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Beijing tightening grip on HK: MAC
’PATRIOTS’: National security measures have become increasingly pervasive in Hong Kong, with Beijing limiting political rights and expanding control, the MAC said Beijing has expanded its national security crackdown on Hong Kong, shifting from the principle of “patriots administering” the territory to requiring businesspeople to be “patriotic,” with national security terms proliferating within the catering and entertainment industries, a Mainland Affairs Coun
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Lai, Tsai win all-Taiwanese US Open final
Taiwanese shuttlers Lai Po-yu (賴柏佑) and Tsai Fu-cheng (蔡富丞) on Sunday clinched the men’s doubles title at the Yonex US Open, defeating compatriots He Zhi-wei (何志偉) and Huang Jui-hsuan (黃睿璿) in a three-game thriller, 21-13, 21-23, 21-15.He and Huang, ranked 63rd in the world, took an early 6-3 lead i
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Dalai Lama set to reveal succession plan this week
The Dalai Lama would address a major three-day gathering of Buddhist religious figures this week ahead of his 90th birthday, as his followers wait for the Tibetan spiritual leader to share details about his succession in a move that could irk China. Beijing views the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 19
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Canada drops digital tax to restart US trade talks
Canada has withdrawn its digital services tax (DST) on technology companies such as Meta Platforms Inc and Alphabet Inc in a move to restart trade talks with the US.“Rescinding the DST will allow the negotiations to make vital progress and reinforce our work to create jobs and build prosperity for a
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British minister in Taiwan for trade talks
DIPLOMACY: During the two-day visit, British Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security Douglas Alexander is to meet with President William Lai Annual trade talks between Taiwan and the UK opened in Taipei yesterday, with British Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security Douglas Alexander leading the British delegation and both sides seeking to deepen bilateral ties. During the two-day visit, Alexander is to meet with Preside
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PRC is not ROC’s ‘motherland,’ president says
MORE DEMOCRACY: The only solution to Taiwan’s current democratic issues involves more democracy, including Constitutional Court rulings and citizens exercising their civil rights , Lai said The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is not the “motherland” of the Republic of China (ROC) and has never owned Taiwan, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday. The speech was the third in a series of 10 that Lai is scheduled to deliver across Taiwan. Taiwan is facing external threats from China,
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Taiwan News
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Car window visibility guidelines introduced
ROAD SAFETY: The guidelines would initially apply to new vehicles, the Highway Bureau said, adding that higher standards would apply to taxis to prevent crimes The Highway Bureau yesterday issued new guidelines governing the installation of car window tinting, recommending that the visible light transmission (VLT) of front windshields be at least 70 percent. The guidelines are to take effect next year and would initially apply to newly registered vehicles,
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Groups call for ending pig auctions
CRUELTY: Auction house staff force pigs to move by hitting them with metal rods and dragging them by placing hooks in their upper jaw or anus, an activist said About 6 million pigs are treated violently every year in Taiwan before their arrival at slaughterhouses, animal rights groups said yesterday, urging the Ministry of Agriculture to establish a pork grading system to replace “inhumane” live pig auctions. While in Japan, South Korea and most Western co
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Special medical student quota to remain unchanged
The Executive Yuan yesterday decided to maintain four institutions’ special total medical student enrollment quota at 1,300 per year, following a backlash from civil associations over an earlier plan to increase it. Last month, the Ministry of Education unveiled a plan to change the annual governmen
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Team Taiwan showcase LGBTQ+ rights in the US
About 200 people with a Taiwanese background on Sunday took part with Team Taiwan in San Francisco Pride, showcasing LGBTQ+ imagery in ways that contained elements unique to the island nation. In addition to traditional LGBTQ+ elements, those representing Taiwan also presented the country’s own twis
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Ministry of Digital Affairs fines Meta NT$15 million
The Ministry of Digital Affairs yesterday fined Meta Platforms Inc NT$15 million (US$501,639) after it failed to disclose information about Facebook advertisement sponsors in compliance with the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act (詐欺犯罪危害防制條例). The fine came after the ministry on May 22 fined the US-b
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National Railway Museum to partially open July 31
The National Railway Museum is to partially open to the public on July 31 after nine years of restoration work at the historical site formerly known as the Taipei Railway Workshop, allowing visitors to revisit an important period in Taiwan’s railway history.The areas to be opened to the public i
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PLA carriers cross second island chain
SHOWING DOMINANCE: The deployments exceed homeland defense operations and signal that China wants to expand its presence to the third island chain, an official said Two Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong, have carried out operations in the western Pacific simultaneously for the first time, also marking the first time Chinese carriers have crossed the second island chain, a national security official said yest
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Taiwan, UK sign ‘three pillar’ agreements
Taiwan and the UK yesterday signed three agreements to enhance bilateral exchanges and cooperation in investments, digital trade, energy and net zero.The “three pillar” agreements of the UK-Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) were signed by Representative to the UK Vincent Yao (姚金祥) and his Brit
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China ‘united front’ effort to intensify in H2: official
HISTORY DISTORTION: Beijing would use three anniversaries to claim that it established the post-war international order and lay claim to Taiwan, they said China is expected to launch a series of “united front” activites against Taiwan that would peak in the second half of the year, a national security official said yesterday.Starting this month, China would use the “three 80th anniversaries” — the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people’
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Business
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Chip gas firm to buy Hung Jie
GROWTH PLANS: With Taiwan Speciality Chemicals’ first acquisition, the company aims to double its revenue every three to four years and launch one new product each year Semiconductor specialty gas supplier Taiwan Speciality Chemicals Corp (台特化) expects revenue to grow 170 percent after acquiring a major stake in semiconductor parts cleaning company Hung Jie Technology Corp (弘潔科技) in a NT$3 billion (US$100.33 million) all-cash deal, a company executive said yesterda
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Under-30s top age groups in credit card spending: report
Credit card users in Taiwan younger than 30 years old topped all age groups in annual spending last year, spending an average of NT$2.041 million (US$68,256) per card, the National Credit Card Center said yesterday.While credit card users younger than 30 accounted for only 7.42 percent of the total
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Golden Bridge Electech forecasts growth in 2nd half
Cable assembly maker Golden Bridge Electech Inc (金橋) yesterday said it aims to sustain revenue growth in the second half of this year, driven by rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the consumer electronics sector.The company would also seek to work with leading original eq
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Editorial & Opinion
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EDITORIAL: Savings bubble limits economic growth
Taiwan’s excess savings — gross domestic savings minus gross domestic investment — have continued to soar in the past few years as Taiwanese households and businesses opted to hang on to their money rather than invest or spend in the country. While the government’s incentive investment programs, lau
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Taipei hotels distort media landscape
My youngest son attends a university in Taipei. Throughout the past two years, whenever I have brought him his luggage or picked him up for the end of a semester or the start of a break, I have stayed at a hotel near his campus. In doing so, I have noticed a strange phenomenon: The hotel’s TV contai
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India, Taiwan can partner on climate
In the evolving geopolitical chessboard of the Indo-Pacific region, climate and environmental cooperation have emerged as avenues for Taiwan and India to deepen strategic engagement without overtly provoking Beijing. From green finance to early-warning systems and clean-fuel innovation, the partners
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Sports
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PSG rout Messi’s Inter Miami
AT THE DOUBLE: Harry Kane produced two lethal finishes as Bayern Munich beat a Flamengo side backed by a passionate following in Miami, Florida Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday steamrollered Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami 4-0 to reach the Club World Cup quarter-finals, where they are to face Bayern Munich after they overcame a spirited Flamengo side.The German giants defeated the Brazilians 4-2 in Sunday’s other round-of-16 clash with a brace from
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Jazz Age in NY as Chisholm sparks Yankees
The Jazz Age is in full swing at Yankee Stadium.Whether with his bat, his glove, his arm or his smile, Jazz Chisholm Jr is energizing the New York Yankees and their fans.Chisholm on Sunday hit a second-inning, go-ahead homer and a bases-loaded triple while making three sparkling defensive plays at t
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Ice-cold ’keeper Matt Freese to the rescue as the US down Costa Rica in shoot-out
Goalkeeper Matt Freese was the hero on Sunday as the US defeated Costa Rica 4-3 on penalties to reach the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.Freese made three saves in the shoot-out after the game finished 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes to send US manager Mauricio Pochettino’s side into a semi-final
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Chennai Bulls clinch the inaugural RPL title
Ireland Sevens international Terry Kennedy on Sunday helped the Chennai Bulls clinch India’s inaugural Rugby Premier League (RPL) title as the sport took its first fledgling steps in a nation obsessed by cricket.Kennedy scored two of Chennai’s seven tries as they concluded the six-team rugby sevens
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World News
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US Senate edges closer to Trump spending bill
‘BEAUTIFUL BILL’: If passed in the Senate, the bill would go back to the US House of Representatives for approval, but Republicans can only afford to lose a handful of votes US senators on Sunday were inching toward a vote on US President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” spending bill, a hugely divisive proposal that would deliver key parts of the US president’s domestic agenda, while making massive cuts to social welfare programs.Trump is hoping the “One Big Beautiful Bi
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Iran’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’: UN envoy
Iranian Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani on Sunday said that the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment “will never stop” because it is permitted for “peaceful energy” purposes under the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.“The enrichment is our right, an inalienable right, and
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Police uncover 381 corpses piled up in crematorium
Police have found 381 corpses piled up in a private crematorium in northern Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, the local prosecutor’s office said on Sunday, attributing the grisly find to negligence.“Preliminarily, we have 381 bodies that were deposited irregularly in the crematorium, which were not cremated,”
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Features
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Hong Kong’s small businesses pressured under security law
It’s been years since mass arrests all but silenced pro-democracy activism in Hong Kong. But a crackdown on dissent in the semiautonomous Chinese city is still expanding, hitting restaurants, bookstores and other small businesses.Shops and eateries owned by people once associated with the largely su
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Notes from Central Taiwan: Low unemployment belies labor shortage
Focus Taiwan reported last week that government figures showed unemployment in Taiwan is at historic lows: “The local unemployment rate fell 0.02 percentage points from a month earlier to 3.30 percent in May, the lowest level for the month in 25 years.” Historical lows in joblessness occurred earlie
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Taiwan in Time: The last ‘Hakka musketeer’
JUNE 30 to JULY 6After being routed by the Japanese in the bloody battle of Baguashan (八卦山), Hsu Hsiang (徐驤) and a handful of surviving Hakka fighters sped toward Tainan.There, he would meet with Liu Yung-fu (劉永福), leader of the Black Flag Army who had assumed control of the resisting Republic of
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Bilingual Pages
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BILINGUAL STORY 雙語故事
★ Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。Uneasy voices started to ripple through the lines of anxious students outside the school gate. “No signal?” “VPN’s down too.” “Wait — is this a cyberattack?” Nothing loaded on Jun’s phone either. Not his AI tutor, Echo. Not any app. Not ev
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輕鬆華語GO: EASY CHINESE GO
對話 Dialogue清清：華華，你知道嗎？雲門舞集今年夏天在兩廳院廣場也有戶外公演耶。Qīngqing: Huáhua, nǐ zhīdào ma? Yúnmén Wǔjí jīnnián xiàtiān zài Liǎngtīngyuàn guǎngchǎng yě yǒu hùwài gōngyǎn ye.華華：哇，真的嗎？在廣場看雲門舞集表演感覺一定很棒。Huáhua: Wā, zhēnde ma? Zài guǎngchǎng kàn Yúnmén Wǔjí biǎoyǎn gǎnjué yídìng hěn bàng.清清：對啊，而且還是免費的，大家可以帶野餐墊去坐著看。Qīngq
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BOOKMAN BILINGUAL 雙語書林： Chinglish or Natural English? 中式英語或道地英語？
1. 他的父母要他不要再犯這樣嚴重的錯誤。ˇ His parents told him not to make such serious mistakes again.ˇ His parents suggested that he should not make such serious mistakes again.ˇ His parents told him that he should not make such serious mistakes again.χ His parents told him do not make such serious mistakes again.註︰
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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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