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The Executive Yuan will not countersign the opposition-backed Youth Development and Future Account Act (台灣兒少成長及未來帳戶條例), which passed the third reading in the legislature last month, Cabinet spokeswoman Michelle Lee (李慧芝) said yesterday.It is the sixth bill passed by the Legislative Yuan that the Exe
A German veteran journalist and author said the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) has confirmed his suspicion that he was followed by a Chinese spy on Alishan (阿里山) last year.Jurgen Kremb, who has long researched Chinese intelligence agencies, Asian geopolitics and cross-strait relatio
South Korea yesterday expressed hopes for resumption of diplomacy between the US and North Korea to ease animosities on the Korean Peninsula, as US President Donald Trump’s order to cut military exercises with Seoul caused concerns it might hurt the allies’ readiness against North Korean threats.Tru
A Russian court yesterday sentenced prominent opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to 11 years in prison over his criticism of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.The 63-year-old is among the very few Kremlin opponents who remained in Russia after it launched a sweeping crackdown on dissent following the a
‘UNITED FRONT’ TACTICS: Beijing is pressuring Taiwanese politicians to block the Executive Yuan’s proposed special act to fund military uncrewed vehicles, a source said The Legislative Yuan is slated to hold cross-caucus negotiations on 14 versions of a draft uncrewed vehicle act on Thursday, amid rumors that Beijing is pressuring some Taiwanese politicians to block passage of a special bill proposed by the Ministry of National Defense to procure military drones an
‘POLITICAL CENSORSHIP’: International audiences would see how Taiwanese artists respond to information warfare and geopolitics through their works, an artist said Taiwan yesterday reiterated its protest over the removal of “Taiwan” from the Gwangju Biennale pavilion name as participating Taiwanese artists condemned the move as political censorship. The 16th Gwangju Biennale is scheduled to take place in South Korea from Sept. 5 to Nov. 15. For the first time,
WEIGHING THE RISKS: A blockade could create economic turmoil, threatening Xi’s power, and taking Taiwan would mean years of guerrilla resistance, the ex-diplomat said A full-scale Chinese invasion of “the unsinkable fortress” of Taiwan would be an “existential gamble” and could become Beijing’s biggest mistake, The Sun reported on Saturday, citing former British diplomat Charles Parton. If Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) fails to take Taiwan, he “risks being s
QUIET AFFAIRS: Slashing the MAC’s media budget by about 88% is excessive and would create information gaps that Beijing would welcome, the academic said Heavy cuts to government media budgets in this year’s general budget would weaken Taiwan’s ability to counter Chinese disinformation and cognitive warfare, a researcher said on Sunday. The legislature on Friday passed the central government’s annual budget, but slashed the media budgets of all gover
President William Lai’s (賴清德) announcement yesterday of a NT$10,000 cash handout represented a major reversal of his administration’s policy, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) said, calling it the “ultimate political irony.” Lai yesterday said the proposed central government budget for next year w
The Executive Yuan on Thursday last week appointed National Communications Commission (NCC) Secretary-General Wen Chun-yu (溫俊瑜) as the agency’s representative to maintain the commission’s basic operations after the terms of the last three commissioners expired on July 31, leaving all seven posts vac
LATEST RESEARCH: To establish new CA19-9 thresholds and better predict cancer patients’ prognosis, researchers examined genetic variants in 615 people A study by researchers at the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) found that having low levels of serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), a pancreatic tumor biomarker, in people with pancreatic cancer does not necessarily indicate a better prognosis. NHRI’s National Institute of Cancer Rese
The Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) yesterday confirmed that Uni Air has submitted an application to suspend its Taipei-Hualien flights due to persistently low passenger rates. The airline, which is the only operator of the Taipei-Hualien route, proposed to suspend the service after Mandarin Air
The Taoyuan District Court has ordered a 22-year-old man to pay about NT$400 million (US$12.6 million) in damages after he set fire to a hypermarket in Taoyuan two years ago. The man, surnamed Kuo (郭), went to the hypermarket along with two friends, surnamed Huang (黃) and Chou (周), early on Dec. 3,
NEW ISSUE: Report says that 16.1% of references in academic articles in Taiwan were incorrectly cited or suspected to have been fabricated by using AI A report released yesterday found that 16.1 percent of references in Taiwanese academic articles are suspected to contain citation errors or artificial intelligence (AI) hallucinations, in which generative AI and large language models fabricate sources, references or citations. The study examined ac
Teacher unions yesterday expressed opposition to revised regulations allowing foreign teachers to teach life, arts and crafts, physical education (PE), or health classes, urging the Ministry of Education to withdraw the regulatory change. The ministry on Jun. 30 announced revisions to its Regulation
PROFITABLE TIMES: The savings, which were at NT$4 trillion just two years ago, are now projected to crack NT$11 trillion next year as the AI boom drives meteoric growth Taiwan’s excess savings are expected to reach a record NT$11 trillion (US$345 billion) next year, as the artificial intelligence (AI) boom boosts the country’s exports and current account surplus, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said.With excess savings expected
PRAGMATIC GROWTH: The analytics company said that companies are turning from finding their way with AI to expanding parts that work for their businesses Taiwanese companies are moving beyond artificial intelligence (AI) experiments to focus on returns from their investments, but gaps in data quality and governance could constrain wider adoption, a report released yesterday by Dun & Bradstreet showed.More than 80 percent of Taiwanese companies said t
Burgers are having a moment in China, with budget-conscious diners and smaller households turning the sandwich into one of the country’s hottest fast-food battlegrounds, drawing in everyone from global restaurant chains to hotpot operators and coffee brands.Yum China Holdings Inc’s (百勝中國) Pizza Hut
Chinese robot maker Unitree Robotics’ highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Science and Technology Innovation Board has drawn robust interest from retail investors, with its initial online retail tranche more than 8,000 times oversubscribed, the Hangzhou-b
EVA Air has announced five weekly direct flights between New Delhi and Taipei starting in December, removing a long-standing practical barrier to closer Taiwan-India relations. Direct air connectivity would enable deeper engagement by facilitating business partnerships, academic exchanges, tourism a
Discussions of “cognitive warfare” in Taiwan often take an overly sensitive stance without ever taking the lead in setting the agenda. Many Taiwanese fall back on simplistic apologetics and complacent assurances that everything is fine. The underlying premise seems to be that as long as Taiwan proje
BLUSTERY MATCHES: Players fought through a gusty day as the Ohio-based tournament drags on, while Taiwanese players advanced in the doubles matches World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka needed six match points to subdue Talia Gibson on Sunday and join reigning Grand Slam champions Elena Rybakina and Mirra Andreeva in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters.Australia’s Gibson saved five match points in the 12th game of the second set before Sabalenka ca
Bruno Damiani scored his first two goals of the season, 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan had two assists and the Philadelphia Union rallied from two goals down to beat New York City FC 3-2 on Sunday night at Yankee Stadium.Benie Traore scored on a penalty kick in the 4th minute to give NYCFC (7-7-5) the l
Paul O’Donnell was struggling in the marathon on Sunday morning. The Irish fans got him home.“It was incredible, to see green and the tricolors all over the course,” the Irishman said. “The support kept me going. It was much appreciated. It was just a roar, ‘Go Ireland, go Paul.’”Whether waving flag
Marcus Rashford improves Manchester United’s team and represents a goal scoring threat, teammate Harry Maguire said, expressing hopes that the forward would remain at the Premier League club for the next season.Rashford has not played for United since he fell out of favor with former manager Ruben A
TWIN DISASTERS: Authorities are investigating the cause of the stampede in Bihar that killed seven people and the fire at a hotel in West Bengal that also killed seven A deadly stampede yesterday broke out at a Hindu temple in eastern India’s Bihar state, hours after a fire swept through a hotel housing pilgrims in West Bengal state.Seven people were killed and more than a dozen injured in the stampede, while the blaze left at least seven people dead and several o
Ebola deaths were recorded at a rate of one every 28 minutes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) last week, making the outbreak the nation’s deadliest on record as authorities struggle to contain the rapidly spreading disease.The death toll reached 2,325 after another 365 fatalities w
Ojo Ayaninuola, a small-scale cocoa farmer from Akure in southwestern Nigeria, was initially reluctant to let exporters map and geolocate his farm as part of measures to comply with a looming EU anti-deforestation law. However, when one of the country’s largest exporters and the buyer of all his coc
Tattoo artist Remy painstakingly injects tiny dots of pigment into Koki Hatanaka’s bald scalp to mimic hair follicles, performing a grey-zone cosmetic procedure increasingly in the crosshairs of Japanese health authorities.Japan bucks a global trend by viewing permanent make-up as the domain of medi
The Tzu Chi Foundation, the globally known Buddhist charity, announced on July 21, 2021 that it had signed a deal to purchase 5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT) COVID-19 vaccine. It said that the vaccine doses would be donated to the government’s COVID vaccine program. In October the Cente
Aug. 17 to Aug. 23 Subhas Chandra Bose was meant to be in Taiwan for no more than two hours. After refueling at today’s Songshan Airport in Taipei, the Mitsubishi Ki-21 bomber carrying the Indian independence leader took off for Japan — and crashed almost immediately.It was Aug. 18, 1945, thr
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” has not only lured legions of fans to cinemas, but sparked huge interest in the UK in Homer’s epic poem and other Greek and Roman mythology works. Some involved in Classics academia hope the blockbuster’s box office success and wider cultural impact wi
對話 Dialogue清清：最近好多餐廳都推出七夕套餐，連飲料店也有活動。Qīngqing: Zuìjìn hǎo duō cāntīng dōu tuīchū Qīxī tàocān, lián yǐnliàodiàn yě yǒu huódòng.華華：對啊，現在大家都把七夕當成華人的情人節。Huáhua: Duì a, xiànzài dàjiā dōu bǎ Qīxī dàngchéng Huárén de Qíngrénjié.清清：我一直以為七夕本來就是情人節，難道不是嗎？Qīngqing: Wǒ yìzhí yǐwéi Qīxī běnlái jiù shì Qíngrénjié
1. 太陽一出來，我們就起床。ˇ As soon as the sun rose, we got up.χ As soon as the sun raised, we got up.註︰rise, rose, risen 是不及物動詞；raise, raised, raised 是及物動詞，例如：to raise one’s hand。2. 這次經驗在我心中留下深刻印象。ˇ This experience has left a deep impression on my mind.χ This experience has remained a deep impression on my mi
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| Hsinchu County | 28-35 | 20% |  |
| Hsinchu City | 28-34 | 20% | |
| Taipei City | 28-35 | 60% | |
| Miaoli County | 27-33 | 20% | |
| Taoyuan City | 28-35 | 30% | |
| Keelung City | 28-32 | 60% | |
| Yunlin County | 27-34 | 30% |  |
| Taichung City | 28-34 | 20% | |
| Nantou County | 27-34 | 20% | |
| Changhua County | 28-34 | 20% | |
| Chiayi County | 27-33 | 30% | |
| Chiayi City | 27-34 | 50% | |
| Tainan City | 28-32 | 20% | |
| Kaohsiung City | 28-33 | 30% |  |
| Pingtung County | 27-34 | 40% | |
| Yilan County | 27-33 | 80% |  |
| Hualien County | 27-33 | 60% | |
| Taitung County | 28-33 | 50% | |
| Kinmen County | 28-33 | 20% | |
| Penghu County | 28-32 | 10% | |
| Lienchiang County | 28-32 | 20% | |
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