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CEC approves recall votes for five more lawmakers
The Central Election Commission (CEC) yesterday approved recall vote proposals against five more Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers, bringing the total number of recall elections to 31.Voting on the five lawmakers — Lo Ming-tsai (羅明才), Yan Kuan-heng (顏寬恒), Yang Chiung-ying (楊瓊瓔), Johnny Chian
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Legislative Yuan approves stricter child abuse laws
AMENDMENTS: The changes follow outrage over the 2023 death of a one-year-old boy, who was allegedly tortured to death by his caregiver The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments to the Criminal Code allowing the death penalty in cases of child abuse resulting in the death of a child aged seven or younger. The amendments also mandate a sentence increase by half for murder when the victim is seven or younger. The changes follow
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US House passes US$9bn foreign aid, broadcasting cuts
The US House of Representatives gave final approval to US President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about US$9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early yesterday, as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with th
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Syrian government forces to re-enter Sweida province
Renewed clashes broke out on Thursday night between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans in southern Syria, and government forces were preparing to deploy again to the area yesterday after pulling out under a ceasefire agreement earlier this week, officials said.Government security forces
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Lai meets Guatemalan Congress head
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT: The Guatemalan Congress this year passed resolutions urging the UN to recognize Taiwan’s right to participate in multilateral institutions President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday thanked Guatemalan Congress President Nery Abilio Ramos y Ramos for his country’s continued support for Taiwan’s participation in international bodies.Lai and Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) met with Ramos and his delegation yesterday morning at
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NT$101bn government borrowing needed for KMT handouts
NOT ENOUGH: The opposition said the government has a NT$1.8 trillion surplus, but the majority of that money has already been allocated, the premier said The government would have to issue NT$101.4 billion (US$3.45 billion) in debt to implement the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) proposed universal NT$10,000 cash handouts, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday, calling the scheme morally and financially questionable given the state of the natio
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Taiwan News
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Legislative Yuan votes to extend session to Aug. 31
‘GROUNDLESS’? While the KMT and the TPP said the extension was needed to review urgent bills, the DPP said the opposition was using it as a ‘legislative umbrella’ The opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday voted to further extend the current legislative session to Aug. 31, lengthening the previously extended session by another month.Using their combined majority, the two opposition parties outvoted the Democratic
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10 Chinese spouses give up Taiwanese registration: MAC
As of Wednesday, nearly 90 percent of Chinese spouses married to Taiwanese have complied with a requirement to provide evidence they have officially given up their household registration in China, while 10 chose to give up their Taiwanese household registration, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) sa
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Taiwan firm on bolstering security: Hsiao
INTENSIFIED THREATS: Beijing’s attempts to ‘infiltrate, sabotage and divide’ Taiwan’s society are undermining the ‘status quo’ across the Taiwan Strait, the vice president said Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) yesterday reaffirmed the government’s efforts to bolster national security amid rising threats from China and underscored its commitment to maintaining the “status quo” across the Taiwan Strait.“Taiwan does not live in a vacuum. We operate at the center of one of t
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Residents see little difference in air raid drills
Taipei on Thursday held urban resilience air raid drills, with residents in one of the exercises’ three “key verification zones” reporting little to no difference compared with previous years, despite government pledges of stricter enforcement.Formerly known as the Wanan exercise, the air raid drill
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Heavy rain forecast for east and south
FERRIES DISRUPTED: Several services linking Taiwan proper and outlying islands were suspended today and tomorrow, while Kenting beaches are closed due to high waves Tropical Storm Wipha is forecast to bring heavy rain to eastern and southern Taiwan today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said, after it issued a sea warning for the storm yesterday morning.As of 5pm yesterday, Wipha’s center was 400km south-southeast of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan proper’s sout
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Civil service recruitment down, Minister Lio says
DOWNWARD TREND: The government in 2022 hired 290 civil engineers, filling all of its vacancies, but fell short by 135 and 173 in the following two years The civil service is falling short of recruitment targets amid an aging population and fierce competition from the private sector in technical fields, Minister of Examination Lio Mon-chi (劉孟奇) said in an interview published yesterday.The number of people who took last year’s senior-rank civil servic
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Delivery workers seek help as Uber plans wage cut
Delivery workers’ unions yesterday urged the government to help facilitate negotiations with Uber Eats about the company’s plan to cut the pay of delivery drivers by the end of this month.Representatives of local trade unions for online platform delivery workers and Democratic Progressive Party Legi
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Institute releases film from Japanese era in the 1920s
The Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute on Thursday released what it says is the earliest documentary filmed in Taiwan, offering a glimpse of the landscape and society from as early as the 1920s during Japanese colonial rule.The seven-minute silent short, Formosa (福爾摩沙), captures scenes of labor i
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Tax data show increase in same-sex spouse reporting
The number of people who reported a same-sex spouse on their income tax increased 1.5-fold from 2020 to 2023, while the overall proportion of taxpayers reporting a spouse decreased by 4.4 percent from 2014 to 2023, Ministry of Finance data showed yesterday.The number of people reporting a spouse on
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Business
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Banking outlook ‘deteriorating’
HEADWINDS: Fitch Ratings warned that risks include a global demand shock or a significant housing correction, which could undermine asset quality and earnings Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for Taiwan’s banking sector to “deteriorating” from “neutral,” amid rising pressures on profitability and asset quality.The change reflects growing concern that Taiwan’s export-heavy economy would face intensifying headwinds in the second half of this year and i
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TSMC says FX is ‘big uncertainty’
CURRENCY WOES: A company executive said that every 1 percent appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar against the greenback would reduce revenue by 1 percent Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) sees currency volatility as a “big uncertainty” to its margins and is to constantly review hedging strategies to manage the impact, TSMC chief financial officer Wendell Huang (黃仁昭) said.“Foreign exchange rate is something that we cannot control, but
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US to impose anti-dumping duty on graphite from China
The US on Thursday unveiled preliminary anti-dumping duties of 93.5 percent on imports of a key battery component from China, after looking into a petition on the matter.Final determinations regarding duties on graphite are expected in early December, the US Department of Commerce said.Its investiga
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Editorial & Opinion
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EDITORIAL: Rethink migrant worker policies
The Tourism Administration has expanded its regulations on foreign internships in the hospitality sector to help address a shortfall of more than 5,000 workers in the industry. The new rules, which took effect on Monday, broaden eligibility for student interns, revise the required application docume
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The frustrations of an old man
Eating at a breakfast shop the other day, I turned to an old man sitting at the table next to mine.“Hey, did you hear that the Legislative Yuan passed a bill to give everyone NT$10,000 [US$340]?” I said, pointing to a newspaper headline.The old man cursed, then said: “Yeah, the Chinese Nationalist P
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Security is not a bargaining chip
As regional security risks intensify and Taiwan’s military readiness becomes ever more urgent, President William Lai (賴清德) has launched his “Ten Talks on Uniting the Country,” with the fourth session outlining the government’s national defense strategy. Yet the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has ch
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Sports
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England reach semis after penalty win
COMEBACK: England returned from a dire first half to make the score line even with only 11 minutes remaining on the clock, going on to win the shootout 3-2 England roared into the semi-finals of the UEFA Women’s Euro on Thursday after coming back from two goals down and then beating Sweden 3-2 in a chaotic penalty shoot-out to continue their title defense. Smilla Holmberg blasted over from the spot to settle the shootout drama in Zurich after the match
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Taiwan basketball leagues to collaborate next season
Taiwan’s professional basketball landscape is expected to become more integrated, as P.League+ (PLG) and the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) plan to collaborate in the 2025-2026 season.The 10 teams from the two leagues met on Wednesday and “reached a consensus to collaborate,” TPBL comm
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Felix Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident in Italy
Austrian extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, died on Thursday in a paragliding accident in central Italy, local police said. He was 56.Baumgartner lost control of his motorized paraglider while flying over Porto Sant’Elpidio in I
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Liberia’s baseball game has no bats and no men
It was a perfect pitch. The ball sped straight across home plate, where it was met with an equally powerful kick. Perryline Jimmie sprinted toward first base after her kick as her teammates erupted in cheers on the sidelines.Jimmie, 23, is a professional player of kickball, a close cousin of basebal
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World News
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Trump vows to sue WSJ over alleged Epstein letter
NEW REPORT: The alleged letter, which the WSJ said was part of a 2003 birthday collection, has sparked renewed controversy over Trump’s ties to Epstein US President Donald Trump threatened to sue the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and owner Rupert Murdoch on Thursday over a story about an alleged off-color letter he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, amid lingering political fallout over his administration’s handling of the late financier’s sex trafficking case.
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House Republicans grasp for response to Epstein case
US House of Congress Republicans were grasping late on Thursday to formulate a response to US President Donald Trump’s administration’s handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, ultimately putting forward a resolution that carries no legal weight, but nods to the growing deman
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Misbehaving monks: Sex scandal shakes Thailand
IDENTITY: A sex extortion scandal involving Thai monks has deeply shaken public trust in the clergy, with 11 monks implicated in financial misconduct Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.Thai police this week arrested a woman accused of bedding at least 11 monks in breach of their vows of celibacy, befo
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Features
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Donovan’s Deep Dives: How the KMT’s whip became Bluebird enemy number one
Hualien lawmaker Fu Kun-chi (傅?萁) is the prime target of the recall campaigns. They want to bring him and everything he represents crashing down. This is an existential test for Fu and a critical symbolic test for the campaigners. It is also a crucial test for both the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT
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Risk of undersea cable attacks by China likely to rise
The risk of Russia- and China-backed attacks on undersea cables carrying international Internet traffic is likely to rise amid a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea and around Taiwan, according to a report.Submarine cables account for 99 percent of the world’s intercontinental data traffic and have
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Taiwanese theater show selected, short film shortlisted for Venice International Film Festival
A theater experience co-produced by Taiwan has been selected to be part of the extended reality (XR) section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (VIFF) in late August, while a Taiwanese animated film has been shortlisted for the festival's best short film award."Blur," an XR experience co
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Bilingual Pages
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ANALYTICAL ENGLISH 解析英語(常春藤)
The traditional five-day workweek was introduced around a century ago and has since become the standard, along with punching in at 9am and leaving at 5pm. Recently, however, challenges to this formula have been increasing, particularly among young people. In the UK, 200 British companies have change
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SPEAK UP: Labubu doll, Stephen Curry’s basketball card smash auction records (2/2) 拉布布、柯瑞簽名卡拍出天價（下）
A: What are some of the hottest auction items other than the Labubu doll?B: NBA player Stephen Curry’s basketball card, actress Jane Birkin’s Hermes “Birkin bag,” and Princess Diana’s dresses also attracted robust bidding recently.A: How much can a trading card cost?B: Curry’s Paris Olympics autogra
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SPEAK UP: Labubu doll, Stephen Curry’s basketball card smash auction records (1/2) 拉布布、柯瑞簽名卡拍出天價（上）
A: A mint Labubu doll was sold for a record 1.08 million Chinese yuan — or about US$150,300 — at an auction.B: That much for a doll? That’s insane.A: The character of toy company Pop Mart has sparked a global frenzy thanks to celebrity endorsements, like pop diva Rihanna and Blackpink member Lisa.B:
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Special Reports
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Donovan’s Deep Dives
Donovan’s Deep Dives: Lu Shiow-yen signals her challenge to KMT leadership
Two moves show Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) is gunning for Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) party chair and the 2028 presidential election. Technically, these are not yet “officially” official, but by the rules of Taiwan politics, she is now on the dance floor. Earlier this month Lu confirmed in an interview in Japan’s Nikkei that she was considering running for KMT chair. This is not new news, but according to reports from her camp she previously was still considering the case for and against running. By choosing a respected, international news outlet, she declared it to the world. While the outside world likely paid little attention, domestically the message was unmistakable: She is moving on to a larger stage. Part of the dance is to leave options open before formally committing, and with the chair race due in late September, she has time. If something goes wrong in the meantime, or if power brokers in the party offer her a deal that provides more benefits than taking on the role of chair, she can pivot accordingly. Earlier this year, I suggested that strategically, she would be better off concentrating on her job as Taichung mayor until she is term-limited out of office in December next year. Taichung mayor is obviously a full-time job, and concurrently running the Taipei-headquartered party runs the risk of doing one or both jobs poorly and making mistakes that could imperil her shot at the presidency in 2028. The situation has changed. Current KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫), knowing he is likely to face challengers of a higher caliber than the three relative nobodies already declared, has gone all in on appealing to the base. The base is more likely to turn out to vote in the chair election, so this makes some strategic sense in the short term.
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Lost Army
A battle for historical memory in Thailand’s “Little Taiwan”
Among Thailand’s Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) villages, a certain rivalry exists between Arunothai, the largest of these villages, and Mae Salong, which is currently the most prosperous. Historically, the rivalry stems from a split in KMT military factions in the early 1960s, which divided command and opium territories after Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) cut off open support in 1961 due to international pressure (see part two, “The KMT opium lords of the Golden Triangle,” on May 20). But today this rivalry manifests as a different kind of split, with Arunothai leading a pro-China faction and Mae Salong staunchly aligned to Taiwan. Last spring at Arunothai’s Jiaolian School, principal Wang Mingming (王明明) had forewarned me of the division between villages, saying, “We are not like the people in Mae Salong. They are rich. Because of the Taiwanese.” Arunothai has in recent years become split in its loyalties between Taiwan and China (see part one, “A tale of two schools,” on May 15), but in Mae Salong, links to Taiwan remain strong. Taiwan-funded monuments pay homage to the Lost Army, villagers wear T-shirts emblazoned with the Republic of China (ROC) flag and tea plantations grown Taiwan’s most famous tea varieties, including Dong Ding (“frozen peak”) Oolong, Oriental Beauty and Jin Xuan (Golden Daylily or Milk Oolong). Even the numerical classifications of the teas — Oolong No. 12 or No. 17, for example — are the same, and the shops resemble those found on Alishan. At the tomb of General Tuan Hsi-wen (段希文) — perched on a Mae Salong hilltop with a view of his ancestral homeland in China’s Yunnan province — a third generation villager wearing a vintage KMT army uniform, Yan Si-Chung (岩思中), greets visitors with sharp military salutes. “Both my father and my grandfather were soldiers in the KMT army,” the 44-year-old
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