For the week of Oct. 5, 2025:
In time for Taiwan’s 114th National Day on Oct. 10, highlights of an Aug. 27 panel discussion after the screening of “Invisible Nation,” a documentary that features Taiwan’s first female president, Tsai Ing-wen (2016-2024).
The democratic island nation, the size of Vancouver Island, thrives in the shadow of Communist China, whose leader, Xi Jinping, threatens to invade.
Featuring: Filmmaker Vanessa Hope, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office director general Angel Liu, University of British Columbia political science Prof. Yves Tiberghien and moderator Vina Nadjibulla, vice-president of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. (Footage courtesy of TECO Vancouver.)
As usual, Pacific Rim and Pacific Northwest headlines and the Virtual Nanaimo Bar.
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