Sending my very best wishes to the bastion of democracy in the Horn of Africa. As Taiwan has been working diligently on the development of domestic jabs, I’m sure our country will support Hargeisa in the vaccine rollout.
「墨寫的謊言,絕掩不住血寫的事實」
As we view the PRC’s futile efforts to control information and narrative, I remember a quote from Lu Xun: “lies written in ink can never cover facts written in blood.” [🧵4/4]
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Our @NextGenTaiwan expresses hope that one day Taiwan can be the center of the #FreePress in Asia. There’s a lot of work to be done to get to that point - including the reduction of trh #RedTape. But Taiwan, Asia's most vibrant #democracy, is on the right path [🧵 3/4]
📰 #NewsMedia and the information space in general is facing the upheaval that comes with unprecedented #TechnologicalChange — however, the PRC suppression of journalists is altogether a different threat. [🧵2/4]
🗞 #Taiwan is honored to welcome @TheJohnSudworth and any journalists who seek truth. It’s also encouraging to see a pattern of institutional pushback against #CCP coercion beginning to gain steam — as the @BBCWorld says, Sudworth “remains our China correspondent.”
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2) Support your local LGBTQ center - such as the fantastic @LgbtqTaiwan, a cherished partner of @NextGenTaiwan
3) Educate yourself. There are plenty of resources available to allies in both, English and Mandarin
tgr.org.hk/index.php/zh/
Transgender and nonbinary folks are valued members of our communities in Taiwan. And as allies, we need take action to make our country more diverse and inclusive.
1) Seek out stories by transgender creators - such as the amazing "A Sacred Space" by the Taipei collective MOWES