[{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Dave Lee","ar_views":"129","ar_id":"2003829947","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-10","ar_head":"Zuckerberg and Meta drop their misinformation charade","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s video announcement on Tuesday that the company would abandon its fact-checking efforts and loosen moderation marks a stunning reversal of years of promises regarding safety and misinformation.As I watched it, I wondered whether Meta Platforms Inc\u2019s public relations team held off un","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/10\/2003829947","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829947","ph_attr":"Illustration: Mountain People","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/10","ph_fname":"p07-250110-pic7AAA.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/10\/p07-250110-pic7AAA.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/10\/thumbs\/p07-250110-pic7AAA.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Karishma Vaswani","ar_views":"91","ar_id":"2003829948","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-10","ar_head":"South Korea really needs to move on from this crisis","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"South Korea\u2019s prolonged political crisis appears to have no end in sight. It is just over a month since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared, then lifted, martial law. Since then, the domestic and regional challenges have been multiplying. To manage the chaos, citizens need to set aside the","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/10\/2003829948","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"522","ar_id":"2003829881","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-09","ar_head":"EDITORIAL: Recall chaos plays into KMT hands","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"The Legislative Yuan passed legislation on Tuesday aimed at supporting the middle-aged generation \u2014 defined as people aged 55 or older willing and able to work \u2014 in a law initially proposed by Taiwan People\u2019s Party (TPP) Legislator Wu Chun-cheng (\u5433\u6625\u57ce) to help the nation transition from an aged socie","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/09\/2003829881","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"476","ar_id":"2003829882","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-09","ar_head":"The Liberty Times Editorial: The blue-white attack on Taiwan","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"We have now moved into the new year, and Taiwan has mounting challenges both external and internal. Evidently, even with the fresh start of the opening days of 2025, little is going to change.According to a new poll, President William Lai\u2019s (\u8cf4\u6e05\u5fb7) approval rating is more than 50 percent, and the Demo","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/09\/2003829882","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lai Rung-wei \u8cf4\u69ae\u5049","ar_views":"477","ar_id":"2003829883","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-09","ar_head":"Mass recalls are necessary for democracy","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Our opponent is not a competitor, but an enemy. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People\u2019s Party (TPP) coalition to \u201ccontrol Taiwan by using Taiwan\u201d to achieve its goal of unification. The enemy has launched a battle of unrestricted warfare \u2014 a","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/09\/2003829883","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Fang Fu-chuan \u65b9\u5fa9\u6b0a","ar_views":"114","ar_id":"2003829884","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-09","ar_head":"Lessons from Trudeau\u2019s downfall","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"On Monday evening, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party, but would stay on as prime minister until a successor is selected. He had been in office since November 2015. At the end of last year \u2014 as a result of an economic downturn and a series","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/09\/2003829884","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"108","ar_id":"2003829885","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-09","ar_head":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/09\/2003829885","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829885","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/09","ph_fname":"p08-250109-NEW cartoon.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/09\/p08-250109-NEW cartoon.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/09\/thumbs\/p08-250109-NEW cartoon.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Liam Denning","ar_views":"180","ar_id":"2003829886","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-09","ar_head":"A \u2018Made in China\u2019 crisis awaits big auto","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"When Jaguar\u2019s \u201ccopy nothing\u201d brand reboot hit late last year, one self-styled car enthusiast wrote on X: \u201cWhat the actual hell is this.\u201d Jaguar\u2019s response: \u201cThe future.\u201d That remains to be seen, but the ad, unfamiliar and unsettling, does at least work as a portent of what is coming for the global a","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/09\/2003829886","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829886","ph_attr":"Illustration: Mountain People","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/09","ph_fname":"p07-250109-pic7AA.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/09\/p07-250109-pic7AA.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/09\/thumbs\/p07-250109-pic7AA.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Raghuram G. Rajan","ar_views":"67","ar_id":"2003829887","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-09","ar_head":"Economic development in a protectionist world","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"As apprehension grows in China, Europe and Japan about a possible trade war triggered by the incoming administration of US president-elect Donald Trump, spare a thought for developing countries. Their tried-and-tested method of expanding beyond agriculture to achieve middle-income status has been to","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/09\/2003829887","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"371","ar_id":"2003829824","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-08","ar_head":"EDITORIAL: Solar FIT for a boost","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"The Ministry of Economic Affairs last week kept most renewable energy feed-in tariffs (FIT) for this year unchanged and eased cuts to solar energy subsidies, highlighting the government\u2019s determination to catch up after delays in solar panel installations amid rampant bribery scandals.The adjustment","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/08\/2003829824","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Tommy Lin \u6797\u9038\u6c11","ar_views":"749","ar_id":"2003829825","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-08","ar_head":"Mike Pompeo visit a wake-up call","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Although former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo \u2014 known for being the most pro-Taiwan official to hold the post \u2014 is not in the second administration of US president-elect Donald Trump, he has maintained close ties with the former president and involved himself in think tank activities, giving him","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/08\/2003829825","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Lee Hsiao-feng \u674e\u7b71\u5cf0","ar_views":"452","ar_id":"2003829826","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-08","ar_head":"Blue, white camps hurting Taiwan","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"\u201cBolstering national strength through democracy to enter a new global landscape\u201d was the core of President William Lai\u2019s (\u8cf4\u6e05\u5fb7) New Year\u2019s address, but even that has upset politicians in the pan-blue camp.Democracy has not been a value of the fascist Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and \u201centering a gl","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/08\/2003829826","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Susie Su  \u8607\u62fe\u7469","ar_views":"143","ar_id":"2003829827","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-08","ar_head":"To tame the legislature, support mass recall","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Politics in Taiwan and South Korea have descended into chaos, resulting in tense standoffs, with one shared cause being the legislative majority wielded by the opposition parties in both countries.Suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was impeached by opposition lawmakers for attempting to ","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/08\/2003829827","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"130","ar_id":"2003829828","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-08","ar_head":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"EDITORIAL CARTOON","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/08\/2003829828","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829828","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/08","ph_fname":"p08-250108-cartoon.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/08\/p08-250108-cartoon.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/08\/thumbs\/p08-250108-cartoon.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Jonathan Roberts\r\n","ar_views":"134","ar_id":"2003829829","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-08","ar_head":"Trump and Musk are obsessed with genetics, but science does not back their simplistic views","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Like so many of us, I was dispirited to wake up a few weeks ago to learn that Donald Trump would be back in the White House. This time he was aided by the world\u2019s richest man and professional spaceship-crasher, Elon Musk. Among the many charming aspects of their partnership is a fondness for some hi","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/08\/2003829829","photo":{"ar_id":"2003829829","ph_attr":"Illustration: Mountain People","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/08","ph_fname":"p07-250108-pic7AA.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/08\/p07-250108-pic7AA.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/08\/thumbs\/p07-250108-pic7AA.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Rachel Shabi","ar_views":"106","ar_id":"2003829830","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-08","ar_head":"Anti-Semitism is being weaponized and stripped of meaning","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"When the international criminal court in November last year issued arrest warrants for Israeli officials, the response from the country\u2019s government was all too familiar. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected outright the warrants for alleged war crimes in Gaza against him and former Is","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/08\/2003829830","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"519","ar_id":"2003829762","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-07","ar_head":"EDITORIAL: What job vacancy data tell us","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) last week released the latest job vacancy data in Taiwan, which highlighted how many job openings firms had yet to be filled at the end of August last year. The data also revealed how the vacant positions were closely related to th","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/07\/2003829762","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Wang Kai-chun \u738b\u93a7\u5747","ar_views":"440","ar_id":"2003829763","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-07","ar_head":"Revenue reallocation balancing act","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"The passage of amendments to the Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expenditures (\u8ca1\u653f\u6536\u652f\u5283\u5206\u6cd5) marks a milestone in the country\u2019s financial governance. After 25 years of deliberation and discussion, that legislation is now able to reshape the distribution of resources between the ce","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/07\/2003829763","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Michele Maresca","ar_views":"438","ar_id":"2003829764","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-07","ar_head":"The danger of TikTok, social media","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"Last year\u2019s Romanian presidential election saw the rise of Calin Georgescu, an \u201cindependent\u201d candidate who made it into the second round. His unexpected advance to the runoff election, where he was set to face pro-EU and pro-NATO Elena Lasconi, raised concerns among observers due to Georgescu\u2019s favo","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/07\/2003829764","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Chen Wen-ching \u9673\u6587\u537f","ar_views":"197","ar_id":"2003829765","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Editorials","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-07","ar_head":"KMT Weng\u2019s comments bordering on treason","dp_urlname":"editorials","ar_desc":"The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has expended considerable resources to source Taiwanese online influencers willing to collaborate on \u201cunited front\u201d propaganda videos and other pro-China multimedia projects, with the intent of influencing Taiwanese and politics.Beijing must be wondering if it neede","ar_url":"News\/editorials\/archives\/2025\/01\/07\/2003829765","photo":[]}]