Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸 @xinyun_tw Twitter profile

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

most Taiwanese people just want to live their lives without being told they’re Chinese every five seconds by some random strangers

Zhang Heqing

@zhang_heqing

1 year

Justice will prevail! Taiwan is part of China! The United States should not interfere with China's internal affairs!

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

10/10 recommend to everyone who's interested in Taiwanese political scene to watch #WaveMakers on Netflix. The English subtitles aren't that well-made so some plots and jokes can be missed. Give the show a bit more time and I promise you'll still love it.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

7 months

Happy Moon Festival 🌕 Here are some mooncakes that I love and grew up eating. I especially want to highlight the curry one. It combines curry powder in mung bean paste, braised pork and fried shallot. Some historians believe that it was influenced by Japan.

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@xinyun_tw

4 months

was walking from Banqiao MRT to the DPP rally, when a grandma stopped her scooter and asked the young woman walking in front of me “Where’s the rally?” The woman hesitated a bit and asked, “Which one are you going to?” and the grandma answered awkwardly, “um…team Taiwan la.”

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

When you’re a local Taiwanese person and every foreign journalist you work with asks you what you would do if China invades:

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

9 months

The last working water buffalo retired in Yunlin County. After 10 years of working together, the farmer sent her to a retirement center. I think this is the perfect explanation as to why many Taiwanese people don’t eat beef.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

8 months

Terry Guo just announced his running mate will be Lai Pei-Hsia, the actress who played Lin Yue-Chen in Wave Makers. The character Lin is considered an analog of the current president Tsai Ing-Wen.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

9 months

It's funny how people get upset as soon as Taiwanese people start identifying their culinary history as their own. And I am def saying this is part of the Greater China 大中華 mindset that still generalizes Taiwanese culture to forever be a subculture.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

The current mayor of New Taipei, who's very likely to be reelected, was the head of the Taipei Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division during 1980s (which was still the martial law period). He was also involved in the death of democracy activist Deng Nan-jung 鄭南榕

Populism Updates

@PopulismUpdates

1 year

Reminder: Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson Wayne is still the frontrunner to be the next Mayor of Taipei, according to polls. Local elections in Taiwan take place on November 26th

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@xinyun_tw

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Look, I know this is a hot take but I’m impressed by Pizza Hut’s turtle pizza, and I will explain why. This is a pizza inspired by Tsao a Kueh 草仔粿, a traditional rice-based food to have on Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is on April 4th this year.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

4 months

New trending event on my Facebook: “Pick Tsai Ing-wen up at the beach” Cause in the latest DDP campaign video she was left on a coastline highway, and handed the car to William Lai and Hsiao Bi-khim.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

Nantou Theater, one of the oldest theaters in Taiwan, announced last night that they will stop showing the movie ”Untold Herstory” after Nov 20th due to the amount of harassment they got on Facebook. (Untold Herstory is a movie about female political prisoners in the 1950s.)

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@xinyun_tw

7 months

Lin Yu-hong, who runs the agriculture page Lin Bay 好油, received threats online for criticizing the government’s handling of egg imports. After investigation, police found out that Lin staged the threat himself with the help of a KMT staff worker.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

6 months

My grandma’s 長輩圖 game just keeps getting stronger. (For those who don’t know, 長輩圖 is the weird greeting pictures with flowers and tea cups that you got from your parents or grandparents.)

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

8 months

Please Mazu, please spare me from listening to another Taiwanese man telling me how the MeToo movement is “weird” and these women should’ve come forward years ago.

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@xinyun_tw

5 months

I-MEI Foods company put out a special chocolate bread in memory of Chiang Wei-shui's importance in Taiwan's resistance movement against Japanese rule. Inspired by the story of how the police got a local gang member to throw mud at Chiang while he was giving a speech in public.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

The fact that KMT dominated the local election is not a sign of Taiwanese people being pro-CCP, it's a sign that our country still has a long way to go in terms of transitional justice. KMT is not being held accountable for what it did.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

A while ago, the famous Taiwan pastry chain Chia Te bakery announced that they were giving up China market after being asked to provide detailed recipes. I went to see their Google Maps review since I heard people started commenting on this. /1/

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

5 months

my local breakfast place recently started selling this: French toast with ungodly big slices of avocado, cheese, and condensed milk. A very New Taipei take on avocado toast and it’s NT$85 (less than 3 USD). I’m both extremely proud and confused.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

4 months

I'm happy to be Taiwanese today. we went to film at a polling station at 8 am sharp. Immediately saw people waiting in line to vote. And now it’s my turn. (forgive my dirty sneakers, they have been to many rallies the past month.)

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

4 months

Man: This female legislator got married and had a kid during her term, she must have been neglecting her job. Also man: Taiwanese women are useless after they turn 30yo. This female candidate is too old to ever have kids. Seriously, what do they want from us? 🤷🏻🤷🏻

David Demes 戴達衛

@DemesDavid

4 months

DPP candidate Wu Szu-yao hits back at fmr KMT minister of health Yang Chih-liang, who yesterday criticized her for not having children. Wu says, “in democratic and free Taiwan we have 100% bodily autonomy” and “my uterus is none of your business”.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

If you've been wanting to get some recs of Taiwanese new wave films, the remastered version of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A CITY OF SADNESS is coming back to theaters on Feb 24th. It's the first film in Taiwan that dares to talk about the Feb 28 incident back in 1989.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

5 months

To briefly explain this press conference: It's essentially them saying “I deserve to be the presidential candidate more than you do,” but in a very long, naggy, and passive-aggressive way.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

8 months

While the character Lin stood up for sexual harassment in the show. Lai Pei-Hsia chose to team up with Guo, a candidate who, when confronted with the allegation of calling Tsai an “old virgin,” replied, “Let's not get caught up in small details like this.”

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

@agoodflounder 我國中被家裡送進台北市某間所謂「升學率」很高的名校，同學幾乎都住在蛋黃區，學校老師很喜歡嘲笑技職教育體系，那種封閉環境真的會讓人對自己的優勢非常無感。當時在班上只要考進前三名基本上就有北一或建中可以念，再想想這裡面有多少學生會順利上台大，就會覺得這個現象沒什麼好意外的。

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

11 months

It’s so difficult to describe the feeling of logging into Facebook every couple hours and see yet ANOTHER woman who came forward and shared her experience of facing sexual abuse/harassment. Like, I know this place is fucked up but WOW.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

9 months

Today I became the first person in my family to find out that my grandfather was conscripted in Kinmen in 1959 during the Aug 23rd bombardment. So I guess this is your reminder to talk to the elders in the house. Even tho some of them really need a hearing aid.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

8 months

Eat Drink Man Woman is a great film, but it was also made almost 30 years ago. So many great Taiwanese films have been made since. If you want to watch something food-related, “Zone Pro Site” by Chen Yu-Hsun is a fun one about the banquet culture in Taiwan

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8 months

@dearclarissa The Taiwanese food in Taiwanese movie Eat, Drink, Man, Woman look really delicious. Wait, those are all Chinese dishes. Even the movie title is a famous phrase in Chinese.

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1 year

saw a high school girl scrolling TikTok on the MRT. was thinking if I should tell her it's not a safe app to use, but I then quickly realized how lame that's gonna sound. I hate to say this, but the crazy aunty vibe is def boiling inside me.

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

When people say “Taiwanese people are friendly to foreigners”

Sam Taiwan

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1 year

She is quarantined in this cold and empty room. Everything you see in this picture is all she could carry with her. The bed they provided her is without a mattress, blanket, or pillows. It's been 3 days. She still hasn't been given any medicine.

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@xinyun_tw

6 months

Seeing people on the internet saying they are against Indian immigrant workers coming to Taiwan because "these are blue-collar people who are potential rapists." It's just amazing how racist Taiwanese people can be.

最後一哩鹿( ⓛ ω ⓛ🌈)🌸 

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6 months

接著洗那我想要中國移工😇😇

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@xinyun_tw

6 months

It’s interesting how the media in Taiwan is covering this story. A good demonstration of how they can manipulate public opinion. And you know the situation becomes complicated when considering the potential affiliations of certain media outlets with China. Here's my observation:

Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

6 months

Seeing people on the internet saying they are against Indian immigrant workers coming to Taiwan because "these are blue-collar people who are potential rapists." It's just amazing how racist Taiwanese people can be.

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

People in Taiwan came a long way from ROC gov leaving the UN bc Chiang Kai Shek’s 漢賊不兩立 policy to realizing that Chiang was offered to stay in the UN as Taiwan but refused. Now there’s a systematic fear of calling ourselves “Taiwan” on the intl stage (eg, the Tokyo Olympics)

Joshua Yang

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1 year

This is how the @UN respond to any Taiwan-related questions. #Taiwan , Asia's leading democracy, is excluded from the UN system, while #Russia becomes the president of the UN Security Council on April 1st. The UN needs to be radically reformed. #IncludeTaiwanUN #UNBoycottRussia

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@xinyun_tw

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walked into a noodle place in Hualien and asked if it was okay that we worked while having lunch. As soon as we sat down there was an aftershock. The windows shook while I was deciding if I should run. The owner came out and said to us, “Oh this is fine. No need to be afraid.”

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

I don't think Taiwan People's Party is anti-CCP or can be seen as a progressive political party. In fact, Ko publicly made several inappropriate comments about women. And he admitted that he "personally" voted against same-sex marriage in 2018.

Brian Hioe 丘琦欣

@brianhioe

1 year

263 candidates pledge to defend Taiwan, not surrender to China--Ko Wen-je was one of the candidates that, notably, refused to do this

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

My US expat friend didn’t know what to eat for Thanksgiving dinner. So we ended up having Taiwanese turkey rice 火雞肉飯 together.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

2 months

As a long-time follower of this account and a Taiwanese. I'm beyond happy to see this 🥲

cats with jobs 🛠

@CatWorkers

2 months

[Article] Ginger Cat Named 'Mikan' Made 'Station Master' On Taiwan Metro.

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1 month

as someone who grew up in Taipei, I'm constantly being told that I'm too hectic and walk too fast by my friends from southern Taiwan. I find it interesting to hear HK immigrants in Taipei saying how they love the "slow-paced" lifestyle here.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

4 months

I posted the story of a white terror victim I recently met at the Human Rights Museum. Then my high school friend replied and asked me if this happened in China. A good example of why we Taiwanese people have to educate ourselves on the history of Taiwan outside of school.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

Many people were surprised about the NTU students’ sexist political campaigns, but how can you be surprised when we literally elected someone who said “When you see more women working in a certain field, it means that profession is going downhill” as the the mayor of Taipei?

沒膽貢丸🥝

@cookloop

1 year

「女生要不是有粒線體的話，地位會更低。」「重男輕女是生物的本能。」「當一個職業裡，女生的數量在上升，那就代表這個行業在沒落了。」「最聰明的太太知道只要子女顧好，男人去外面晃一晃，還是會回家。」「一夫多妻是增加人口較有效的制度。」猜猜看這些話是誰講的？

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@xinyun_tw

6 months

Exciting to see that we're on the path of allowing single women options to have children, and detaching from the idea that you need to first get married in order to have kids.

Emily Y. Wu

@emilyywu

6 months

Taiwan is drafting legislation to allow IVF rights for same-sex couples and single women, and to lift ban on surrogacy.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

8 months

MADE IN TAIWAN, the book that I assisted the research with, is now available anywhere books are sold in the US. And in Taiwan, you can find it at Eslite or on

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

Taiwanese aunties dancing to Spice Girls was def my highlight of the day.

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

our driver during the shoot today was a Rukai village chief from Pingtung. He told me if he wanted to legally use his real name instead of his Chinese one, he would have to redo everything, ie, id, bank, any certificate.

Joshua Yang

@joshiunn

1 year

Appreciate the Indigenous perspectives. Taiwan's identity shift is too often tied to TW-PRC tensions, but internal changes like TW's democratisation & decolonisation have arguably played a larger role. For Indi comm, the struggle remains w/ KMT-ROC legacy.

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@xinyun_tw

5 months

As someone who had to spend time learning the history of Taiwan after leaving school to understand the history of my own country, I really appreciate this thread.

Michelle Kuo (郭怡慧)

@kuokuomich

5 months

Dear @BonnieGlaser , @jessicacweiss , Tom Christensen, I ask respectfully that you retract this ideologically loaded, anti-intellectual, and factually incorrect line: “Tsai has allowed the teaching of Taiwan’s history separate from the history of China in high schools." 1/

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

Chiayi City recently started giving middle school boys free HPV vaccine. Chien Min-lien, a former KMT party member, is accusing the health bureau of “damaging the future leaders of Taiwan” for vaccinating school children. Is this gonna be a whole thing now? 🤦🏻

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

I randomly saw a 1-star review that said,” the pineapple cake is a scam because it doesn’t contain actual pineapple, it's made with winter melon filling!!!!” Isn’t it a known fact that traditionally, pineapple cake is made with winter melon? /2/

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

The Taiwanese impulse to drink 蘋果西打 during LNY.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

But now, with different varieties of pineapple (like the golden diamond pineapple) growing in Taiwan, it's more and more popular to make the cake with actual pineapple. But we call it 土鳳梨酥 instead of just 鳳梨酥.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

9 months

Taiwan Dang Gui 當歸 (Chinese Angelica) sounds like “Taiwan is supposed to return.” They said “Taiwanese independence is against history, it's a dead-end. The country must be unified, and it will.” Any TW ppl will tell you they’re used to this bs, but it doesn’t mean it’s ok.

李老师不是你老师

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9 months

8月19日夜里 “台湾当归”话题冲上微博热搜第一人民日报配图称：“台独”是历史逆流，是绝路。祖国必须统一，也必然统一。

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

Taiwanese people tried to make pastry with pineapple in the 70s but realized it was too acidic, and the texture of the filling wasn’t smooth enough. That’s why they mainly used winter melon sugar mixed with a little pineapple jam. /3/

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

4 months

So happy to have worked on the election story with @kt_calderwood and Fletcher Yeung!

Kathleen Calderwood

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4 months

Couldn’t have worked with a better team to cover the Taiwan elections! Massive thanks in particular to @xinyun_tw who for the last six months has patiently and happily answered every inane question I’ve had about Taiwan and its politics 😅

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

5 months

the voting day is in less than two months but we still don't know who are the presidential candidates exactly. FUN!

Brian Hioe 丘琦欣

@brianhioe

5 months

Ko apparently visited Terry Gou's house tonight and stayed 90 minutes, but Gou's campaign didn't give a clear answer when asked by the media if they would align. As Ko said, BEFORE THE 24TH ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!

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@xinyun_tw

9 months

I assisted with the research of this book, and my mom’s side of the family came to Taiwan hundreds of years ago. My grandfather has been eating at Yonghe Soymilk 永和豆漿 for the past 60 years. He never stepped foot in China and that's the only taste of Shaobing he knows.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

Tomorrow is Christmas 🎄 Instead of buying expensive packs of mulled wine spices, go to your local Chinese medicine store and ask them to pack you a bag of spices. It will be like 30-50 NTD.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

8 months

found on the internet: Tatung steamer helmet Is this a reason to get a scooter license?

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@xinyun_tw

2 months

woke up at 3 am to see Ba Jia Jiang groups in Tainan getting ready for pilgrimage. There is so much to learn and document here.

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

not sure if people know about this, but you can watch Revolution of Our Times on Vimeo for $11.29. It's an famous documentary about the Hong Kong protest in 2019.

Watch 時代革命 Revolution of Our Times (中英文字幕 Chi-Eng Subtitles) Online |...

「香港站在全球自由之戰的最前線！」-《時代雜誌》過去五十年，香港人一直為自由與民主奮戰，卻未能成功。2019年，《逃犯條例》的修訂打開了潘朵拉的盒子，令香港一下子變成對抗中國獨裁統治的戰場。《十年：自焚者》導演周冠威，不但宏觀地紀錄了整場抗爭運動，更走進抗爭現場，近距離追訪不同前線人物的故事。這場發生在2019年的抗爭運動，有著不少突破以往群眾運動想像的特色，例如「無大台」、「be…

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@xinyun_tw

4 months

After two weeks of only eating out during the run-up to the election, I organized my fridge. This dried ass cucumber surely sacrificed for democracy.

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

just got paid for a research job I did for a foreign media outlet. I had to spend the past two hours proving to my Taiwanese bank that I’m not participating in money laundering. Lol

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@xinyun_tw

10 months

a post on PTT said the reason why there aren’t more women at the rally is bc “Taiwanese women don’t care about housing justice. They rely on men to buy them houses. They’re at home online shopping while enjoying AC.”

Brian Hioe 丘琦欣

@brianhioe

10 months

Another thing worth remarking on is this crowd slants heavily male

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

Usually, smaller local theaters outside the cities will only show blockbuster movies. The fact that Nantou theater was willing to even put this movie in their schedule is already pretty impressive. And that is also why I’m sad to see news like this.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

It finally happened to me 😌 This week I heard a grown man say, during a work meeting, “you should trust my opinion on this. You know, I drive a Benz.” Omg, spread the word! This man drives a Benz, so everything he says is valid.

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@xinyun_tw

11 months

This #metoo movement in Taiwan has gone WAY beyond politics. I saw someone making a list of all the people who have been accused and it’s a loooooong list. These are also the people who are somewhat known to the public, we’re not even counting everyday people here.

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

2 months

Today is the 77th anniversary of 228, so I want to share this story that I worked on as a field producer about Taiwanese identity. We went to the Human Rights Museum and talked to a victim who was jailed for participating in a pro-independence org.

Taiwan presidential election tests ties with China | BBC News

Taiwan will elect a new president on Saturday in an election China has dubbed a choice between peace and war.No matter the result of the vote, Taiwan’s freed...

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@xinyun_tw

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Just saw on Facebook that Coco Lee passed away. She was the voice behind Mulan in Taiwan, which was my grandma’s fav Disney film. We watched it so many times together that I memorized all the songs in the movie.

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@xinyun_tw

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It feels surreal being in a museum about concentration camps dating back to the 1940s while there are actual ones still operating in China.

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

just want to share this: the bawan pizza has sold out in Taipei

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

Married women are expected to stay with their husband’s families most of the time during the Lunar New Year holiday, including the big new year's eve dinner. Traditionally, married women will only go visit their parents on the second day of the new year. 1)

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@xinyun_tw

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Tsai Ming-liang is here talking about his films and coffee. (somehow we pulled this off 😭)

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@xinyun_tw

6 months

A post is going viral on an online forum in TW. An anonymous male user complained about queer people being “outwardly gay,” when he already tolerates their existence. He then asked, “Why is there a pride parade but no straight parade?” And here I thought we live in 2023.

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@xinyun_tw

4 months

@brianhioe Now all I need to see is just someone from the KMT tagging Taylor Swift in the comment asking her about this

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

Taiwan’s political scene is deeply rooted in the temples, the religious centers of Taiwan. “It’s difficult for China to infiltrate us using the temples because they tend to have deeper connections with the locals. Most temples won’t twist god’s will even when they’re bought out.”

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@april17tw

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沈伯洋：我常講宮廟系統，中國一直接觸，他知道宮廟是可以拿下台灣。但是宮廟在地連結性夠強，再怎麼被中國接觸也不易反叛。我看過中國要求他長期給錢的宮廟，神明辦活動出巡，故意繞到某親中候選人。宮廟說要擲筊請示神明，在台灣，請示神明是公開不能黑箱。我們遇過案例是神明說沒有要出來。 1/9

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in response to someone calling out TPP’s English campaign slogan saying, “Even Trump wouldn’t dare to say this,” this is what TPP legislator Lai Hsiang Lin did...

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@xinyun_tw

5 months

Today finally feels like winter (in Taiwan), but I’m still hesitant to put away my summer clothes. I think I have a trust issue now.

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@xinyun_tw

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It's a green color mochi-like food that can be made both sweet (adzuki bean paste) and savory (shredded radish), and this pizza delivered both flavors. According to the website, the body of the turtle is savory, and the feet are sweet. photo from:

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@xinyun_tw

11 months

After The deputy secretary-general of DPP stepped down from her post yesterday, another woman has come forward and shared her experience of facing sexual harassment while working for DDP. She didn't receive any help or justice, and was also bullied by her supervisor.

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

saw this on the ghibli community fan page and suddenly feel the urge to spend three hours of my life rearranging my desktop like this...

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

First fixer in Taiwan lol

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@xinyun_tw

11 months

As for all the people who are using “I was too drunk” as an excuse to justify harassment: Please stop, it’s embarrassing.

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@xinyun_tw

7 months

It's important to remember that Taiwan faces ongoing disinformation warfare domestically. Local media that are willing to boost rumors and posts on FB only makes it worse. I believe this is the answer to why the Minister of Agriculture would resign over minor issues like eggs

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

Just want to kindly remind everyone that Terry Guo, who lost the 2019 KMT presidential primary, once said:" Democracy alone does not provide food to eat.（民主不能當飯吃）"

Reuters

@Reuters

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Hundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China, with some men smashing surveillance cameras and windows, footage uploaded on social media showed

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

doing research for @dearclarissa on Taiwanese food was a blast! 😭😭

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@xinyun_tw

8 months

Am I the only person who, upon hearing this, worried that I would have to make a baby just to adopt a cat?

Helen Davidson

@heldavidson

8 months

Taiwan presidential hopeful offers pets for pregnancies in push to boost birth rate

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

Since we’re here already. What about Jackie Chan’s honorary Oscar? He’s been a huge supporter of CCP since 2009.

端傳媒 Initium Media

@initiumnews

1 year

【逾十萬聯署要求奧斯卡撤邀甄子丹，王丹稱未見作為，將赴典禮現場抗議】武術演員甄子丹受訪時，稱2019年香港反送中運動為「暴動」，並批評一些外媒「從不報道真實的中國」。言論引發眾多網民不滿，近期有人發起聯署，指他言論侵犯人權，並要求奧斯卡撤回對甄子丹擔任頒獎禮嘉賓的邀請。

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

just exchanged a “we’re so brave” look with the stranger in the supermarket who’s also not wearing a mask.

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@xinyun_tw

10 months

A noodle shop aunty just complimented me when I asked her to add black vinegar to my noodle. She called me a connoisseur. I feel like my identity has been validated.

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@xinyun_tw

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good low key food stands in Taiwan usually don’t have a designated media contact so you have to call the restaurant landline multiple times like it’s the 90s and the owner is your bestie. I love when the staff just refer to me as “that girl” when they pass the phone to the owner

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

All the Taiwanese aunty ganged up on me at the grocery store because I said tapioca starch and sweet potato starch are not the same #iykyk

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@xinyun_tw

9 months

@ChasonDailey Also this: Th Cat Party Taiwan is very concerned that none of the four presidential candidates are team cat.

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

came across an essay that questions the mainstream theory that Three Cup Chicken 三杯雞 was invented in China. Instead, the author argues that it actually originated in Taiwan. This begs the question. Why should we care about the origin of Three Cup Chicken？ 1)

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

A friend of mine took HSR from Taipei to Kaohsiung this morning just to vote. I'm so thankful that I only had to take an hour-long bus ride lol please go vote 記得帶身分證跟印章🙏

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Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

1 year

a funny story in his family: When the great-grandfather was asked by the gov to come up with Chinese names 漢名, he didn't know how Han people pass down their surnames. He ended up randomly giving his five sons different ones, so the family now has five surnames going around.

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@xinyun_tw

1 month

The fact that it even says “cowabunga” on the ad

Brian Hioe 丘琦欣

@brianhioe

1 month

Pizza Hut Taiwan's latest monstrosity is...a turtle-shaped mochi pizza with cilantro??? What in the...

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@xinyun_tw

11 months

On a work trip in Warsaw I plan to have as many paczki as humanly possible

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@xinyun_tw

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I was about to heat up some bagels when the earthquake hit. Ended up running out of my apartment with a baking tray in my hand and two bagels on it.

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@xinyun_tw

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I like how part of being a fixer in Taiwan includes trying to convince regular people that this job is real and I'm not a scammer

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@xinyun_tw

1 year

People at my local PX Mart waiting in line to buy frozen tang yuan 😍 I got mine with my favorite red bean soup. And yes, I'm def team peanut.

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@xinyun_tw

6 months

Never thought I would learn statistics from Eric Chu

Xin-yun Wu 吳昕芸

@xinyun_tw

6 months

I chuckled when the TPP polling expert whipped out that NCC data to explain why they refused to acknowledge the polls that were done by only landlines.

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@xinyun_tw

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Wu Yin-ning, the former head of Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation who was fired due to waves of criticism from the media and commentators, also posted about how agriculture can be an easy target for disinformation because people lack knowledge about it

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