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US President Donald Trump yesterday took Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) to visit the National Archives, showing off the texts of US democracy to the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country to cap off a three-day state visit criticized for being heavy on pomp and light on substance.
SHIFT: The cumulative direct investment ratio for China fell from 58.3% in 2017 to 18.8% from 2018 to last year, while the ratio for the US increased to 18.7% over the same period The central bank forecasts Taiwan’s overall trade surplus to hit US$205.4 billion this year as it emerges as a global artificial intelligence (AI) hardware manufacturing hub.The nation’s projected trade surplus this year is 4.2 times the US$49.2 billion surplus in 2018, when the US-China spat over t
Taiwanese swimmer Wang Kuan-hung (王冠閎) won the men’s 200m butterfly gold medal at the Asian Games in Japan yesterday, leading a 10-men final in 1 minute, 55.05 seconds.Xu Fang (徐放) of China took silver in 1 minute, 55.65 seconds, while Kim Min-seop of South Korea won bronze in 1 minute, 55.94 second
Malaysia has agreed to allow the importation of Taiwanese breeding pigs and boar semen, marking a new export market for Taiwan, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency (APHIA) said yesterday.The agency said it on Thursday received an approval notice for the imports from the Malaysian Ministry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the year declaring that he stood “shoulder to shoulder” with US President Donald Trump as the two countries launched a war against Iran, but this week, as world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly, there were no plans for the two m
NEGOTIATIONS: The committee review, the second-longest on record, trailing only a nine-hour session in 2018, resulted in the 11th consecutive year of wage increases Taiwan’s minimum monthly wage is set to rise to NT$30,900 next year from NT$29,500, exceeding NT$30,000 for the first time following a decision yesterday by the Ministry of Labor’s Minimum Wage Deliberation Committee.The minimum hourly wage would also increase to NT$205 from NT$196, with both increa
HANDOUTS, WELFARE, DEATH: The KMT said that it would focus on the budget and cash handouts, while the DPP emphasized business, and the TPP euthanasia The new legislative session is to begin on Tuesday next week, with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) prioritizing cash handouts and the central government budget, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) focusing on business support, family policies and welfare, and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) p
NOTIFICATIONS: The US government should send notifications to Congress soon, Mark Montgomery said, adding that a proposed sale could be sent in small packages The US should move ahead with arms sales notifications for Taiwan following the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) on Thursday, a retired senior US Navy officer said yesterday.Mark Montgomery, a retired US Navy rear admiral, told reporters in Taipei that
Labor representatives expressed disappointment, while major business groups called for relief measures after a Ministry of Labor committee on Thursday approved a 4.745 percent increase to the minimum wage.At its annual meeting, the Minimum Wage Deliberation Committee agreed to raise the monthly mini
President William Lai (賴清德) should seek ways to resume cross-strait dialogue, because if the leaders of the US and China can negotiate, Taiwan should also prioritize communication, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said yesterday.Thursday’s meeting between US President Do
TAIWAN PAVILION: A public-private delegation is attending the Texas expo to help Taiwanese agricultural tech and premium produce enter the North American market The Ministry of Agriculture is for the first time leading a delegation of agricultural and fishery operators to participate in the Taiwan Expo USA, with the goal of building North American supply chain partnerships.The delegation has set up a Taiwan Agricultural Products Pavilion at the exhibition a
Taiwan has implemented enhanced measures to prevent an outbreak of the H5N1 virus strain ahead of an expected avian flu spike in winter, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency said yesterday, as officials in Taoyuan worked to contain the first incident detected on Taiwan proper since 2018.Pat
FAMILY CLUSTER: The couple had been on a group tour to Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam. Local health bureaus are monitoring the other 19 tour members A married couple from Changhua County has been hospitalized with dengue fever after returning from a trip to Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday, classifying the cases as an imported family cluster.The other 19 members of their tour group, who reside in Ta
Some flights scheduled to depart from Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) in the next two weeks could be affected by military aircraft participating in Double Ten National Day preparations and celebrations that plan to use the airspace around Taipei, the Civil Aviation Administration (CA
The Kenting National Park Management Office on Thursday said it has forwarded complaints to authorities about an alleged coral poacher operating within the park a day earlier.The office said that it received a report about the incident around the Hejie (合界) diving spot near Hengchun Township (恆春) at
COURSE CHANGE: The shift comes amid pressure from chipmakers for stable, low-carbon electricity. Officials said Ma-anshan could be restarted as early as 2028 Taiwan has approved a preliminary plan to restart an idled atomic power plant, marking a reversal of the ruling party’s anti-nuclear stance as the nation pursues greater energy security.The Nuclear Safety Commission has cleared its review of an initial proposal to restart the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power
LONG-TERM BET: Expanding an earlier agreement, the AI developer committed to a seven-year deal, which Akamai said would drive US$5.5bn in capital spending Anthropic PBC has signed an US$11.6 billion, seven-year contract with Akamai Technologies Inc for computing power, adding to the AI developer’s growing list of data center deals.Akamai is to supply Anthropic access to central processing units, or CPUs, a type of generalist chip that has seen renewed
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Anna Paulson on Thursday joined the chorus of policymakers saying additional interest-rate increases may be needed to ensure inflation returns to the central bank’s 2 percent goal.“Looking ahead, if conditions evolve as I expect, some modest further tig
The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Wednesday asked the Taipei City Government to launch an administrative investigation after a former supervisor at the Taipei Department of Social Welfare’s Senior Citizen Welfare Division was detained on suspicion of embezzlement.The 38-year-old social worker, s
On the surface, a radio interview with Democratic Progressive Party and Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen (沈伯洋) hosted by television producer Wang Wei-chung (王偉忠) on Sept. 10 came across as an old-time city resident putting questions to a candidate on the campaign trail. Beneath that, however, it w
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) visit to India to attend the BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — summit earlier this month, followed by his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has generated expectations of a possible normalization of India-China relations.The r
TAIWAN TALLY 21: Ku Yong-yan, 12, overcame several errors to claim silver in the men’s park event, while Wang Kuan-hung took gold in the men’s 200m butterfly Taiwan’s skateboarders yesterday delivered two silver medals at the Asian Games in Japan, helping lift the nation’s medal tally to 21.Fourteen-year-old Lin Yi-fan claimed silver in the women’s park event with a first-run score of 85.15, becoming Taiwan’s first-ever skateboarding medalist at the Asia
The San Diego Padres are back in the MLB post-season for a franchise-record third consecutive year after a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.Now, they want to win a World Series for the first time, having been there twice only to lose.Manny Machado fielded Mookie Betts’ groundout to t
A dramatic last-gasp goal for the Netherlands on Thursday announced the arrival of a third generation from a family of internationals, as Ruben van Bommel made an impactful debut in their UEFA Nations League clash against Germany.The PSV Eindhoven attacker came on in the 83rd minute of the Group 2 f
MORE MEDALS: Taiwan’s men’s table tennis team added a bronze to the nation’s medal haul, while the women’s basketball team advanced to the semi-finals Taiwan yesterday secured their first e-sports medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, claiming bronze in the Naraka: Bladepoint tournament after falling 0-3 to China in the semi-finals.The Taiwanese squad, comprising Liu Tang-shiun, Chen Shang-yi, Cheng Hsu-yu, Yen Kai-en and Yeh Chih-yu, had already
ON RIGHT TRACK: There have been positive results in exchanges of delegations, political work, and education and training, Vietnam’s deputy defense minister said Vietnam and North Korea will deepen their defense cooperation after some recent “positive results,” Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence said after talks between the countries’ deputy ministers of defense in Hanoi this week.Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense Nguyen Truong Thang held ta
Flights were suspended and Internet services disrupted across parts of northern Ethiopia as fighting spread and the government said it had killed 272 rebels, raising fears of a return to the brutal civil war that ended in 2022.The renewed fighting comes four years after Ethiopia signed a peace deal
LOW VOLUME ONLY: Afghan taxi driver Roeen said he sees listening to music in a country where many forms of entertainment are outlawed as a form of protest Taxi drivers in Afghanistan are turning on the tunes in their cars, defying a ban imposed by the Taliban government despite the fear of getting caught by morality police.The music that used to flow constantly out of restaurants, cafes and shops in Kabul has been muted for five years, replaced only b
The Changhua County commissioner race is the most exciting and dramatic in this election cycle, with surprises within the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) popping up every week or two. Most recently, County Commissioner Wang Huei-mei (王惠美), who is about to term limit out, alleges that KMT Chair Cheng
Located a 40-minute drive south of Changhua City, the Cheng Mei Cultural Park (成美文化園) lies beyond a roadside verge of tall, thick trees.A right turn follows a long allee flanked by manicured foliage, from the thick, burly heads of large bonsai trees to the crimped bark of Japanese black pine and lus
Wang Yan-cheng (王彥程) is enjoying a strong first season in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) League, where he has posted an 11-6 record with a 3.97 ERA, 100 strikeouts and a 1.52 WHIP. His 11 wins rank among the most by foreign starting pitchers in the KBO, while he has emerged as one of the top
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A: The four-day Mid-Autumn Festival-Teachers’ Day holiday weekend begins today. The lunar phase-themed luck quiz from yesterday’s “Speak Up!” was interesting. I’ll test my classmates during the barbecue party at our teacher’s house. B: Taiwanese love barbecue and music. There’ll be multiple shows
A: The four-day Mid-Autumn Festival-Teachers’ Day holiday weekend will begin tomorrow. I’m going to several concerts, and then Maokong hill to admire the moon. B: I heard astrologer Celine has released a lunar phase-themed luck quiz that can predict your fortune. A: Yeah, which shape would you ch
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