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Has China really lost 130 million people?
thetimes.com/article/c3d0c5f…
Taiwan plans to raise billions of dollars to develop industrial parks in the US that would build a base for a comprehensive supply chain for Nvidia and other AI hardware makers in the country bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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It's also on YouTube:
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I've been traveling the world a bit. One of the most incredible experiences was getting to visit Taiwan w/ @JensenHuang. It was wild 🤯.. huge crowds of engineers, insanely good street food at night markets, and of course a lot of good conversations across many days. I caught some of it on video, see below. Alright, that's it from me, love you all ❤️
Timestamps:
0:00 - Highlights
0:46 - Intro
3:25 - Computex: crowds, engineers, tech, future of AI
9:12 - Chat with Jensen: keynote prep & nerves
13:03 - Chat with Jensen: Taiwan's tech history
19:47 - Raohe night market
29:37 - Chat with Jensen: memories from childhood
33:44 - NVIDIA party
40:29 - Lunch: braised pig's feet
43:09 - Chat with Jensen: GPUs, AI, and competition
55:07 - Ningxia night market
1:10:14 - Taiwanese breakfast
1:29:54 - Outro
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Hola, soy palestino. 🇵🇸
Y como la honestidad es poco común en mi política, permítanme confesar algunas cosas.
1947. La ONU me ofreció un estado. Junto a Israel. Fronteras, independencia, reconocimiento. Dije que no. Mis líderes prometieron que la guerra "arrojaría a los judíos al mar". En cambio, lo perdí todo y lo llamaron catástrofe. No porque no me ofrecieran un estado, sino porque lo rechacé.
1948–2025. Los estados árabes podrían haberme integrado, dado derechos, pasaportes, dignidad. En cambio, me encerraron en campos de refugiados durante generaciones, para que siguiera siendo un arma contra Israel. Construyeron palacios para ellos y cárceles para mí. Me usaron como propaganda, no como personas.
1967. Tras otra guerra perdida, podría haber construido un estado en Cisjordania y Gaza. En cambio, insistí en "ni paz, ni reconocimiento, ni negociaciones". Tres noes. Cincuenta años después, sigo sin Estado. Resulta que el rechazo no paga el alquiler.
Oslo, década de 1990. Israel dijo: «Intentémoslo». Me dio autonomía. Armas para la policía. Miles de millones en ayuda. ¿Qué hicieron mis líderes? Robaron el dinero, armaron milicias y lanzaron una intifada. Atentados suicidas en lugar de escuelas. Cohetes en lugar de fábricas.
Gaza, 2005. Israel se fue por completo. Sin colonos, sin soldados. Tuve la oportunidad de convertir Gaza en un Singapur mediterráneo. Voté por Hamás. La convirtieron en Mogadiscio junto al mar. ¿Miles de millones en ayuda? Túneles, cohetes y palacios para sus líderes, mientras mi gente come comida enlatada en la oscuridad.
¿Democracia? No he tenido elecciones en casi 20 años. Hamás mata a los disidentes en Gaza. Fatah los encarcela en Cisjordania. Mis líderes cancelan elecciones porque están demasiado ocupados luchando por el poder.
Religión. En lugar de construir un futuro, pongo a clérigos en televisión enseñando a los niños a odiar a los judíos. Glorifico a los "mártires" que hacen estallar autobuses. Crío a mis hijos con canciones de sangre y fuego en lugar de libros y ciencia. Cambio la esperanza por la guerra santa.
Mundo árabe. Los regímenes árabes me llaman "hermano". Pero pregúntenles cuántos palestinos pueden vivir libremente en Líbano, Siria, Egipto o Kuwait. Me excluyen, pero celebran mi muerte, porque mi muerte es su excusa.
Absurdo. Sigo diciendo que quiero "construir un estado". E irónicamente, justo al lado está Israel: el vecino que construyó una democracia próspera, una potencia tecnológica, granjas en el desierto, ciudades de polvo. Sin petróleo, sin riqueza infinita, solo coraje. Podría haber aprendido, copiado, colaborado. En cambio, elegí la envidia y la rabia.
Obsesión antijudía. Podría haber aceptado a los judíos como vecinos. Podría haber dicho: "Dos naciones, dos estados". En cambio, repito: "Del río al mar". En lugar de exhibir el honor, la hospitalidad y la rica cultura árabe, mostré solo la cultura de la espada: la ira, el extremismo y la sangre. En lugar de gritar salaam (paz) a los israelíes, grité muerte a los judíos. Y luego finjo sorprenderme cuando los israelíes no confían en mí, cuando están enojados, decepcionados y convencidos de que no quiero coexistencia en absoluto.
Responsabilidad. Culpo a Israel de todo. Siempre. ¿Mis líderes roban miles de millones? Culpa de Israel. ¿Hamás dispara cohetes desde hospitales? Culpa de Israel. ¿Glorifico la muerte más que la vida? Culpa de Israel. La responsabilidad no es mi fuerte.
Soy palestino.
Podría haber construido una nación, muchas veces. Elegí el rechazo, la corrupción y la guerra sin fin. Podría haber vivido en paz con Israel, pero elegí vivir a la sombra de su destrucción.
Así que sí, soy una víctima. Pero con demasiada frecuencia, soy víctima de mis propios líderes, de mis propias decisiones y de mi propia negativa a abandonar el odio.
Y esa, querido lector, es la tragedia que nadie quiere admitir.
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蔡英文前总统在斯坦福大学胡佛研究所的演讲,一如既往地沉着有力,赢得了现场听众的赞赏。
最让我感动的,是有人称赞她当选总统“打破了玻璃天花板”时,她不假思索地回答:“不是我,而是选举我的人民打破了玻璃天花板。”我是现场第一个鼓掌的。对于经历过中共专制的人,这句话尤其令人动容:她把这份成就归于人民,也道出了民主的力量。
她开场时还平静地自嘲,说自己的讲话一向以“平淡”出名,但在今天这个充斥着两极化言论和网红式演说的时代,这种平实而有内容的表达,也许正是我们需要的。全场响起掌声,可以感到心情却有些复杂——这样的沉着与平实,如今竟显得如此稀少。
她多次谈到在公民社会中建立共识的重要性,也讲述了年金改革等艰难政策如何在这一过程中推进。她娓娓道来,从具体的治理经验中,展现出世界级领袖的视野。
为了表达敬意,我特意穿上西装,可能是全场着装最正式的几个人之一。领带还是六年前赴台湾观选时,立法院赠送的。当天恰好接受了镜新闻记者的采访,也借这个机会分享了我的感受。
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The University of Iowa's President's Residence was built in 1908 and has housed every sitting president since 🏡
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China is on the cusp of becoming a high-income country by the World Bank’s classification. But Beijing would rather not be grouped with the world’s wealthy nations. on.wsj.com/4dBWmrL
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Interesting historical fact I learned about today: Sun Yat-sen and his wife Soong Ching-ling, both legendary founding figures of modern China (Soong Ching-ling was Honorary Chairman of the PRC and Sun Yat-sen's portrait still goes up in Tiananmen Square on National Day), only spoke English to each other!
This is because she spoke Shanghainese and he spoke Cantonese, which are mutually unintelligible.
However they both spoke perfect English because they were both educated in English-speaking schools: Soong Ching-ling at Wesleyan College in Georgia, and Sun Yat-sen in Hawaii and in then-British Hong Kong.
In fact, funnily enough, when Soong Ching-ling - on her deathbed in 1981 - was told of the Politburo’s decision to admit her to the Communist Party, it was announced to her first in Mandarin (which she never mastered) and then again in English so she would understand (thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forwa…).
This all highlights how recent China’s linguistic unity is: it’s actually one of the country’s major achievements.
China has had "one script" since the Qin dynasty, but "one pronunciation" is a very recent achievement - people from different regions often couldn’t understand each other when they spoke until the past few decades.
To the point where even China’s "Father of the Nation" and "Mother of the Nation" couldn’t speak the national language to each other!
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Today, on our National Day, we celebrate the people of #Taiwan, the democracy we built & the bright future that lies ahead. Watch the livestream of our annual celebration here:
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US State Department described China's activities east of Taiwan as deeply destabilizing and urged Beijing to stop pressuring Taiwan following a report of a Chinese maritime militia boat in the area in August. focustaiwan.tw/politics/2026…
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Shanghai, October 10, 1945: First National Day celebration in the Republic of China after end of World War II
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President @ChingteLai on Saturday criticized China's use of military & gray-zone tactics to pressure Taiwan, saying Beijing seeks to change the Taiwan Strait status quo.
In his National Day address in Taipei, Lai also discussed U.S.-China ties & Taiwan's economic development.
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China’s campaign to expand its reach in the Pacific has a new target: a chain of tiny Philippines islands critical to any U.S. defense of Taiwan. on.wsj.com/4i90u5b
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This is the first visit former President Tsai has made to the US since stepping down almost 2 1/2 years ago. Let's hope she comes more often going forward. focustaiwan.tw/politics/2026…
Defying Beijing's objections, giant Taiwan flags suspended under US-made Chinook helicopters were flown over Taipei ahead of the island's national day. Army pilot Lin Chang-cheng said seeing the flags fly was always 'extremely moving'
Giant Taiwan flags fly from helicopters for national day - News
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As a political reporter -- let's not forget when Ditka briefly flirted with running for US Senate as a Republican against an upstart Democratic candidate named... Barack Obama. Eventually, the IL GOP recruited Alan Keyes
Thank you, coach. You personified the toughness, grit, flamboyance and passion of our city. RIP and #gobears
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It’s with a heavy heart that I’m sharing the Ditka family has announced the passing of Mike Ditka this morning.
Da Coach. Hall of Famer. The heartbeat of the ’85 Bears and a Super Bowl champion. Chicago won’t be the same.
Prayers to Diana and the family.
RIP, Coach. 🐻⬇️
Here’s a statement from the family:
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Mike Ditka. While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player, legendary coach, and leader of the Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl XX championship team, we knew him as the heart of our family. Mike will be missed beyond measure and remembered forever.
With love and gratitude, The Ditka Family
The FBI has seized tools used by Chinese hackers for cyber operations, officials say wgntv.com/news/national/ap-u…
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Happy b’day, Jay Graydon, who once explained his solo in Steely Dan’s “Peg”:
“.. It was just another record session as far as nerves go. .. I hoped I would play a solo that Donald and Walter would like, since a guitar solo on a SD album was a big deal ..”
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