[{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Yeh \r\nYu-cheng \u8449\u6631\u5448","ar_views":"411","ar_id":"2003830093","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-13","ar_head":"Police pension amendment unfair","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"There are four friends: a military officer, a civil servant, a public school teacher and a police officer. They started in their respective jobs at the same time, and all four are on the same salary. They make a fixed monthly contribution of 15 percent of twice their salary to their retirement pensi","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/13\/2003830093","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Y. Tony\r\nYang","ar_views":"176","ar_id":"2003830094","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-13","ar_head":"Democracy: Chiang Ching-kuo\u2019s gift","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Today is the 37th anniversary of former president Chiang Ching-kuo\u2019s (\u8523\u7d93\u570b) passing on Jan. 13, 1988. That affords us the opportunity to reflect on his legacy, which offers crucial lessons in an era increasingly marked by the global resurgence of authoritarianism. Today\u2019s political landscape \u2014 domina","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/13\/2003830094","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"117","ar_id":"2003830095","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-13","ar_head":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/13\/2003830095","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830095","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/13","ph_fname":"p08-250113-cartoon.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/13\/p08-250113-cartoon.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/13\/thumbs\/p08-250113-cartoon.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Ian Bremmer","ar_views":"253","ar_id":"2003830096","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-13","ar_head":"Trump would put the  US and China back on  a collision course","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping (\u7fd2\u8fd1\u5e73) managed to keep US-China tensions contained last year. However, when US president-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House this month, he would end this fragile stability, drive an unmanaged decoupling of the world\u2019s most important g","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/13\/2003830096","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830096","ph_attr":"Illustration: Yusha","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/13","ph_fname":"P07-250113-1.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/13\/P07-250113-1.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/13\/thumbs\/P07-250113-1.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Mahir sharma","ar_views":"119","ar_id":"2003830097","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-13","ar_head":"H-1B backlash shows Indians they are not so special anymore","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Indians have long been proud of what they see as their outperformance in the information technology (IT) sector. Companies such as Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services dominate IT-enabled services, bringing home billions of dollars in profits. US technology giants including Alphabet, Microsoft, and","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/13\/2003830097","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Catherine Thorbecke ","ar_views":"140","ar_id":"2003830098","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-13","ar_head":"Indonesia\u2019s tough stance on Apple will drive away foreign investors","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Indonesia is not taking a step back from its hardball approach to Apple. The showdown has turned into quite a spectacle, but it is unlikely the wins would be sustainable.The tug-of-war has raged for months after Jakarta said in October last year that it would block the sale of iPhone 16s in the coun","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/13\/2003830098","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"545","ar_id":"2003830043","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-12","ar_head":"EDITORIAL: Promote the digital nomad visa","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"The National Development Council (NDC) on Wednesday last week launched a six-month \u201cdigital nomad visitor visa\u201d program, the Central News Agency (CNA) reported on Monday. The new visa is for foreign nationals from Taiwan\u2019s list of visa-exempt countries who meet financial eligibility criteria and pro","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/12\/2003830043","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chen\r\nYung-chang \u9673\u6c38\u660c","ar_views":"370","ar_id":"2003830044","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-12","ar_head":"Protecting undersea infrastructure","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Cargo ships registered to Chinese shipping companies have allegedly destroyed undersea cables in a chain of instances across the globe, including the deliberate severance of multiple undersea cables in the waters outside Keelung Harbor by the Shunxing-39 (\u9806\u8208\u4e09\u4e5d) before quickly leaving the area, makin","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/12\/2003830044","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Y. Tony\r\nYang","ar_views":"500","ar_id":"2003830045","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-12","ar_head":"Don\u2019t accept imperialist rhetoric","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"What do the Panama Canal, Greenland and Taiwan have in common? At first glance, not much. The Panama Canal is a vital artery for global trade, Greenland is a sparsely populated yet strategically significant territory, and Taiwan is a democratic stronghold in the Indo-Pacific. Yet these three are bou","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/12\/2003830045","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Ling\r\nYung-zen \u6797\u61c9\u7136\r\n","ar_views":"81","ar_id":"2003830046","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-12","ar_head":"The NHI\u2019s 5.5% budget increase is necessary","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"The National Health Insurance (NHI) budget for this year is to be increased by a record 5.5 percent to NT$928.62 billion (US$28.17 billion), hitting the ceiling approved by the Executive Yuan and surpassing the negotiated version.Many medical institutions are relieved by this outcome.However, the Ta","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/12\/2003830046","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"133","ar_id":"2003830047","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-12","ar_head":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/12\/2003830047","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830047","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/12","ph_fname":"p08-250112-op.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/12\/p08-250112-op.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/12\/thumbs\/p08-250112-op.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Mark Gongloff","ar_views":"98","ar_id":"2003830048","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-12","ar_head":"California wildfires expose a US$1 trillion hole in US home insurance","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"The wildfires terrorizing Los Angeles this week have been like something out of a movie: vast, fast-moving, unpredictable and merciless. Their scope and nature have surprised even fire-jaded California. They are also evidence of the sort of consequences that can be expected as the planet continues t","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/12\/2003830048","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830048","ph_attr":"Illustration: Constance Chou","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/12","ph_fname":"p07-250112-pic7CC.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/12\/p07-250112-pic7CC.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/12\/thumbs\/p07-250112-pic7CC.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"\r\nBy David Moscrop","ar_views":"92","ar_id":"2003830049","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-12","ar_head":"Why was Trudeau forced out? Trump and an upcoming election","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Justin Trudeau has announced that he would step down as Canadian prime minister after his successor is chosen, probably by the end of March. Trudeau said he is leaving because despite being \u201ca fighter,\u201d he cannot lead his party into the forthcoming election while facing internal party divisions. In ","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/12\/2003830049","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"478","ar_id":"2003829999","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-11","ar_head":"EDITORIAL: Asia and the new US administration","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"US president-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nomination of Elbridge Colby as US undersecretary of defense for policy \u2014 a pivotal role in advising and supporting the US secretary of defense on strategy, planning and international alliances \u2014 is positive news for Taiwan and signals that the US is prioritizing re","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/11\/2003829999","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By LinYung-zen \u6797\u61c9\u7136","ar_views":"361","ar_id":"2003830000","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-11","ar_head":"Give MMR shots to medical centers","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Measles is a childhood disease, but it is making its way through the adult population. Medical professionals are the first line of people in close contact with the disease, thus they can be easily infected. Taipei Veterans General Hospital has made it a requirement that emergency medical staff wear ","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/11\/2003830000","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Huang\r\nWei-ping \u9ec3\u60df\u51b0","ar_views":"469","ar_id":"2003830001","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-11","ar_head":"Taiwan also vital to US security","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would not rule out military force to \u201ctake back\u201d the Panama Canal or to take over Greenland, adding that sovereign control over those two areas is of the utmost importance to US national security. Trump has made such statements before. He ope","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/11\/2003830001","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chen\r\nJwu-shang \u9673\u7af9\u4e0a","ar_views":"87","ar_id":"2003830002","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-11","ar_head":"Protect children in divorce cases","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"In the early morning hours of Jan. 10, 2005, a four-year-old girl \u2014 who became known in the media as \u201clittle sister\u201d Chiu \u2014 was beaten by her alcoholic father, resulting in severe injuries. When no intensive care units in Taipei had room to accept Chiu, she was transferred to Tung\u2019s Taichung Metroha","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/11\/2003830002","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Paul\r\nLin \u6797\u4fdd\u83ef","ar_views":"98","ar_id":"2003830003","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-11","ar_head":"Mass recall movement is unwise, polarizing","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (\u67ef\u5efa\u9298) proposed recalling Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (\u97d3\u570b\u745c) and 41 lawmakers of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).However, civil society groups have already initiated campaigns to recall several lawmakers. Would Ker\u2019s call trigger a n","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/11\/2003830003","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"115","ar_id":"2003830004","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-11","ar_head":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/11\/2003830004","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830004","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/11","ph_fname":"p08-250111-op.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/11\/p08-250111-op.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/11\/thumbs\/p08-250111-op.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Katja Hoyer\r\n","ar_views":"137","ar_id":"2003830005","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-11","ar_head":"How \u2018far right\u2019 is  Germany\u2019s AfD party?","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"When Germany\u2019s Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) won a regional election last year, global headlines proclaimed the first far-right victory in Germany \u201csince the Nazis.\u201d Now, businessman Elon Musk has endorsed the AfD, saying its depiction \u201cas far right is absolutely wrong.\u201dWith the anti-immigration","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/11\/2003830005","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830005","ph_attr":"Illustration: Tania Chou","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/11","ph_fname":"p07-250111-gp.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/11\/p07-250111-gp.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/11\/thumbs\/p07-250111-gp.jpg"}}]