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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · Aug 28

#TaiwanArchives: 1890 slow-exposure photograph of #ducks swimming at Beiguo Garden (北郭園) in #Hsinchu. Considered one of the five top leisure gardens in #Taiwan during the Qing and Japanese colonial eras, it no longer exists today after a major portion was destroyed by American air raids during WWII.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 8h

China has detained church leader Ezra Jin, whose ties to the U.S. mean the move could further strain Beijing-Washington relations at an already sensitive moment.

China Detains Prominent Underground Pastor, Complicating Ties With U.S.

Ezra Jin, who built a vibrant church network spanning 40 cities across China, has faced years of intense pressure from authorities.

on.wsj.com

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 18h

For those who are wondering the lore behind Jedi Kumamon and why on earth it is facing off against the HK police:

bsky.app/profile/niao...

Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · Oct 18

It all started with HKPF arresting a student for buying some laser pens, which the police had insisted were dangerous weapons. Pissed off HKers gathered at TST, lasers in hands, to demonstrate that, no, you can't set fire to paper or heat up a pizza with lasers.

Source: Telegram (Aug '19)

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toritori @toritorihkd.bsky.social · 1d

The forecast promised clear skies, but a blanket of dawn mist over the lake turned the morning into this scene.
🪶🦢🦆😊
思いのほか気温が低かったせいで朝靄が出てしまったけどこれはこれでアリかもね😎
#nature
#photography
#wildlife
#Waterbirds
#水鳥
#birds
#野鳥

A flock of waterbirds taking off from a misty lake at sunrise, their silhouettes glowing against the warm, golden haze.
朝焼けに染まる湖で、朝もやの中から飛び立つ水鳥たちのシルエットが浮かび上がっている様子。

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gail 💖 🔜 GATEway FATE 🌱✨ @notgodzilla.bsky.social · 22h

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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Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯 @aimenlau.bsky.social · 1d

"For Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples, natural disasters have long carried a slower cultural cost. After previous forced relocations in the past years, Indigenous residents experienced isolation, depression, and even suicide."

Taiwan’s Barrier Lake Disaster Intersects With Its Troubled Indigenous Policy

The Fata’an tribal community wants to remain in its ancestral home during the rebuilding process.

thediplomat.com

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Kate Reilly @katereilly.bsky.social · 23h

Our film, Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down 夜香・鴛鴦・深水埗, will leave Hong Kong Netflix on October 27! If you've been meaning to watch it as part of an all-you-can-eat experience, and don't need English subtitles, this is your last chance. If you do need English subtitles ...

The final poster for Hong Kong film Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down 夜香・鴛鴦・深水埗

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 21h

This seems to be happening a lot

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 21h

Love how a supposed libertarian read how China is trying to censor ‘excessively pessimistic sentiment’ and conclude that - yes, US can use a bit of this

Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 22h

Jesus christ

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 1d

This week, a media report revealed that 13 films were barred from screening over national security concerns. Meanwhile, a high-ranking Beijing official told local media to “have the nation in your heart and mind" and “be responsible in your writing.” In full: buff.ly/tHi6Ece

Hong Kong's film censorship red lines; Beijing's reminders to local media

This week, a media report revealed that 13 films were barred from screening over national security concerns. Meanwhile, a high-ranking Beijing official told local media to “have the nation in your heart...

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 1d

For #SquittleDay (squid and cuttlefish day!): 🦑
Bakufu Ohno (Japan, 1888-1976)
#Cuttlefish (Mongo-ika), 1940
From Familiar Fishes of Nippon (Dai Nihon gyorui hanga-in)
Oban, 40.3 x 28.4 cm
ukiyo-e.org/image/jaodb/...
#JapaneseArt #CephalopodWeek

vintage Japanese color woodblock print in landscape orientation, illustration of an inking cuttlefish (light brown & light blue body, black ink), with seals and signatures on lower left

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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social · 1d

Throwback Friday.
So, I was reminded that this happened six years ago.

Screenshot of an FB post that reads: S is teaching her classmate, C Cantonese
C: Yeah, man
Teacher: why are you saying Yeah, man?
C: It means evening in Chinese

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Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 1d

"Generations of Chinese women have been rendered voiceless by the patriarchy. Their stories refuse soft burials."
So honored to have a review essay out in Banned Books Week @chinabooksreview.com on two of Fang Fang's most acclaimed novels, Soft Burial & The Running Flame, tr. @bairuiwen.bsky.social:

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Mark Crilley @markcrilley.bsky.social · 2d

These two pictures from LOST IN TAIWAN show the same location at two different times of day: noon vs. very late afternoon. You can see how I altered the colors to convey the two lighting situations.

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Elizabeth🜆 @elizajoku.bsky.social · 3d

I hope don't mind me adding this:
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‘Difficult to earn a living with dignity’: China cracks down on blow-up frogs

Mainland social media has reacted with anger to a video which shows officials in Shanghai moving on a man dressed in a frog costume selling baby versions of ‘himself’ on the street.

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Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 3d

"Countless Yingzhis live among us, while the Zitaos of China are fading away with time. The tears of Chinese women, if unleashed, could drown a nation."
For @chinabooksreview.com, I write about gendered violence and illusions of liberation through two novels by Fang Fang (tr @bairuiwen.bsky.social):

No Country for a Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

chinabooksreview.com

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 3d

And yet, no one from the police ever faced any consequences for what they did in 2019. Wonder why.

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 4d

A HK court has ordered a former protester to pay a police officer more than HK$150,000 in damages for breaking the officer’s finger during a demonstration in 2019. In full: buff.ly/HXrGhFp

HK court orders ex-protester who broke cop's finger to pay HK$150K in damages

A HK court has ordered a former protester to pay a police officer more than HK$150,000 in damages for breaking the officer’s finger during a demonstration in 2019.

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 3d

Wouldn’t it be funny if the censors thought Paddington threatens national security

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing says ‘interesting film’ than the HK government banning it for national security reasons

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 4d

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to authorities. In full: buff.ly/roPWvdO

HK bars 13 films from screening on nat. sec grounds since 2021 censorship law

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to...

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 4d

Although you also have to wonder whether Hu means US cannot prevent a China invasion if Taiwan because Chinese military has grown stronger, or because the US military leadership has become an embarrassment

Whipling @seanhaines.bsky.social · 4d

In a rare tweet, former Global Times chief Hu Xijin says: “The US cannot prevent China’s reunification with Taiwan by military means.” 🧐

It’s just one month since state media bent over backwards to describe Beijing's mammoth military parade as a not a show of force, but a "show of peace”.

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 4d

I’m sure we’ll see more contenders for photos of ‘silliest costumes facing off silliest police’ but that’s probably not something to celebrate

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 4d

I would have reminded everyone around Halloween anyway. But this is just me expressing solidarity with the person in the frog costume in the US. I get it.

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 4d

This has to be a bit, right?

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Breanna Randall @breannarandall.bsky.social · 5d

#MilkTeaAlliance friends -- if you're passing through ChiangMai, do feel free to visit 4Seas Nimman and check out our humble poster exhibit about protests in Myanmar.

It also highlights artisans working to generate livelihood through these hard days. The exhibit will be open thru Nov 6th.

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 4d

We also had *two* Captain Americas, a few Spidermans, and all those Guy Fawkes. It was a truly wild time.

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