Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Huang Chao-hui (
Huang made the call to boycott the federation at a press conference at the Legislative Yuan, while suggesting that Taiwanese businesspeople operating in China relocate their investments to Taiwan whenever Beijing shows it is not interested in protecting their rights and interests.
Huang said that China was attempting to ally itself with Taiwan's businesspeople against Taiwan's government by posting ranking officials in the newly formed federation.
A formal ceremony marking the establishment of the controversial federation is scheduled to be held on Sunday in Beijing.
Chen Yunlin (
He Shizhong (
Huang questioned the participation of the two Chinese officials in an organization purportedly intended to defend and safeguard the rights and interests of Taiwanese businesspeople in China.
Huang argued that while Taiwanese business associations around China had been sparing no effort to protect Taiwanese interests, the new business federation would be "trapped by Beijing's `one China' scheme, hidden in the federation's organic constitution," which stipulates that the leadership of the federation must respect the "one China" principle and advocate China's goal of unification.
Huang questioned how an organization founded for the purpose of promoting "national unification" would fight for Taiwanese businesspeople's rights and interests.
Three Taiwanese airlines have prohibited passengers from packing Bluetooth earbuds and their charger cases in checked luggage. EVA Air and Uni Air said that Bluetooth earbuds and charger cases are categorized as portable electronic devices, which should be switched off if they are placed in checked luggage based on international aviation safety regulations. They must not be in standby or sleep mode. However, as charging would continue when earbuds are placed in the charger cases, which would contravene international aviation regulations, their cases must be carried as hand luggage, they said. Tigerair Taiwan said that earbud charger cases are equipped
UNILATERAL MOVES: Officials have raised concerns that Beijing could try to exert economic control over Kinmen in a key development plan next year The Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) yesterday said that China has so far failed to provide any information about a new airport expected to open next year that is less than 10km from a Taiwanese airport, raising flight safety concerns. Xiamen Xiangan International Airport is only about 3km at its closest point from the islands in Kinmen County — the scene of on-off fighting during the Cold War — and construction work can be seen and heard clearly from the Taiwan side. In a written statement sent to Reuters, the CAA said that airports close to each other need detailed advanced
Tropical Storm Fung-Wong would likely strengthen into a typhoon later today as it continues moving westward across the Pacific before heading in Taiwan’s direction next week, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. As of 8am, Fung-Wong was about 2,190km east-southeast of Cape Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost point, moving westward at 25kph and possibly accelerating to 31kph, CWA data showed. The tropical storm is currently over waters east of the Philippines and still far from Taiwan, CWA forecaster Tseng Chao-cheng (曾昭誠) said, adding that it could likely strengthen into a typhoon later in the day. It is forecast to reach the South China Sea
WEATHER Typhoon forming: CWA A tropical depression is expected to form into a typhoon as early as today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday, adding that the storm’s path remains uncertain. Before the weekend, it would move toward the Philippines, the agency said. Some time around Monday next week, it might reach a turning point, either veering north toward waters east of Taiwan or continuing westward across the Philippines, the CWA said. Meanwhile, the eye of Typhoon Kalmaegi was 1,310km south-southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan’s southernmost point, as of 2am yesterday, it said. The storm is forecast to move through central
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