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Legislative Yuan slashes government budget by 6.6 percent
‘INDISCRIMINATE’: The drastic changes would delay many national projects as well as undermine global confidence in Taiwan’s resolve to defend itself, the premier said The Legislative Yuan yesterday on third reading passed the central government budget for this year, cutting 6.6 percent from the Executive Yuan’s proposed expenditure — the largest in history.The budget proposal, which the Cabinet approved in August last year, set government spending at NT$3.1325 tr
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Trump takes US reins with flurry of executive orders
US President Donald Trump yesterday began his first day in office, riding a wave of executive orders signed just hours after his inauguration on Monday on everything from immigration to the environment and culture wars.It was unclear if or when more executive orders would come from Trump, as the cou
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Lai congratulates Trump on inauguration
President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as the US’ 47th president, saying Taiwan looks forward to working with the new administration. “Sincere congratulations to @realDonaldTrump & @JDVance on your inauguration as #POTUS & #VP. #Taiwan looks forward to
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Forty-four injured in southern quake
MAGNITUDE 6.4: Houses in two districts in Tainan were severely damaged, including a six-story building, while 28 people were staying in temporary shelters, the city government said Forty-four people sustained minor injuries and several houses in Tainan and Chiayi County were damaged or collapsed after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on the Richter scale struck southeast of Chiayi at 12:17am, the National Fire Agency said yesterday as of 5:30pm. The earthquake’s hypocenter was 37.9
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Budget passes with record-high cuts
The Legislative Yuan passed the central government budget this afternoon, cutting a total of 6.6 percent from the Cabinet’s proposal — the largest in history.Revenue for the Cabinet’s proposed budget for this year was NT$3.1534 trillion (US$96.32 billion), with expenditures of NT$3.1325 trillion. Ho
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Dozens injured after quakes damage buildings
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake and several aftershocks battered southern Taiwan early this morning, causing houses and roads to collapse and leaving dozens injured and 50 people isolated in their village.A total of 26 people were reported injured and sent to hospitals due to the earthquake as of late th
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Taiwan News
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Ex-military personnel indicted over China network
The High Prosecutors’ Office today said it has indicted retired army lieutenant general Kao An-kuo (高安國) and five others for allegedly developing an organization in Taiwan to assist China in the event of a military invasion.The six defendants were suspected of contravening the National Security Act
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Quake cleanup continues amid aftershocks
Aftershocks continued to shake southern Taiwan today, as parts of Chiayi County and Tainan cleaned up in the wake of a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck early yesterday.As of noon, 74 aftershocks, including 25 with a magnitude of 4 or above, had been recorded since the initial magnitude 6.4 quake
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First data from lunar probe received
The first batch of data from a Taiwanese-made radiation detector has arrived after being launched into space last week, National Central University (NCU) said today.NCU's Deep Space Radiation Probe (DSRP) was aboard the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lunar lander developed by Japanese space exploration company
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Death penalty in double murder commuted to life sentence
The Taichung branch of the High Court today overturned Yang Hung-ju’s (楊鴻儒) death penalty and sentenced him to life in prison for double homicide.Yang was found guilty of murdering two friends and stuffing their bodies into iron drums before disposing of them in Hualien County, stemming from his jea
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Cold weather expected at start of LNY holiday
Most of Taiwan is to experience cold weather at the beginning of the Lunar New Year holiday next week, as a strong cold air mass arrives in Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said today.Temperatures are to turn colder on Monday next week and remain low through Wednesday, with daytime h
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Raphael Lin receiving medical treatment, prison says
Raphael Lin (林秉樞), who was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for assaulting his then-girlfriend former legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜), has been in poor health since Dec. 18 and is receiving medical treatment, the Taipei Detention Center said yesterday.Considering personal privacy, the center s
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Ministry warns of poor air quality along west coast
Air quality across the west coast and on outlying islands is to be unhealthy for sensitive groups today, especially in the central and far southern regions, Ministry of Environment data showed.A “red” warning was in effect for Taichung, Kaohsiung, Changhua County, Nantou County and Pingtung County,
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Undersea cables to Matsu ‘disconnected’: MODA
Undersea cables to offshore Lienchiang County (Matsu), which lies off the coast of China, were disconnected, the Ministry of Digital Affairs said today, while Chunghwa Telecom said back-up communications were activated.There are two cables connecting Matsu with the main island. One of them was compl
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Hospital visits for flu-like illness hit a decade high
WEEKLY RECORD: The youngest of the people who died with the flu last week was a man in his 30s who was immunocompromised and unvaccinated, the CDC said Weekly hospital visits for flu-like illnesses last week were the highest for the period in 10 flu seasons, while the first case of infant botulism in Taiwan in four years was reported, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Lee Chia-lin
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Business
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Big fluctuations on Asia markets
CONCERNS: The new US administration has called for foreign exchange manipulation by other nations to be addressed, with strategists pondering who would be targeted Asian markets yesterday experienced big fluctuations after US President Donald Trump took office warning he could impose stiff tariffs on Canada and Mexico next month, but appeared to delay any action against China for now.Trump’s announcement that the nation’s closest neighbors could be hit with 25
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UMC sees low single-digit growth
United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電) expects its addressable market to grow by a low single-digit percentage this year, lower than the overall foundry industry’s 15 percent expansion and the global semiconductor industry’s 10 percent growth, the contract chipmaker said yesterday after reporting th
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Export orders rise 5.1%, beating forecast
Export orders last year increased 5.1 percent year-on-year to US$589.54 billion, ending two consecutive years of decline, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a report yesterday.The growth in export orders beat the ministry’s forecast last month of an annual increase of 4.5 to 4.8 percent, with
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Editorial & Opinion
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EDITORIAL: New Trump term and Taiwan
US President Donald Trump on Monday gave his inauguration speech. Although mainly directed at US citizens, his words were subject to global scrutiny by leaders and others wanting to understand more about his intentions for his second term. The US has been Taiwan’s strongest ally since the end of Wor
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Lawmaker needs to stop ‘begging’
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chen Yu-jen (陳玉珍) on Wednesday last week proposed cutting the Ministry of Culture’s entire NT$2.309 billion (US$70.47 million) budget allocated to the Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation in a move heavily criticized by the film and arts sector.Chen
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Feckless foreign policy of the KMT
As Taiwan’s domestic political crisis deepens, the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) have proposed gutting the country’s national spending, with steep cuts to the critical foreign and defense ministries. While the blue-white coalition alleges that it is merel
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Sports
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Hsieh Su-wei advances to semis
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the Australian Open, while Coco Gauff’s dreams of a first women’s singles title in Melbourne were crushed in the quarter-finals by Paula Badosa.World No. 2 Alexander Zverev was ruffled by a stray feather in his men
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Chelsea maul Wolves, end five-match winless streak
Chelsea on Monday overcame a howler from goalkeeper Robert Sanchez to beat relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1, ending a five-match winless run to climb back into the English Premier League’s top four.Enzo Maresca’s team were just two points behind leaders Liverpool in the middle of la
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City confident ahead of PSG ‘final’: Guardiola
Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will rise to the occasion in their crucial UEFA Champions League showdown against Paris Saint-Germain after rebuilding their shattered morale with a 6-0 demolition of Ipswich Town.Guardiola’s side are languishing in 22nd place in the 36-team Champions League table
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Celtics crush Warriors, Cavs eclipse Suns
NBA champions the Boston Celtics on Monday crushed the Golden State Warriors 125-85 as current league leaders Cleveland romped past the Phoenix Suns.Jayson Tatum scored 22 points with nine rebounds and seven assists before sitting out the entire fourth quarter for the Celtics, who handed the Warrior
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World News
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China vows to defend ‘interests’ against Trump tariff threats
China today vowed to defend its "national interests" against tariff threats from US President Donald Trump, who warned he could impose a 10 percent duty on imports from the country by the end of next week.Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House a day after his inauguration, also warned the E
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S Korea’s Yoon defends his martial law decree in first public appearance since arrest
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that is to determine
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Taliban, US exchange prisoners
EXPANDING TIES? The Afghan government freed two US citizens in exchange for an Afghan fighter, calling it ‘a good example of resolving issues through dialogue’ The Taliban government yesterday said it had released two US citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the US, in a deal brokered by Qatar.Discussions about the prisoner exchange were confirmed last year, but the swap was announced after outgoing US president Joe Biden handed powe
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Features
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‘Too hard’: Vietnam’s factory workers return to country life
Treading a familiar path for women in rural Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Hiep found a factory job in dynamic Ho Chi Minh City and spent 16 years helping make shoes for Western brands such as Adidas and Nike.Vietnam is among the world’s largest exporters of clothing, footwear and furniture and Ho Chi Minh Cit
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China’s AI pets
At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a fluffy AI-powered robot whose soothing chirps remind her that she is not alone.Zhang, 19, has long battled anxiety over school and work, and has struggled to form deep friendships with other people.But since buyi
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Speak up, man: how talking circles are supporting a healthier masculinity
I am kneeling quite awkwardly on a cushion in a yoga studio in London’s Shoreditch on an unseasonably chilly Wednesday and wondering when exactly will be the optimum time to rearrange my legs. I have an ice-cold mango and passion fruit kombucha beside me and an agonising case of pins and needles. Th
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Bilingual Pages
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ENGLISH DIGEST 實用美語(空中美語)
Recent events in Taiwan have highlighted the contentious nature of “priority seating” on public transportation. Incidents, such as passengers experiencing emotional distress after being compelled to give up their seats and elderly individuals attacking others after being refused a seat, have prompte
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Undersea cables : Protecting Taiwan’s digital lifeline 海底電纜：保衛台灣的數位生命線
Undersea cables are conductors wrapped in insulating materials and laid on the seabed. Their main functions are telecommunications or power transmission. The core of the undersea cables used for Internet signals is optical fiber, using light to transmit Internet signals. Taiwan’s communications are
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輕鬆華語GO: EASY CHINESE GO
對話 Dialogue清清：我同學在IG上說，他這週要去臺北小巨蛋欣賞冰上迪士尼表演欸！Qīngqing: Wǒ tóngxué zài IG shàng shuō, tā zhèzhōu yào qù Táiběi Xiǎojùdàn xīnshǎng bīngshàng Díshìní biǎoyǎn ei!華華：哇！有米老鼠跟唐老鴨嗎？Huáhua: Wa! Yǒu Mǐlǎoshǔ gēn Tánglǎoyā ma?清清：當然啦！跟迪士尼有關的，怎麼少得了他們？還有米妮跟高飛狗呢！Qīngqing: Dāngrán la! Gēn Díshìní yǒuguān de, zěnme s
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Special Reports
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Travel
Ferries added to meet LNY demand
Ferry operators are planning to provide a total of 1,429 journeys between Taiwan proper and its offshore islands to meet increased travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, the Maritime and Port Bureau said yesterday. The available number of ferry journeys on eight routes from Saturday next week to Feb. 2 is expected to meet a maximum transport capacity of 289,414 passengers, the bureau said in a news release. Meanwhile, a total of 396 journeys on the "small three links," which are direct ferries connecting Taiwan's Kinmen and Lienchiang counties with China's Fujian Province, are also being planned to accommodate travel needs during the nine-day holiday. During the Jan. 25 to Feb. 2 period, should any adverse weather or other force majeure affect ferry services, operators are required to publicly announce the information through various media platforms, the bureau said, adding that it would also provide real-time updates on ferry schedules on its official Web site. Separately yesterday, Taoyuan International Airport Corp said that flight passenger traffic is expected to peak starting on Monday next week as the Lunar New Year holiday approaches. During the longest holiday of the year, Feb. 2 (the fifth day of the Lunar New Year and the day before work resumes) is anticipated to see the highest travel volume, with nearly 150,000 passengers, the company said in a statement. As such, a total of 14 chartered flights and 103 extra flights would be added to serve more than 1.59 million passengers during the 11-day period from Friday next week to Feb. 3, the company said.
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Taiwan in Time
Taiwan in Time: The Collector of historic buildings
Dec. 9 to Dec. 15 When architect Lee Chung-yao (李重耀) heard that the Xinbeitou Train Station was to be demolished in 1988 for the MRT’s Tamsui line, he immediately reached out to the owner of Taiwan Folk Village (台灣民俗村). Lee had been advising Shih Chin-shan (施金山) on his pet project, a 52-hectare theme park in Changhua County that aimed to showcase traditional Taiwanese architecture, crafts and culture. Shih had wanted to build all the structures from scratch, but Lee convinced him to acquire historic properties and move them to the park grounds. Although the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (文化資產保存法) was passed in 1982, there was still little awareness regarding the value of historic architecture. Private structures were too often demolished to make way for high-rise apartments, and Lee saw this as a way to save them. Lee facilitated the relocation of several other buildings to the park: Madou Lin Ancestral House (麻豆林厝), Chiayi Liao Clinic (嘉義廖診所), Liuying Liu Mansion (柳營劉氏洋樓) and the Douliu Tsai House (斗六蔡氏一條龍). The CT273 “Queen” locomotive was also housed there. The park thrived until 1999, then entered a steep decline. The Shih family sold it in 2007, and in 2020 the new owners began demolishing the site without warning or official approval. Three registered historic buildings were saved, but the rest of the site now lies in ruins. SAVIOR OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS Shih spent years planning the theme park in a bid to promote Taiwanese culture, finally opening it on Dec. 11, 1993. The main entrance and showpiece, “Qingfeng Gate” (慶豐門), was based on the Qing era west gate of Changhua City. It attracted more than 60,000 visitors on the first day. “Around the world, even less developed countries in Southeast Asia have folk villages. Only Taiwan does not,” states the theme park’s
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