Taiwan’s latest unlikely ambassador — this season’s winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Nymphia Wind 妮妃雅瘋

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A message from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to the newly-crowned drag race winner Nymphia Wind 妮妃雅瘋: “Taiwan thanks you for living fearlessly.”

Nymphia Wind, born in LA but raised in #Taiwan , found a stage where Beijing has no influence, where she can promote the inclusiveness of Taiwanese society.
“Even politicians who work hard abroad may not gain this kind of exposure for Taiwan.' By Vic Chiang
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How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan by ⁦Vic Chiang⁩ washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

As the first Taiwanese drag queen on the RuPaul's Drag Race, Nymphia Wind, who has made it to the top 3, brought 'Asian excellence' to the world stage, and showcased the vibrant inclusiveness of Taiwanese society Nymphia Wind 妮妃雅瘋
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A Post investigation has found that Israeli vehicles were present in the area and that Israeli weapons likely caused the visible damage in the killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab and eight others in Gaza City on January 29.

Before she was killed, Rajab called the Palestinian Red

Reporting on forced secularisation in Xinjiang, the attention to detail stands out. Many Uyghur homes on Jiefang Road have colourful tiled pictures over the entrance gates. They’ve been defaced with paint, cement or boards. In each case the image being hidden is of a mosque 10/

Bolivia expressing solidarity with the PRC for an earthquake that happened in Taiwan, a country the Communist Party of China has not exercised control over for a single second.

It was Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years. Yet as of Thursday, only 10 in the worst-hit region of Hualien had died. Experts credit stricter building codes, extensive evacuation and disaster drills for the low death toll. w/Lily Kuo Pei washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Reporting from Vic Chiang, Julia Mio Inuma (井沼ジュリア) and Pei shows stricter building codes following a 1999 quake may have saved lives in Taiwan on Wednesday. | Taiwan hit by its strongest quake in quarter-century, but death toll is low wapo.st/3xiB1l0

“Young political activists jailed under a crackdown on public dissent have described a litany of physical and sexual abuse inside one of #HongKong 's juvenile offender facilities.” rfa.org/english/news/c…

同样是《基本法》第23条的立法咨询，相隔21年后香港的社会气氛和舆论有强烈的反差。

2003年，香港政府曾尝试推动有关维护国家安全的《基本法》第23条立法，引发了数十万人上街抗议，是香港主权移交以来最大规模的游行。

While many challenges remain, China's attitudes towards and resources for stray pets have improved dramatically. Now Shanghai even has a Cat Island to promote adoption and neutering. Photos by Lu Yufan, words by Lisa Movius 🟧🌈 in
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A rare glimpse inside the messy world of Chinese hackers-for-hire that compete for security and military contracts to try and turn a profit. Research by Pei Vic Chiang and Lyric Li

Our investigation into how Taiwanese companies are supplying high-tech precision equipment to a Russian company that supplies arms makers, including a secretive Russian effort to mass produce attack drones. w Dalton Bennett Mary Ilyushina Pei wapo.st/491geAf

Exclusive: Since January 2023, I Machine Technology has imported over $20 million of sophisticated equipment called CNC machine tools made in Taiwan, a U.S. strategic partner, according to trade records and Russian tax documents obtained by The Post. wapo.st/3Shc542

New details on how China got Nauru to drop ties with Taiwan and recognize China instead: Beijing offered at least $100 million in aid, money for new planes, a stadium, schools, hospitals. “China promised that the aid is unlimited, whatever they requested.” wapo.st/49dMAaH

In perhaps his 1st interview (aside from Chinese media) re switch, Nauru's foreign minister denied recognizing China was about 💴

“To say it’s a question of dollars is absolutely an insult to us,” he told The Post. “It’s about our development strategy.”

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1/ The #HKG will announce the commencement of consultation of Article 23 legislation tomorrow, despite the use of the NSL has almost empowered the gov to take full control of HK society. Here I forecast some key issues of A23 legislation ahead of the official press con:

“Children with… open fractures, partial amputations, open chest wounds, horrendous lacerations… and burns. And that was every day.” Dr Deborah Harrington recently spent 2 weeks in a Gaza hospital. “I feel ashamed and shocked that we’re doing this to fellow humans,” she told me.