Collegium of China and Taiwan Studies (CATS)

📣 CATS is India's first research initiative dedicated to the study of contemporary Taiwan & China. Our endeavour is to bring to the people information on the developments in Taiwan 🇹🇼& China 🇨🇳

7⃣ Book World Prague is the largest literary event in the 🇨🇿 Republic, featuring over 400 exhibitors & participants from more than 30 countries. The fair also presents a freedom of expression award and includes a dedicated section focused on free speech.

6⃣Auer said 🇨🇳 contacted 🇨🇿 Ministry of Culture to request his replacement as fair director with someone more favorable to🇨🇳. The ministry responded that it does not intervene in privately organized events.

🚨 #China 🇨🇳 requests removal of Taiwan🇹🇼 flag at Book World Prague 🧵 follows:

6⃣ Last month, 🇨🇳 held war games code-named "Strait Thunder-2025A" around 🇹🇼, the "A" at its end suggesting there could be more to come.

5⃣ 🇨🇳's Defence Ministry & 🇹🇼 Affairs Office said this week that Lai was a "Taiwan Strait crisis maker" who had increased antagonism and confrontation and undermined peace and stability.

🚨 #Taiwan🇹🇼 President rallies the troops ahead of possible Chinese🇨🇳 drills 🧵 follows:

Authored by Howard Wang and published in 2025, the report analyzes the structure and function of this specialized language used within the CCP’s bureaucracy. The report is available for free download from the RAND website. (rand.org/pubs/research_…)

4️⃣ Implications: Understanding Tifa is critical for analyzing CCP governance, as it reveals how the party maintains coherence and authority in its policymaking.

🚨 The RAND report, titled "Political Discourse, Debate, and Decisionmaking in the Chinese Communist Party," examines how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) communicates policy directives through a system of coded speech, referred to as "Tifa." 🧵 follows: