The Ministry of National Defense said that since 03/09, it has successively obtained various types of fighter aircrafts, helicopters and unmanned aircraft of the Mainland China, and cooperated with the ground force of amphibious ships and roll-on/roll-off ships(RORO) to engage in joint landing practice in the waters near Dacheng Bay in Dongshan, Fujian (福建東山大埕灣). It is…
The case of Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), chairman of the Taiwan People’s Party, was searched and interviewed by the Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office (TPC, 台北地檢署) and detained for the the Core Pacific City (京華城) case when he was mayor of Taipei. The Taipei District Court ruled in the early morning of the 02/09 that it was…
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan by Jake Sanders, Editor Taiwan plans to request that the international community intervene to prevent China from misinterpreting UN Resolution 2758 during the upcoming UN General Assembly, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) statement yesterday. The ministry shared these details at a press conference in Taipei, outlining its…
by Richard Sanders. Staff Writer The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has altered its final communique to remove a reference to Taiwan, after a senior Chinese diplomat publicly criticized the document. Organizers have blamed the wording on an error. The group of 18 island nations, along with Australia and New Zealand, convened in Tonga last…
Taiwan’s premier, the president of Executive Yuan Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) received a delegation of Keith Krach, chairman the The US-Taiwan Business Council (USTBC) this afternoon (4 Sept). Cho said that Taiwan-US trade has developed in full swing, and major science and technology factories such as Taiwan Semiconductor Power have also invested in the United States,…
Mainland China announced that it would resume imports of Taiwan’s Mato buntan pomelo (文旦柚) from the 2nd, which must come from packaging factories and orchards that have been registered. In response to this, the China Department of the Democratic Progressive Party (民進黨, DPP) pointed out today (4 July) that China has once again “banned and…
by Francis Tuschek, Staff Writer The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has altered its final communique to remove a reference to Taiwan, after a senior Chinese diplomat publicly criticized the document. Organizers have blamed the wording on an error. The group of 18 island nations, along with Australia and New Zealand, convened in Tonga last…
The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense (MND) continues to strengthen its underwater warfare, and the Taiwanese-built submarine “Narwhal” (海鯤號), which was unveiled in September last year, is conducting various tests. Although the Ministry of National Defense’s public budget for next year revealed that the completion of the ship will be postponed by four years from…
Taiwan’s Era-TV (時代電視) interviewed Lai Ching-te (賴清德), the president of R.O.C on September 1, in which Lai Ching-te talked about sovereignty, cross-strait relations, national defense, and the recent investigation of politicians of various parties for corruption. On China policy, Lai Ching-te said that when he went to Kinmen a few days ago to attend the…
The Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office investigated the case of Core Pacific City (京華城) ,and detained former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), and the Taipei Court ruled in the early hours of this morning that he should be returned without bail. In his speech, Ko Wen-je said that he had been oppressed and abused in the past…