My first single-authored book on the #Philippines 🇵🇭 "The Origins of Modern Philippine Politics: From Colonial Rule to Strongman Duterte, the Archipelago Nation's Struggle for Independence, Development and Democracy" has been published in Taiwan with 左岸! (1/n)
I started off as a Southeast Asianist during my undergrad years, later working in Taiwan's @iingwen
administration's #NewSouthboundPolicy with @taef_tw. I see this book as my tiny contribution in improving the (lacked) understanding of 🇵🇭 in the Chinese-speaking world. (2/n)
With the upcoming elections happening on May 9th, this book really has come out at the right time. Hope it will give Taiwanese readers a deeper historical perspective on the results. (3/n)
Here I am also sincerely grateful to Eslite Bookstore for also selecting me in their monthly recommendations (May Batch). This will help the book reach potentially interested Taiwanese readers, who may have been to 🇵🇭 before and want to know more. (4/n)
All in all, for people interested, here are some related info on the book:
Most important part of the statement is the potential termination of #Taiwan's "Laws and Regulations Regarding Hong Kong & Macao Affairs" ( 香港澳門關係條例) if future developments in HK necessitate it.
According to Article 60 of the act, "...should any change occur in the situation of Hong Kong or Macau such that the implementation of this Act endangers the security of the Taiwan Area, the Executive Yuan may request the President to order suspension of the application of all...
...or part of the provisions of this Act...Should the application of any part of this Act be suspended and no other laws or regulations be formulated to govern relations between the Taiwan Area and Hong Kong or Macau, the relevant provisions of the Act Governing the Relations...
The rather interesting (and miraculous) story of why #Taiwan acted on COVID-19 so early.
In the early hours of December 31th 2019, Taiwan CDC Dep. Director and other staff spotted a post on #PTT (Taiwan Reddit) talking about SARS-like cases in Wuhan,...
China. The post included screenshots of fresh public statements by Wuhan health authorities on unknown pneumonia and Wechat group messages among Wuhan medical professionals (including Dr. Li Wenliang's famous words) warning about the situation. Taiwan CDC Dep. Director shared...
...this information to the CDC's internal message group at 5am the same day. Thus started the beginning of Taiwan's rapid response. In the morning, Taiwan CDC sent an email to #China inquiring on the situation. Another email was sent to the @WHO midday. At 6pm the same day...