ngl, as the Big Four retreat to parallel twins like its the 1950s and concede the entire MotoGP grid to (sigh) Europe, this absurd flat-8 motorcycle engine from Great Wall Motors rekindles some of that 1970s-80s practicality-be-damned engineering spirit.
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'We live in one of the most benign global security settings on the planet.'

AUKUS should be subject to critique but this is a failure by Greens senator David Shoebridge to understand the implications for Australia if China acts on its threat to go to war with the Taiwanese.

Ten Thousand Men of Harvard just sitting there staring as a Taiwanese woman activist is manhandled out of event with the PRC ambassador. 😞😞

Full disclosure that @mhar4 & I have a book 'Revolutionary Taiwan' out w/Cambria Press in June 🙂 'In TW, the outcome of democratization was nothing less than revolutionary, producing a new, de facto nation & people that can be justly called Taiwanese' 6/ cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=11…

'We've got to hope that the Chinese retain the good sense ... never to contemplate a campaign of grey zone pressure on Taiwan or worse mount an amphibious invasion'

Bob Carr betting Australia's future on the hope Beijing doesn't mean what it says. youtube.com/live/zxfgMhFxk…

... 將5月19日這一天訂定為白色恐怖記憶日...

Wow.

Two excerpts from my public lecture last year on China knowledge in the Australian university sector.

At the National Press Club, defence minister Richard Marles describes in forceful and unambiguous terms a clear-eyed vision for Australia's place in a changing region.

Inline with Beijing's approach to define the sixteen recognised First Nations in Taiwan not as indigenous peoples but as a single 'ethnic minority' among the 56 of the PRC, but an affront to the global movements for First Nations identities, rights and representation.

A warm welcome to the cross-party delegation led by Shayne Neumann & Andrew Wallace, whose visit highlights #Taiwan & #Australia ’s strong ties. We thank you for speaking up in support of Taiwan’s democracy, and look forward to expanding our bilateral exchanges.

As I said, developing a full understanding the implications for Australia of a China-Taiwan war in the nation's public discourse is an important, even urgent, policy task.

A commentary that highlights how developing an understanding the implications for Australia of a China-Taiwan war in the nation's public discourse is an important, even urgent, policy task.
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Absolutely superb talk from David Rennie 任大伟 on China.

I cannot but note that his arguments align with those of Catie Lilly and me in our forthcoming book about Taiwan, that Taiwan today manifests the contradictions of the post-WWII global architecture.
youtube.com/watch?v=r8L3y4…

'I see a problem with the idea that 'Australia will always be Australia, and China will always be China'”.

Extraordinary piece by Vicky Xu / 許秀中 in response to Wang Yi's visit to Australia.
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'Australia's AUKUS submarines could be used to fight China in war over Taiwan, US official says'

I think he said Australia's AUKUS submarines could help deter China from going to war with the Taiwanese?

abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

From Will Glasgow for The Australian, on his experience of the earthquake in Taiwan yesterday. Glad you're all ok!

Earthquake interrupts live news on 三立LIVE新聞 in Taiwan this morning. Holy sh*t.
youtube.com/watch?v=p6Knp2…

More details on the Catie Lilly @mhar4 forthcoming book Revolutionary Taiwan here cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=11…

Video of the launch of AWADA, Australian Wrongful and Arbitrary Detention Alliance at ASPI with Sean Turnell, Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Cheng Lei.

An incredibly important initiative.
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'China can be a democracy too, says Scott Morrison'

Past time for politicians and policy-makers to drop this kind of culturalism, a tell for not understanding culture, democracy, liberalism in modern China, and Taiwan's distinctive history and identity.
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