Taiwan has a migrant labor exploitation problem, as evidenced by a spate of protests that have occurred on behalf of migrant workers in Taiwan in recent months. Negligence from employers and government agencies appears to run deep. Whether at sea or on ... ( read original story ...)
“I Came Back”: An Overseas Taiwanese Trying for Office in Taipei
This past Sunday Taipei City Council candidate Hsiao Hsin-sheng (蕭新晟 ... including spearheading the Taiwan National Treasures, a project uncovering public archival documents in the US that relates to Taiwan. There has been many examples of Taiwanese ... ( read original story ...)
IOTA [MIOTA]’s ‘Tangle’ now will be for digital identity cards!
Air Box project develops small sensors that monitor pollution ... Wei-bin Lee, the commissioner of the city’s Department of Information Technology said: “With Taipei City always thinking ahead and with IOTA’s technology, this partnership is a ... ( read original story ...)
Water supply to four districts in Taichung to be suspended June 27
Taipei, June 20 (CNA) The water supply to four districts in Taichung City will be shut off for 23 hours on June ... The work is part of an urban land consolidation project in Taichung and the suspension will affect some 24,000 households in the city's ... ( read original story ...)
Hyundai Rotem Wins Order for Taiwan’s Unmanned Light Railway Project
units from Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Hyundai Rotem will supply the system facilities for communication, control, and inspection together with the cars. The total project is estimated to be 542.4 billion won (US$486 million). The unmanned light railway of ... ( read original story ...)
Mattis visits China as tensions mount over militarization, trade, and Taiwan
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday visited China for a three-day trip with a goal of improving security dialogue with Beijing despite increasingly fraught Sino-U.S. relations. Mattis has been highly critical of China's muscular military moves in ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese warships drill in waters near Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - A formation of Chinese warships has been holding daily combat drills for more than a week in waters near Taiwan, China’s state media said on Tuesday, amid heightened tension between Beijing and the self-ruled island. The news comes as ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Airlines Could Lose Passengers Over Taiwan Defiance
With a month to go before the world’s major airlines must comply with Beijing’s order to recognize Taiwan as part of China, U.S. carriers risk flying fewer mainland passengers by staying defiant. While Japan Airlines Co., ANA Holdings Inc. and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Tsai urges world to stand up to China: AFP interview
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen called on the international community to "constrain" China by standing up for freedoms, casting her island's giant neighbour as a global threat to democracy. Her comments in an exclusive interview with AFP on Monday come as ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Tsai on brave women, #MeToo and self-confidence
Soft-spoken and naturally shy, Taiwan's first female leader President Tsai Ing-wen was not an obvious trailblazer. But after taking over a party once seen as chauvinist and defying sexist critics, she calls on other women to shrug off self-doubt and be ... ( read original story ...)
The city break… Taipei: Tackle the Four Beasts and soak in sulphuric springs – all in 48 hours
Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, might not be the first place you think of as a destination city – but surrounded by lush mountains, hot springs and, as home to the Asian culinary trend of the moment, bao, it should be. And with flights to the island ... ( read original story ...)
Mattis to Visit China as Taiwan, S. China Sea Tensions Rise
BEIJING — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of "intimidation and coercion" in the South China Sea, is visiting Beijing this week as the countries increasingly spar over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and Beijing's expanding military ... ( read original story ...)
Regret, respect and reconciliation: The struggle of Taiwan’s Indigenous peoples
StarPhoenix reporter Betty Ann Adam recently travelled to Taiwan to learn about its Indigenous peoples and how their history has similarities to Indigenous people in Canada. She and 12 other journalists from around the world were guests of the Taiwanese ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen tells visiting US scholars Beijing’s ‘bullying’ is to blame for tensions
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday blamed Beijing for escalating cross-strait tensions, saying it has resulted in the self-ruled island drawing closer to Washington as it tries to counter pressure from the mainland. During a meeting at her office ... ( read original story ...)
Nauru asylum seekers flown to Taiwan for medical care complain of language barriers
An emergency ward at a Taiwan hospital. Australia signed a deal with Taiwan in 2017 to provide medical treatment for asylum seekers detained on Nauru. Photograph: Richard Chung/Reuters Asylum seekers flown from Nauru to Taiwan for medical treatment have ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Northland Power’s Hai Long Offshore Wind Project Awarded Additional 744 Megawatts In Taiwan Auction
* NORTHLAND POWER’S HAI LONG OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT AWARDED ADDITIONAL 744 MEGAWATTS IN TAIWAN AUCTION * TAIWAN BUREAU OF ENERGY HAS AWARDED 232 MEGAWATTS TO HAI LONG 2 OFFSHORE WIND FARM * TAIWAN BUREAU OF ENERGY HAS ALSO AWARDED 512 MW TO HAI LONG 3 ... ( read original story ...)