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Lead· 01 The Dispatch· Policy Brief· Published 07 JUL

The Taichung Attack on Akio Yaita and the Ethnic Unity Promotion Law

The 6 July 2026 attack on journalist Akio Yaita in Taichung fits a 'hit-and-run' pattern of transnational repression. This brief reads it through the new Ethnic Unity Promotion Law's mobilization function — and maps the institutional void that would leave Japan unable to classify the same attack on its own soil.

伶仃輕舟 (A Solitary Skiff)

03 · Art & Culture · Liberty Art Prize 2024

伶仃輕舟 (A Solitary Skiff)

左若禺 Roy Zuo · Literature