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   Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 03:14:55 JST Tim Mak

   Good morning to readers; Taipei remains in Taiwanese hands.

   Concerned citizens here are training for a worst-case scenario: #Chinese invasion.

   And we bring you a story of a Ukrainian in #Taipei, who won't stop protesting outside Russia's office.
   #Ukraine

   Read at http://counteroffensive.news

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     Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 03:14:50 JST Tim Mak

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     The Russian full-scale invasion was a wake-up call for this region of the world: deep historical, cultural, linguistic, familial, and business ties don’t mean that an all-out war can’t happen.

     A Chinese invasion may not be imminent, but one lesson of the Russian invasion is clear:

     when your autocratic neighbor says that you don’t exist as a distinct identity and is willing to use violence to impose this misguided conclusion, you should take that threat seriously.
     #Ukraine

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     Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 03:14:51 JST Tim Mak

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     Both #Taiwan and #Ukraine erupted in popular protest in 2014 – Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity and Taiwan's Sunflower movement happened around the same time, as an act of resistance against an autocratic neighbor.

     The Sunflower Movement emerged in opposition to a trade agreement between #China and Taiwan. Protesters occupied the country's legislature and executive offices, and hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, ultimately forcing the government to back down.

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     Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 03:14:52 JST Tim Mak

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     The couple ultimately moved to Taiwan two years ago, and have closely observed the full-scale #Russian invasion while noting just how many parallels there are between #Taiwan and #Ukraine.

     "We're young democracies... [we both had a] transition to democracy in the 1990s, and so we're really trying to figure out what it means to be a multicultural democracy,” Albert said.

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     Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 03:14:53 JST Tim Mak

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     Would you like to see more dispatches from outside #Ukraine but still relevant to #Russian aggression around the globe?

     Let us know!

     You can read the full article here:
     http://counteroffensive.news

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     #Taipai residents Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu met while volunteering in #California – teaching in #prison – and quickly bonded over their mutual love for books about revolt and rebellion.

     They’re both from what they called ‘mixed marriages’ (one from #Taiwan, the other from #China).

     Michelle, a lawyer who specialized in working with marginalized communities in the U.S., needed some convincing to move to Taipei.

     Albert, a historian, had told her that his dream was to live there.