Min Chao
@wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social
independent #Taiwan writer and rights advocate • https://wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com • https://linktr.ee/wordsfromtaiwan • #TaiwanResources #TaiwanArchives
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When European explorers arrived in Asia and Africa, they came across many wondrous creatures like the #pangolin. They believed the armored mammal resembling "a large animated spruce cone" was a formidable living tank that developed an impregnable shell "hard enough to turn a musket-ball" by old age.
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#TaiwanArchives: A 1971 video extolling the benefits of raising Beltsville Small White #Turkeys (貝茨維爾小型白色火雞, Meleagris gallopavo) that were imported to #Taiwan from the United States by the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction.
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
#TaiwanArchives: A 1971 video extolling the benefits of raising Beltsville Small White #Turkeys (貝茨維爾小型白色火雞, Meleagris gallopavo) that were imported to #Taiwan from the United States by the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction.
#Taiwan VP Bi-khim Hsiao went shopping at a 🇯🇵 store in #Taipei "to support Japanese seafood and Japanese goods 😻"
The hashtag #TaiwanJapanFriendship ( #台日友好 ) was used.
Among her purchases were #scallops advertised with a drawing of President Lai Ching-te, a nod to his #sushi lunch the other day.
The hashtag #TaiwanJapanFriendship ( #台日友好 ) was used.
Among her purchases were #scallops advertised with a drawing of President Lai Ching-te, a nod to his #sushi lunch the other day.
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
"The dangerous leadership threatening regional stability is in #Beijing, not #Taipei."
"Claiming unacceptable provocation from a #democracy [like #Taiwan] is a staple of the propaganda Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Xi have used to justify their #aggression."
"Claiming unacceptable provocation from a #democracy [like #Taiwan] is a staple of the propaganda Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Xi have used to justify their #aggression."
“It’s in the interest of the US and its friends and allies—in NATO and the Indo-Pacific—to help Taiwan help itself to avoid a war through deterrence,” writes Markus Garlauskas in a dispatch from Taipei.
Dispatch from Taipei: Now is the time to encourage Taiwan's assertiveness, not hold it back
A recent visit to Taiwan reveals how the government, the armed forces, and the citizens there are strengthening both their capability and resolve to defend themselves from Chinese aggression.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"The dangerous leadership threatening regional stability is in #Beijing, not #Taipei."
"Claiming unacceptable provocation from a #democracy [like #Taiwan] is a staple of the propaganda Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Xi have used to justify their #aggression."
"Claiming unacceptable provocation from a #democracy [like #Taiwan] is a staple of the propaganda Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Xi have used to justify their #aggression."
Tseng Jing-hua delivered an incredible performance as a dedicated health worker during the chaotic height of Taiwan's 2003 #SARS epidemic in "Eye of the Storm #疫起."
His character's fate, which was left ambiguous by the end of the film, has been addressed and honored in this MV: youtu.be/w9zz36TqBKs
His character's fate, which was left ambiguous by the end of the film, has been addressed and honored in this MV: youtu.be/w9zz36TqBKs
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Tseng Jing-hua delivered an incredible performance as a dedicated health worker during the chaotic height of Taiwan's 2003 #SARS epidemic in "Eye of the Storm #疫起."
His character's fate, which was left ambiguous by the end of the film, has been addressed and honored in this MV: youtu.be/w9zz36TqBKs
His character's fate, which was left ambiguous by the end of the film, has been addressed and honored in this MV: youtu.be/w9zz36TqBKs
#Taiwanese icon Chen Shu-fang received the #GoldenHorse Lifetime Achievement Award tonight ✨
goldenhorse.org.tw/news/detail/...
youtu.be/K6Q-UUW7WJE
goldenhorse.org.tw/news/detail/...
youtu.be/K6Q-UUW7WJE
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
#Taiwanese icon Chen Shu-fang received the #GoldenHorse Lifetime Achievement Award tonight ✨
goldenhorse.org.tw/news/detail/...
youtu.be/K6Q-UUW7WJE
goldenhorse.org.tw/news/detail/...
youtu.be/K6Q-UUW7WJE
Reposted by Min Chao
An overlooked part of Taiwan's colonial history is that the Latin script arrived long before any Chinese, brought by European missionaries during their brief colonial attempts, but adopted by some Indigenous languages for long after
"Taiwan is home to over 20 living languages, and many of them don’t require a single Chinese character. In fact, some of the most vibrant linguistic revival movements happening on the island right now rely largely on extended Latin alphabets," says 姜呈穎 of JustFont.
blog.justfont.com/2025/10/beyo...
blog.justfont.com/2025/10/beyo...
Beyond Mandarin: A Latin-based Solution for Taiwan’s Rich Lingusitic Landscape - justfont blog
Why supporting Taiwan's diverse languages might be easier than you think—and why it matters more than ever. With only a few Latin extensions, your font can support Formosan languages.
blog.justfont.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
An overlooked part of Taiwan's colonial history is that the Latin script arrived long before any Chinese, brought by European missionaries during their brief colonial attempts, but adopted by some Indigenous languages for long after
Reposted by Min Chao
Important topic. Though I'd like to emphasize that despite the standardization efforts for the Latin-based orthography, there's a variety of "unofficial" writing methods for these languages being used. I've even heard of someone still using Kanji. I think it's great, even if a bit impractical.
"Taiwan is home to over 20 living languages, and many of them don’t require a single Chinese character. In fact, some of the most vibrant linguistic revival movements happening on the island right now rely largely on extended Latin alphabets," says 姜呈穎 of JustFont.
blog.justfont.com/2025/10/beyo...
blog.justfont.com/2025/10/beyo...
Beyond Mandarin: A Latin-based Solution for Taiwan’s Rich Lingusitic Landscape - justfont blog
Why supporting Taiwan's diverse languages might be easier than you think—and why it matters more than ever. With only a few Latin extensions, your font can support Formosan languages.
blog.justfont.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Important topic. Though I'd like to emphasize that despite the standardization efforts for the Latin-based orthography, there's a variety of "unofficial" writing methods for these languages being used. I've even heard of someone still using Kanji. I think it's great, even if a bit impractical.
"Taiwan is home to over 20 living languages, and many of them don’t require a single Chinese character. In fact, some of the most vibrant linguistic revival movements happening on the island right now rely largely on extended Latin alphabets," says 姜呈穎 of JustFont.
blog.justfont.com/2025/10/beyo...
blog.justfont.com/2025/10/beyo...
Beyond Mandarin: A Latin-based Solution for Taiwan’s Rich Lingusitic Landscape - justfont blog
Why supporting Taiwan's diverse languages might be easier than you think—and why it matters more than ever. With only a few Latin extensions, your font can support Formosan languages.
blog.justfont.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"Taiwan is home to over 20 living languages, and many of them don’t require a single Chinese character. In fact, some of the most vibrant linguistic revival movements happening on the island right now rely largely on extended Latin alphabets," says 姜呈穎 of JustFont.
blog.justfont.com/2025/10/beyo...
blog.justfont.com/2025/10/beyo...
"We don't just want to survive — we want democracies to thrive. We are not just defending what we have, but building what we want the future to look like [...]
Taiwan is ready to work with all of you. Together, we can ensure that freedom not only endures but prevails."
Listen: youtu.be/BdW-ctCo1wo
Taiwan is ready to work with all of you. Together, we can ensure that freedom not only endures but prevails."
Listen: youtu.be/BdW-ctCo1wo
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"We don't just want to survive — we want democracies to thrive. We are not just defending what we have, but building what we want the future to look like [...]
Taiwan is ready to work with all of you. Together, we can ensure that freedom not only endures but prevails."
Listen: youtu.be/BdW-ctCo1wo
Taiwan is ready to work with all of you. Together, we can ensure that freedom not only endures but prevails."
Listen: youtu.be/BdW-ctCo1wo
Reposted by Min Chao
CEO di Nvidia
Jensen Huang non ha scrupoli a pubblicizzare il suo rapporto personale con il presidente Donald Trump
Jensen Huang non ha scrupoli a pubblicizzare il suo rapporto personale con il presidente Donald Trump
"Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang doesn't have any qualms about advertising his personal relationship with President Donald Trump."
- #Trump calls him at night
- #Nvidia is also among the donors to Trump's massive #ballroom construction production
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
- #Trump calls him at night
- #Nvidia is also among the donors to Trump's massive #ballroom construction production
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
CEO di Nvidia
Jensen Huang non ha scrupoli a pubblicizzare il suo rapporto personale con il presidente Donald Trump
Jensen Huang non ha scrupoli a pubblicizzare il suo rapporto personale con il presidente Donald Trump
#FORMOSAT8 launch has been delayed once more, says #SpaceX, citing weather and technical issues.
New tentative launch date is scheduled for Nov. 27, 2.18am #Taiwan time, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California: www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...
More info: www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
New tentative launch date is scheduled for Nov. 27, 2.18am #Taiwan time, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California: www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...
More info: www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
#FORMOSAT8 launch has been delayed once more, says #SpaceX, citing weather and technical issues.
New tentative launch date is scheduled for Nov. 27, 2.18am #Taiwan time, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California: www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...
More info: www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
New tentative launch date is scheduled for Nov. 27, 2.18am #Taiwan time, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California: www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...
More info: www.spacex.com/launches/tra...
Lawmakers from 28 nations meeting in Brussels for the 5th Summit of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China #IPAC announced a coordinated international effort to safeguard #peace in the #TaiwanStrait in the face of the PRC's escalating #authoritarianism.
Statement: www.ipac.global/news/interna...
Statement: www.ipac.global/news/interna...
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Lawmakers from 28 nations meeting in Brussels for the 5th Summit of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China #IPAC announced a coordinated international effort to safeguard #peace in the #TaiwanStrait in the face of the PRC's escalating #authoritarianism.
Statement: www.ipac.global/news/interna...
Statement: www.ipac.global/news/interna...
"A united democratic response would be much more difficult to break down for authoritarians. Here, Taiwan has much to contribute [...]
We are also willing to bear our share of burden, and do not take our security partners' support for granted."
Hear Tsai Ing-wen's full speech: youtu.be/y-6GkCVY6Qk
We are also willing to bear our share of burden, and do not take our security partners' support for granted."
Hear Tsai Ing-wen's full speech: youtu.be/y-6GkCVY6Qk
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"A united democratic response would be much more difficult to break down for authoritarians. Here, Taiwan has much to contribute [...]
We are also willing to bear our share of burden, and do not take our security partners' support for granted."
Hear Tsai Ing-wen's full speech: youtu.be/y-6GkCVY6Qk
We are also willing to bear our share of burden, and do not take our security partners' support for granted."
Hear Tsai Ing-wen's full speech: youtu.be/y-6GkCVY6Qk
Reposted by Min Chao
Upcoming events worth a trip to Pingtung County: The 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games 世界原住民族傳統運動會(12/10–12/12) at the Laiyi Senior High in Laiyi Township and the Kacalisiyan Art & Music Festival on the Slope 斜坡上的藝術節 (11/29–11/30) at the Linhousilin Forest Park in Chaozhou.
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Upcoming events worth a trip to Pingtung County: The 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games 世界原住民族傳統運動會(12/10–12/12) at the Laiyi Senior High in Laiyi Township and the Kacalisiyan Art & Music Festival on the Slope 斜坡上的藝術節 (11/29–11/30) at the Linhousilin Forest Park in Chaozhou.
Another #AIchatbot to boycott — #Qwen by #Alibaba destroys the environment while parroting false #CCP narratives about #Taiwan, an independent country that has never been ruled even for a day by Communist China.
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Another #AIchatbot to boycott — #Qwen by #Alibaba destroys the environment while parroting false #CCP narratives about #Taiwan, an independent country that has never been ruled even for a day by Communist China.
Taiwan hosts the 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games next month! First Nation athletes will compete alongside Indigenous Formosans in 10 events:
• Archery
• Music/Dance
• Log Sawing
• Wrestling
• Net Casting
• Canoe Racing
• Road Running
• Weight Carrying Relay
• Freediving Sprint
• Tug of War
• Archery
• Music/Dance
• Log Sawing
• Wrestling
• Net Casting
• Canoe Racing
• Road Running
• Weight Carrying Relay
• Freediving Sprint
• Tug of War
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Taiwan hosts the 2025 World #Indigenous Traditional Games next month! First Nation athletes will compete alongside Indigenous Formosans in 10 events:
• Archery
• Music/Dance
• Log Sawing
• Wrestling
• Net Casting
• Canoe Racing
• Road Running
• Weight Carrying Relay
• Freediving Sprint
• Tug of War
• Archery
• Music/Dance
• Log Sawing
• Wrestling
• Net Casting
• Canoe Racing
• Road Running
• Weight Carrying Relay
• Freediving Sprint
• Tug of War
Reposted by Min Chao
"Gran parte del cotone mondiale proviene dallo Xinjiang
dove il governo cinese sta praticando la pulizia etnica della minoranza musulmana
Acquistare cotone dello Xinjiang è come sostenere il genocidio uyguro del PCC"
dove il governo cinese sta praticando la pulizia etnica della minoranza musulmana
Acquistare cotone dello Xinjiang è come sostenere il genocidio uyguro del PCC"
Found #XinjiangCotton at a #Taipei store, promptly exited store 🥲
Much of the world's cotton comes from #Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority.
To buy Xinjiang cotton is akin to supporting the CCP's #UyghurGenocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Much of the world's cotton comes from #Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority.
To buy Xinjiang cotton is akin to supporting the CCP's #UyghurGenocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"Gran parte del cotone mondiale proviene dallo Xinjiang
dove il governo cinese sta praticando la pulizia etnica della minoranza musulmana
Acquistare cotone dello Xinjiang è come sostenere il genocidio uyguro del PCC"
dove il governo cinese sta praticando la pulizia etnica della minoranza musulmana
Acquistare cotone dello Xinjiang è come sostenere il genocidio uyguro del PCC"
Found #XinjiangCotton at a #Taipei store, promptly exited store 🥲
Much of the world's cotton comes from #Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority.
To buy Xinjiang cotton is akin to supporting the CCP's #UyghurGenocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Much of the world's cotton comes from #Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority.
To buy Xinjiang cotton is akin to supporting the CCP's #UyghurGenocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Found #XinjiangCotton at a #Taipei store, promptly exited store 🥲
Much of the world's cotton comes from #Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority.
To buy Xinjiang cotton is akin to supporting the CCP's #UyghurGenocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Much of the world's cotton comes from #Xinjiang, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority.
To buy Xinjiang cotton is akin to supporting the CCP's #UyghurGenocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When European explorers arrived in Asia and Africa, they came across many wondrous creatures like the #pangolin. They believed the armored mammal resembling "a large animated spruce cone" was a formidable living tank that developed an impregnable shell "hard enough to turn a musket-ball" by old age.
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
When European explorers arrived in Asia and Africa, they came across many wondrous creatures like the #pangolin. They believed the armored mammal resembling "a large animated spruce cone" was a formidable living tank that developed an impregnable shell "hard enough to turn a musket-ball" by old age.
"Japan's newfound resolve regarding Taiwan's defense results from a policy alignment with the US [...]
Alone, Japan stands no chance of defending #Taiwan. By signaling its intention to improve the capabilities needed to defend Taiwan, Tokyo has made a positive contribution to the deterrent effect."
Alone, Japan stands no chance of defending #Taiwan. By signaling its intention to improve the capabilities needed to defend Taiwan, Tokyo has made a positive contribution to the deterrent effect."
❗New Research❗
"'All Politics is Local': the US–China Balance in the First Island Chain and Japan’s Defense Transformation", by Kristin Lerfald Grostad for the Asian Security journal.
Read (Open Access)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfresearch.bsky.social
"'All Politics is Local': the US–China Balance in the First Island Chain and Japan’s Defense Transformation", by Kristin Lerfald Grostad for the Asian Security journal.
Read (Open Access)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"Japan's newfound resolve regarding Taiwan's defense results from a policy alignment with the US [...]
Alone, Japan stands no chance of defending #Taiwan. By signaling its intention to improve the capabilities needed to defend Taiwan, Tokyo has made a positive contribution to the deterrent effect."
Alone, Japan stands no chance of defending #Taiwan. By signaling its intention to improve the capabilities needed to defend Taiwan, Tokyo has made a positive contribution to the deterrent effect."
The latest #Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation #survey shows that more people desire #independence (44.3%) than the combined supporters of status quo (24.6%) and unification (13.9).
The foundation cites this to refute mainstream media claiming an "overwhelming support for cross-strait status quo."
The foundation cites this to refute mainstream media claiming an "overwhelming support for cross-strait status quo."
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The latest #Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation #survey shows that more people desire #independence (44.3%) than the combined supporters of status quo (24.6%) and unification (13.9).
The foundation cites this to refute mainstream media claiming an "overwhelming support for cross-strait status quo."
The foundation cites this to refute mainstream media claiming an "overwhelming support for cross-strait status quo."
Violating international conventions in an attempt to convince the global community that it holds jurisdiction over #Taiwan, the CCP's transnational #repression tactics will not only target legislators but may soon extend to the broader #Taiwanese public in the future. www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Cont...
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Violating international conventions in an attempt to convince the global community that it holds jurisdiction over #Taiwan, the CCP's transnational #repression tactics will not only target legislators but may soon extend to the broader #Taiwanese public in the future. www.mac.gov.tw/en/News_Cont...
Reposted by Min Chao
Findings about "informational autocracies" that are of broader relevance, in this 🧵:
Social media functions as a "distorted mirror," explains @pumashen.bsky.social, e.g. 3% of accounts generate 33% of posts; 1% of online communities are responsible for 74% of conflict; 0.1% of users drive 80% of #disinformation.
The strategic response is to neutralize methods of mass amplification.
The strategic response is to neutralize methods of mass amplification.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Findings about "informational autocracies" that are of broader relevance, in this 🧵: