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Taiwan launches urgent care center pilot program
HEALTH ISSUE: Emergency room overcrowding cannot be solved with one measure, but maintaining sufficient capacity outside work hours is critical, an official said The government yesterday launched an urgent care centers (UCCs) pilot program for providing urgent medical care over weekends and on holidays, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said. Shih also announced payment bonuses offered to clinics that are open during the nine-day Lunar Ne
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Minister thanks Japan for Taiwan Strait remarks
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday thanked Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi for emphasizing the importance of safeguarding peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait during Koizumi’s meeting with Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun (董軍). Koizumi made the r
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US and China agree to reboot military channels: Hegseth
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday said that during talks with his Chinese counterpart, the two sides had agreed to reboot military-to-military links to “deconflict and deescalate.” Hegseth met with Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun (董軍) on the sidelines of a regional summi
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Philippines and Canada sign visiting forces deal
The Philippines yesterday signed a visiting forces agreement with Canada, the latest in a series of pacts aimed at countering Beijing’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea. The Philippines and China have engaged in frequent clashes in the crucial sea space, which Beijing claims in nearly i
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Coast guard launches two patrol vessels
CALL FOR SUPPORT: President William Lai called on lawmakers across party lines to ensure the livelihood of Taiwanese and that national security is protected President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday called for bipartisan support for Taiwan’s investment in self-defense capabilities at the christening and launch of two coast guard vessels at CSBC Corp, Taiwan’s (台灣國際造船) shipyard in Kaohsiung.The Taipei (台北) is the fourth and final ship of the Chiayi-class off
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Taiwan, US officials discuss supply chains
Taiwan’s representative to the APEC summit, Lin Hsin-i (林信義), yesterday said that he and US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent discussed supply chains and semiconductors during a meeting on the sidelines of the event in Gyeongju, South Korea. Taiwan’s exports to the US, except for semiconductor
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Taiwan News
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Ex-tenant named as suspect in deadly Taichung house fire
Police have named a 64-year-old former tenant as a suspect in a house fire in Taichung today that left a 17-year-old and her 50-year-old mother dead.At a news conference, Wuri Precinct deputy chief Hung Ming-chiang (洪明強) said that a van without license plates belonging to the suspect, surnamed Hsu (
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‘Heat day’ draft bill expected this month
Draft legislation that would classify high temperatures as hazardous weather, allowing local governments to suspend school and work on extremely hot days, is expected to be announced later this month, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said today.The agency attended a meeting of the Legislativ
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Swine fever likely from unsanitized kitchen waste
The African swine fever case identified at a hog farm in Taichung’s Wuci District (梧棲) last month was likely caused by improperly sanitized kitchen waste used as pig feed, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Tu Wen-jane (杜文珍) said today. The virus was successfully contained with no additional infected pi
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Firm, three people indicted over death of construction worker
An entertainment company, its head and two other people were indicted today on manslaughter charges in the case of a worker who fell to his death on a construction site in Taipei in December last year.The worker fell to his death from a scaffold about 18m above ground on Dec. 25 last year during the
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Cabinet still reviewing foreign domestic helper proposal
The Executive Yuan is still reviewing a proposal to expand eligibility for families to hire foreign domestic helpers and is expected to announce details of the policy and related support measures as soon as the end of the year, an official said today.In September, President William Lai (賴清德) pledged
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Trump says China knows ‘consequences’ of attack on Taiwan
US President Donald Trump yesterday said that China would not take military action against Taiwan while he is president, as the Chinese leaders "know the consequences."Trump made the statement during an interview on the CBS program 60 Minutes that aired yesterday, a few days after his meeting with C
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Taiwan and US working to expedite arms deliveries: Koo
Taiwan and the US are working to expedite key arms deals, including F-16V Block 70 jets, AGM-154C Joint Standoff Weapons and Mark 48 heavy torpedoes, while delivery of Stinger and Harpoon missiles are on schedule, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said today.The Legislative Yuan’s Fo
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Rain to continue in north due to seasonal winds
Northern Taiwan is to see rainy weather today, as a seasonal northeasterly wind system brings more moisture, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.Continuous rainfall is expected on the north coast of Keelung, the greater Taipei area and Yilan County due to the combined effects of the season
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New care centers see 169 patients in first eight hours
A total of 169 patients were treated on the first day of an urgent care center (UCC) service that was launched yesterday in the six special municipalities, the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) said, citing data valid as of 4pm that day.Nearly 90 percent of patients were treated for fe
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Business
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China to pause rare earth controls
TEMPORARY TRUCE: China has made concessions to ease rare earth trade controls, among others, while Washington holds fire on a 100% tariff on all Chinese goods China is effectively suspending implementation of additional export controls on rare earth metals and terminating investigations targeting US companies in the semiconductor supply chain, the White House announced.The White House on Saturday issued a fact sheet outlining some details of the trade pac
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AI investment starting to see winners and losers
returns reign: The market is rewarding corporations whose expeditures have paid off, while showing fang at those whose spending fails to impress investors A week that saw the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates and dozens of US companies report earnings boiled down to a single theme: artificial intelligence (AI).Results from US technology giants showed that the world’s biggest corporations are still pouring billions into AI infrastructure, cheering
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Nexperia China says it has sufficient inventory
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia BV’s China unit yesterday said that it had established sufficient inventories of finished goods and works-in-progress, and that its supply chain remained secure and stable after its parent halted wafer supplies.The Dutch company suspended supplies of wafers to its Chinese as
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Editorial & Opinion
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EDITORIAL: Taichung’s mishandling of ASF
The nation’s first case of African swine fever (ASF) is not only a major crisis for the pork industry, but has also put the Taichung City Government under the spotlight, revealing sloppiness and incompetence in handling the crisis.The central government on Oct. 22 confirmed Taiwan’s first case of AS
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Brahma Chellaney On Taiwan: Taiwan in the age of Trump: Navigating the perils of US unpredictability
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has offered Taiwan a paradoxical mix of reassurance and risk. Trump’s visceral hostility toward China could reinforce deterrence in the Taiwan Strait. Yet his disdain for alliances and penchant for transactional bargaining threaten to erode what Taiwan needs
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Fu’s Guangfu meeting just a show
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi (傅?萁) organized a meeting at the Dahua Activity Center in Hualien County’s Guangfu Township (光復) to discuss post-disaster reconstruction efforts following the flood caused by the overflowing of a barrier lake in the Mataian River (馬太鞍溪).The meet
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Sports
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Dodgers eke out 2nd straight series win
‘ELITE’: Yamamoto pitched 2-2/3 scoreless innings after throwing 96 pitches in Game 6, leaving him so tired, he needed help lifting the MVP trophy In a World Series for the ages that went back and forth again and again, Will Smith yesterday morning delivered the biggest swing of all for the Los Angeles Dodgers.Smith connected in the 11th for the first extra-inning homer in a winner-take-all title game, while Miguel Rojas became the first playe
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Ohtani and Yamamoto bring glory to Japan
Yesterday morning in Japan began with a palpable buzz after the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Shohei Ohtani would start Game 7 of the World Series.By the time countryman Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered the final out, Tokyo was erupting with joy.“I am so proud today to be Japanese,” said cab driver Seii
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Tainan runners shine in Penghu
A group of Tainan-based runners yesterday emerged as the biggest winners in the Penghu Cross-Island Marathon, a unique island-hopping event that features local delicacies along the way.A total of 3,443 runners from 19 countries ran in the eighth edition of the event, including 101 international athl
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Taiwan bag silver at women’s Asian Cup
Taiwan last night won silver in the Women’s Baseball Asian Cup on Guali Field in Hangzhou, China.Taiwan, who were undefeated in the opening round, lost to Japan in a devastating 8-0 defeat, only their second in the tournament, after world No. 1 Japan soundly beat them 14-4 in the Super Round.After J
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World News
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Egypt opens colossal new antiquities museum
Prime ministers, presidents and royalty on Saturday descended on Cairo to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum built near the pyramids to house one of the world’s richest collections of antiquities. The inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum, or GEM, marks the end of
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Watchdog reports Shein for ‘childlike’ sex dolls
‘CHILD PORNOGRAPHY’: The doll on Shein’s Web site measure about 80cm in height, and it was holding a teddy bear in a photo published by a daily newspaper France’s anti-fraud unit on Saturday said it had reported Asian e-commerce giant Shein (希音) for selling what it described as “sex dolls with a childlike appearance.” The French Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) said in a statement that the “description
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Trump threatens military action in Nigeria over killings
US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to send the military into Nigeria with “guns-a-blazing” if Africa’s most populous country does not stem what he described as the killing of Christians by radical Muslims. In an explosive post, the Republican leader — who had campaigned unsuccessfully
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Features
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Notes from Central Taiwan:The emerging argument to sell out Taiwan
Many people noticed the flood of pro-China propaganda across a number of venues in recent weeks that looks like a coordinated assault on US Taiwan policy. It does look like an effort intended to influence the US before the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping (習近
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Taiwan in Time:Bound talent: A female poet’s lament
Nov. 3 to Nov. 9In 1925, 18-year-old Huang Chin-chuan (黃金川) penned the following words: “When will the day of women’s equal rights arrive, so that my talents won’t drift away in the eastern stream?” These were the closing lines to her poem “Female Student” (女學生), which expressed her unwillingness to
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Donovan’s Deep Dives: The Chinese Communist Party’s relationship with all-encompassing power
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a dystopian, radical and dangerous conception of itself. Few are aware of this very fundamental difference between how they view power and how the rest of the world does. Even those of us who have lived in China sometimes fall back into the trap of viewing it th
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Bilingual Pages
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BOOKMAN BILINGUAL 雙語書林：Chinglish or Natural English? 中式英語或道地英語？
1. 我一點也不知道她為什麼這樣難過。ˇ I have not the slightest idea why she is so upset.χ I have not slightest idea why she is so upset.註︰形容詞最高級前面照例必須加定冠詞。2. 尼克森政府窮於應付人民愈來愈強烈的不滿。ˇ The Nixon administration had difficulty dealing with the growing dissatisfaction of the people.χ Nixon administration had difficulty deal
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ANALYTICAL ENGLISH 解析英語(常春藤)
Continued from yesterday（延續自昨日）https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/langIf plushie charms are cute little nods to people’s interests, ita bags are full-on declarations. The term “ita” comes from the Japanese word itai, which means “painful” and reflects the overwhelming visual intensity of these bags.An
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ANALYTICAL ENGLISH 解析英語(常春藤)
If you’ve recently spotted adults parading around with cuddly toys dangling from their designer handbags, your eyes haven’t been deceiving you. The playful trend of adorning bags with cute charms has become popular among people of various ages. Plushies like Labubu and anime and manga characters suc
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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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