Alan Sunley
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This has to be one of the worst articles I’ve ever read about Taiwan. If you don’t know enough about Taiwan to gauge just how wrong it is then the author crediting Elon Musk as a China expert will surely give you an indication
The U.S. Must Beware of Taiwan's Reckless Leader
William Lai is lurching toward formal independence, which could trigger a catastrophic U.S.-China war, writes Lyle Goldstein.
time.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This has to be one of the worst articles I’ve ever read about Taiwan. If you don’t know enough about Taiwan to gauge just how wrong it is then the author crediting Elon Musk as a China expert will surely give you an indication
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As a long-time resident in Taiwan, it's clear that Lai Ching-te's rhetoric of Taiwan hasn't substantially changed from Tsai Ing-wen. What has clearly changed is the CCP has up its tempo with its aggression against Taiwan. This is clear when analyzing the data. 1/
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...
MOFA rejects ‘Time’ ‘reckless leader’ label - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
As a long-time resident in Taiwan, it's clear that Lai Ching-te's rhetoric of Taiwan hasn't substantially changed from Tsai Ing-wen. What has clearly changed is the CCP has up its tempo with its aggression against Taiwan. This is clear when analyzing the data. 1/
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...
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oh btw if you guys liked Silent Hill f may I suggest Detention. It's by the same studio that made Devotion. It takes place during White Terror in Taiwan and has some really great horror elements from Taiwanese mythology.
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
oh btw if you guys liked Silent Hill f may I suggest Detention. It's by the same studio that made Devotion. It takes place during White Terror in Taiwan and has some really great horror elements from Taiwanese mythology.
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Every inch that was ceded to the Right has been used against liberal democracy.
October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Every inch that was ceded to the Right has been used against liberal democracy.
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The international reporting on Taiwan's recall vote has suffered from their usual "both-sides" framing, but the FT gets it right: it is a story about the KMT becoming estranged from the electorate:
archive.ph/zGWcM
archive.ph/zGWcM
July 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The international reporting on Taiwan's recall vote has suffered from their usual "both-sides" framing, but the FT gets it right: it is a story about the KMT becoming estranged from the electorate:
archive.ph/zGWcM
archive.ph/zGWcM
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Fact: everyone in Taiwan knows some 60 year old Taiwanese ladies who are much braver than this muscular influencer.
Other quotes from Holger Chen:
"China's attacking Taiwan is as easy as crushing a cockroach, and the Republic of China will surrender in two minutes!"
"All Taiwanese are Chinese."
"The DPP is the lap dog of the United States."
"China's attacking Taiwan is as easy as crushing a cockroach, and the Republic of China will surrender in two minutes!"
"All Taiwanese are Chinese."
"The DPP is the lap dog of the United States."
July 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Fact: everyone in Taiwan knows some 60 year old Taiwanese ladies who are much braver than this muscular influencer.
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I’m fascinated by what they have talked themselves into here.
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’m fascinated by what they have talked themselves into here.
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Some people in Taiwan think or romanticizes that if Taiwan becomes part of China, things will be better.
But we need to pause and think, what value-add does Taiwan provide for China, if Taiwan is part of China?
The full post can also be read at Facebook:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19DL...
But we need to pause and think, what value-add does Taiwan provide for China, if Taiwan is part of China?
The full post can also be read at Facebook:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19DL...
July 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Some people in Taiwan think or romanticizes that if Taiwan becomes part of China, things will be better.
But we need to pause and think, what value-add does Taiwan provide for China, if Taiwan is part of China?
The full post can also be read at Facebook:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19DL...
But we need to pause and think, what value-add does Taiwan provide for China, if Taiwan is part of China?
The full post can also be read at Facebook:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19DL...
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The vagueness is a feature not a bug
National security guidelines for Hong Kong schools do not target specific events, education minister Christine Choi has said. In full: buff.ly/hcoXZi6
Nat. security guidelines not 'targeted' at specific events, says education chief after school's US consular event warning | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
National security guidelines for Hong Kong schools do not target specific events, education minister Christine Choi said, following reports that school principals had been warned against joining US Independence...
buff.ly
July 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The vagueness is a feature not a bug
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Every time Republicans say the quiet part out loud, the press rushes in to lower the volume and explain what they “really meant.”
May 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Every time Republicans say the quiet part out loud, the press rushes in to lower the volume and explain what they “really meant.”
Musk is certainly not stepping back, he's just trying to be more quiet about it but there was no way he was going miss this ambush
Update: Despite widespread reports of Musk “stepping back” from politics, he is still standing near enough by that the President runs US foreign policy in the insane way Musk wants it run and waves at him while doing so.
May 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Musk is certainly not stepping back, he's just trying to be more quiet about it but there was no way he was going miss this ambush
Celebrities are NOT PLEASED when you don't recognize them and will PLOT YOUR DOWNFALL
May 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Celebrities are NOT PLEASED when you don't recognize them and will PLOT YOUR DOWNFALL
The world is going to quickly get tired of this bullshit just as it did with Beijing's wolf warrior diplomacy
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
May 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The world is going to quickly get tired of this bullshit just as it did with Beijing's wolf warrior diplomacy
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russian culture is to return the body of kidnapped Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna missing the brain, eyes, and larynx. journalists also report a broken hip, electric shock burns to the feet, and strangulation. these people are pure evil
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison
The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final months
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
russian culture is to return the body of kidnapped Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna missing the brain, eyes, and larynx. journalists also report a broken hip, electric shock burns to the feet, and strangulation. these people are pure evil
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Trump's "peace" negotiations were never going to demand anything other than the surrender of Ukrainian land with no security guarantees. It's been clear for a very long time that Trump is aligned with Putin in his belief that might makes right
April 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Trump's "peace" negotiations were never going to demand anything other than the surrender of Ukrainian land with no security guarantees. It's been clear for a very long time that Trump is aligned with Putin in his belief that might makes right
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Regarding the KMT behaving irrationally when it comes to recalls, since this has never happened before, ever, I think it’s leading to a lot of unnecessary panic on their part. They may have felt that while they seem unable to win the presidency now for an unprecedented 3 times
April 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Regarding the KMT behaving irrationally when it comes to recalls, since this has never happened before, ever, I think it’s leading to a lot of unnecessary panic on their part. They may have felt that while they seem unable to win the presidency now for an unprecedented 3 times
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Yall wanna hear something extremely embarrassing? Before Trump’s election, a bunch of academics who lumbered rightward after being criticized by the left (Pinker, Dawkins, Krauss) wrote essays for a book that is coming out in July about the threats to academia from the left.
YALL, THE TITLE!!
YALL, THE TITLE!!
April 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yall wanna hear something extremely embarrassing? Before Trump’s election, a bunch of academics who lumbered rightward after being criticized by the left (Pinker, Dawkins, Krauss) wrote essays for a book that is coming out in July about the threats to academia from the left.
YALL, THE TITLE!!
YALL, THE TITLE!!
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Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
April 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
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The plan for the war he was totally going to end months ago is still to weaken Ukraine and tell them to give Putin what he wants, weaken Europe and undermine the NATO alliance, make no concrete demands of Russia but vaguely beg them to stop, and push stupid lies about the war to paper over all that
April 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The plan for the war he was totally going to end months ago is still to weaken Ukraine and tell them to give Putin what he wants, weaken Europe and undermine the NATO alliance, make no concrete demands of Russia but vaguely beg them to stop, and push stupid lies about the war to paper over all that
With the world turning sour on the US, the best thing for China if it wants to prosper is to promote reliable, lasting partnerships with everyone else. Aggressive actions towards Taiwan only jeopardize that
April 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
With the world turning sour on the US, the best thing for China if it wants to prosper is to promote reliable, lasting partnerships with everyone else. Aggressive actions towards Taiwan only jeopardize that
The more crimes they commit the more committed they'll be to never relinquishing power
April 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The more crimes they commit the more committed they'll be to never relinquishing power
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calling trump “orange”? kinda cringe but whatever
calling it “orange monday” thereby forcing future generations of economists to explain why its called that? absolutely hilarious
calling it “orange monday” thereby forcing future generations of economists to explain why its called that? absolutely hilarious
April 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
calling trump “orange”? kinda cringe but whatever
calling it “orange monday” thereby forcing future generations of economists to explain why its called that? absolutely hilarious
calling it “orange monday” thereby forcing future generations of economists to explain why its called that? absolutely hilarious
They’re not even asking you to trust The Plan, they’re expecting you to trust the Concepts of a Plan
Lutnick: "Let Donald Trump run the global economy. He's knows what he's doing. He's been talking about it for 35 years. You gotta trust Donald Trump in the White House ... it's broken. Let him fix it ... Let Donald Trump fix the American economy."
April 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
They’re not even asking you to trust The Plan, they’re expecting you to trust the Concepts of a Plan
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Remember how Steve Jobs used to drive without plates and just routinely pay the fine? Or Jeff Bezos just writes a check regularly for having hedges around his house that far exceed the legal height limit? I think that’s how Musk views electioneering laws.
April 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Remember how Steve Jobs used to drive without plates and just routinely pay the fine? Or Jeff Bezos just writes a check regularly for having hedges around his house that far exceed the legal height limit? I think that’s how Musk views electioneering laws.