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Emperor Xi Vows Loving Takeover of Taiwan

Imagine caring about this. I do care about it on an observational level, because it feels like history coming alive, something less boring. But imagine sitting there and thinking “OH NO NOT TAIWAN…!” Reuters : China reserves the right to use force to bring Taiwan…

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Apparently Apple Watches are Assembled by Slave Child Labor

What’s the point of having children if they don’t plow your fields and assemble Apple watches? I tend to hate Apple as a principle, because I can’t stand their hipster bullshit marketing. But hearing about how they’re enslaving chink children and forcing them to build…

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Oy Vey Over Taipei

Lawrence Murray Atlantic Centurion December 7, 2016 The Cold War casts a long shadow, and in Asia it never really ended. India and the Philippines have localized maoist rebels. There are still two Koreas. As many tend to forget, there are still two Chinas as…

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Taiwanese Release Glorious Donald Trump Cartoon

The Taiwanese animation company TOMO News has released a brilliant cartoon about the Donald Trump Taiwan phone call scandal. I saw the media scandal over Trump taking the call from the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, and was sort of just like “yeah whatever – who…

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Taiwan: 200,000 Take to the Streets to Protest Queer Marriage

Life Site News December 5, 2013 About 200,000 people marched in front of Taiwan’s Presidential Office on Saturday, according to organizers or the march. The crowd was protesting a proposed law that would allow same-sex couples to ‘marry’ and adopt “God created human beings as…

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Mass Protest in Taiwan over Young Conscript’s Death

AFP August 3, 2013 More than 100,000 Taiwanese people took to the streets Saturday in protest over the death of a young conscript who was allegedly abused in the military. Singing a Taiwanese take on the revolutionary song “Do you hear the people sing?” from…

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