Tue, Jun 02, 2026
Nvidia Corp yesterday unveiled the company’s first chip to power a new breed of laptops on Microsoft Corp’s operating system, addressing growing demand for agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities on edge devices for consumers.During the company’s GTC event in Taipei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huan
Taiwan’s indigenous submarine prototype, the Hai Kun (Narwhal, 海鯤), is aiming for delivery to the navy later this year, while two upgraded Chien Lung-class submarines are expected to undergo combat-system validation next year, significantly enhancing the navy’s undersea warfare capabilities.The Hai
ENHANCED RELATIONS: The two nations plan to hold more joint military drills, strengthen maritime cooperation and increase readiness for disasters The Philippines and Vietnam are eyeing more joint military activities after their leaders elevated ties to an enhanced strategic partnership in the face of Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea.Among the steps being considered to reinforce security ties are holding joint military drills, st
Right-wing Colombian Aberaldo de la Espriella on Sunday pulled ahead in Colombia’s race for the presidency in the first round of elections, capitalizing on a growing appetite for heavy-handed crackdowns on criminal groups across Latin America.However, the second-place finisher, progressive Senator I
Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) is to lead a delegation to Palau from Saturday to Wednesday next week at the invitation of Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr, the Presidential Office said today.The trip is to mark Hsiao’s first official state visit since taking office, and include Deputy Minist
TIT-FOR-TAT: The US allegedly revoked the visa of a Chinese national working at Xinhua News Agency in the US in response to Beijing’s expulsion of Vivian Wang The Presidential Office yesterday condemned China for expelling a New York Times correspondent from Beijing following the newspaper’s interview with President William Lai (賴清德), saying the move highlighted Beijing’s suppression of press freedom and its threat to international news media.Taiwan has n
NOT TO BE TOLD: The Czech senate president scorned diplomatic pressure brought by China, saying that democratic countries can decide who their friends are Visiting Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil yesterday said that China cannot tell the Czech Republic whom to befriend and said he has officially invited Taiwan’s Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) to visit the Czech Republic.Speaking alongside Han at a press event held at the Legislative Yuan,
MULTIPRONGED APPROACH: China has sought to pressure Palau across a number of fronts, but the island nation has staunchly resisted overtures to ditch Taiwan Palau has been firm in backing Taiwan despite Chinese pressure that uses tourism economics, cyberattacks and criminal infiltration as tools to threaten the Pacific ally into renouncing its recognition of Taiwan as a sovereign state.The Presidential Office yesterday announced that Vice President Hsia
China has developed a mobile application that requires public servants to participate in online opinion-shaping campaigns, an evolution of Beijing’s efforts to influence Internet discourse, a cybersecurity source said.The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses an app called Notepad (記事本), which assigns
The former head of Taiwan’s representative office in Guam, Paul Chen (陳盈連), was indicted yesterday for allegedly claiming personal expenses as official expenditures, misappropriating public property and fraudulently obtaining housing subsidies.According to the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office, Ch
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said yesterday her upcoming trip to the US is aimed at helping keep the US out of an "avoidable war," and she expressed her willingness to meet US President Donald Trump.At a press conference in Taipei earlier yesterday before depart
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications yesterday said that it would propose an amendment to the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act (道路交通管理處罰條例) that would revoke licenses of drug users, ban drug-impaired drivers from taking the license test for three years and impose penalties on the
Foreign professionals and their dependents are to be eligible for long-term care services from June 30, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday. Foreign professionals and their spouses, children younger than 18 and disabled adult children would be eligible, provided the professional has ob
Mandarin Airlines yesterday said that it plans to suspend its Kaohsiung-Hualien and Taichung-Hualien routes next month due to persistently low passenger demand and mounting financial losses. Mandarin Airlines chairman Chen Ta-chun (陳大鈞) confirmed the decision at the sidelines of an event celebrating
Although exosomes have been described as a “powerful” therapy in regenerative medicine over the past few years, they are not always beneficial, as they are only “messengers” among cells, a research team at National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) said yesterday. Extracellular vesicles have become
STOCKING UP: While rising inventories can reflect confidence, overbooking has served as an early warning sign, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic, analysts said Taiwan’s manufacturing activity last month accelerated to its fastest pace in nearly five years, driven by sustained demand for artificial intelligence (AI)-related products, although economists warned that rising inventories in some sectors might signal emerging imbalances beneath the economy’s rob
‘AI TOGETHER’: While Silicon Valley might be the ‘brain’ of AI, the ‘body,’ ‘muscles’ and ‘nervous system’ that support it are in Taiwan, the TAITRA head said This year’s Computex Taipei trade show has achieved record highs in scale and international participation, one of the event’s organizers, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA, 外貿協會), said yesterday.More than 30,000 registered buyers are expected at the show, nearly half of whom are from
Super Micro Computer Inc plans to begin shipping its “Data Center Building Block Solutions” (DCBBS) based on Nvidia Corp’s Vera Rubin NVL72 platform in the second half of this year, after delivering about 8,000 GB300-based systems in the first quarter of this year, the company said yesterday.The com
Taiwan’s economic momentum, driven by demand for artificial intelligence (AI) products, remains strong, with booming demand for advanced semiconductors, servers and key components. In the first quarter, GDP expanded 14.55 percent year-on-year, the second consecutive quarter of double-digit percentag
The escalating controversy surrounding the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation is all too easily viewed through the lens of a family drama, with former aides and political associates pointing the finger at one another.The issues, tied up with family matters, an aging former president and long-held grievances, a
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday last week was an important, carefully calibrated effort to restore strategic momentum to the grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the US when doubts about its cohesion were emerging. The skepticism preceding th
WOMEN’S DOUBLES: Shuko Aoyama of Japan and Taiwan’s Liang En-shuo cruised past Eudice Chong and Veronika Erjavec and into the quarter-finals Four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek exited Roland Garros on Sunday as the top seeds continued to fall at the start of the second week, while Alexander Zverev booked his spot in the quarter-finals.The Polish third seed endured a miserable 25th birthday as she went down 7-5, 6-1 to Madrid Open
Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 75 and inspired bowling on Sunday led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their second straight Indian Premier League (IPL) title with a five-wicket win over Gujarat Titans.Bengaluru restricted Gujarat to 155-8, a total they chased down with 12 balls to spare after Kohli reached hi
One big inning was more than enough for the New York Yankees on Sunday.Fueled by a fiery pep talk from captain Aaron Judge, the Yankees scored 13 runs in the third inning and beat the Athletics 13-8 — finishing one run shy of the largest inning in the storied history of the franchise.“Remarkable,” Y
Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, becoming the eighth male rider to win all three Grand Tours.Vingegaard, who rides for Team Visma-Lease a Bike, ended the three-week race with an overall advantage of 5 minutes, 22 seconds over second-placed Felix Gall. Jai Hindley fini
DESTRUCTION: The rebel army said the unexplained detonation of explosives it stored for mining purposes killed at least 39 people, and apologized deeply for the ‘accident’ The unexplained detonation of explosives stored by one of Myanmar’s rebel armies has killed dozens, the militia that controls the village and witnesses said yesterday, as the search for survivors continued amid widespread devastation at the site.The explosion in Kaung Tat Village happened around noo
Former US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell used one of his first major public appearances since leaving office to defend independent institutions while accepting an award Sunday honoring his efforts to preserve the central bank’s independence.Speaking at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library o
Through the noise of rushing papers and whirring belts at a print factory in Kyoto, two creators watch their photo essay come to life in broadsheet form — part of an effort to win new audiences in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).Despite the decline of the publishing industry, self-publicatio
Over the years, springtime has become synonymous with bold choreographic exploration at Cloud Gate Theater (雲門劇場) through its annual Spring Riot program. Initiated in 2001 by former artistic director Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) but paused for five editions, the program resumed in 2024 under Cheng Tsung-lung
It seems every few days one bumps into one of those “real man” comments in which Taiwan is urged to “face reality” or similar, and “make a deal,” with the speaker implying that soon it will be too late. “Deal” advocates always present themselves as having a superior grip on reality, and the manly ab
June 1 to June 7"If all Taiwanese were as afraid of dying as you, then what would happen?” Physician Shih Chiang-nan (施江南) reportedly said this to his wife Chen Chiao-tung (陳焦桐) after she urged him to stop intervening on behalf of Taiwanese soldiers stranded overseas after serving in the Jap
★ Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。The mango looked perfect. It sat on the fruit stand like a small sunset, red on one side and gold on the other. “I’ll take this one,” said Daniel. The fruit seller shook her head. “Not that one.” Daniel was surprised. “Why not? It looks be
對話 Dialogue清清：嗨！早安！Q?ngqing: H?i! Z?o?n!?華華：早！你今天穿的這套衣服好看喔！很貴吧？Huahua: Z?o! N? j?nti?n chu?n de zhe tao y?fu h?o kan o! H?n gui ba?清清：多謝誇獎。還好啦！之前百貨公司週年慶時買的，比平常便宜。Q?ngqing: Du?xie ku?ji?ng. Haih?o la! Zh?qian b?ihuo g?ngs? zh?unianqing shi m?i de, b? pingchang pianyi.華華：你是打幾折買的？Huahua: N? shi d? j? z
1. 他非常討厭偽君子。ˇ He has a deep hatred for hypocrites.χ He has a deep hatred to hypocrites.註︰表示「對某人懷著愛、恨」等， 常用 have a love for/of, have a hatred for/of。 例如：We have a love for/of science.The working people have a hatred for/of all forms of exploitation.2. 問題的答案其實不難找。ˇ The answer to this question is not d
Two moves show Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) is gunning for Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) party chair and the 2028 presidential election. Technically, these are not yet “officially” official, but by the rules of Taiwan politics, she is now on the dance floor. Earlier this month Lu confirmed in an interview in Japan’s Nikkei that she was considering running for KMT chair. This is not new news, but according to reports from her camp she previously was still considering the case for and against running. By choosing a respected, international news outlet, she declared it to the world. While the outside world likely paid little attention, domestically the message was unmistakable: She is moving on to a larger stage. Part of the dance is to leave options open before formally committing, and with the chair race due in late September, she has time. If something goes wrong in the meantime, or if power brokers in the party offer her a deal that provides more benefits than taking on the role of chair, she can pivot accordingly. Earlier this year, I suggested that strategically, she would be better off concentrating on her job as Taichung mayor until she is term-limited out of office in December next year. Taichung mayor is obviously a full-time job, and concurrently running the Taipei-headquartered party runs the risk of doing one or both jobs poorly and making mistakes that could imperil her shot at the presidency in 2028. The situation has changed. Current KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫), knowing he is likely to face challengers of a higher caliber than the three relative nobodies already declared, has gone all in on appealing to the base. The base is more likely to turn out to vote in the chair election, so this makes some strategic sense in the short term.
Among Thailand’s Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) villages, a certain rivalry exists between Arunothai, the largest of these villages, and Mae Salong, which is currently the most prosperous. Historically, the rivalry stems from a split in KMT military factions in the early 1960s, which divided command and opium territories after Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) cut off open support in 1961 due to international pressure (see part two, “The KMT opium lords of the Golden Triangle,” on May 20). But today this rivalry manifests as a different kind of split, with Arunothai leading a pro-China faction and Mae Salong staunchly aligned to Taiwan. Last spring at Arunothai’s Jiaolian School, principal Wang Mingming (王明明) had forewarned me of the division between villages, saying, “We are not like the people in Mae Salong. They are rich. Because of the Taiwanese.” Arunothai has in recent years become split in its loyalties between Taiwan and China (see part one, “A tale of two schools,” on May 15), but in Mae Salong, links to Taiwan remain strong. Taiwan-funded monuments pay homage to the Lost Army, villagers wear T-shirts emblazoned with the Republic of China (ROC) flag and tea plantations grown Taiwan’s most famous tea varieties, including Dong Ding (“frozen peak”) Oolong, Oriental Beauty and Jin Xuan (Golden Daylily or Milk Oolong). Even the numerical classifications of the teas — Oolong No. 12 or No. 17, for example — are the same, and the shops resemble those found on Alishan. At the tomb of General Tuan Hsi-wen (段希文) — perched on a Mae Salong hilltop with a view of his ancestral homeland in China’s Yunnan province — a third generation villager wearing a vintage KMT army uniform, Yan Si-Chung (岩思中), greets visitors with sharp military salutes. “Both my father and my grandfather were soldiers in the KMT army,” the 44-year-old
| New Taipei City | 27-28 | 20% |  |
| Hsinchu County | 26-27 | 10% | |
| Hsinchu City | 26-27 | 10% | |
| Taipei City | 27-28 | 20% |  |
| Miaoli County | 24-26 | 10% | |
| Taoyuan City | 26-27 | 10% | |
| Keelung City | 27-28 | 20% | |
| Yunlin County | 26-27 | 10% | |
| Taichung City | 26-28 | 10% | |
| Nantou County | 25-26 | 10% | |
| Changhua County | 27-28 | 10% | |
| Chiayi County | 26-27 | 10% | |
| Chiayi City | 25-27 | 10% | |
| Tainan City | 27-28 | 10% | |
| Kaohsiung City | 27-28 | 10% | |
| Pingtung County | 26-27 | 10% | |
| Yilan County | 25-26 | 30% |  |
| Hualien County | 25-26 | 30% | |
| Taitung County | 25-27 | 30% | |
| Kinmen County | 27-28 | 10% | |
| Penghu County | 27-27 | 20% | |
| Lienchiang County | 27-28 | 20% | |
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