Taiwan’s military, in a media demonstration on Tuesday, showcased its use of virtual reality technology to train soldiers in tactical combat casualty care, focusing on medical responses in wartime scenarios

Protesters at Columbia University barricaded themselves inside an academic building on campus overnight, upping the stakes in their conflict with the school over a pro-Palestinian encampment on.wsj.com/3JHVwKA on.wsj.com/3JHVwKA

As announced today, I’m stepping down from 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan) 🇹🇼 May 20. While the job was heavy at times, it’s been a tremendous honor to serve as foreign minister for the last 6 yrs. I appreciate the global support & brilliant colleagues at #MOFA . Will continue on in the same spirit. JW

#IStandWithEvan

The wait is over. Tomorrow at 10 am, Taiwan's president-elect 賴清德Lai Ching-te will officially reveal the highly anticipated appointments for defense minister, foreign minister and the head of MAC, according to 民主進步黨 Democratic Progressive Party.

ICYMI, The Wall Street Journal reported on it earlier: on.wsj.com/3w775rA

TSMC makes the world’s most advanced chips in Taiwan. Geopolitical shifts are pushing it to set up a new factory in the American desert.

It needs to bring its cutting-edge tech but also a notoriously harsh, military-style work culture to the U.S. 🧵
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Hualien reported at least two buildings damaged after an M6.3 earthquake struck Taiwan's eastern coast in the middle of the night on Tuesday, the strongest one since the April 3 main quake. (Photo: Hualien Fire Department)

M6.3. Off Hualien. At a depth of 5.5km.

That was the kind of quake that makes me worry about those I know in Hualien—and anyone else in Taiwan—I hope everyone is okay.

An M5.9 earthquake hit Taiwan’s eastern coast at 22:11 at a depth of 8.6 km, likely one of the aftershocks—and the strongest yet felt in Taipei today—following the April 3 big quake.

Where have my Taiwan Twitter folks gone? Why isn't anyone tweeting about earthquakes anymore? (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)