twse-inter indexes
| 3 up | 2 down |
- GO
Mon, Jan 20, 2025
-
-
TikTok could be affecting views of young Taiwanese
IDENTITY: Compared with other platforms, TikTok’s algorithm pushes a ‘disproportionately high ratio’ of pro-China content, a study has found Young Taiwanese are increasingly consuming Chinese content on TikTok, which is changing their views on identity and making them less resistant toward China, researchers and politicians were cited as saying by foreign media. Asked to suggest the best survival strategy for a small country facing a pow
-
Investment scams topped losses from fraud in 4th quarter
Losses from investment scams made up the largest proportion of the total money lost due to fraud in the fourth quarter of last year, with many victims being women older than 50, Ministry of the Interior data showed.Taiwanese lost NT$37.19 billion (US$1.23 billion) to fraud in the final quarter of la
-
TikTok blocked in US ‘for now’
Millions of TikTok users were blocked from accessing the popular app in the US as a national ban came into effect yesterday, with US president-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office.TikTok, removed from prominent app stores hours before the ban, said in a message to users attem
-
Gaza ceasefire takes hold, raising hopes of ending war
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip yesterday, ushering in an initial six-week period of calm and raising hopes for the release of dozens of militant-held hostages and an end to a devastating 15-month conflict. A last-minute delay by Hamas put off the start of the truce
-
US concerned over damaged cables
NEW YORK PRINCIPLES: Washington is committed to working with allies to ensure the security of undersea cable infrastructure, a US Department of State spokesperson said The US Department of State has expressed concern over the recent severance of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea and near Taiwan, urging all sides involved to collaborate with investigators. The US is closely following reports of undersea cables being damaged in multiple areas, including in the Balti
-
MOFA rebuts ‘erroneous’ sovereignty claim by Xi
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday called out China for its “erroneous claim” about Taiwan and reaffirmed its stance that the country is sovereign and independent.The ministry’s response followed remarks Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) made regarding Taiwan’s sovereignty during his
-
Taiwan News
-
-
Sisters charged with abusing three children
Two babysitters have been indicted for abuse, injury and coercion resulting in the death of one child and injury of two others, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said today.Last year, babysitters Liu Tsai-hsuan (劉彩萱) and Liu Jou-lin (劉若琳) were accused of collaborating to abuse a one-year-old b
-
Contingency plans being made for Trump inauguration: office
Taiwan's representative office in the US yesterday said that contingency plans are being developed for the Taiwanese delegation to US president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, since the ceremony has been downsized and moved indoors due to severe winter weather.Taiwan's eight-member cross-party de
-
Ministry vows to provide more good-death subsidies
CARE: The Ministry of Health and Welfare subsidizes consultation fees for terminally ill people so that they can have a dignified passing, an official said The government on Friday pledged to increase subsidies for “good death” procedures, while a hospice care foundation unveiled a poll in which 90 percent of respondents aged 50 and above agreed with the concept of natural death. The Buddhist Lotus Hospice Care Foundation’s poll was held from June to A
-
-
-
TikTok or Douyin use rate 21.67%: survey
SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT: Respondents might have underreported their use of the Chinese platforms, as some people see them as ‘propaganda tools,’ a researcher said More than one-fifth of Taiwanese adults used TikTok or Douyin (抖音) — the Chinese version of TikTok — at least once during a three-month period last year, a report released by the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) showed. Last year’s “Taiwan Internet Report” prepared by the ministry’s Taiwan Network
-
Mercury to drop below 10°C under cold air mass: CWA
Another wave of cold air would affect Taiwan starting from Friday and could evolve into a continental cold mass, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Temperatures could drop below 10°C across Taiwan on Monday and Tuesday next week, CWA forecaster Chang Chun-yao (張竣堯) said. Season
-
Kinmen Marathon attracts 7,000 participants this year
About 7,000 people yesterday took part in competitive foot races at this year’s Kinmen Marathon, said the Kinmen County Government, the organizer of the annual event. About 1,400 runners from at least 20 countries pounded the pavements on full-marathon, half-marathon and 10km routes on the outlying
-
-
-
Man sentenced to jail for child pornography
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from a man sentenced to three years and four months in prison for making minors produce explicit photos and videos of themselves.The sentence is final and cannot be further appealed.The man, surnamed Su (蘇), befriended two minors on Facebook, and made them p
-
Legislators debate budget on time crunch
UNUSUAL CUTS: The legislature on average only cut previous administrations’ central budget by about one-third of the cut the opposition is currently proposing, the DPP said Legislators are today and tomorrow to continue deliberating over about 800 budget-related proposals as they aim to finish a review of the central government’s budget before the legislative session ends tomorrow.Ruling and opposition parties continued to debate the central government’s proposed 2025
-
CGA did not go through proper process: official
CABLE CUT: The CGA failed to board the suspect ship, the Maritime and Port Bureau did not let the ship dock and Chunghwa Telecom’s report was slow The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) caused a national security risk when it released a ship that was suspected of cutting an undersea cable near Keelung Harbor without going through proper procedures, an official said yesterday.Cameroon-registered freighter Shunxing-39 (順興39號), which is owned by a
-
Business
-
Share of exports to China falls to 31.7%
MARKET SHIFTS: Exports to the US soared more than 120 percent to almost one quarter, while ASEAN has steadily increased to 18.5 percent on rising tech sales The proportion of Taiwan’s exports directed to China, including Hong Kong, declined by more than 12 percentage points last year compared with its peak in 2020, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday last week.The decrease reflects the ongoing restructuring of global supply chains, driven by escala
-
US passes China as largest machinery export market
TARIFF TRADE-OFF: Machinery exports to China dropped after Beijing ended its tariff reductions in June, while potential new tariffs fueled ‘front-loaded’ orders to the US The nation’s machinery exports to the US amounted to US$7.19 billion last year, surpassing the US$6.86 billion to China to become the largest export destination for the local machinery industry, the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI, 台灣機械公會) said in a report on Jan. 10.It came as some m
-
Taiwan can play key role in humanoid robot supply chain: industry operator
Taiwanese manufacturers have a chance to play a key role in the humanoid robot supply chain, Tongtai Machine and Tool Co (東台精機) chairman Yen Jui-hsiung (嚴瑞雄) said yesterday.That is because Taiwanese companies are capable of making key parts needed for humanoid robots to move, such as harmonic drives
-
Editorial & Opinion
-
EDITORIAIL: The KMT’s arrogant budget cuts
Last week, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), together holding more than half of the legislative seats, cut about NT$94 billion (US$2.85 billion) from the yearly budget. The cuts include 60 percent of the government’s advertising budget, 10 percent of administra
-
Michael Mazza On Taiwan: Imperial China eyes Taiwan
“I compare the Communist Party to my mother,” sings a student at a boarding school in a Tibetan region of China’s Qinghai province. “If faith has a color,” others at a different school sing, “it would surely be Chinese red.” In a major story for the New York Times this month, Chris Buckley wrote abo
-
Tbilisi is moving closer to China
Georgia’s approach toward Russia and China represents a “choice of sides” by the government, led by the populist Georgian Dream (GD) party. To understand how and why Tbilisi has opted for joining the Chinese-Russian axis, it is important to mention some important facts.First of all, GD’s alleged pos
-
Sports
-
Hsieh eases into Melbourne quarters
HARD TO SAY GOODBYE: After Coco Gauff dispatched Belinda Bencic in the fourth round, she wrote ‘RIP TikTok USA’ and drew a broken heart on a television camera lens Defending champion Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s doubles at the Australian Open, while compatriot Chan Hao-ching on Saturday dominated her opponents in the second round, as world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka swept into the quarter-finals.Third seeds Hsieh an
-
-
HK-based cricket team promotes sport in Taiwan
Hong Kong-based cricket team Hung See this weekend found success in their matches in Taiwan, even if none of the results went their way.Hung See played the Chairman’s XI on Saturday morning, the Daredevils that afternoon and PCCT yesterday, with all three home teams winning.The team for Chinese play
-
India makes Olympic push for ancient tag sport
The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organizers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts would secure the sport’s place in the Olympics.Kho kho, a catch-me-if-you-can tag sport, has been played for more than 2,000 years across southern Asia, but its r
-
Sumo to stage event in Paris as part of global push
Sumo is to stage a tournament in Paris for the first time in more than three decades next year in a push to expand the ancient sport beyond Japan, organizers said yesterday.Accor Arena, which hosted basketball and gymnastics events at last year’s Paris Olympics, is to stage a two-day competition fea
-
World News
-
Protesters storm South Korea court
‘FIGHT TO THE END’: Attacking a court is ‘unprecedented’ in South Korea and those involved would likely face jail time, a South Korean political pundit said Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol yesterday stormed a Seoul court after a judge extended the impeached leader’s detention over his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law.Tens of thousands of people had gathered outside the Seoul Western District Court on Saturday in a sho
-
Trump is ‘dream come true’ for Paraguay: Pena
‘GREAT OPPRTUNITY’: The Paraguayan president made the remarks following Donald Trump’s tapping of several figures with deep Latin America expertise for his Cabinet Paraguay President Santiago Pena called US president-elect Donald Trump’s incoming foreign policy team a “dream come true” as his nation stands to become more relevant in the next US administration.“It’s a great opportunity for us to advance very, very fast in the bilateral agenda on trade, security
-
‘Our mission’: Auschwitz museum staff on their jobs
Barbed wire lines the road to work for Pawel Sawicki, deputy spokesman of the Auschwitz museum at the site of the former Nazi death camp that was liberated 80 years ago. More than 1 million people died at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp built by Nazi Germany when it occupied Poland in World War II — mos
-
Features
-
Notes from Central Taiwan: Fighting China’s lies about Taiwan
Last week saw the appearance of another odious screed full of lies from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian (肖千), in the Financial Review, a major Australian paper. Xiao’s piece was presented without challenge or caveat. His “Seven truths on why Taiwan always will
-
Taiwan in Time: One-two-three, Freedom Day
Jan. 20 to Jan. 26Taipei was in a jubilant, patriotic mood on the morning of Jan. 25, 1954. Flags hung outside shops and residences, people chanted anti-communist slogans and rousing music blared from loudspeakers. The occasion was the arrival of about 14,000 Chinese prisoners from the Korean War, w
-
Donovan’s Deep Dives: This year’s big election in Taiwan
In Taiwan’s politics the party chair is an extremely influential position. Typically this person is the presumed presidential candidate or serving president. In the last presidential election, two of the three candidates were also leaders of their party. Only one party chair race had been planned fo
-
Bilingual Pages
-
BOOKMAN BILINGUAL 雙語書林：Netizen Slang: Spoiler Alert & Shift Blame 網民用語趣談：破梗&甩鍋
Spoiler alert and shift blame 破梗&甩鍋在新冠疫情期間，無論是因為封城 (lockdown) 還是居家隔離 (self-isolation at home)，人們關在家中使用網路的時間大增。這也讓一些原本只存在於網路論壇的用語廣為普及。我們來談一下破梗 (spoiler alert) 與甩鍋 (shift blame) 這兩個用語。有位古典文學教授 Joel Christensen 針對領導統御與疫情控制寫了一篇以古喻今、相當深入的文章：“Plagues follow bad leadership in ancient Greek tales”，文中出現一些講法，
-
ANALYTICAL ENGLISH 解析英語(常春藤)
Continued from yesterday（延續自昨日）https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2025/01/18/2003830395The invention of the incandescent light bulb in 1879 quickly led to the replacement of the arc lamp. It offered a softer, more pleasant light and became the new standard. The evolution of urban lightin
-
ANALYTICAL ENGLISH 解析英語(常春藤)
Street lights are often taken for granted until a power outage plunges the world into darkness. When that happens, the value of these lighting installations becomes evident as the world turns into a more dangerous place for pedestrians and motorists alike. The Chinese could claim to be the first to
-
Special Reports
-
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.
-
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
-
Weather
- North
- Central
- South
- East
- Outlying Islands
New Taipei City 14-23 10% 
Hsinchu County 14-22 10% Hsinchu City 14-22 10% Taipei City 14-22 10% Miaoli County 12-22 10% Taoyuan City 14-22 10% Keelung City 15-21 10% Yunlin County 14-24 0% Taichung City 14-24 0% Nantou County 14-24 0% Changhua County 14-23 0% Chiayi County 13-24 0% Chiayi City 14-25 0% Tainan City 15-22 0% Kaohsiung City 17-23 0% Pingtung County 16-25 0% Yilan County 14-22 10% Hualien County 16-22 10% Taitung County 17-23 10% Kinmen County 11-18 0% Penghu County 17-20 0% Lienchiang County 10-13 10%
RSS