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catielila

@catielila.bsky.social

Co-author of "Revolutionary Taiwan" (Cambria Press, 2024) and author of "Parliament in the British Political Imagination, 1550-1600" (forthcoming, Manchester University Press). Early modern Britainist by training; now living and teaching in Taipei

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Min Chao@wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"One day after a government press release endorsed #RightsCon, we received a phone call [...] and were told that diplomats from the People's Republic of China (PRC) were putting pressure on the Government of Zambia because Taiwanese civil society participants were planning to join us in person."

RightsCon@rightscon.org · 5mo ago

Following our April 29 announcement, we believe it's important to be transparent about the context that led to the decision. We want to explain, where we can, why this was made on such short notice, only days before we were set to host RightsCon. Read: www.rightscon.org/rc26-stateme...

Min Chao@wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Taiwan scholars had their passports and phones confiscated for 20+ hours by security upon arriving in Kenya for the 2026 Our Ocean Conference. Their pre-approved visas retroactively withdrawn; their belongings returned upon deportation. Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council names China as the culprit.

https://for-the-ocean.org/event/our-ocean-conference-11/https://www.oac.gov.tw/ch/home.jsp?id=63&parentpath=0,6&mcustomize=news_view.jsp&dataserno=202606160002
Min Chao@wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"One day after a government press release endorsed #RightsCon, we received a phone call [...] and were told that diplomats from the People's Republic of China (PRC) were putting pressure on the Government of Zambia because Taiwanese civil society participants were planning to join us in person."

Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The sheer moral injury of being alive as a middle class American and having nothing you can do but post and peaceful protest with a cute little poster… man, I’m really worried we’ll spend the rest of our lives living in shame from this moment. Not secondhand shame

Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊@pybaubry.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In 2021, when the pandemic hit Taiwan, nice people on Twitter launched a fundraising for local NGOs (I have the feeling @catielila.bsky.social was among them, apologies if I'm wrong). Since then, I have been supporting the Homeless Taiwan Association. Here's their website for more info:

社團法人台灣芒草心慈善協會 ｜關注無家者的公益組織

芒草心慈善協會是一個關注無家者議題的公益組織，由一群服務無家者的一線人員於2011年成立，一開始以國際交流為主，從2014年開始擴展版圖，以「直接服務」及「社會溝通」雙主軸協助無家者及貧困者。

homelesstaiwan.org

Ting@tingguowrites.bsky.social · 11mo ago

twinning Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order by Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison: www.cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=...

Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order By Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison

Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order By Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison.

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal@asiancha.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Although Taiwan is an island surrounded by the sea, the sound of waves is not usually what people think of when they picture it. Yet the ocean is ever present. We'd love to publish reviews of 𝑹𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒂𝒊𝒘𝒂𝒏 in @asiancha.bsky.social. If you're curious: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... 。。。。。

Lev Nachman@lnachman32.bsky.social · last yr.

I am honored to have reviewed @catielila.bsky.social and @mhar4.bsky.social's book "Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order" for The China Quarterly. I highly recommend this book, and I hope my review convinces you to check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2024. 222 pp. $39.99 (pbk). ISBN 9781638573227 | The China Quarterl...

Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2024. 222 pp. $39.99 (pbk). ISBN 9781638573227

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Timothy Gassin@timothygassin.bsky.social · last yr.

I look forward to reading this book by two of the most astute observers of Taiwanese history and society. For anyone interested in truly understanding Taiwan and its people, I would recommend you seek out their writing.

catielila@catielila.bsky.social · last yr.

Big thanks to @jamesbaron.bsky.social for his review of "Revolutionary Taiwan" in this week's Taipei Times: "Taking an innovative approach to Taiwan’s contradictory status both 'outside & at the center' of the internat'l system, this book is a superb introduction" www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · last yr.

The US went from concern that China’s Belt-Road initiative was making gains in Africa, to ceding the world’s fastest-growing continent to China by pulling out the State Dept and cancelling various initiatives. This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm glad to see the University of Illinois stand up for academic freedom and international students in the face of Trump admin attacks. Princeton, Wesleyan, Eastern Michigan, and some other schools are doing similarly. Much better than the misguided appeasement attempts of Columbia and others.

Jaweed Kaleem@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · last yr.

UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.

Jaweed Kaleem@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · last yr.

LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...

Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social · last yr.

I think it’s important that we place blame on the institutions which led to this moment. It’s not just Trump and the Republican Party—it’s the presidency, the US Senate and the two party system. If we want to protect against dictatorship, we will need a new political system.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · last yr.

i think it's worse than this. the Republican Party as an institution has thoroughly discredited itself as either interested in or capable of being trustworthy with respect to basic democratic governance

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · last yr.

This part of the Tufts declaration somehow warms my heart the most: a full-throated defense of Rümeysa Ötürk's op-ed criticizing the Tufts president, signed by the Tufts president! This is how it's supposed to be!

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · last yr.

"The University declares that this opinion piece was not in violation of any Tufts policies. Further, no complaints were filed with the University or, to our knowledge, outside of the University about this op-ed."

5. The University can confirm that Ms. Oztürk was one of several authors of an opinion piece in the student newspaper, The Tufts Daily, published on March 26, 2024, entitled: "Try again, President Kumar: Renewing Calls for Tufts to Adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions." The University declares that this opinion piece was not in violation of any Tufts policies. Further, no complaints were filed with the University or, to our knowledge, outside of the University about this op-ed. The University maintains that the op-ed was consistent with speech permitted by the Declaration on Freedom of Expression adopted by our trustees on November 7, 2009. For the record, a search of The Tufts Daily will reveal op-eds on multiple sides of the issue with opinions that were shared just as strongly as the op-ed Ms. Öztürk co-authored. The University has no further information suggesting that she has acted in a manner that would constitute a violation of the University's understanding of the Immigration and Naturalization Act.