I have one for Taiwanese politics: today is Freedom of Speech Day in Taiwan, commemorating when Nylon Deng (Cheng Nan-jung 鄭南榕), founder and editor of Freedom Era Weekly, self-immolated at the conclusion of a siege of the magazine's offices in 1989 in an attempt to arrest him for sedition. The police commander in charge of the operation? Hou You-yi, currently mayor of New Taipei and potential KMT candidate for the January 2024 presidential elections.