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Joyu Wang
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Reporter @WSJ, covering Taiwan and beyond. Former Hong Kong transplant via @mujschool. Also on the drums. Find me on Bluesky: @joyuwang.bsky.social
The Taiwanese internet is going "pink" today––an unofficial campaign to break gender stereotypes––following a tale about a boy who refused to wear a pink mask to school for fear of being bullied #ColorHasNoGender #顏色沒有性別
- This evening in Taipei, 300+ people wearing in black & chanting words—which are now banned in Hong Kong—turned out for a human-chain rally in solidarity with the city, marking one year after a key protest day that ended with cops beating people inside subway trains
00:00 - Yes, we voted. #TaiwanElection This guy, a first-time voter, took the first flight of today flying in from Hong Kong. He said his plane was full of Taiwanese people on board.
- As of 9:15 am Sunday, the line waiting to vote outside a polling station in Fortress Hill has stretched for more than 300 meters. It’s so long that I couldn’t even capture the whole queue in this time-lapse video. #HongKong #HongKongElection
00:00 - Happening now: More than a thousand gather outside a mall in the southern city of Tainan on a humid Sunday night to watch a livestream of the Olympic men’s doubles badminton match, rooting for their athletes as they battle their Chinese rivals for the gold medal.
00:00 - Replying to @joyuwangTaiwan’s first gold medal! Watch the crowd outside a Tainan mall go bunkers as the Taiwanese badminton pair takes down their Chinese opponents in the Olympic final.
00:00 - Happening now in Taipei: a few hundred protesters are gathering outside Taiwan’s legislative buildings after brawls erupted at the legislature on Friday over controversial bills
00:00 - Replying to @joyuwangOK. Here's a second batch: Note that it's not only government agencies but brands, NGOs and cultural groups are also supporting the cause in this "pink wave" across Taiwan #ColorHasNoGender #顏色沒有性別
- It’s 3:30 a.m. here in Taiwan, but about two thousand are still awake at New Taipei City Hall, according to the city government, watching the Olympic boxing livestream as Taiwanese athlete Lin Yu-ting goes head-to-head with her Polish rival in the 57kg final for the gold medal
00:00 - In one of Hong Kong's most Pro-China neighborhoods––North Point––a 22-year-old fresh college graduate just unseated a 69-year-old incumbent council member, who was first elected when the young man was two years old. on.wsj.com/35w9Ks6 w/ @xinwenfan #HKDCElection
- Taiwan has 14 submarine cables that connect the island to the rest of the world. Here's a @WSJ video explainer by @adam_b_adada on how Taiwan’s internet is under threat amid tensions with China, and what Taipei is doing to beef up and defend it. Watch: on.wsj.com/3SbVxsC
- Taiwan’s Vice President @ChingteLai, a leading candidate in the 2024 race, marched in the Taipei Pride Parade on Saturday. Accompanied by his @DPPonline comrades, Lai has became the highest ranking Taiwanese official to be part of Asia’s largest LGBT gathering.
00:00 - 🇹🇼 #TaiwanProtests: It's 8:45 PM, and organizers say 80,000+ have shown up for a rally outside Taiwan's legislative buildings. They're protesting against a few opposition-backed bills. The crowd is expected to keep growing as the night goes on.
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