Stories about Feature from January, 2020
From Indonesian exile to Czechoslovakian pop star: An interview with Rony Marton
Jaroni Surjomartono, an Indonesian scholar, arrived in Prague in 1963. He and hundreds of scholars were later banned from returning home after General Suharto rose to power.
Is Taiwan an unrecognized country?
"While today the international community is happy to maintain the current status-quo when dealing separately with Taiwan and China, certain political forces in both places are advocating for a change."
Internet disruption: different terms for different tactics
Now more than ever it is vital for internet users to understand the different vocabulary being used to describe internet interruptions and how they work.
Fiji netizens say #PlasticFree campaign is misleading
"This whole exercise is to change peoples behaviour, you don't do that by giving them an equally bad alternative."
‘Byzantine Pompeii’ archaeological discovery in Greece will be moved to make way for the Thessaloniki subway
"What the metro construction procedures have brought to light is Byzantine Pompeii! Do you understand? And do you plan to remove it and reattach it later? Are you crazy?"
Chinese propaganda slogan ‘unifying Taiwan by force’ is losing its threatening edge
Ahead of Taiwan's 2020 presidential election, mainland Chinese propaganda has started to downplay the “unifying Taiwan by force” narrative.
