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Leaders like titles. And if they don’t get them, they embellish. Elizabeth I, of England, declared herself “no lover of pompous title,” before adding, with not a smidgeon of irony: “I only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which shall briefly express my name, my virginity, the years of […]
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Same old story on Haitian debt
Same old story on Haitian debt

Nearly three months after the earthquake in Haiti, the Taiwanese government is still trotting out its staid stance on debt relief: The money is owed to private institutions and cannot be just be cancelled. Like those boorish MRT-shovers, vacuous gaze, mouths slightly agape, government bigwigs and lackeys across the board just pretend anyone who challenges them is not […]
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A new COVID-19 wave overwhelms pandemic-conscious Taiwan May 25, 2021
Taiwan recorded 3,161 COVID-19 cases so far in May 2021. Previously, it had registered fewer than 1,200 total cases since the start of the pandemic.
Global Voices East Asia
Taiwan, ‘the most dangerous place on Earth'? Not according to Taiwanese. May 4, 2021
This week's cover story by the British magazine The Economist labeled Taiwan "the most dangerous place on Earth," eliciting a lot of reaction on Taiwanese Twitter.
Oiwan Lam
After pineapple ban, Taiwan calls Beijing’s new agricultural investment offer ‘an old trick’ March 22, 2021
Weeks after the pineapple ban, China offered incentives to Taiwanese agriculture and forestry sector to invest in rural tourism and plant high-end commercial crops in China.
Oiwan Lam
Pineapple recipes flood Taiwan's social media after China bans imports March 2, 2021
China cited safety concerns, but Taiwan says the ban is an "economic intimidation."
Oiwan Lam
A closer look into the Chinese political discussion on Clubhouse March 1, 2021
"What the Chinese Communist Party wants to block is our ability to express humanity at our best and our ability to resolve conflict through dialogue."
The Stand News