倒數，朝野黨團力拚總預算案完成三讀，民眾黨團總召黃國昌今天說，民眾黨團提出提案減列2061億193萬元5200元、凍結974億7732萬4244元，大約占比百分之10，「該刪的刪、該凍的凍，絕對不允許政府浪費人民納稅錢，這是民眾黨團的立場。」
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January 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
TPP wants to cut or suspend 10%/NT$300 billion (US$ 9 billion) including half of the Control Yuan's paltry US$1.2 million budget for human rights. Vengeful and illiberal.
udn.com/news/story/6...
udn.com/news/story/6...
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There’s a petition of several thousand academics calling for Fu Kun-chi’s recall now
罷免！3000教師具名連署 學界籲全民「罷免傅崐萁們」 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報
相關新聞請見：學界罷免「傅崐萁們」 網站連署60小時破2000人
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January 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
There’s a petition of several thousand academics calling for Fu Kun-chi’s recall now
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Ker Chien-Ming calls for recalling all KMT legislators. Er, is that going to work?
不只韓國瑜 柯建銘：國民黨41個區域立委一定要全罷掉 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報
民進黨立法院黨團總召柯建銘今（4）日表示，現在要「雙罷」，不只是要罷免立法院正副院長韓國瑜、江啟臣，還要把國民黨41個區域立委全罷掉，藍委存在只是賣國、讓台灣亡國，不僅毫無論述能力、法案壓著就出去，比義和團還義和團，他們存在對台灣一點意義都沒有。他強調，選民不是要讓藍委賣台、滅台、亡國，大罷免潮一定會來。媒體社論今以「老柯的垃圾時間」為題，指「萬年總召」已過了他呼風喚雨的顛峰，面對綠營的「雙少數」局面，他已漸漸玩不動了。對此，柯建銘表示，老共瘋狂利用媒體人吳子嘉、《聯合報》抹黑他，可看得出來國民黨怕了；他說，現在不是「老柯的垃圾時間」，而是老柯最成熟、最有戰力、最理性的時間。
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January 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Ker Chien-Ming calls for recalling all KMT legislators. Er, is that going to work?
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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This is so obviously organized by the KMT because the TPP is a mortal threat to it.
Yet the TPP only yells at the DPP and democracy
You gotta wonder what's going through their heads
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
Ko corruption charges are DPP ‘persecution’: TPP - Taipei Times
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December 28, 2024 at 2:05 AM
This is so obviously organized by the KMT because the TPP is a mortal threat to it.
Yet the TPP only yells at the DPP and democracy
You gotta wonder what's going through their heads
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
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Taiwan's Council of Indigenous Peoples says that it will lose 40% of its discretionary spending next year because of recent amendments to the Fiscal Allocation Act that will cause central government to have US$11 billion less to spend.
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修財劃法後經費少4成 原民會：衝擊權益 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報
立法院日前三讀通過財政收支劃分法，原民會主委曾智勇Ljaucu．Zingrur表示，依據修正後財劃法試算，原民會明年度預算除法律義務支出外，將減少四成經費，不只影響機關運作，更會嚴重衝擊原住民族地區地方財政及建設發展，包含部落聯外道路改善、聚會所興建、照顧脆弱家庭、房屋修繕整建、部落環境改善等多項措施均因此受影響。曾智勇Ljaucu．Zingrur表示，原民會明年度預算約一二三．八億元，扣除原住民...
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December 26, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Taiwan's Council of Indigenous Peoples says that it will lose 40% of its discretionary spending next year because of recent amendments to the Fiscal Allocation Act that will cause central government to have US$11 billion less to spend.
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TPP leader and former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has been charged for embezzling NT$93.71 million in bribes and political donations, and the prosecutors are seeking 28.6 years imprisonment for him.
He is still being investigated for 4 other cases.
www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/...
He is still being investigated for 4 other cases.
www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/...
【柯文哲起訴】柯文哲涉4罪2大案貪9371萬元 恐遭法院繼續接押 - 民視新聞網
圖、文／鏡週刊台北地檢署偵結起訴柯文哲貪污案，檢方查出他犯罪金額9371萬餘元，除求刑28.6年外，並請求法院續押，持續偵辦魚果市場及北士科等4大案。
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December 26, 2024 at 3:49 AM
TPP leader and former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has been charged for embezzling NT$93.71 million in bribes and political donations, and the prosecutors are seeking 28.6 years imprisonment for him.
He is still being investigated for 4 other cases.
www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/...
He is still being investigated for 4 other cases.
www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/...
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The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission has blocked a proposed merger between Uber and Foodpanda in Taiwan. Easily the most important competition law development in Taiwan this year.
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Uber Eats併購foodpanda沒了！公平會禁止結合 下午5點宣布 | 聯合新聞網
Uber Eats併購foodpanda台灣外送事業受到外界高度矚目，公平會今天委員會議做出重大決議，由於競爭疑慮大，將...
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December 25, 2024 at 9:09 AM
The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission has blocked a proposed merger between Uber and Foodpanda in Taiwan. Easily the most important competition law development in Taiwan this year.
udn.com/news/story/7...
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Surprisingly absolutely nobody:
Study links poor indoor air quality to COVID clusters.
"Taiwanese medical researchers have linked air quality in kindergarten classrooms to increased risk of COVID-19 cluster infections, a research paper published in the journal Indoor Air showed."
Study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
"Taiwanese medical researchers have linked air quality in kindergarten classrooms to increased risk of COVID-19 cluster infections, a research paper published in the journal Indoor Air showed."
Study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Study links poor indoor air quality to COVID clusters - Taipei Times
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December 24, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Surprisingly absolutely nobody:
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Taipei City is aging faster than any other major metropolitan area in Taiwan but unemployment for people aged 25-29 is 15.3%. This is the highest rate in the six major cities and is despite ample employment opportunities/worker shortages in the service sector.
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《台北市長蔣萬安施政2週年市政總檢討系列報導—產業與青年篇》 青年勞動力參與低 產業缺工叫苦 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報
25至29歲失業率六都最高 今年新設青年局 推鼓勵政策待考驗記者楊心慧、蔡思培／特稿
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December 23, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Taipei City is aging faster than any other major metropolitan area in Taiwan but unemployment for people aged 25-29 is 15.3%. This is the highest rate in the six major cities and is despite ample employment opportunities/worker shortages in the service sector.
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Wonderful development coming out from Japan on LGBTQ rights.
The Fukuoka High Court rules that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is "Unconstitutional" (違憲). This ruling follows two previous ones this year, in Tokyo High Court (September) and Hokkaido High Court (March), which also found it unconstitutional. (1)
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同性婚認めない法制度は「違憲」 福岡高裁判決 2審で3例目 | 毎日新聞
同性同士の婚姻を認めていない民法や戸籍法の規定は憲法違反だとして、同性カップルが国に損害賠償を求めた訴訟の控訴審判決で、福岡高裁（岡田健裁判長）は13日、「違憲」と判断した。その上で、1審・福岡地裁判決（2023年6月）と同様に国会が立法措置を怠ったとはいえないとして国の賠償責任は否定し、同性カッ
mainichi.jp
December 13, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Wonderful development coming out from Japan on LGBTQ rights.
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🧋I’m curating a starter pack for Taiwan insight. Please recommend more people for me to follow and add.
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November 15, 2024 at 9:34 PM
🧋I’m curating a starter pack for Taiwan insight. Please recommend more people for me to follow and add.
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Sharp analysis by m'colleague Jake Kwon in Seoul - it's a desperate play by a lame duck president who has run out of options. Purely political, nothing to do with Pyongyang at all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol declares emergency martial law - live updates
In a surprise late night television address he says the move was necessary to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Sharp analysis by m'colleague Jake Kwon in Seoul - it's a desperate play by a lame duck president who has run out of options. Purely political, nothing to do with Pyongyang at all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
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Hi everyone! I didn’t think my first post would be about something this intense, but here we are. South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol has declared martial law. This is unfolding rapidly, and I’ll do my best to keep you updated. Thanks for your solidarity—it means a lot.
December 3, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Hi everyone! I didn’t think my first post would be about something this intense, but here we are. South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol has declared martial law. This is unfolding rapidly, and I’ll do my best to keep you updated. Thanks for your solidarity—it means a lot.
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🧋🐦 This Thursday (11/28) at 6.30pm, #Taiwanese protesters will gather outside the Legislative Yuan in #Taipei to challenge KMT-proposed amendments that would paralyze the Constitutional Court and make it harder to recall elected public officials in #Taiwan. www.edunion.org.tw/%e6%b4%bb%e5...
November 25, 2024 at 2:16 PM
🧋🐦 This Thursday (11/28) at 6.30pm, #Taiwanese protesters will gather outside the Legislative Yuan in #Taipei to challenge KMT-proposed amendments that would paralyze the Constitutional Court and make it harder to recall elected public officials in #Taiwan. www.edunion.org.tw/%e6%b4%bb%e5...