Ed Moon 艾永青

@emoontw.bsky.social

Bilingual analyst (中/Eng) · PRC-Taiwan dynamics · strait-signal.net

Anyone who is surprised that all these recalls could fail despite gathering all those signatures needs to understand: Almost every district can summon 30% support for blue/green camps. 10% is the amount of signatures needed.

Seeing as I am soon to leave the company, I will list out a few replies to points in the article. The English version had the xenophobic edges sanded off by Kwangyin. From the start, the only instruction on editorial policy received by the team is that T+ should operate as an int'l news channel.

Michael Turton@michaelturton.bsky.social · last yr.

Important article on the problems at Taiwan Plus, which suffers from the problem that every Taiwan company suffers from. They dream of global expansion but do not want to spend the money necessary to support that. english.cw.com.tw/article/arti...

"Some random country that hasn't fought a war in 40 years..." Over 500 dead British and French personnel (more than 1,000 total European fatalities) and c10,000 injured in Afghanistan 2001-2021. The only time Article 5 has been invoked. 'Disrespect' does not reside in lack of a suit, Mr Vance. ~AA

💥Our new report conducted by Frontier Economics dropped over the weekend. Revealing how deep alignment with the EU on goods & services could boost UK GDP by up to 2.2% - double the estimated impact of a UK-US trade deal. Now here's what this kind of deal could do for the EU.👇1/

TaiwanPlus's budget has been cut by 20% and funds "frozen" (in essence means you must satisfy lawmakers' demands before money is released) 30%. The stated reason being the "inappropriate" description of Trump as a "convicted felon."

This week, three news stories in Taiwan have illustrated to me the government's unwillingness to meaningfully engage with some of the country's biggest problems: its poor labour standards, its shrinking population, and its lack of international visibility. All three are also intimately connected. 1/

Son of fallen Communist princeling Bo Xilai, Bo Guagua is apparently in Taiwan to visit the family of his Taiwanese wife. Didn't have that on my bingo card for this week. Security agencies in Taipei not commenting on any specifics of the decision to grant entry. udn.com/news/story/1...

薄熙來之子薄瓜瓜將成台灣女婿 國安局回應了 | 聯合新聞網

中共政治前委員薄熙來之子薄瓜瓜近期低調來台,將迎娶羅東博愛醫院第三代,成為台灣女婿。國安局今天表示,國安局依法統合國安單...

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Was a real honour to work on the live coverage for TaiwanPlus's election coverage in Jan. 13 – including my first experience of helping to direct coverage from inside the control room. Looking forward to working with this team to keep bringing untold stories from Taiwan and around the world.

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