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Michael Turton @michaelturton.bsky.social · 2d

My column this week on migrant labor, the US move against Giant, etc
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Notes from Central Taiwan: Just ‘following the law’ - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

www.taipeitimes.com

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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · 2d

afaik there is no information about a release date in other countries yet.

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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to @audreyt.org for being one of the recipients of the 2025 Right Livelihood Awards

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Audrey Tang - Right Livelihood

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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 11d

Civicus Monitor – China: Regime continues to criminalise activists, increase digital restrictions and deploy transnational repression against protesters
monitor.civicus.org/explore/chin...

China: Regime continues to criminalise activists, increase digital restrictions and deploy transnational repression against protesters - Civicus Monitor

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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · 13d

US Customs has issued a ban on the import of products from Giant Bicycles Taiwan factory citing the use of forced labour.

Giant also manufacturers bicycles for other brands including the major US cycling brand Trek

www.cbp.gov/newsroom/nat...

CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Securing America's Borders

www.cbp.gov

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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · 15d

*Guangfu Township

David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · 15d

The landslide overflowed due to rain from Typhoon Ragasa causing flooding in Guangxi Township, Hualien

www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/20...

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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · 17d

This one is from Zuoying Fire Station

Cartoon style painting of a firefighter and paramedic on the wall of a fire station in Taiwan

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 27d

Why #Taichung folks were trying to recall #KMT legislator Yen Kuan-heng (顏寬恒): the 47-year-old son of a prominent #gangster was sentenced to 8 years and 4 months for crimes including embezzlement, falsifying transaction records, and occupying state-owned land. He purchased a Maserati w/ those funds.

https://www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/202509110112.aspx

https://www.setn.com/m/news.aspx?newsid=1718722

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Statement by @amnestyuk.bsky.social supporting Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, Thailand’s first conscientious objector www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... cc @marcusrediker.bsky.social

Thailand authorities must immediately drop charges against conscientious objector

Ahead of the witness examination and hearing of activist and conscientious objector to military service Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal on 9 September, Amnesty International’s Regional Research Director Mont...

www.amnesty.org

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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · Sep 7

The ships were sailing in accordance with international law. Stop reproducing the false narratives of the Chinese party-state.

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Xander ✺ @spectralcodex.com · Sep 5

An excellent feature on the wansei, Taiwan-born Japanese who were expelled after World War 2. Although the word "repatriation" is used, for some wansei the outbound trip from Keelung was the first time they had left home. Not all were able to integrate into post-war Japan.

CNA - Channel News Asia (Unofficial) @cna-poster.bsky.social · Sep 5

The last surviving generation born during Japan’s colonisation of Taiwan - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/japan-colonisation-taiwan-war-last-surviving-generation-5329901

The last surviving generation born during Japan’s colonisation of Taiwan

Japan’s 50-year rule that ended after World War II left behind not just an architectural legacy, but also complex emotions surrounding identity.

www.channelnewsasia.com

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · Aug 27

Michelle King on two accessible new books on Taiwan that, fittingly, treat its history as of great interest for its own sake lareviewofbooks.org/article/one-... ...read the essay along w/this lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-de... & this lareviewofbooks.org/article/move... work well as a Taiwan trilogy

One Island, Many Histories | Los Angeles Review of Books

Michelle T. King reviews Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison’s “Revolutionary Taiwan” and Anna Beth Keim’s “Heaven Does Not Block All Roads.”

lareviewofbooks.org

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · Aug 21

#HongKong: 72 rights groups urge the UK Prime Minister to secure the release of imprisoned writer & publisher Jimmy Lai, as his health deteriorates.

#FreeJimmyLai

Read more ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...

China-Hong Kong: 72 human rights organisations urge UK PM to secure Jimmy Lai’s release as his health deteriorates — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwid...

21 August 2025: Today, PEN International and PEN Centres joined a coalition of 72 freedom of expression and human rights organisations in a letter to the UK’s Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer, urging ...

www.pen-international.org

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Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club (TFCC) @taiwanfcc.bsky.social · Aug 19

Please read the full statement on our website: taiwanfcc.org/20250819-gaz...

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · Aug 19

Important piece on the abuse of migrant fishers in Taiwan by @michaelturton.bsky.social, who argues that the government has the power to do something about it—if they wanted to.

Notes from Central Taiwan: Subsidies at root of Taiwan’s migrant fishers abuses - Taipei Times

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

www.taipeitimes.com

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Lao Ren Cha (Jenna) @channamasala.bsky.social · Aug 19

As someone who does occasional travel writing and acts as an unofficial tour guide to friends and family visiting #Taiwan, I have some thoughts.

laorencha.substack.com/p/is-interna...

Is International Tourism in Taiwan Really That Bad?

Yes and no. Or just read on for some of my favorite places to take visitors.

laorencha.substack.com

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Kharis Templeman @kharist.bsky.social · Aug 16

Brookings just published my analysis of Taiwan politics after the first wave of recalls. The main point: the recalls have resolved some remaining political uncertainty, & all 3 political parties have some incentives to tack towards the middle.

www.brookings.edu/articles/tai...

Taiwan after the great recalls: Toward a new political equilibrium? | Brookings

After the recall vote, Taiwan’s political combatants now have an opportunity for a political reset. Let us hope that they seize it.

www.brookings.edu

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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · Aug 15

China Dissent Monitor, a project of @freedomhouse.bsky.social, has documented over 10,000 protest actions covering every region of China over the past three years

freedomhouse.org/article/prot...

Protests Appear to Be Increasing in China. What Can We Learn from Them?

Citizens in China are speaking out when their rights are violated. Freedom House’s China Dissent Monitor analyzes these protest actions—often uncovering broader trends in China’s politics and economy ...

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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · Aug 13

It’s been eight long years since human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was taken away by China govt officials. He hasn’t been seen since. Hard to take Xi Jinping’s claims of adherence to rule of law—or decency—seriously. www.nchrd.org/2025/08/chin...

China: Release Lawyer Gao Zhisheng, Forcibly Disappeared Since 2017 | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

www.nchrd.org

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hm, the second episode of Zero Day was significantly better than the first. Which I guess is what happens with anthology works. The focus is a sympathetic, humanistic character study of a young man who ends up becoming part of a pro-China gang group

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Made in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · Aug 8

China’s most expensive state-building infrastructure project is rising in Tibet: the Lower Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower dam. @stellahongzhang.bsky.social explores how this dam—framed as green progress—advances with little public scrutiny despite huge environmental, technical, and geopolitical stakes.

Infrastructure and State-Building: China’s Ambitions for the Lower Yarlung Tsangpo Project | Made in China Journal

19 July 2025, Nyingchi, Tibet. Against a bold red backdrop with snow-capped mountains looming in the distance, China’s Premier Li Qiang—flanked on both sides by four senior officials and leaders of ma...

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David on Formosa @davidonformosa.bsky.social · Aug 5

In comparison to Ukraine, Taiwan’s civil society is not ready for war

"...one glaring lesson remains unheeded in Taipei: civil society must be battle-ready before any conflict begins."

thediplomat.com/2025/08/taiw...

Taiwan’s Civil Society Is Not Ready for War

Ukraine’s civil society was well-prepared, psychologically and practically, for Russia’s invasion. Taiwan’s is not.

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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · Jul 30

Construction on Tibetan Megadam Fuels Ecological and Social Concerns
"Reports show that the construction of almost 200 dams in Tibet is causing 'irreparable damage' to Tibetan communities, downstream countries, and the environment."

Construction on Tibetan Megadam Fuels Ecological and Social Concerns

After Beijing granted authorization in December, construction on what would be the world’s largest hydropower dam has now begun. The site is located along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in southeastern Tib...

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Jul 30

The drama of the country’s divided government just played out in a failed, high-stakes vote to recall two-dozen opposition legislators. How both sides respond could determine the fate of Taiwan’s democracy.

www.journalofdemocra...

Taiwan’s Risky No-Holds-Barred Politics | Journal of Democracy

The drama of the country’s divided government just played out in a failed, high-stakes vote to recall two-dozen opposition legislators. How both sides respond could determine the fate of Taiwan’s…

www.journalofdemocracy.org

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