Two domestic cases, six imported cases announced at the CECC daily press conference. No deaths. Both were in Taipei
One case was found while tested to enter the hospital and is probably an old case due to contact with a co-worker. One contact listed and quarantined
The other case also had two family members and a boyfriend positive in the past, but testing results not confirmed yet. Found while being tested to accompany her mother to the hospital
Four of the six imported cases had been vaccinated before
Five more cases in the kindergarten cluster have been confirmed to have Delta through genetic variant testing. 3,440 negative tests to date, 128 still being tested. 3,596 tests total.
11 more Delta cases confirmed through genetic testing. 149 cases of Delta confirmed to date, 43 of which were domestic transmission. 16 were from the Banqiao cluster, 1 is from the Taoyuan cluster
Vaccines distributed to local governments today. Those more than ten weeks after first dose Moderna vaccination who are above 75 years old or 65 for Indigenous can receive second dose
27,979 vaccinations yesterday, mostly AZ. Coverage at 49.19%, which is 55.17 per 100 individuals
Anyway, today Chen Shih-chung was at the legislature, so the press conference was by Chuang Jen-hsiang of the CECC alone
207,979 vaccinations, sorry*

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18 Sep
In an hour is the start of that deeply cursed Qiao/Code Pink/People's Forum conference. Since my masochism knows no bounds, I will be live-tweeting it with critical commentary...for the next ten hours

Keep an eye on this space! Join me on a journey into the heart of darkness
Since unlike these people with their crazy projections about Asia, I actually live here, so that's my 10 PM to 8 AM. But I'd be up anyway, since I sleep around 10 AM usually, and I'm doing this for the lulz. Here's the playlist of the livestream events

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They have a discussion board on Action Network set up here, there have been some comments already, with multiple comments that just say "I want" for some reason--maybe spam. Welp, others are free to chime in, I imagine

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17 Sep
Apple Daily reporting Chang Ya-chung of the Sun Yat-Sen School was involved a 2006 lawsuit where he sue his girlfriend for defrauding him of 6.64 million NT, but she responded that he had asked her to invest before she found out he had another girlfriend

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Where it's relevant to Chang's claims to be able to produce 5 million USD for the KMT by borrowing from a Malaysian friend is that Chang claimed that the woman he was investing with did not return the money he had signed a promissory note with her
As the check was out of date and he later found that she had not purchased any stocks. The woman was ruled not guilty by the courts
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Alright, folks, this is important: I have an op-ed in
@thenewslensintl today outlining why the Chiang Kai-shek statue in the CKS Memorial should be replaced with Zongchai, the CECC Shiba Inu spokesdog. Thanks @toonsbystellina for the art!
Thanks @nickhaggerty_ for encouraging me to develop my tweet into an op-ed as well, ahahaha
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Ko Wen-je claims to still have presidential ambitions in this interview, states he will try and get the support of Terry Gou, Hou You-yi, and Jaw Shaw-kang

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Hou You-yi has been touted a strong candidate for the KMT in 2024, he's the one who really knows how to play both sides and avoid coming off as too hardline--but that may also be a strike against him in trying to go for the nomination, given the ideological hardening of the party
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17 Sep
The Su Beng Museum, memorializing leftist Taiwanese independence revolutionary Su Beng, sometimes referred to as the father of Taiwanese independence, has announced that it will be holding an opening ceremony on September 20th. Su died in 2019 at age 100
Piece on Su Beng's life by @heguisen from 2019

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@newbloommag also put out this piece by his biographer Na Su-phok in 2016

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According to Chen Shih-chung, TSMC has been informed that 2 million doses of BNT are expected to arrive in batches from the end of August to the start of September

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