In 1904 the Japanese introduced caning to Taiwan. As a punishment, caning was applied by the Japanese to Taiwanese and Chinese subjects, never to the Japanese themselves (it had been outlawed in Japan in 1882). An imperial and colonial act, caning thus functioned to define and display social class b
Taiwanese tennis players Hsieh Su-wei and Chan Hao-ching on Saturday revived their feud at the Asian Games, with Chan fuming at Hsieh for a handshake snub at the end of their women’s doubles final in Nagoya, Japan. The pair last month did not shake hands following a tense US Open doubles match in wh
The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games yesterday wrapped up its final day of events, with Taiwan taking home only five gold medals, its lowest total since the 1990 games in Beijing. Taiwan, competing under the name Chinese Taipei, also won 17 silvers and 33 bronzes to finish with a total of 55 medals. While t
CPC Corp, Taiwan (台灣中油) said on Saturday that it would keep its domestic gasoline and diesel prices unchanged this week, even though international crude oil prices still hovered at high levels.Formosa Petrochemical Corp’s (台塑石化) Web site also indicates that it would maintain its fuel prices at the s
The US remained the largest debtor of Taiwanese banks for the 44th consecutive quarter at the end of June, with its share of Taiwanese banks’ total exposure surpassing 30 percent for the first time, the central bank said on Friday.Taiwanese banks’ exposure to the US on an immediate counterparty basi
Members of the Taiwan Breast Cancer Alliance form a human pink ribbon in a plaza outside Taipei City Hall yesterday, which they said symbolized the journey from screening and treatment to recurrence prevention and patient support. The alliance urged women aged 40 to 74 to undergo regular breast canc
Americans attending a Taiwan tourism promotion at a Southern California shopping center on Saturday praised the island for its friendly people, convenient lifestyle and safety.Taiwan’s Tourism Administration hosted a promotional event titled “100 Ways to Wonder” at Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine,
Taiwan Railway Corp’s new station in Tainan is scheduled to open on Oct. 17 as part of a project to shift the mainline rail infrastructure in the city underground, the Railway Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday.Built next to the historic Tainan Station, com
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) would intensify “gray zone” activities around Taiwan during his fourth term, further undermining regional stability, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said on Saturday.Xi is expected to secure a fourth five-year term at the 21st National
The opening of a joint air support center in Laos is part of China’s decades-long power-projection efforts to extend its influence into the Indian Ocean, a Taiwanese defense expert said yesterday.The Chinese Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday last week announced that the China-Laos Joint Supp
Four more people have been reported missing in China, bringing the total number of Taiwanese who have been reported missing, detained for questioning or suspected of having their freedom of movement restricted from Jan. 1, 2024, to Friday to 453, the Mainland Affairs Council said in its weekly repor
Fundamental differences between the US and China make major disputes difficult to resolve, but create an opportunity for Taipei to deepen economic and security ties with Washington, China expert Miles Yu (余茂春) said Saturday.Yu, director of the China Center at the Washington-based think tank Hudson I
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) late on Saturday arrived in Phoenix, Arizona, to begin a three-day visit, including the opening of Taiwan’s new representative office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.Lin is to preside over the unveiling ceremony for the Taipei Economic
The government would soon be able to invest in offshore artificial intelligence (AI) companies that conduct their primary business activities in Taiwan, following an amendment aimed at boosting investment in AI start-ups. The National Development Fund (NDF) in 2024 earmarked NT$10 billion (US$314.17
OCT. 5 to OCT. 11Many worshippers of Taoist deity Lord Su (蘇府王爺) had never witnessed his “north-south grand inspection tour” of central Taiwan. The historic procession last took place in 1969, and before that, in 1893.Lukang’s Fengtian Temple (奉天宮) in Changhua County last Sunday completed Lord S
One of the biggest stars on the Detroit Tigers’ Threads account is infielder Lee Hao-yu, with posts featuring the Taiwanese rookie rarely drawing fewer than 5,000 likes, far more than the 1,000 likes posts featuring other players only occasionally draw.Behind much of that enthusiasm was the 23-year-
The First Island Chain is one of the most powerful geopolitical features in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also an incomplete one. Drawn as a strategic line stretching from Japan through Taiwan toward the Philippines, it highlights military geography while largely overlooking the islands, ports and
Taiwan and the UK have signed an agreement to pursue projects in satellite communications, silicon photonics and semiconductor talent development, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) said yesterday. The Taiwan-UK Science, Innovation and Technology Arrangement (SITA) was on Friday sign
A patrol vessel donated by the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) to the Philippines was commissioned into the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday, a Philippine non-governmental organization said. The CGA on Sept. 16 confirmed media reports that Taiwan had donated a retired 500-tonne patrol vessel
National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) has been designated by the Ministry of Education as southern Taiwan’s only national drone center as the government seeks to bolster domestic drone development and reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains.The university recently won two three-year projects incl
US-based AEVEX Aerospace on Friday showcased two drones developed in collaboration with Taiwanese drone maker Coretronic Intelligent Robotics (CIRC), and said it planned to expand operations in Taiwan. The two companies are technology-transfer partners collaborating to develop products for export, C
A US senator has urged Washington to counter Chinese pressure on countries to restrict Taiwanese presidential flights, warning that such tactics could threaten international travelers. At a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee nominations hearing on Wednesday, US Senator Tammy Duckworth questioned
The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) yesterday confirmed that it had recently deployed three patrol vessels to waters in Taiwan’s overlapping exclusive economic zone with the Philippines to monitor three Chinese vessels. CGA Deputy Director-General Hsieh Ching-chin (謝慶欽) said the agency regularly mo
Taiwan will see cooler weather and intermittent rain in northern and eastern areas this week, with temperatures dipping to 19°C from Thursday, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday.CWA forecaster Chang Cheng-chuan (張承傳) said the northeast wind will weaken briefly today before st
Italian translator Silvia Pozzi has won a Pisa Book Translation Award for her translation of Ghost Town (鬼地方), a novel by Taiwanese author Kevin Chen (陳思宏).The Italian edition, titled Citta fantasma, was recognized at a ceremony held Friday at the Palazzo della Sapienza in Rome as part of the Pisa B
More than 601,000 people received a flu vaccine in the first two days since public-funded vaccination began on Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday, adding that flu activity is at a peak in Taiwan and increasing in Japan, a popular travel destination for Taiwanese, so getti
Taiwanese tennis players Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) and Liang En-shuo (梁恩碩) yesterday won the women’s doubles gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, securing the nation’s fifth gold medal of the Games.The pair defeated compatriots Chan Hao-ching (詹皓晴) and Wu Fang-hsien (吳芳嫺) 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 at Higashiyama Par
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) is today scheduled to unveil a new Taiwan office in Phoenix, Arizona, signaling continued Taiwan-US cooperation after US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) last month, a source said yesterday.Lin would arrive in Ph
Taiwan-US military cooperation is deepening, with the Pentagon expected to station personnel at the Ministry of National Defense (MND), sources said.The NT$470 million (US$14.77 million) joint program is scheduled to run from this year through 2028, under which the Pentagon would dispatch representa
China prefers to win without firing a shot in its bid to strangle Taiwan’s strategic autonomy. Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu (孫子) would have approved. Its central tool at sea is the “cabbage strategy”: the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) layers fishing boats, maritime militia, coa
Amid nationwide teacher shortages, elementary and junior-high schools across Taiwan have managed to get through the first month of the school year relatively smoothly.However, many schools are seeing the first waves of resignations from substitute teachers they painstakingly recruited over the summe
Taiwanese companies with overseas operations can use Citigroup Inc’s digital payment service to move funds between eligible Citi accounts around the clock, helping them manage cash across different time zones without being constrained by conventional banking hours, Citi Taiwan executives said yester
Taiwan’s manufacturing sector flashed a “green” light, indicating stable growth, in August, retreating from “yellow-red” in July, as old-economy industries faced weaker end-user demand, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, 台經院) said on Friday.The August TIER composite index, which gauges
The US military is planning to deploy an advanced anti-ship missile system to a Japanese island close to Taiwan for the first time during a major training exercise later this month.The Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System is slated to be moved to the island of Yonaguni during the bilat
The Fubon Guardians yesterday said Taiwanese actor Nicky Wu (吳奇隆) canceled his ceremonial first pitch for the team this weekend due to a health issue.The baseball team’s announcement came a day after Wu posted a video on Sina Weibo of himself waving the People’s Republic of China flag in Beijing on
Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) yesterday said this year’s Double Ten National Day celebrations would feature a wide range of programs showcasing the diversity, vitality and unity of Taiwanese society.Han, chairman of the National Day Preparatory Committee, made the remarks at a news conference
Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) yesterday praised a Taiwan-made robotic dog and emphasized the importance of integrating traditional and emerging industries to drive defense and dual-use innovation.Hsiao made the remarks while touring the Taichung Smart and Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing S
F-16C/D Block 70 jets remain relevant in modern warfare even as drones are playing an increasingly prominent role, an expert said, citing their ability to conduct combat air patrols (CAPs) and threaten conventional surface warships, including Chinese aircraft carriers deployed in waters off Taiwan’s
The donation of offshore patrol vessel Kinmen to the Philippines includes provisions that protect Taiwanese fishers and facilitate security cooperation across the First Island Chain, officials said yesterday.The comment was made during the Cabinet’s comprehensive administrative report at the legisla
The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) yesterday said it expelled two Chinese fishing boats that had entered Taiwan’s prohibited waters near Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島).At about 11am on Thursday, an unidentified boat was detected about 15.5 nautical miles northeast of Pratas Island, or 5.5
Workers at snack maker Kuai Kuai Co’s only production facility in Taiwan voted yesterday to continue their strike indefinitely following a one-day strike, as a dispute over the plant’s relocation and related labor arrangements remained unresolved.Around 130 members of the Kuai Kuai union, which
The Railway Bureau has dismissed a suggestion that the new high-speed trains could be put into service ahead of schedule to ease capacity constraints, saying that the trains must pass all required tests before they can enter service.The first of 12 newly acquired high-speed trains arrived in Taiwan
Taipei prosecutors yesterday indicted two people on charges of fraud, alleging that they used Chinese tea seeds to produce camellia oil that was falsely labeled as being entirely made from Taiwanese tea seeds.The two were Chen Chung Hsiu-hui (陳鐘秀惠), a business manager at Taipei-based Dynas Internati
Marking its centennial yesterday, the Chinese Taipei Alpine Association (CTAA) issued a white paper on government policy, and called for Cabinet-level coordination mechanisms and amendments to policy gaps.The white paper, titled Mountain Taiwan White Paper (台灣國家山域治理政策白皮書), cited Control Yuan statist
Taiwanese Olympic champion Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) yesterday won her second consecutive Asian Games boxing gold, defeating her Chinese opponent in the women’s 60kg final.Lin beat Yang Chengyu (楊成宇) by a unanimous 5-0 decision at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, adding the 60kg title to her 57kg gold from Han
Taiwan yesterday took delivery of the first two of 66 F-16V Block 70 jets purchased from the US after years of delays, helping to strengthen an air force that has to scramble almost daily to shadow China’s military.The aircraft, bearing tail numbers 6727 and 6728, landed at Chihhang Air Base in Tait
A: In addition to the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test, some institutions also require staff to take the computer-based TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests. B: I didn’t know that there are oral and written tests. What does the oral exam cover?A: The categories include: Read a text aloud, Describe a pi
Taiwan’s Chang Cheng-wei yesterday added a silver medal to his quiver in the men’s compound archery, while Wu Jung-cheng paddled to second place in the men’s individual canoe slalom, helping bring Taiwan’s medal count at the Asian Games in Japan to 42.Seventh seed Chang, who on Wednesday won a bronz
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology Co (南亞科技) has received approval to build an advanced 3D wafer packaging and testing plant for high-capacity and high-bandwidth memory modules in Pingtung County, the Southern Taiwan Science Park Administration said yesterday.Nanya Technology is to focus on developing
Taiwan’s manufacturing sector expanded at its fastest pace in more than five years last month, as robust demand for artificial intelligence (AI) hardware continued to drive growth, despite easing new orders and mounting supply and cost pressures, the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER
Micron Memory Taiwan Co (台灣美光) yesterday said it is accelerating memorychip capacity expansion amid growing artificial intelligence (AI)-driven demand, with its accumulated investment in Taiwan reaching NT$1.6 trillion (US$50.2 billion) as of June.The company’s investment in Taiwan has surged over t
Representatives from civil society groups hold banners during a rally titled “Hong Kong-Taiwan Connection: Resist Authoritarianism” at Liberty Square in Taipei last night. The rally, themed “Do Not Celebrate Authoritarianism,” took place on the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of
Starlux Airlines launched its new Taipei-Bali route yesterday, operating five weekly flights as it seeks to attract travelers from Europe and North America to Bali via Taiwan.The new service operates on on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with flights departing Taipei at 10:10am an
The Ministry of Environment’s Resource Circulation Administration has launched a mobile phone recycling event open to locals and international residents in Taiwan, with an iPhone and an Apple Watch being offered as lucky draw prizes.The event has about 2,700 recycling sites nationwide and would run
The Ministry of Education (MOE) and the University of Zurich (UZH) have renewed the Taiwan Studies Project, extending the academic partnership over the next five years, the Taiwan Representative Office to Switzerland said.The new agreement, covering this year to 2031, was signed in Zurich on Wednesd
An international fuel surcharge for Taiwan-based carriers is to be raised for the third time this year due to the rising price of oil, the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said yesterday.The surcharge for short-haul international routes is to increase from US$32.50 to US$37.50, while the surcharg
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday said that threats made by one or more persons impersonating a Taiwanese documentary distributor who brought a film about alleged forced organ harvesting in China to the country in 2024 appear to be a \"new method\" of Chinese transnational repression.One or
US officials believe a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2028 is increasingly unlikely despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) instructions for his military to be ready by 2027 to take Taiwan by force, if needed, people familiar with US thinking said.The main reasons for the belief include dela
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) phrasing to “combat Taiwanese independence forces” is not new despite a perceived escalation in Beijing’s rhetoric, Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Chairman Liang Wen-chieh (梁文傑) yesterday said.Xi yesterday reiterated his firm opposition to Taiwanese independence
The Philippine Coast Guard yesterday said it has deployed its largest vessel and an aircraft to challenge a Chinese research ship operating off northern Batanes near Taiwan, adding that a Chinese coast guard vessel had also moved in.The Philippine operation “disrupted the vessel’s unauthorized marin
