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Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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Editor @newbloommag, writes @Diplomat_APAC @itsflaminghydra. Words @washingtonpost @thenation @guardian. Nonresident fellow @UoN_TRH, @TaiwanFCC board member
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Jul 8, 2024
    Some news--my first book is coming out from @RepeaterBooks in January! It's fiction, but drawing from the experiences of my early 20s as a young activist in the Sunflower Movement, Occupy Wall Street, the founding of @newbloommag, and beyond barnesandnoble.com/w/taipei-at-da…
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Apr 1, 2023
    For April Fool's Day, Pizza Hut Taiwan has rolled out a "flavorless" pizza, which is just a giant hole with nothing inside tw.nextapple.com/life/20230401/…
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    May 9, 2024
    New Taipei elementary school forbids students from feeding school dog which has come to resemble a cow
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Jun 25, 2024
    Came across this sign of legend the other day
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Dec 1, 2022
    The tankie mentality of basically claiming the US is the worst in the world and no other struggle or context matters in comparison is first world narcissism at its best, lol
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Jun 14, 2023
    Because the crimes that Taiwan has committed against food can never be enough, a ramen shop in Kaohsiung is now offering durian ramen facebook.com/story.php?stor…
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Oct 26, 2022
    Of all social media networks, I really cannot stand LinkedIn because of its focus on "career" and "professionalism"--things I do not care for. So I decided to change my profile photo to pictures of me drunk and passed out in places
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Oct 8, 2022
    Hahahahahahaha, someone really wants to please China
    Elon Musk suggests making Taiwan a ‘special administrative zone’ similar to Hong Kong
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Jan 9, 2020
    Only in Taiwan will you have this as an ad for an election campaign rally. Only Taiwan
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Dec 10, 2021
    Another reminder that for so many American leftists, the rest of the world only exists an abstraction to be dismissed so that they can get back to the more urgent business of continuing to self-flagellate about America
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    Ajamu Baraka
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    Dec 9, 2021
    The Russians are preparing to invade Ukraine, the Chinese are preparing to invade Taiwan, all according to the one nation that has invaded, droned, sanctioned, & subverted nations for years. Look, the only threat to international peace comes from warmongering of U.S.
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    May 17, 2024
    Several hundred, mostly young people, are gathered outside of the legislature right now in demonstration of the KMT’s actions
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Sep 30, 2020
    Heard a conversation in a restaurant just now which was like: 我知道，我知道，好，我知道，好，好，好，我知道，我知道，知道了，好，好，我知道，好，我知道，我知道，我知道，好，好，好，好，我知道，我知道，好，我知道，我知道，好，謝謝。中秋節快樂
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    May 30, 2023
    Carrefour in Taiwan is advertising zongzi with shibari these days #PerverseTaiwan
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    Brian Hioe 丘琦欣
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    Nov 21, 2021
    They love to make Uyghurs smile and dance, too