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Australian National University offers a course in Taiwanese language (台語)
https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2024/course/CHIN2013
#ANU #Taiwan #Taiwanese #Language #Linguistics
Außerordentlich gute Analyse und Betrachtung der ganzen Geschichte um Taiwan... wie es dazu kam, was jetzt ist, und wie es weitergehen könnte
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Erklär mir die Welt: #299 Erklär mir den Konflikt um Taiwan, Susanne Weigelin-Schwierzik
Webseite der Episode: https://erklaermir.simplecast.com/episodes/299-erklar-mir-konflikt-um-taiwan-susanne-weigelin-schwierzik-jZZkHJtd
1. The West doesn't "protect democracy" anywhere.
2. #Taiwan is not a country, it is a province of #China.
Note that over 90% of Taiwanese are ethnic Han, & speak the same language as the mainland, have family in both places, often visit / study / travel /work in the mainland. Yes, there is a small minority of left overs from China's civil war who have never forgiven the mainland. Yes, there are US funded individuals and organisations in that minority.
#US intelligence officials assess that #Russia and #China are working more closely together on military issues, including a potential invasion of #Taiwan, prompting new planning across the government to counter a potential scenario in which the countries fight in coordination.
“We see China and Russia, for the first time, exercising together in relation to Taiwan and recognizing that this is a place where China definitely wants Russia to be working with them,"
US Intelligence Officials See China, Russia Militaries Working Closer on Taiwan
US intelligence officials assess that Russia and China are working more closely together on military issues, including a potential invasion of Taiwan, prompting new planning across the government to counter a potential scenario in which the countries…Daniel Flatley (Bloomberg)
Interview with Cosette Wu, a Taiwanese-American student at Harvard and co-director of the Coalition of Students Resisting the CCP. The Coalition is made up of Tibetan, Taiwanese, Uyghur and Hong Kong students working in solidarity toward their collective liberation
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202404260024
#Taiwan #Tibet #Hongkong #Uyghur #China #activism
A discussion with Cosette Wu, the woman behind the Harvard speech disruption - Focus Taiwan
"You robbed Hong Kongers of the most fundamental freedom and devastated their democracy. Now in my country Taiwan, you sought to do the same.Focus Taiwan - CNA English News
The U.S. House delays on the foreign aid package to #Ukraine and #Taiwan, now passed by the Senate, helped Russia by among things giving Putin time to move forward with plans to purchase ballistic missiles from Iran.
And it sent the wrong geopolitical message to #China, too, according to an international relations scholar:
https://theconversation.com/senate-approves-nearly-61b-of-ukraine-foreign-aid-heres-why-it-helps-the-us-to-keep-funding-ukraine-228344
#UkraineRussiaWar #USPolitics #BreakingNews #News
Senate approves nearly $61B of Ukraine foreign aid − here’s why it helps the US to keep funding Ukraine
President Joe Biden is expected to soon sign the total $95 billion foreign aid package that covers Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.The Conversation
Optimists: The glass is half full
Pessimists: The glass is half empty
Taiwanese: The water in this glass is shaking!
Taiwan president lauds Nymphia Wind’s win on RuPaul’s Drag Race | Taiwan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/taiwan-president-lauds-nymphia-winds-win-on-rupauls-drag-race
#LGBTQ #DragRace #RuPaul #Taiwan
Taiwan president lauds Nymphia Wind’s win on RuPaul’s Drag Race
Tsai Ing-wen congratulates and praises drag star, who drew massive support in her home country, for ‘living fearlessly’Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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The $95bn in total funding includes roughly $61bn for Ukraine with some of the funding going towards replenishing American munitions; $26bn for Israel; $8bn for US allies in the Indo-Pacific region, including Taiwan; and $9bn in humanitarian assistance for civilians in war zones, such as Haiti, Sudan and Gaza.
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#USA #war #Ukraine #Israel #Taiwan
House approves $61bn aid for Ukraine – what we know so far, and what happens next
US funding package has cleared its biggest hurdle, the House of Representatives. What comes next in the Senate, and how has the world responded?Yang Tian (The Guardian)
