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🗞️ First joint drill with attack drones

Our President Lai inspected the drill in Pingtung, per Reuters. It combined drones, Hsiung Feng III missiles, and US HIMARS. Lai: it shows we can defend our sovereignty.

🐸 Kapa: Beijing doesn't run our drills.

Source: Reuters

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🗞️ We gave the Philippines a retired coast guard ship

Our Coast Guard confirmed the transfer, following past gifts to Marshall Islands, Palau, Tuvalu. Analyst: a shift that could sharpen pushback on Beijing.

🐸 Kapa: Isolate us, we make more friends.

Source: SCMP

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🗞️ Taiwan digital minister pitches AI ties in DC

Our Digital Minister Lin Yi-jing met US officials, Hudson Institute, CSIS. We face 2.6M cyberattacks daily; hackers now use AI to strike faster.

🐸 Kapa: Our history isn't Beijing's to teach machines.

Source: Focus Taiwan

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🗞️ We're opening a second office in the Philippines, in Cebu.

Our Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung confirmed it. 200,000+ Filipinos work in Taiwan. Beijing calls it "doomed."

🐸 Kapa: The louder Beijing yells "doomed," the better it's working.

Source: Focus Taiwan, Nikkei Asia

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🗞️ European Parliament calls Taiwan a "like-minded partner" on disinformation.

Its report says we lead in "situational awareness" and urges security talks with us, Japan and South Korea.

🐸 Kapa: The harder Beijing pushes, the more others learn from us.

Source: Focus Taiwan

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Where was bubble tea invented?

Here in Taiwan, in the 1980s. Two tea shops say they made it first, Hanlin Tea Room and Chun Shui Tang. Both went to court. Neither could own the idea. 🧋

Sources: Taipei Times (2018), National Geographic (2024)

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🗞️ Allies fear Trump may bargain away Taiwan

Reuters: Ahead of the Sept 24 Trump-Xi summit, allies worry Trump may soften support for us for gains from Beijing. In May he called arms sales to us a "negotiating chip."

🐸 Kapa: We're nobody's chip.

Source: Reuters

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Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧✨

We celebrate Lunar New Year as a tribute to cultural diversity, resisting any state-led attempt to monopolize the narrative. Culture belongs to the people, not to propaganda.

Stay free, stay independent, and keep leaping forward on your own terms.

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A Foggy Tale" Special Screening - Beyond the Mist: Bringing Taiwan’s Forgotten Stories to Vancouver"⁠
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In the silence of history, someone must keep speaking.⁠

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I just wrote my first note on Substack
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When Taiwan thrives, the world benefits. 🌏
I'll walk you through Taiwan's real story, one piece at a time!
Follow along — let's explore Taiwan together 🐸

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Taiwan Frogcast is a Taiwan-centered, internationally oriented nonprofit media brand.
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We help global audiences navigate Taiwan's realities, values, and threats, while strengthening public literacy against information manipulation and cognitive warfare. #frog #TaiwanIsaCountry