"Tom cruise can flirt with women with this jacket on, but can't attend the Olympic games"

The political entity is commonly called Taiwan. It is a democracy, has a government that operates independently of the PRC, and is recognized diplomatically by about a dozen nations and the Vatican. The IOC’s name of Chinese Taipei is inaccurate and not based in reality.

#TeamTaiwan is on fire! Big shoutout to Lee Yang & Wang Chi-Lin for clinching another #Olympics gold🏅 in men’s doubles badminton! From #Tokyo2020 to #Paris2024, the amazing duo’s superb results have everyone in #Taiwan🇹🇼 over the moon! (📸Sports Administration, MOE)

Imagine how it feels to win Olympic gold against opponents from the authoritarian country that wants to take your sovereignty - and when you receive your medal, your country's name, flag, and anthem are completely erased. How much longer will this indignity be forced on Taiwan?

Huge congratulations to #TeamTaiwan badminton duo Lee Yang 李洋 & Wang Chi-lin 王齊麟 on defending Olympic gold at #Paris2024, becoming the 1st pair ever to win the men’s doubles twice. Your teamwork & perseverance led to this thrilling victory, a moment of pride for all Taiwan!

What I’ve seen so far is that there’s clearly a targeted bullying / repression against Taiwanese in the Olympics using tactics seen under totalitarian regimes like the Communist China… Were Olympics staffers trained by 🇨🇳 police? If somebody tells me these are mug shots of

“Winning the championship feels great, and beating China feels even better,” latimes.com/world-nation/s…

The CCP has been hoodwinking U.S. officials with united front tactics for nearly a century. Mao and Xi call it a “magic weapon” for a reason. If Americans keep falling for Beijing’s malign influence, we won’t be able to counter them.

Many quotables in this Pottinger interview, and a clarity that is often not easy to come by in DC. Shame he won't be back in a policy capacity.

Rhetoric like this should be immediately and publicly returned with the US state department pointing out that under international law, Taiwan's status remains unresolved, its people don't want to be annexed to the PRC, and that if war occurs, the PRC will be the cause

this is sth, talking about jimmy lai, taiwan, SCS etc in front of Xi with presence of journalists, also disclosing Xi directly asked for greenlight to the China super embassy construction in London in a phone call ??

The US government has blacklisted numerous Chinese companies for working with the People's Liberation Army OR engaging in gross human rights abuses. Why did MSCI channel $3.7 million into these firms in 2023? Why did BlackRock invest $1.9 billion?

Here's a two-fer. Beijing doesn't know how to keep its mouth shut when the US is up to something that it doesn't like, but it really goes the extra mile here and reminds the US that it has Chinese parts in its defense supply chain.

Why are Chinese Communist Party handlers allowed to remove free press from a meeting in Brazil?

Somewhere in Beijing, c. 2015. Xi: What’s the deal with this ‘Thucydides trap’ thing? Advisor: The Peloponnesian war happened because Sparta feared Athens's growing power. Xi: Why didn’t Athens just tell Sparta not to fear its growing power? Staff (in chorus): Brilliant Chairman

This is simply nonsense! George Yeo, prominent CCP apologist, claims China doesn’t have it in its DNA to become an imperial power, completely overlooking all of history and present realities

We should be able to track a ballot just like we can track a package. California already does this, but my Vote By Mail Tracking Act—which just passed the House—would add a barcode to each ballot nationwide, so every American can have confidence their vote is counted.

#JUSTIN: Former journalist Gwyneth Ho was sentenced to 84 months in prison, one of the longest jail terms among defendant not accused of being a main organiser.

.Gwyneth Kwai-lam Ho is sentenced to 7 years behind bars. She said, “I stand alone confronting these accusations, not as an individual, but as one of all those who have ever stood in the streets and raised their voices to demand autonomy for the city…

"If you are truly independent you will let your maritime boundaries be decided in Beijing" is quite the galaxy brain take