Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Accompanying the parents to the annual Cheng Beng in Penang. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Qingming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qingming</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SouthEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsia</span></a></p>
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R. Scott Pert<p>The Ugly American:</p><p>> The Ugly American is a 1958 political novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer that depicts the failures of the U.S. diplomatic corps in Southeast Asia.<br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly_American" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly</span><span class="invisible">_American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/SouthEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsia</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping is making his country's presence more felt across the Indo-Pacific region by testing U.S. allies on sensitive issues, as Donald Trump’s attention is taken up elsewhere. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/asia-pacific/politics/xi-us-allies-indo-pacific-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">27/asia-pacific/politics/xi-us-allies-indo-pacific-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asiapacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asiapacific</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a></p>
Beware The Cheese<p>Looking down the road at a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/temple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>temple</span></a> in a small town near <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yangon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yangon</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a>. A daily photo from my archives.<br>bewarethecheese.com <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a></p>
MikeReidPhotography<p>Basically this was the view I was after in North Vietnam. The Quay Son river, with its aqua waters, winds through the countryside and between the karst mountains. We left at 3am to get there at sunrise</p><p>Prints at <a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/vietnam-quay-son-river-sunrise-mike-reid.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/vi</span><span class="invisible">etnam-quay-son-river-sunrise-mike-reid.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/buyintoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyintoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/calm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zen</span></a></p>
Kevin WEl Nido, Palawan Island, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Philippines?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philippines</a> shot with a <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dji?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dji</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mini4pro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mini4pro</a> in January, 2025. <br>
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Ned Hamson<p>Five new species of Southeast Asian soft-furred hedgehogs found</p><p>A recent study has identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs (also known as Lesser Gymnures) from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoutheastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoutheastAsia</span></a>. The study used DNA … Five new species of Southeast Asian soft-furred hedgehogs found</p><p><a href="http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/03/15/five-new-species-of-southeast-asian-soft-furred-hedgehogs-found/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthene</span><span class="invisible">ws.com/2025/03/15/five-new-species-of-southeast-asian-soft-furred-hedgehogs-found/</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>LGBTQ+ advocacy groups in the Philippines are looking at new financing strategies and sources of funding, and calling for greater involvement by local health institutions to protect against foreign aid withdrawals. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/06/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-lgbtq-us-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">06/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-lgbtq-us-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asiapacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asiapacific</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philippines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usaid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiv</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>China’s electric vehicle makers are facing a reality check in Southeast Asia, where many are still priced out of such cars and access to a reliable source of electricity is not always a given. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/04/tech/china-ev-makers-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/04/tech/china-ev-makers-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vinfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinfast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/byd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>byd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carmakers</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Asian perspectives of the U.S. have shifted from a country once perceived as a force of "moral legitimacy" to something akin to "a landlord seeking rent," Singapore's defense minister says. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/17/asia-pacific/politics/singapore-asia-us-landlord/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">17/asia-pacific/politics/singapore-asia-us-landlord/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asiapacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asiapacific</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singapore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngenghen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngenghen</span></a></p>
alxd ✏️ solarpunk prompts<p>Hey <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> people from outside of the Global North!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@SolarpunkConference" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SolarpunkConference</span></a></span> would like to hear your voices on why they should allow you to watch their online <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> without having a credit card compatible with the US payment system!</p><p>Do we have anyone from <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> or anywhere in <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> ? <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> ? <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> ? <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/southAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southAmerica</span></a> ? <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/southEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southEastAsia</span></a> ?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@SolarpunkConference/113957600020215218" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@SolarpunkConfe</span><span class="invisible">rence/113957600020215218</span></a></p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/globalSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalSouth</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/socialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/climateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateChange</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/event" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>event</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/futurism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futurism</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/hopepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hopepunk</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>"Chen Yaozuo was a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Teochew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teochew</span></a> prime minister & grand tutor of the crown prince of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SongDynasty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SongDynasty</span></a> (960–1279) in the 11th century. Coming from a family of officials, he was a rising star at the start of his career, until he bravely, or some might say foolishly, answered a call of Emperor Zhenzong for open criticisms by submitting a memorial that spelt out the ills of the times, including matters that no one else dared to speak about. As a result, Chen Yaozuo was banished & demoted to become an assistant prefect in the Teochew prefecture. This happened in 998, almost 180 years after Han Yu of the Tang dynasty suffered a similar fate."</p><p>"....Chen Yaozuo was more of a problem-solver than Han Yu, and he knew this. At the same time, he sensed the Teochew people’s deep admiration for his fellow Confucian. Cleverly capitalising on this, Chen Yaozuo erected a shrine in honour of Han Yu and he used it to commence his own programme to promote education among what was still a backward population. In pursuit of this goal, the Sichuan native also set up a Confucian temple and places of learning, while identifying and encouraging able families to send their children to schools.</p><p>Chen Yaozuo left Teochew after three years of devoted service to its people. He subsequently revealed in an inscription presented to a study room in Zhangpu (a county in Fujian adjacent to Teochew prefecture) that his time in Teo-yor was passed without major worries, despite it being enveloped in miasma."</p><p>"Chen Yaozuo’s heart remained with the place even many years after his departure. His poem below, “A note to Registrar Li Zi in Chaoyang” (送潮陽李孜主簿), illustrates this:</p><p>潮陽山水東南奇<br>The mountains and waters of Chaoyang are a wonder of the Southeast<br>魚鹽城郭民熙熙<br>Fishing boats, salt beds, and people going in and out of the city form a merry sight<br>當時為撰玄聖碑<br>Back then I had to write inscriptions for the sages<br>而今風俗鄒魯為。<br>Today its customs are like Zou and Lu [i.e. the home countries of Mencius and Confucius]</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historians</span></a> credit Han Yu for starting what we may call a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> through <a href="https://beige.party/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> in Teochew. Yet the extent of Chen Yaozuo’s tireless contributions towards this cause can be seen by its fruits. Before his arrival, the Teochew prefecture produced only three men who attained the status of jinshi, the highest scholarly title awarded by the Chinese imperial court since the late 6th century. By the end of Song, the records show more than 170 jinshi from Teochew, of whom about a third came from Teo-yor.</p><p>Beyond scholarly titles, the creation of an educated class sparked a golden age in Teochew with accelerated advancements in agriculture and industry that ended its days as a backwater."</p><p>Ref: <a href="https://inf.news/en/history/08fbe530527e724eeeee5320bff4f3b9.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inf.news/en/history/08fbe53052</span><span class="invisible">7e724eeeee5320bff4f3b9.html</span></a></p><p>Ref: <a href="https://www.theteochewstore.org/blogs/latest/teochew-through-the-eyes-of-its-visitors-chen-yaozou-an-unsung-hero" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theteochewstore.org/blogs/late</span><span class="invisible">st/teochew-through-the-eyes-of-its-visitors-chen-yaozou-an-unsung-hero</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Gaginang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaginang</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseRevolutionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseRevolutionaries</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseImperialEra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseImperialEra</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TeochewHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeochewHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SouthEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HistoryOfChina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfChina</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearnHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseScholars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseScholars</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TeochewRoots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeochewRoots</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Nguyễn Thị Bình is a granddaughter of the Nationalist leader Phan Chu Trinh. She grew up in a land that had been under French rule since 1858. The country’s resources were plundered, & the people exploited as cheap labour & reduced to grinding poverty. So determined were the French to maintain their colonial hold at any cost, they collaborated in power-sharing with Japanese <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/occupiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occupiers</span></a> who brought horror & starvation from 1940-1945.</p><p>Despite this, led by the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietMinh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietMinh</span></a> Front, people of Vietnam triumphed in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AugustRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AugustRevolution</span></a> of 1945 & the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (DRV) was declared on September 2nd. Democratic elections took place in January 1946 but French troops, with the open support of the US & Britain, attacked the new Viet Minh administration in the south of the country & the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WarOfResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOfResistance</span></a> against <a href="https://beige.party/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> began.</p><p>Binh studied French at Lycée Sisowath in Cambodia & worked as a teacher during the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/colonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonisation</span></a> of Vietnam. She joined <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnamCommunistParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamCommunistParty</span></a> in 1948. Upon joining, she immediately began work as a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AntiColonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiColonial</span></a> organiser. From 1945-1951, she took part in intellectual protest movements against French <a href="https://beige.party/tags/colonists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonists</span></a>. She was arrested & jailed between 1951-1953 in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Saigon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saigon</span></a> by the French <a href="https://beige.party/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> authority in Vietnam. She was repeatedly interrogated under torture & sentenced to death but was reprieved & released in very poor health in 1954.</p><p>Upon release from prison, Binh went north to work in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Hanoi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hanoi</span></a> for the National <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WomensUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensUnion</span></a>. Her job took her to many localities where she witnessed first-hand the impact of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> & the French War on ordinary people & especially women & children. </p><p>1954 was a year of victory for the Vietnamese army. The defeated French were forced to sign the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GenevaAccords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenevaAccords</span></a> recognising the independence, sovereignty & unity of Vietnam. The country was temporarily split in two at the 17th parallel, with the French moving to the south from which they would withdraw, while the Viet Minh went to the north. A general election for the government of a united country was to follow within 2 years. </p><p>But it never happened. The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> came centre stage to ensure that the Accords were never implemented. Driven by strategic interests in the region, it made sure that Vietnam stayed divided – preventing an election that would have swept Ho Chi Minh to power with 80% support, while bankrolling & controlling the reactionary <a href="https://beige.party/tags/regime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regime</span></a> of Diem-Nhu south of the 17th parallel. This regime violently suppressed all opposition, executing of thousands of Viet Minh supporters & condemning hundreds of thousands to concentration camps and prisons.</p><p>In response, the NLF (for liberation of South Vietnam & unification) was formed in 1960. Nguyen Thi Chau Sa was assigned to the Foreign Affairs Section of its Re-unification Committee & given the name Nguyen Thi Binh (Peace). From 1962 onwards, her high-profile diplomatic work, took her across the world. She represented the aspirations of the people of Vietnam in every country & forum she visited, while the world’s strongest <a href="https://beige.party/tags/imperialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imperialist</span></a> power made all-out war on her small country.</p><p>During the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnamWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamWar</span></a>, she became a member of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietcong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietcong</span></a> Central Committee and a vice-chairperson of the South Vietnamese <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WomensLiberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensLiberation</span></a> Association. In 1969 she was appointed foreign minister of the Provisional <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Revolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Revolutionary</span></a> Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. A fluent French speaker, Bình played a major role in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ParisPeaceAccords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParisPeaceAccords</span></a> - an agreement that was supposed to end the war & restore peace in Vietnam.</p><p>She was expected to be replaced by a male Vietcong representative after preliminary talks, but became one of the group's most visible international public figures. During this time, she was famous for representing Vietnamese women with her elegant & gracious style, and was referred to by the media as "Madame Bình". She was also referred to as the "Viet Cong Queen" by Western media.</p><p>After the war, she was appointed Minister of Education of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 1982-1986; the first female minister ever in the history of Vietnam. Binh was a member of the Central Committee of Vietnam's Communist Party from 1987-1992. She was the Deputy Chair of the Party's Central Foreign Affairs Commission & Chair of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee. The National Assembly elected her twice to position of Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the terms 1992–1997 & 1997–2002.</p><p>Bình has authored several op-eds, including a one on the state newspaper Nhân Dân in which she voiced concerns that the current personnel policy of the Communist Party of Vietnam have allowed some "incompetent and opportunistic" individuals to enter the party's apparatus. She also criticized the Party's focus on increasing membership at the expense of "quality."</p><p>From March 2009-2014, she served as a member of the support committee of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RussellTribunal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussellTribunal</span></a> on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>.</p><p>Madame Bình became a source of inspiration & namesake for Madame Binh Graphics Collective, a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RadicalLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadicalLeft</span></a> all-women poster, printmaking, & street art collective based in NYC from 1970s-1980s.<br>Many Americans in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AntiWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiWar</span></a> movement were proud to wear T-shirts printed with the portrait of "Madame Binh". By then, she had become a symbol for female soldiers of the legitimacy of Vietnam's efforts.</p><p>Madame Bình has been awarded many prestigious awards & honours, including the Order of Ho Chi Minh & Resistance Order (First Class). In 2021, President of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc awarded her the 75-year Party Membership Commemorative Medal.<br>To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, the Government of Vietnam commissioned the official portraits for 12 former foreign ministers from 1945-2020. Nguyễn Thị Bình was included among them as the only South Vietnamese foreign minister & the only woman.</p><p>Ref: Nguyen Thi Binh". Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography (3rd ed.). Boston: Northeastern University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-55553-421-9</p><p>Ref: Triantafillou, Eric (3 May 2012). "Graphic Uprising". The Brooklyn Rail. </p><p>Ref: <a href="https://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/about-rtop/patrons.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">russelltribunalonpalestine.com</span><span class="invisible">/en/about-rtop/patrons.html</span></a></p><p>Ref: Hy V. Luong (2003), Postwar Vietnam: dynamics of a transforming society, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 0847698653</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseRevolutionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseRevolutionaries</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SouthEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Viet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viet</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USWarOnVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWarOnVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LongLiveVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongLiveVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearnHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WomenOfTheResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenOfTheResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Changemakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Changemakers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TrailblazingWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrailblazingWomen</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WomenWhoChangeTheWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWhoChangeTheWorld</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietCongWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietCongWomen</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DebunkingUSLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebunkingUSLies</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Nguyễn Thị Bình (born 26 May 1927), also known as Madame Bình & Mother of Vietnam, is a South <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnamese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnamese</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/revolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolutionary</span></a> leader, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/diplomat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diplomat</span></a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/politician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politician</span></a>. She became internationally known for her role as the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietCong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietCong</span></a> (NLF)'s chief diplomat & leading its delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. She later served in the government of reunified Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon & became the country's Vice President in 1992. She is the first woman in Vietnamese history to be appointed a cabinet minister.</p><p>Nguyen Thi Binh was the only woman to sign the Paris Agreement on Ending the War & Restoring Peace in Vietnam on 27th January 1973. South Viet Nam was liberated on 30th April 1975 & the two parts of Vietnam were finally brought together in 1976 as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.</p><p>In her memoirs, she said: “My own life, in concert with the life of our nation, has helped me understand that seizing political power and demanding independence were extremely difficult, particularly when opposing colonialists and imperialists. However, maintaining political power and building a nation…is much more difficult.”</p><p>At Hanoi Peace Conference in November 2022, she stated:</p><p>“Having suffered numerous sacrifices, pain and loss during decades of struggle against foreign aggression and for peace, independence and freedom, the people of Vietnam deeply appreciate the value of peace,” she told those gathered. Warning that the danger of wars, including a nuclear catastrophe, is greater than ever before, she stressed the vital importance of “rallying and uniting peace forces and movements” to halt aggression and build a world of peace and justice for all.</p><p>Ref: Nguyen Thi Binh. Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography (3rd ed.). Boston: Northeastern University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-55553-421-9.</p><p>Ref: Brigham, Robert K. (2011). "Nguyen Thi Binh". The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-1-85109-961-0</p><p>Ref: Hy V. Luong (2003), Postwar Vietnam: dynamics of a transforming society, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 0847698653</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseRevolutionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseRevolutionaries</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SouthEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Viet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viet</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USWarOnVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWarOnVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LongLiveVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongLiveVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearnHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WomenOfTheResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenOfTheResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseWomen</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RevolutionaryWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevolutionaryWomen</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (1 February 1940 – 15 October 1964) was a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnamese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnamese</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/revolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolutionary</span></a> & member of the NLF (National Liberation Front). He gained notoriety after being captured by ARVN forces while trying to assassinate US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara & Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. who were visiting South Vietnam in May 1964.</p><p>Trỗi became the first publicly executed member of the NLF. His execution was filmed, and he remained defiant to the end. His last words before his execution in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Saigon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saigon</span></a> :</p><p>"You are journalists and so you must be well informed about what is happening. It is the Americans who have committed aggression on our country, it is they who have been killing our people with planes and bombs ... I have never acted against the will of my people. It is against the Americans that I have taken action."</p><p>When a priest offered Trỗi absolution, he refused, saying: "I have committed no sin. It is the Americans who have sinned." As the first shots were fired, he called out: "Long live Vietnam!"</p><p>His wife wrote a biography book on his short but brave life. Phan Thi Quyen (c. 1965) Nguyen van troi tel qu'il etait (Nguyễn Văn Trỗi As He Was).</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseRevolutionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseRevolutionaries</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SouthEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Viet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viet</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USWarOnVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWarOnVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LongLiveVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongLiveVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearnHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ResistanceFighters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistanceFighters</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Võ Thị Sáu (1933 – 23 January 1952) was a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnamese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnamese</span></a> schoolgirl who fought as a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/guerrilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guerrilla</span></a> against the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FrenchOccupiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchOccupiers</span></a> of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a>, then part of French <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indochina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indochina</span></a>. She was captured, tried, convicted & executed by the French <a href="https://beige.party/tags/colonialists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialists</span></a> in 1952. She was the first woman to be executed at Côn Sơn Prison. </p><p>Vo Thi Sau was no ordinary schoolgirl. She was just 14 when she tossed a grenade at a group of French soldiers, killing one & injuring 12 before escaping into a crowded market. A few years later, in 1952 aged just 19, she was executed by a French firing squad. </p><p>Minutes before her death, a priest asked if she wanted to confess & she simply replied: “I only regret not finishing destroying all the colonists and people who betrayed this nation.” She then demanded her captors take off her blindfold: “No need to cover my eyes, I want to look at this beloved country for the last time and I have the courage to look directly at your muzzle.” She refused to kneel & calmly sang “Tien Quan Ca,” the then national anthem of North Vietnam, before she was shot dead. Her last words were reportedly “Down with the French Colonialists, long-lasting independence Vietnam, long-live President Ho.” Bold & fearless, Sau has been seen as a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/heroine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heroine</span></a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/martyr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>martyr</span></a>, beloved by her country ever since.</p><p><a href="https://chaohanoi.com/2020/04/21/vietnamese-schoolgirl-revolutionary-fighter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chaohanoi.com/2020/04/21/vietn</span><span class="invisible">amese-schoolgirl-revolutionary-fighter/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnamHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseRevolutionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseRevolutionaries</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SouthEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Viet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viet</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USWarOnVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWarOnVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LongLiveVietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongLiveVietnam</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VietnameseSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnameseSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearnHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WomenOfTheResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenOfTheResistance</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BadassAsianWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadassAsianWomen</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>china's crackdown on pig butchering frauds etc. finally made the pages of the WSJ (it's been obviously happening for over a year now but still nice to see I guess)</p><p>* WSJ: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-pushes-neighboring-countries-to-rein-in-scams-after-rare-public-outcry-1003a997" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/world/asia/china-pushe</span><span class="invisible">s-neighboring-countries-to-rein-in-scams-after-rare-public-outcry-1003a997</span></a><br>* no paywall: <a href="https://archive.ph/gAZPn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/gAZPn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cambodia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cambodia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myanmar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sEasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sEasia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/southeastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pigbutchering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pigbutchering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Laos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thailand</span></a></p>
Lowyat.NET<p>Grab And BYD Partner To Expand EV Access In Southeast Asia <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/byd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>byd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collaboration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ehailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ehailing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electricvehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malaysia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/partnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partnership</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.lowyat.net/2025/340958/grab-byd-partner-ev-access-sea/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lowyat.net/2025/340958/grab-by</span><span class="invisible">d-partner-ev-access-sea/</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>A great and well facilitated interview between two SE Asian writers and Nazry Bahrawi, musing on how even in the same region we have so many differences and similarities.</p><p>Samuel Caleb Wee, an Anglophone Singaporean (like me) had his poetry collection translated by the Vietnamese writer Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng.</p><p>Samuel says, "I feel like a key part of growing up Singaporean means accepting that your tongue will always be thoroughly forked through with other languages—my own mouth shapeshifts about five times a day, depending on the room. I’ve also never been comfortable with writing strictly in the Anglophone.."</p><p>This perfectly resonates with me. I am very (most) comfortable reading and writing in English, but also feel the same tug of the other languages that feel more like 'home'</p><p><a href="https://dvan.org/2025/01/forked-tongues-an-interview-with-samuel-caleb-wee-and-quyen-nguyen-hoang/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dvan.org/2025/01/forked-tongue</span><span class="invisible">s-an-interview-with-samuel-caleb-wee-and-quyen-nguyen-hoang/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SoutheastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoutheastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a></p>
Agas Ramirez 🎙️<p>📣 Episode 29!!! (Just one more until S03 but E30 will be in 2 parts)</p><p>This episode is about the often overlooked history of female immigrants in colonial Malaya, spanning from the late 19th to mid-20th century. Despite their contributions, their narratives have been reduced to footnotes in male-dominated accounts of migration.</p><p>Listen for free: <a href="https://linktr.ee/herstoryseapod" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linktr.ee/herstoryseapod</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/herstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herstory</span></a><br><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/historypodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historypodcast</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/historypodcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historypodcasting</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/womenshistoryeveryday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenshistoryeveryday</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/herstoryseapod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herstoryseapod</span></a></p>
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