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At about 10:30am, Shaw -- accompanied by Hu and a group of hospital staff -- met the media in the lobby of China Medical University. Shaw, who was hospitalized for 92 days, appeared in good shape despite limping and speaking somewhat slowly. She wished the public Happy New Year.
Hu looked very happy and satisfied with his wife's recovery.
PHOTO: LIAO YAO-TUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
"I told you she is as beautiful as ever. I was right, wasn't I?" Hu said.
Hu said he had a few days ago begun talking with hospital staff about the possibility of Shaw leaving the hospital temporarily to have a New Year's Eve dinner at home with family members.
Initially, doctors were concerned that Shaw's left arm, which was partially amputated, could become infected. As a result, the hospital assigned two doctors to accompany Shaw during her stay at home. She will return to the hospital after 24 hours to continue her treatment.
"The wound on her amputated arm is expected to be fully healed by the end of March. Hopefully she will be fitted with an artificial limb by June," said Cheng Lung-pin (鄭隆賓), the hospital's vice president.
Cheng added that it might take Shaw between six months and a year to recover from the brain damage that has affected her speech and ability to recognize people.
LOOKING NORTH: The base would enhance the military’s awareness of activities in the Bashi Channel, which China Coast Guard ships have been frequenting, an expert said The Philippine Navy on Thursday last week inaugurated a forward operating base in the country’s northern most province of Batanes, which at 185km from Taiwan would be strategically important in a military conflict in the Taiwan Strait. The Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted Northern Luzon Command Commander Lieutenant General Fernyl Buca as saying that the base in Mahatao would bolster the country’s northern defenses and response capabilities. The base is also a response to the “irregular presence this month of armed” of China Coast Guard vessels frequenting the Bashi Channel in the Luzon Strait just south of Taiwan, the paper reported, citing a
A total lunar eclipse, an astronomical event often referred to as a “blood moon,” would be visible to sky watchers in Taiwan starting just before midnight on Sunday night, the Taipei Astronomical Museum said. The phenomenon is also called “blood moon” due to the reddish-orange hue it takes on as the Earth passes directly between the sun and the moon, completely blocking direct sunlight from reaching the lunar surface. The only light is refracted by the Earth’s atmosphere, and its red wavelengths are bent toward the moon, illuminating it in a dramatic crimson light. Describing the event as the most important astronomical phenomenon
The presence of Taiwanese politicians at China’s military parade tomorrow would send the wrong message to Beijing and the international community about Taiwan’s sovereignty and democracy, a national security official said yesterday. China is to hold the parade tomorrow to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. By bringing together leaders of “anti-West” governments such as Russia, North Korea, Iran and Belarus, the parade aims to project a symbolic image of an alliance that is cohesive and unbending against Western countries, the national security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu
UNDER PRESSURE: The report cited numerous events that have happened this year to show increased coercion from China, such as military drills and legal threats The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aims to reinforce its “one China” principle and the idea that Taiwan belongs to the People’s Republic of China by hosting celebratory events this year for the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the “retrocession” of Taiwan and the establishment of the UN, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said in its latest report to the Legislative Yuan. Taking advantage of the significant anniversaries, Chinese officials are attempting to assert China’s sovereignty over Taiwan through interviews with international news media and cross-strait exchange events, the report said. Beijing intends to reinforce its “one China” principle
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