Sat, Aug 18, 2018
Taiwan losing military edge: US report
Taiwan’s military advantages are waning as Beijing continues to modernize its armed forces and reinforce preparations for a possible conflict in the Taiwan Strait, the US Department of Defense said in a report released on Thursday. Taiwan has historically enjoyed military advantages ...FULL STORY
Pentagon warns of China’s ‘nuclear element’
The Pentagon has sounded a warning over China’s plans to introduce floating nuclear power plants on disputed...FULL STORYAgency seals off KMT properties
POLITICKING? One KMT official said that the timing of the seizures reeked of ‘malicious election interference,’...FULL STORY
Taiwan needs to sell itself better: former AIT head
Taiwan needs to do more to sell itself to the world, for example by publicizing its achievements in various...FULL STORYPanicked pleas for help as India flood death toll hits 164
Troop reinforcements yesterday stepped up desperate rescue attempts in India’s flood-stricken Kerala...FULL STORY
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Diamond urges ‘wise’ defense spending
Taiwan should spend its military budget wisely, engage in cooperative partnerships with...FULL STORY
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- German lawmakers side with Taichung over Games
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- Environmentalists slam white paper
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- Worker thanks hospital for surgery to help him walk
- Police arrest man for alleged online e-liquid selling
- Supreme Court upholds life sentence for murder
- Chunghwa Post to allow electronic payments for mail
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- Injured paratrooper recovering three months after fall
- Taiwan News Quick Take
Big guns prepare for trade war
From iPhones to computers, the manufacturing powerhouses behind many of the world’s...FULL STORY
- Manufacturing sector’s output value grows 9%
- DGBAS raises GDP growth forecast to 2.69 percent
- Food and beverage sector achieves record revenues
- Wistron focuses on diversification with biotech units
- Winbond to invest NT$20.37 billion in Kaohsiung fab
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- Australian teen breaches Apple’s secure network
- World Business Quick Take
- ‘Failed’ Taipei mall on sale for NT$38bn
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- CHB shareholder fined by FSC over filing failure
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EDITORIAL: Making the numbers out
Consider these numbers: 1,300, 221, 25, 20, 14 and 30. It has been...FULL STORY
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still connect with a changed Ireland? - EDITORIAL: Referendums must be more practical
Asian Games: Taiwan beat Koreas in overtime
Renewing their fierce rivalry with teams from the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan’s women...FULL STORY
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- Chinese soccer fans cry foul over body’s severe fines, bans
China fires officials over drug scandal
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has fired a dozen provincial and local...FULL STORY
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- US military parade delayed until next year at the earliest
- World News Quick Take
- Duterte might quit if VP changes
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- Cambodian ruling party shrugs off US visa sanctions
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Meat-heavy low-carb diets can shorten lifespan: study
Middle-aged people who get roughly half their daily calories from carbohydrates live...FULL STORY
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Bilingual Music: Scarlatti, pan-European Baroque keyboard master
雙語音樂：橫跨歐陸的巴洛克鍵盤巨擘─史卡拉第
Domenico Scarlatti, the sixth child of the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti, demonstrated...FULL STORY
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- Taiwan team in high spirits as Asian Games to open tomorrow
亞運會開幕在即 台灣隊名將出擊 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- Actress Fan Bingbing’s alleged tax evasion shocks entertainment circles
女星范冰冰驚傳逃稅 娛樂圈大地震 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- EU switch on to LED lightbulbs before September’s halogen ban
歐盟下月起禁用鹵素燈泡 民眾紛換裝LED燈 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- Government to install solar power equipment in graveyards
助攻非核家園 閒置公墓土地開放種電 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- USING IDIOMS
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- Rare blue diamonds may be Earth’s deepest secret
地球最深處的秘密：稀有藍鑽石 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
- Battling 18 blazes, California may face worst fire season
對抗十八處熊熊烈焰 加州爆發史上最惡野火季 - EVERYDAY ENGLISH
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| Hsinchu County | 31-34 | 60% | |
| Hsinchu City | 31-33 | 50% | |
| Taipei City | 30-32 | 60% | |
| Miaoli County | 30-33 | 60% | |
| Taoyuan City | 31-33 | 70% | |
| Keelung City | 30-32 | 40% | |
| Yunlin County | 29-33 | 70% | |
| Taichung City | 30-33 | 80% | |
| Nantou County | 30-33 | 70% | |
| Changhua County | 30-33 | 60% | |
| Chiayi County | 30-33 | 70% | |
| Chiayi City | 29-33 | 70% | |
| Tainan City | 29-31 | 60% | |
| Kaohsiung City | 29-31 | 60% | |
| Pingtung County | 28-32 | 60% | |
| Yilan County | 31-34 | 60% | |
| Hualien County | 30-33 | 50% | |
| Taitung County | 30-32 | 50% | |
| Kinmen County | 30-33 | 30% | |
| Penghu County | 29-32 | 30% | |
| Lienchiang County | 29-33 | 30% | |
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