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...halt ein inoffizieller mit besonders prekärer Lage. Anders, als die Flagge suggeriert, gibt es keine US-Militärbasen auf Taiwan. Und auch – anders als mit den drei anderen markierten Ländern – kein offizielles Verteidigungsabkommen. Und natürlich nicht einmal diplomatische Beziehungen. Wasser auf die Mühlen von Spinnern, Bots und Propagandisten.
Video der Sendung, um Taiwan geht es im letzten Drittel: https://www.zdf.de/play/talk/markus-lanz-114/markus-lanz-vom-2-april-2026-100
Gut, dass bei Markus #Lanz nun Andreas Fulda und Felix Lee mal wieder auf vieles hingewiesen haben, was in Sachen Taiwan/China längst Allgemeinwissen sein sollte. Lasst uns weiter dicke Bretter bohren, Bücher schreiben, Interviews geben.
Aber diese Illustration war ein Fehlgriff der Redaktion. US-Flagge auf Taiwan? Ja, im Kontext der ersten Inselkette ist Taiwan ein US-Verbündeter – aber ...
First listen: Tron: Ares by Nine Inch Nails, released September 2025
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nine-inch-nails/tron-ares/
First listen: Where Ideal and Denial Collide by Oddleaf, released October 2024
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/oddleaf/where-ideal-and-denial-collide/
We Are for the Dark and Dark Entries by Robert Aickman
Stoker by Park Chan-wook, 2013
✅ in contrast to others I could mention, Park’s English-language debut is excellent.
✅ Glass’s Duet is thrilling, and the scene around it among the most memorable.
✅ Southern Gothic classic—atmospheric, mysterious, suspenseful with hyperstylish cinematography and sound, yet suffused with a sense of ever-present invisible blades.
Upon realizing it wasn’t South-Korean I felt slightly disappointed at first, but the opening credits already sucked me in.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night by Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014
✅ Iranian expressionist b&w vigilante Italo-Western vampire horror noir romance (RIP genre).
✅ Otherworldly cinematography with Xtal Xpress anamorphic primes.
✅ Curiously, this surreal industrial wasteland has a dumping ground filled with corpses, later conveniently used for additions, that no one seems worth mentioning—neither inside the movie nor in reviews.
I had no prior knowledge about the movie, and it blew me away.
国宝 aka Kokuhō by Lee Sang-il
✅ Okudera’s script, based on Yoshida’s novel that clocks in at around 800 pages, is terrific.
✅ The transition between Kurokawa & Koshiyama and Yoshizawa & Yokohama playing Kikuo & Shunsuke is magically seamless.
✅ It’s strong enough that I’d love to experience the original cut that ran for 4.5 hours.
To underscore dramatic points, the Kabuki music sometimes fades over into the soundtrack; while it broke my immersion each time it’s well-balanced overall.
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