Alice Hérait

French desk editor at @afpfr , formerly freelancing in #Taiwan, often in #Kinmen. I share readings and thoughts here

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

For Taiwan Scene, my last on #Kinmen. And this time, I promise I'm not talking about politics. Actually, Kinmen has much more to offer than pieces on cross-strait relations. https://t.co/ftBobwiCO1

[Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu]

Have signed off from my last day in the extraordinary journey with AFP (and the press)

If someone requests interview in my name as an AFP (or any outlet) reporter, that’s not me.

But like HK, there is still one last story up in the sleeve.

Meanwhile:

https://t.co/1kclI3NxdI

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

Now that I live in Hong Kong and work for a French company, I barely can practice mandarin. My new hobby consists in discovering and reading mandarin songs lyrics, happy if you have good recommendations

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

As far as I like good features, I like it even more when they make me discover a new amazing Chinese band
https://t.co/hgYJ4vnANw

[Inalco @Inalco]

L'Inalco lance une chaire d'études taïwanaises afin de développer la formation et la recherche sur la société taïwanaise contemporaine et promouvoir les échanges et les partenariats entre l'établissement et les institutions taïwanaises.
👉 En savoir plus : https://t.co/KK6tizh0cf

[Taïwan en France @TaiwanEnFrance]

@AliceHerait pour le quotidien Le Figaro (article réservé aux abonnés sur le site):
Le Figaro - à lire : Quand à Taïwan fleurissait avec les Tournesols l’esprit d’indépendance https://t.co/spYp7RxRH2

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

With @hkfp - 10 years on: How Taiwan's Sunflower Movement sowed the seeds of a new civil society https://t.co/6VFDJYaNOS

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

@foreignersinTW Yes! The friend I went with just got an issue. But I could go.

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

It started out with a failed plan to take the boat to Xiamen, then it turned I was stuck in Kinmen because of the weather and now I have story to write. Kinmen here I stay (again)

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

The guy I rent scooters from has also a few historical liquor bottles

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

Left: Kinmen kids who earned a PHD from the beginning of the republican era (some went to Ivy League schools). Right: Kinmen kids who qualified for mandarin exams from the Song through the Qing.

[William Han @W_T_Han]

Confucian-traditional Wujiang Academy in Kinmen, where many local students once studied, doubles as a shrine to Song philosopher Zhu Xi. His so-called Neo-Confucianism or Lixue, the philosophy of reason, dominated subsequent Chinese thought. With calligraphy by historian Qian Mu

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

@papagaeio I can help placing good restaurants on the map

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

On Kinmen, you can do a 風獅爺 tour, these wind lions are the symbol of the island and there is more than 30 notable one

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

Looking for women in Taiwan who decided not to have children as a deliberate choice. My original request on FB hasn't been really successful so I'm trying here. It's for an article ofc!

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

各位台灣女性朋友：請問有沒有哪一位決定不生育的願意跟我聊一聊？我在寫一篇文章。

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

@kuantingvision Congrats Kuan-ting!

[Le Monde diplomatique 🖋 @mdiplo]

« Guerre du récit national à Taïwan », par @AliceHerait
Janvier 2024 🗞️
https://t.co/TQUoeW4tPI

[Jérémy André Florès @Tantalite]

Après un peu moins de 2 heures de décompte, @ChingteLai affiche une solide avance de plus de 200 000 voies et frôle les 40% (Source @taiwanplusnews). Le taux de participation serait faible, à seulement 62%, bien en-dessous des plus de 74% d'il y a 4 ans.

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

Mon dernier pour Le Figaro https://t.co/KwlYKq25XK

[Mediapart @Mediapart]

Taïwan vote, et la Chine est dans toutes les têtes

Par @AliceHerait

👉‍ https://t.co/CNZomVH1y5
https://t.co/CNZomVH1y5

[Alice Hérait @AliceHerait]

Pour Le Figaro : À Taïwan, le rôle de la défense civile au centre d’un débat houleux https://t.co/cYrBs98kCB