COURT RULING: Zhou Manzhi planned and implemented activities with clear ‘united front’ objectives, posing a threat to national security and social stability, the court said
The Kaohsiung branch of the High Court yesterday sentenced a Chinese immigrant to eight years in prison for creating immigrant associations sponsored by Chinese “united front” groups, overturning a previous acquittal after the Supreme Court remanded the case for retrial.The court sentenced Zhou Manz
Taiwan could enter another influenza epidemic period as soon as this week, and cases might continue to increase to about 130,000 per week at the Lunar New Year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Lee Chia-lin (李佳琳) said flu viruses r
US President Donald Trump has made an astonishing series of attacks apparently designed to humiliate allies France, the UK and Canada as the row over Greenland threatens to engulf the Davos forum.In a flurry of social media posts and comments to reporters a day before he leaves for the elite gatheri
Australian politicians yesterday voted in favor of tougher hate crime and gun laws, weeks after gunmen targeting Jewish people on Bondi Beach killed 15 people.Lawmakers in the House of Representatives backed the legislation in response to the Dec. 14 shooting at the famous Sydney beach.Sajid Akram a
The “Taiwan model” trade agreement reached with Washington is not about relocating supply chains, but expanding industrial capabilities in the US, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) said today.Taiwan and the US last week reached an agreement in tariff negotiations with Taiwan securing most-favored-na
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING: The ministry said the special budget focuses on building a comprehensive defense system and strengthening the domestic defense industry
The Ministry of National Defense yesterday released information on seven categories of weapons systems to be procured under a stalled NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.57 billion) special defense budget, including precision artillery, long-range missiles, air defense anti-tank missiles and more than 200,000 u
NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT: An official said that Guan Guan’s comments had gone beyond the threshold of free speech, as she advocated for the destruction of the ROC
China-born media influencer Guan Guan’s (關關) residency permit has been revoked for repeatedly posting pro-China content that threatens national security, the National Immigration Agency said yesterday.Guan Guan has said many controversial things in her videos posted to Douyin (抖音), including “the re
The Supreme Court yesterday rejected appeals by Reunification Alliance Party members Chang Tsun-feng (張存逢) and Huang Jung-te (黃榮德), upholding their prison sentences for espionage and electoral fraud.Chang and Huang, who were the chairman and chief executive officer of the pro-Beijing party’s Pingtun
A high-speed train derailed and was hit by another in southern Spain, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 120, authorities said yesterday.It was the deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi yesterday said that she would dissolve parliament this week ahead of a snap election on Feb. 8, hoping for a stronger mandate to push through her ambitious policy agenda.The nation’s first female leader is banking on her high poll numbers to lead the unpopular
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) today greeted the government's trade negotiation team on their arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, commending them for the tariff reduction and investment agreements reached with the US.Led by Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) and chief trade negotiator Minist
REINFORCEMENTS: Although designated as a no-fly area, Taipei’s administrative core lacks sufficient defensive deployments during peacetime, an expert said
Military police have strengthened garrison defense capabilities in Taipei as part of a force-structure adjustment to address enemy threats, the 202nd Military Police Command said yesterday.The command said it has added a new air-defense company under the 228th Battalion stationed in Taipei’s Shilin
PAPERS, PLEASE: The gang exploited the high value of the passports, selling them at inflated prices to Chinese buyers, who would treat them as ‘invisibility cloaks’
The Yilan District Court has handed four members of a syndicate prison terms ranging from one year and two months to two years and two months for their involvement in a scheme to purchase Taiwanese passports and resell them abroad at a massive markup.A Chinese human smuggling syndicate purchased Tai
Europeans were reeling yesterday from US President Donald Trump’s announcement that eight countries would face 10 percent tariffs for opposing US control of Greenland.The responses to Trump’s decision on Saturday ranged from saying it risked “a dangerous downward spiral” to predicting that “China an
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday said “several thousand people” died in this month’s anti-government demonstrations, his first acknowledgment of the deadly scale of the unrest. Some of those were killed “brutally and inhumanely,” Khamenei said without offering detail in a pu
A strong cold air mass is expected to arrive tonight, bringing a change in weather and a drop in temperature, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The coldest time would be early on Thursday morning, with temperatures in some areas dipping as low as 8°C, it said.Daytime highs yesterday wer
‘SALAMI-SLICING’: Beijing’s ‘gray zone’ tactics around the Pratas Islands have been slowly intensifying, with the PLA testing Taiwan’s responses and limits, an expert said
The Ministry of National Defense yesterday condemned an intrusion by a Chinese drone into the airspace of the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島) as a serious disruption of regional peace.The ministry said it detected the Chinese surveillance and reconnaissance drone entering the southwestern par
RAPID EXPANSION: TSMC plans capital expenditure of at least US$52 billion this year, up more than 27 percent from last year, company chairman and CEO C.C. Wei said
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday remained tight-lipped over a media report that the contract chipmaker plans to build an additional four advanced integrated circuit (IC) packaging plants in Taiwan.The world’s largest contract chipmaker declined to comment, saying that any
CTi News reporter Lin Chen-you (林宸佑) was yesterday detained incommunicado by the Ciaotou Prosecutors’ Office for allegedly funneling money from China as bribes to lure active-duty and retired military personnel for military information.Along with Lin, five active and retired military personnel were
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