Maybe someone from the #Taipei area can explain a strange occurrence that happened when I had a late lunch at the foodcourt of #Nangang train station at 3pm: there were consecutive announcements through the speakers that sounded like a warning or alert. Some diners got up and left the place quickly before a clerk came in and told everyone not to worry and that it was only a #drill.
For a moment I thought I was getting in the middle of #China's attack on #Taiwan. Scary. #TaiwanisnotChina
Scuffles broke out Thursday outside the Taipei District Court after former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) was sentenced to 17 years in prison in a high-profile corruption case, a verdict that could bar him from the 2028 presidential race.
The Taiwan People's Party (TPP) and Kuomintang (KMT) will announce a joint policy platform on March 13, as a prelude to a formal cooperation agreement ahead of Taiwan's November 2026 local elections, TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said Wednesday.
He did it: #AlexHonnold climbed #Taipei's iconic 101 Tower in just a bit over 1.5 hours - he did it #freesolo, so on his own and with no ropes to secure him.
Massive respect to Alex - and thank you so much for putting #Taiwan in the news and #media for some good reasons.
#TaiwanisnotChina
On #HeiSeki's vita (2/2):
In September 2025, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced sanctions targeting Seki for his #China-critical stance, his support of #Taiwan, and his visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine that honors #Japan's war dead, including World War II war criminals.
The sanctions included banning him from entering China, including Hong Kong and Macau..
And now he entered Taiwan and China could only cry foul but do nothing else - brilliant! #TaiwanisnotChina #Asia
Speaking of pulling the ultimate boss move to counter #Beijing's #propaganda:
massive respect for Japanese MoP #HeiSeki for first trolling #China hard on #socialmedia and then following that up with a trip to #Taiwan to meet members of the LY and the administration to discuss on how to counter China's growing #imperialism in the #Indopacific.
He's blocked from entering China, but he could enter #Taiwan, so #TaiwanisnotChina - a cunning way of demonstrating that fact!
During the latest drill, #China published a so-called "drone image" of the skyline of #Taipei, claiming that its drones got close to the capital of free and democratic #Taiwan.
This image was doctored and part of a #psyops effort to discourage the Taiwanese. Pretty disappointing to see the South China Morning Post #SCMP as a once independent newspaper in #HongKong engage in this #propaganda crap.
#TaiwanisnotChina #fucktheCCP
Here's an image of that drone, however.
https://youtu.be/77UKFu4Uxm0?si=944IhvV7DKMoLHzz
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