Taiwan govt makes an unusual strategic investment move. Taiwan's military advances. Fraud, gangsters, and the criminal diaspora--that's my big story today! Some Han recall and recent polling updates. Finally, Taiwan called on China to apologize for the Tiananmen massacre, which of course, China totally did (actually no.)

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