Wed, Feb 26, 2025
‘STRONG GENERATION’: The DPP has alleged that the TPP legislator-at-large used his position to help businesses affiliated with his wife, siblings, children and in-laws Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator-at-large Wu Chun-cheng (吳春城), who has been accused of conflicts of interest related to his support for a “strong generation,” yesterday said he would resign from his post.The Act Promoting Development for Strong Generation Policies and Industries (壯世代政策與產業發展促進法
The leader of efforts to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Mei-hui (王美惠) yesterday said they would stop collecting signatures for the second stage of the recall drive following allegation of forgeries.A 65-year-old surnamed Cheng (鄭) and her lawyer yesterday alleged that the
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that peace cannot mean the “surrender” of Ukraine, but added that talks with US President Donald Trump had shown a path forward despite fears of a transatlantic rift.Meeting at the White House on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, the two lead
Palestinian militants on Monday said that an unusual deployment of Israeli tanks in the occupied West Bank, part of a major offensive that has displaced tens of thousands, might be a step toward annexation.The torn-up streets surrounding the Jenin refugee camp in the territory’s north were empty on
NEVER FORGET: Our children must understand that the democracy they now enjoy did not come on a silver platter, but was earned by their ancestors, the president said Taiwanese should not forget history, must protect Taiwan’s freedom and sovereignty, be the masters of their own country and never allow something like the 228 Incident to happen again, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.Lai made the remarks at a meeting with members of the Overseas 2-28 Surv
SINGLE PLATFORM: The types of ID that the wallet could carry would include citizen digital certificates, business certificates and certificates of professional skills The Ministry of Digital Affairs yesterday said that it aims to launch a trial of a digital wallet by the end of this year and that it would accommodate multiple identification documents in one platform.Aside from banks and insurance firms, the ministry said it hopes that supermarket chain operators
The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) today accused the China Coast Guard of “routine harassment” and illegally entering the waters around Kinmen County.The China Coast Guard yesterday sent four vessels near Kinmen, with the CGA dispatching four of its own ships to drive them away, it said.On Sina We
A reporter and professor were sentenced to nine and six months in prison respectively and stripped of their civil rights for two years by the Taichung branch of the High Court today for fabricating election polls during the last presidential election. Reporter Lin Hsien-yuan (林獻元) allegedly accepte
China's military held "shooting training" today off Taiwan's southwest coast, the Ministry of National Defense said, calling the move provocative and dangerous.From 8:42am, the military detected 32 Chinese military aircraft carrying out a "joint combat readiness drill" with Chinese warships in the T
A physical altercation broke out this morning at a meeting to assess the environmental impact of Taiwan Power Co’s (Taipower) plan to build a fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Keelung, as fierce opposition to the proposal continues. Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislators raised concern
US senators yesterday introduced the Taiwan Travel and Tourism Coordination Act to strengthen bilateral travel and cooperation.The bill, proposed by Republican Marsha Blackburn and Democrat Brian Schatz, seeks to establish "robust security screenings for those traveling to the US from Asia, open new
The High Court yesterday found that the New Taipei City Government and Tourism Administration were negligent in their duties and must compensate the victims of a 2015 water park explosion.During a “Color Play Asia” party at the now-defunct Formosa Fun Coast (八仙樂園) water park on June 27, 2015, powder
EVA Air is prohibiting the use of portable chargers on board all flights starting from Saturday, while China Airlines is advising passengers not to use them, following the lead of South Korean airlines. Current regulations prohibit portable chargers and lithium batteries from check-in luggage and r
Air quality across the western half of Taiwan is to be extremely poor today and remain poor in the south throughout the week, with residents advised to avoid outdoor activities, meteorologist Wu Der-rong (吳德榮) said. From today through Saturday, air quality in southern Taiwan is entering a “red alert
Members of the US House of Representatives yesterday reintroduced a bill that asks the US Department of State to review established guidelines on how the US engages with Taiwan.Republican Ann Wagner and Democrats Gerry Connolly and Ted Lieu reintroduced the Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act, which
EARLY TALKS: Measures under consideration include convincing allies to match US curbs, further restricting exports of AI chips or GPUs, and blocking Chinese investments US President Donald Trump’s administration is sketching out tougher versions of US semiconductor curbs and pressuring key allies to escalate their restrictions on China’s chip industry, an early indication the new US president plans to expand efforts that began under former US president Joe Biden to
Taiwan’s industrial production last month rose 5.07 percent from a year earlier, as local technology firms benefited from strong demand for electronic components used in artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing applications, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.Industri
TARIFF THREAT: The firm sees little impact as only a small portion of its chips are shipped directly to the US, but it could have a big impact on the chip sector Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp (世界先進), which makes power management chips and display driver chips, expects moderate sales growth this year, aided by healthy supply chain inventory and rising demand from China due to its economic stimulus measures.“This year would be better than last year
US political scientist Francis Fukuyama, during an interview with the UK’s Times Radio, reacted to US President Donald Trump’s overturning of decades of US foreign policy by saying that “the chance for serious instability is very great.” That is something of an understatement. Fukuyama said that Tru
As he has long intended, US President Donald Trump is making dramatic moves to end the three-year war in Ukraine that has cost hundreds of thousands of military and civilian lives on both sides, and has become a grinding war of attrition. However, the way Trump has chosen to end it is, for a US pres
US President Donald Trump is an extremely stable genius. Within his first month of presidency, he proposed to annex Canada and take military action to control the Panama Canal, renamed the Gulf of Mexico, called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a dictator and blamed him for the Russian invasi
Team Taiwan avoided missing the World Baseball Classic (WBC) for the first time by defeating Spain 6-3 in a do-or-die game in Taipei last night.After narrowly escaping a mercy-rule loss to Spain in the WBC Qualifiers opener on Friday last week, the home team — winner of last year's WBSC Premier12 ti
LONG TIME COMING: With the addition of Marcus Smart, the Washington Wizards finally held a team to under 100 points, the last team this season to do so The Detroit Pistons on Monday won their seventh straight game in the NBA with in-form Cade Cunningham making 32 points and grabbing nine rebounds in a 106-97 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.The Pistons, who are in the playoff position, moved to 32-26, their best record at this stage of a season fo
Somkiat Chantra can barely contain a beaming smile as he prepares to make history as Thailand’s first MotoGP rider this week and all in front of his home fans.The 26-year-old is to debut on Sunday at the season-opening MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix at Buriram, the first rider from the country to line u
When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a professional boxer — an unusual choice for a young woman in a working-class neighborhood of Ghana’s capital of Accra — her family begged her to stop training.Boxing is the pride of Jamestown, which is based around the fishing industry
DOUBLE TROUBLE: The ousted South Korean president has been detained since he was arrested on charges of insurrection, for which he could face the death penalty Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol yesterday was facing his final impeachment hearing before judges decide whether to formally remove him from office over his disastrous martial law declaration.Yoon’s short-lived suspension of civilian rule plunged democratic South Korea into political turm
Chinese authorities said they began live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin on Monday, only days after Vietnam announced a new line marking what it considers its territory in the body of water between the nations.The Chinese Maritime Safety Administration said the exercises would be focused on the
A fleet of Chinese fishing vessels used North Korean crews between 2019 and last year in a breach of a UN ban, and many people were apparently subjected to abuses, including being trapped at sea for years, a report said on Monday.The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), a London-based group speci
US President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on semiconductor chips has complicated Taiwan’s bid to remain a global powerhouse in the critical sector and stay onside with key backer Washington, analysts said.Since taking office last month, Trump has warned of sweeping tariffs against some of his co
In the mess hall of a Canadian military base a few hundred kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, Brigadier-General Daniel Riviere pointed to a map highlighting the region that is becoming a national priority. “All eyes are on the Arctic today,” said Riviere, who heads the Canadian Armed Forces Join
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative caucus convener Fu Kun-chi (傅?萁) and some in the deep blue camp seem determined to ensure many of the recall campaigns against their lawmakers succeed. Widely known as the “King of Hualien,” Fu also appears to have become the king of the KMT. In theory, Le
Noise pollution is a frequently underestimated environmental hazard. While hearing loss is the best-known outcome associated with noise, emerging research is uncovering how noise affects our health in other ways. From impaired memory and sleep disturbances to cardiovascular problems, the impact of n
After steel and aluminum, US President Donald Trump has set his sights on slapping 25 percent tariffs on semiconductors, cars and pharmaceuticals. Trump has already slapped additional 10 percent tariffs on goods from China and has also threatened tariffs on Canada and Mexico, plus ordered a study in
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Feb. 17 to Feb. 23 “Japanese city is bombed,” screamed the banner in bold capital letters spanning the front page of the US daily New Castle News on Feb. 24, 1938. This was big news across the globe, as Japan had not been bombarded since Western forces attacked Shimonoseki in 1864. “Numerous Japanese citizens were killed and injured today when eight Chinese planes bombed Taihoku, capital of Formosa, and other nearby cities in the first Chinese air raid anywhere in the Japanese empire,” the subhead clarified. The target was the Matsuyama Airfield (today’s Songshan Airport in Taipei), which the Japanese had been using to support its full-scale invasion of China, which began on July 7, 1937. Outlets across the US and China lauded the surprise operation as a success, destroying 40 Japanese warplanes and devastating military infrastructure: “Our air force undertakes long-range overseas mission, fiercely bombs enemy airport in Taipei,” the Southeastern Daily (東南日報) noted. “Our forces completely destroy enemy’s air force base,” the Zhongshan Daily (中山日報) proclaimed. The Taiwan Daily News (台灣日日新報), however, reported that the attackers missed their targets and hit residential areas in Taipei and Hsinchu instead, killing a number of civilians. A few days later, the paper claimed that the pilots were Americans and Soviets operating Chinese planes; no Chinese personnel were involved. Other sources also suggest Soviet involvement. The Canberra Times wrote that it “was suggested that Russian planes were used,” and the Wanganui Chronicle stated the “Times’ Shanghai correspondent says that the Chinese air raid on Formosa was carried out by 12 Russian planes.” So who did it? And did the mission actually succeed? SOVIET ‘VOLUNTEERS’ Since China had no chance of defeating Japan without foreign assistance, it actively sought Western support — but to no avail, especially with tensions rising in Europe, writes Shih Chao-wei
For decades, Taiwan Railway trains were built and serviced at the Taipei Railway Workshop, originally built on a flat piece of land far from the city center. As the city grew up around it, however, space became limited, flooding became more commonplace and the noise and air pollution from the workshop started to affect more and more people. Between 2011 and 2013, the workshop was moved to Taoyuan and the Taipei location was retired. Work on preserving this cultural asset began immediately and we now have a unique opportunity to see the birth of a museum. The Preparatory Office of National Railway Museum is responsible for restoring — or simply preserving — the workshop grounds and opening them up to the public. The only part regularly open at the moment is the employee bathhouse. With its exhibits and interior restoration, it feels more museum-like than the rest of the grounds, where the piles of disused equipment, tools and materials, as well as the smell of steel and oil, make it seem more like a working factory where the employees just happen to have the day off. This part needs to be cleaned up and made safer before it can be opened to the public on a regular basis, but occasional guided tours do allow a glimpse into this space as it is now. THE BATHHOUSE Visitors enter the museum through the west wing of the employee bathhouse. This was the earliest part of the Taipei Railway Workshop to be designated as a historic site, for both its architectural and its cultural significance, back in 2000 when the workshop was still in use. This wing features an exhibit on art deco style buildings throughout Taiwan from the 1930s. The bathhouse itself was built in this decade and in this style, so the exhibit serves to place
| New Taipei City | 16-18 | 20% |  |
| Hsinchu County | 16-17 | 20% | |
| Hsinchu City | 15-17 | 20% | |
| Taipei City | 16-18 | 20% | |
| Miaoli County | 15-16 | 20% |  |
| Taoyuan City | 15-18 | 20% | |
| Keelung City | 16-18 | 20% | |
| Yunlin County | 15-18 | 20% | |
| Taichung City | 15-18 | 20% | |
| Nantou County | 15-18 | 20% | |
| Changhua County | 15-17 | 20% | |
| Chiayi County | 15-18 | 20% |  |
| Chiayi City | 15-19 | 20% | |
| Tainan City | 16-19 | 20% |  |
| Kaohsiung City | 17-21 | 20% | |
| Pingtung County | 17-22 | 20% | |
| Yilan County | 15-18 | 20% | |
| Hualien County | 17-19 | 30% |  |
| Taitung County | 18-20 | 30% |  |
| Kinmen County | 13-15 | 20% | |
| Penghu County | 15-15 | 20% | |
| Lienchiang County | 10-11 | 30% | |
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