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SEP 11

Maori Turns Threads’ Misheard Mandopop Lyrics Into a Comedy Reel

Instagram creator Maori gathers popular Taiwanese Threads posts that turn misheard Mandopop lyrics into deadpan visual jokes. The Reel moves from Jolin Tsai and Jay Chou to Guanyin and mushrooms in 82 escalating seconds.

SEP 5

Macaques Climb Down a University Dorm Wall in Kaohsiung

A 21-second video shows a troop of Taiwanese macaques climbing down a dormitory facade at National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung. The campus borders Shoushan, where macaque encounters have long been part of student life.

AUG 29

Claude Use in Taiwan Is More Work-Focused Than in the United States

Anthropic's May 2026 Claude data places Taiwan 31st among 121 countries on a population-adjusted usage index. Compared with the United States, Claude use in Taiwan was more concentrated in work, software development, and data analysis, but the dataset does not measure all AI use.

AUG 29

A Jungfrau Joke Sparked a Thread of Overseas Places Mistaken for Taiwan

A friend mistook ChunChun Chen’s snowy photos from Jungfrau for Qigu Salt Mountain in Tainan. The replies became a collection of similar mix-ups, with the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu, Hawaii, and other destinations recast as familiar places in Taiwan.