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taiwanreporter, 5 days ago to random German

Very good read. "That’s what TSMC is really competing with at its Arizona fabs. It’s having to pay a multiple of what it would pay in Taiwan, for workers who are less elite and less passionately committed to the company. This is not an advantage of Taiwanese management or Taiwanese culture — it’s a function of the fact that Taiwan is a less wealthy country than America, and one that has chosen to throw many of its best people into a single national champion company." https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/whos-afraid-of-east-asian-management

taiwanreporter, 7 days ago to random

What you need to know about China's latest Taiwan blockade rehearsal:

• It was planned long before Lai's speech
• It does not only affect Taiwan
• They want you to panic

taiwanreporter, 17 days ago to random German

It's been more than 5 years since the great documentary "American Factory" came out.

Did no one at TSMC bother to watch it? This reads like falling into the same cross-cultural traps all over again.

Inside TSMC’s struggle to build a fab in the US suburbs http://restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-arizona-expansion/

taiwanreporter, 17 days ago to random German

Das Wichtigste zu meinem neuen Buch über Taiwan:
https://intaiwan.net/2024/05/12/buch-taiwan-wichtigste-insel-der-welt-klaus-bardenhagen/

taiwanreporter, 24 days ago to random German

"I continue with both activism and studying. They can’t scare me anymore. But if one day I commit ‘suicide,’ which has happened to previous activists abroad, then everyone will know that I didn’t kill myself."

How in the Netherlands, Chinese students are being threatened by the Chinese government. Terrifying, but necessary reading. Show this to people who talk about China like any normal country.

https://www.folia.nl/nl/international/161772/chinese-students-threatened-by-chinese-government-they-regularly-ring-my-doorbell

taiwanreporter, 1 month ago to Taiwan German

Verdacht der Spionage für China: In der Nacht wurde ein Assistent von Maximilian Krah, AfD-Spitzenkandidat für die Europawahl, festgenommen.
Jian G. stammt aus China, ist mittlerweile deutscher Staatsbürger. Auch für #Taiwan hat sich interessiert.

Schon im Oktober schrieb T-Online: Jian hatte offenbar versucht, Taiwaner in Deutschland zu unterwandern.
"Fotos zeigen ihn im Kreise von ... taiwanischen und exil-chinesischen Demokratieaktivisten in Deutschland."

Recherche: https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/innenpolitik/id_100247784/afd-maximilian-krah-das-geld-aus-china-und-die-geheimdienste.html

Das alles scheint nicht recht zu jemandem zu passen, der gleichzeitig Geschäfte mit chinesischen Unternehmen machte. Und später im Parlament und anderswo vor allem durch seine Kontakte zum chinesischen Staat in Erinnerung blieb. Auch die Demokratieaktivisten in Deutschland blieben auf Distanz, obwohl er sich angeblich sehr aktiv einbringen wollte – sie trauten G. nicht, erfuhr t-online aus ihren Kreisen.

pallenberg, 1 month ago to tesla

First interior-image of the upcoming #Tesla Robotaxi leaked online!

taiwanreporter, 1 month ago to Taiwan German

Hooray for random T-shirts. #Taiwan

zwingy, 1 month ago to Taiwan German

#taiwan trendet und lese schlimme Nachrichten vom #erdbeben

Hoffe es geht allen gut
Wo auch immer ihr gerade euch aufhaltet

@taiwanreporter @pallenberg

taiwanreporter, 2 months ago to random German

News from Taiwan's convenience store front:
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/03/19/2003815156

• One convenience store per 1703 people (but South Korea has an even higher density?!)
• 50% more 7-Elevens than Family Marts
• 450 more stores in 2023 - more than 1 new store opens every day
• Beverages account for 60% of sales
• Average sales per store and day: NT$82,000 (2400 EUR)

Anything that surprises you?

taiwanreporter, 3 months ago to Taiwan German

Love this design. So random. #Taipei #Taiwan

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taiwanreporter, 3 months ago to Taiwan German

Fußgängerweg des Monats. #Taiwan

taiwanreporter, 4 months ago to random German

The BBC reports: "Neither Chiang, nor Mao, conceived of Taiwan as a separate place with a separate people. But that is what it has become."

The Taiwan that China wants is vanishing https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67920287

pallenberg, 5 months ago to mastodon

Moin #Mastodon ... heute mal Markttag :)

Habt einen schoenen und vor allen Dingen gesunden Start in diesen Dienstag!

#Taipei #Taiwan

taiwanreporter, 5 months ago to random German

Okay, this branding is absurd.

taiwanreporter, 6 months ago to random German

Love old wooden doors.

taiwanreporter, 6 months ago to random German

Great interview with Vanessa Hope about how "Invisible Nation" became possible.
(New for me: She already filmed a short doc on the 1996 presidential election when she was a language student in Taiwan.)

https://filmmakermagazine.com/123436-interview-vanessa-hope-invisible-nation/

taiwanreporter, 6 months ago to random German

Mit dem Schweizer Radio habe ich darüber geredet, ob und wie China die Wahlen in Taiwan beeinflusst.
https://www.srf.ch/audio/srf-4-news/wahlen-in-taiwan-versucht-china-einfluss-zu-nehmen?uuid=12684b84-3ab5-4a6a-9d33-ba760c4ca0f4

taiwanreporter, 6 months ago to random German

No idea what they put into the coffee at this 7-Eleven. But it cannot be caffeine.

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taiwanreporter, 6 months ago to random German

This is pretty cool.
Opinion: They traveled on L.A. subways and buses for a week and loved it. Can two dozen German journalists be wrong? https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-11-03/los-angeles-public-transportation-metro-bus-train

taiwanreporter, 6 months ago to random German

A survey "suggests that 60 percent of the nation’s children are enrolled in after-school cram schools ... the number could be higher than 70 percent in cities.

"About a quarter of students attend cram schools more than five days a week, with about 60 percent staying at their institutions until 9pm; and 20 percent attending classes until well after 10pm. ...

"37 percent get [only] five to six hours’ sleep a day ...

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/10/24/2003808147

taiwanreporter, 7 months ago to random German

A good introduction to one of the most important places everyone should see in Taipei. https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2022/12/23/2003791228

pallenberg, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Aus einer Zeit vor der grossen Streamingwelle oder warum frueher Datentraeger auch irgendwie stylish waren.

Huellen von VHS-Tapes!

#retro #vhs

taiwanreporter, 7 months ago to random German

US and UK offering opportunities for Taiwanese Mandarin teachers as they grow weary of China's Confucius Institutes. https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/09/28/2003806888