After repeated scuffles between lawmakers in #Taiwan ’s parliament, where opposition parties are trying to push through a bill that will expand their power to scrutinize the government, there is an impromptu protest of hundreds of people outside the legislature at 11 pm.

New piece up The Nation today on US support of Israel in SE Asia and how it may impact America's overarching foreign policy goal of competing with China.

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New: A bipartisan proposal set to be introduced later today in the House would set up a new development assistance fund to help countries who forge ties with Taiwan and face economic pressure from China semafor.com/article/05/10/…

For Monocle, I reported on how protests in the US have shaped urban design –– and vice versa – how a growing trend toward the privatization of space has meant that there are fewer places for people to protest without running into trouble.

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The Urbanist: in part one of our series on conflict and the city, we explore the role of protests and the influence of the built environment on them. Featuring professor Jeff Hou, Karina Tsui, Alexis Lerner and Hannah Lucinda Smith monocle.com/radio/shows/th…

“The University must make a commitment to never again weaponize campus access against the press, and especially its student press—no matter how severely events escalate.”

What an indescribable feeling it is to see Columbia Daily Spectator on the latest cover of New York Magazine. Our very own student journalists reported, wrote, photographed, and illustrated a three-story package that gives an intimate portrait into Columbia University: a campus in crisis.

Long threatened, Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel will shut down Al Jazeera operations in the country per a new law that was recently passed. It’s technically temporary measure that can be renewed but it’s an unprecedented move cnn.com/2024/05/05/mid…

Worth listening to:

I’m in Tokyo where students at the University of Tokyo have begun an encampment for Gaza.

Their demands include an academic boycott, disclosing and divesting from companies associated with Israel, and that the university takes in Palestinian students and researchers from Gaza.

“One of the great contradictions of the Biden foreign policy: it has certain values but it doesn’t enforce those values when it collides with interests. India gets an exemption card” Ravi Agrawal

Thirteen of the at least 44 demonstrators arrested inside Hamilton Hall during the Tuesday police sweep were nonaffiliates, University spokesperson Ben Chang announced during a Thursday evening press briefing.
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The NYPD is now confirming the shooting during the Hamilton Hall raid at Columbia occurred, two days and countless media appearances later, where no mention of it was made.
Their full statement below:
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Student journalists have really risen to the occasion. Their reporting has been some of the most rigorous, nuanced, and accurate coverage of the Gaza solidarity protests springing up around the country, and they've done it for free. These students deserve awards *and* jobs.

In newest statement, Hamas gives a fairly positive response to the latest hostage deal, saying it will send a delegation to Egypt as soon as possible to complete the discussions with the aim of reaching an agreement.

In a note to staff today, WSJ editor Emma Tucker says the company is refocusing its Asia coverage around “highest ambition enterprise work..” This includes laying off some Hong Kong-based staff and “shifting our center of gravity in the region from Hong Kong to Singapore.”

There is more to say, but for now let me tell you how proud I am of our Columbia Journalism students, whom I've watched report non-stop for days, sleep on floors, support one another & give their all to bearing witness under dire conditions: pulitzer.org/news/statement… The Pulitzer Prizes

After years of leading Documented's editorial operations, I have decided to move to a new role, where I will expand our investigative work. We are hiring an EIC to help guide our newsroom during a time of growth.

This is an incredible opportunity.

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