WARNING: People should understand the risks involved in engaging with China’s investment initiatives aimed at Taiwanese enterprises, the Mainland Affairs Council said
Beijing is touting 12 financial measures to attract Taiwanese investment as benefiting Taiwan, but they are actually aimed at bolstering China’s sluggish economy, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said.The measures, announced by the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exc
OUTSIDE INVOLVEMENT: While Japan participated in nearly all of the US team’s activities in the exercise, it would not fight without being attacked directly, ‘Global Views’ reported
A tabletop exercise simulating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan suggested that China could seize Taiwan’s outlying islands before conducting a surprise attack from the east of Taiwan proper, a source said.Nine retired generals from Taiwan, Japan and the US on Tuesday and Wednesday last week participated
Pope Leo XIV last week blessed Taiwanese newlyweds during a public appearance in Rome, while lauding missionary work in Taiwan and pledging to pray for peace in the nation.Chen Ssu-ying (陳思穎) and Wu Chun-chien (吳君健) met the pope on Wednesday during the weekly Papal Audience, the Embassy of the Repub
The latest photographs and video clips of the nation’s indigenous defense submarine prototype show it is progressing through harbor tests and likely to meet its scheduled November delivery deadline, a Taiwanese defense expert said.The submarine was spotted on Saturday undergoing trials at a southern
Taiwan’s government has helped 14 Taiwanese citizens leave Israel by land after the Middle Eastern country’s airspace was closed to civilian air traffic following recent escalations with Iran.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said the 14 Taiwanese left Israel and arrived in Jordan early Sunday
SHORTAGES: Only 600,000 to 650,000 people have consented to be organ donors, or fewer than 3 percent of Taiwanese, but fewer than 20 percent of those actually donate
Taiwan has seen significant growth in the number of organ donors and organ transplants performed over the past decade, but there are still more than 10,000 people waiting for transplants, according to data from the Taiwan Organ Sharing Registry and Patient Autonomy Promotion Center.The center’s data
ABUSED CHILDHOOD: The man had allegedly been kept inside his father’s apartment since he was very young, until he managed to climb out in February
More than 200 people have joined a Line group in support of a 21-year-old man who allegedly has never gone to school and lives on the streets without a national identification (ID) card, Su Yi-ching (蘇乙青), warden of the Beijing Borough (北京) in Taichung’s Beitun District (北屯), said yesterday.The man
The Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said yesterday it would impose penalties on China Airlines (CAL), Starlux Airlines and the Starlux crew after an investigation found they failed to follow established diversion or go-around procedures earlier this year.On April 3, CAL flight CI753 from Taipei
A coalition of migrant worker rights groups yesterday rallied outside the Ministry of Labor in Taipei on the eve of International Domestic Workers’ Day to urge the government to extend labor insurance coverage to approximately 200,000 migrant domestic workers in Taiwan.Workers covered by labor insur
Temperatures in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店) climbed past 37°C yesterday, as the Central Weather Administration (CWA) issued heat alerts for 16 municipalities, warning the public of intense heat expected across Taiwan.The hottest location in Taiwan was in Sindian, where the mercury reache
Academia Sinica, the nation’s top research institution, is launching a second wave of recruitment targeting prospective doctoral students in the wake of continued uncertainty over the US academic landscape.The effort, part of Academia Sinica’s fast-enrollment program, is focused on doctorate candida
Renowned Taiwanese poet Cheng Chou-yu (鄭愁予) passed away in the early hours of Friday at the age of 91. Another local poet Hsiao Hsiao (蕭蕭) said yesterday that according to Cheng’s sister-in-law Lin Tsai-kuei (林彩桂), Cheng passed away due to heart failure.Born in 1933, Cheng’s birth name was Cheng W
A farmer from New Taipei City’s Tamsui District (淡水) on Saturday took back his title as the grower of the heaviest pumpkin at this year’s National Giant Pumpkins Championships.Lin Chien-hsun (林建訓) won the weight category of the 14th edition of the annual event with a pumpkin weighing 439.2kg, so hef
People attend the last day of a four-day home games series of the CPBL’s Fubon Guardians at the Taipei Dome yesterday. There were 13,091 spectators on Thursday, 17,268 people on Friday, 30,018 on Saturday and a sellout crowd of 34,800 yesterday.
President William Lai speaks at a service in Kaohsiung yesterday, commemorating the 160th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. Speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 attendees, Lai said that unity is the key to overcoming Taiwan’s current challenges, especially the threat of annexation
New Taipei City Deputy Mayor Chu Ti-chih, center, New Taipei City Police Commissioner Liao Hsun-cheng, second left, and film directors Chang Wei-chih, left, and Lin Yi-ting, right, pose for a photograph alongside retired police dog .
Taiwanese who have obtained or currently hold “border tourism passports (邊境旅遊護照)” issued by the Chinese authorities for short-term travel in China’s border regions will lose their “Taiwan status,” according to the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC).“In 2017, someone [referring to a Taiwanese] applie
‘NO LEGAL BASIS’: Ma Ying-jeou Foundation’s CEO said there were no laws with the term ‘united front’ and that the DPP should stop using it to intimidate the public
Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday said his latest trip to China, including his attendance at the Straits Forum, can promote “closer people-to-people exchanges” across the Taiwan Strait.“It [the visit] is not only about deepening our understanding of the local history and industrial devel
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has raised its travel advisories for Israel and Iran amid rapidly escalating tensions in the Middle East and urged Taiwanese in Iran to leave immediately for their safety.The travel advisory for Israel was raised to Level 3 (orange), which means Taiwanese are advised
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