International Journal of Comparative Sociology just published a special issue on trust and social movements with 8 research articles. I am glad to have joined this team work and shared my analysis on the Hong Kong case.
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The Shimen Irrigation Canal Guoling Branch Trail 石門大圳過嶺支渠步道offers a leafy and leisurely walk of 1.5 km through rice paddy and pounds, which are rapidly vanishing due to urbanization around Taoyuan Zhongli 桃園中壢.

We have a full month of events celebrating the ten-year legacy of Taiwan's Sunflower Movement. My observation of these commemorations: asserting the core values, giving voice to participants, and establishing the contemporary relevance.
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Mt. Lizijiao 梨子腳山(1176m), overlooking Taiping Old Street in Meishan Township of Chiayi County 嘉義梅山太平老街, offers a ridge trail trough tea garden. I had the luck to encounter a group of tea leaf hand picker.

A 10-year look at Taiwan Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong Umbrella Movement in a forum by participants.

The mountaintop view from Hehuan Peak合歡尖山 over 石門山 Mt. Shimen #Taiwan100Peaks with an elevation of 3217 meters. It's an engineering marvel that such a highway can be built in this alpine terra.

View from Qingjing Skywalk 清境天空步道. The famous Nangao-Andong Ridge 能高安東連峰 is clear from distance.

Why Taiwan Was So Prepared for a Powerful Earthquake.
A great article. Actually, President Tsai Ing-wen mentioned the need fo
build resilience several times in her national day address.

nytimes.com/2024/04/04/wor…

Sun Moon Lake: the photo is taken on a lakeside trail connecting Xiangshan 向山 to Toushe 頭社.

Mt. Shamao 紗帽山(643m) lies in the antechamber of National Yangming Park. It has a cute and easy stone path to the peak, but it's more exciting to take other trail.

Tw Sunflower and HK Umbrella Movement Ten Year Retrospective on April 12, 3pm at NTNU 台師大. Roundtable w/ Alex Chow 周永康, Wei Yang, Tseng Poyu chaired by wen liu; keynote by Jeff Wasserstrom. Thanks to Lev Nachman and Ming-sho Ho and other organizers/sponsors inc Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. Free!

The Unfinished Revolution: Hongkongers' Democratic Movement and Everyday Resistance is finally published. It originated from a course NTU Sociology 台大社會
to address the university crisis in HK, and flourished into a research output. bookrep.com.tw/?md=gwindex&cl…

My op-ed piece on the generational politics of Taiwan's #Sunflowermovent activists (millennials) in light of their predecessors of the 1990 Wild Lily Movement, or Gen X.
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A full-house screening of the documentary She's In Jail 幸彤在監獄 in National Taiwan University. #FreeChowHangTung .

My reflections on the first ten years of #Taiwan #SunflowerMovement . In a nutshell, the enduring movement legacy, the dissipated protest energy, and the continuing youth discontent.
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The tenth anniversary rally of Taiwan's Sunflower Movement.

I got an interview with Japan's Akahata Shimbum (Red Flag) for Taiwan's #SunflowerMovement . Probably in order to celebrate the youth protest ten years ago, they chose a younger picture of me.

Zhudong Forest Park 竹東森林公園 offers an easy ridge trail that commands a superb view over the Hakk town, which began its modern life by using rich resources in timber, coal, limestone, and natural gas and now drew migrants for blooming hi-tech industries.

My review of existing #HongKongstudies in Taiwan's social science journals, analyzing 217 articles in 1980-2022. With this solid foundation, Taiwan is poised to become a significant overseas base for that academic endeavor.
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My observations on Taiwan's 2024 presidential and legislative election from a social movement perspective.

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