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How Does Organized Crime in Taiwan Compare to the 1990s? Part One: Business dominotheory.com/how-does-organ…

Skunk Works: How the U.S. Achieved the Technological Innovation that Helped Win the Cold War dominotheory.com/skunk-works-ho…

Quoted by Ethan in Domino Theory on free speech and national security regarding disinformation in Taiwan dominotheory.com/free-speech-vs…

#Taiwan Many believe #votebuying remains persistent in smaller areas of Taiwan and the practice is linked to organized crime groups. There also appears to be widespread pessimism about the prospects of change dominotheory.com/how-does-organ…

“A middleman will bring money to your home, depending on the number of people in your household, so if a package deal costs 1,500 NTD or 2,000 NTD the middleman will give you 6,000 NTD,” DPP Nantou councilor Shen Shu-cheng said, adding that the middlemen would take responsibility

Asked why organized crime presence in Taiwanese politics was so persistent, she said “I think it’s a force that will always exist” and added that “In my view, I believe they are able to control things in certain corners of this society that law and order can’t get to.”

Chuffed to bits to have a story in this.

Taiwan’s energy use is expected to spike over AI growth. The country has already faced difficulties matching supply of renewable energy with demand Ethan has more dominotheory.com/is-taiwans-ai-…

The squinting to understand and forgive violent play vs being sticklers for rules regarding diving or acts of petulance is one English football culture's most tedious attributes.

The Edinburgh and Kaohsiung controversy demonstrates a squeeze on Taiwan's international operating space dominotheory.com/edinburgh-and-…

#US #Israel #China US support for Israel in its war on Gaza has seen its popularity in the Middle East decline and its credibility on human rights go in the same direction. This increases the international operating space for China ✍️ Ethan dominotheory.com/u-s-support-fo…

Was Edinburgh Right to Be Scared of Sanctions From China? dominotheory.com/was-edinburgh-…

This is a piece I’ve (as an editor) been working on for a long time - and the author even longer. It’s a really extensive, serious, important piece of investigative work, it’s really worth your time. newsocialist.org.uk/we-need-them/

The English Premier League has quietly changed references to Taiwan to "Chinese Taipei" in its online fantasy football game dominotheory.com/premier-league…

A U.S.-China-Russia battle over control of the Arctic has been brewing for years prior to #Trump suggesting the U.S. should take ownership of #Greenland. The #environment could be the first major victim ✍️ Ethan dominotheory.com/the-icy-backgr…

Electric Vehicles Are Supposed to Solve Climate Change. But Only if You Don’t Look at Tibet dominotheory.com/electric-vehic…

Long and short of this: Swapping out fossil fuels for green tech such as electric cars comes with huge costs to "hinterlands" like Tibet where the materials come from. And some of that cost comes with a huge carbon footprint in its own right.

"Transfer of fear and self-loathing to an authoritarian vessel. It's catharsis." "I give you the Springfield Monorail!"

A river in Zambia that is vital for 60% of its people, is poisoned by acid spills from Chinese & British copper mines. A Feb 2025 dam collapse at Sino-Metals dumped 50M liters of toxic waste. ✍️ Ethan dominotheory.com/the-chinese-an…