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  1. TSMC mum on 1nm Longtan fab news
  2. Locally acquired XBB, BF.7 cases found: CECC
  3. IPhone output could drop 30% due to COVID-19 curbs
  4. Bridge collapse in India kills more than 130 people
  5. Lula wins election, but Bolsonaro does not concede
  6. Beware China’s telecom tech: US official
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  1. CHOICE SITE: Taoyuan’s mayor said that the city has been ramping up plans to expand the Longtan campus to satisfy the demands of the world’s top chipmaker
  2. Rare lunar eclipse event expected for next week
  3. Hakka text entry system to launch next year: council
  4. CDC paid NT$840 for each dose of Medigen vaccine
  5. Agency to pay woman after fall
  6. Taiwan set to open 100 language learning centers
  7. Local values help defy China: academic
  8. Consider US, Japan absentee voting solutions: TPP
  9. Changing ‘status quo’ by force ‘not acceptable,’ new Canadian envoy says
  10. Domestic military vehicles are on schedule: ministry
  11. Taiwan manufacturing sector in decline: TIER
  12. Hon Hai plans wage increase, prepares support for Chinese virus-hit plant
  13. Property transfers decline in Taiwan as buyers play for time
  14. EDITORIAL: LEO service critical for security
  15. Pet tax would encourage adoption
  16. Xi’s rise should be a call for action
  17. Taiwanese duo settle for second
  18. James, Davis lead LA Lakers to first win of the season
  19. Gunners fire five past Forest to retake top spot
  20. Napoli the big winners as Torino stun Milan, Salernitana rally to down Lazio
  21. South Korea probes deadly crowd surge
  22. China launches final space station component
  23. US should stop trying to suppress China: Wang Yi
  24. Why do many men have no friends at all?
  25. The danger of ‘incels’
  26. Climate of confusion: agents of chaos
  27. Embrace changes, go bilingual! 雙語改版、全新出擊！
  28. What makes a nuclear weapon ‘tactical’? 「戰術核子武器」是什麼？
  29. 華語簡易通 EASY CHINESE FOR YOU!
  1. Seoul mourns 153 killed in crush
  2. Taiwan experts warn of ‘frustrated’ Xi
  3. Nalgae to bring rain from Sunday
  4. Make Taiwan ‘indespensable,’ but do not provoke China, US pundit says
  5. US chip ban to hit China’s goals: study
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  13. TSMC mum on 1nm Longtan fab news CHOICE SITE: Taoyuan’s mayor said that the city has been ramping up plans to expand the Longtan campus to satisfy the demands of the world’s top chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, yesterday said it would not rule out building a 1-nanometer (nm) fab at the Longtan (龍潭) campus of Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區). “There are multiple factors that we take into consideration in selecting a manufacturing site. The company will continue investing in advanced technologies in Taiwan,” TSMC said in a statement in response to a Taipei Times question about whether it has chosen Longtan District (龍潭) as the site for a 1-nanometer fab. “The company will not rule out any possibility. It continues to evaluate suitable sites to build semiconductor fabs in Taiwan,” the statement added. TSMC operates an advanced chip packaging facility in Longtan, company data showed. The production of 1-nanometer chips would still be several years away, as TSMC is in the process of developing 2-nanometer process technology in preparation for volume production in 2025. The company’s 3-nanometer process will be the most advanced technology when it is introduced later this quarter to manufacture chips for smartphones and high-performance computing devices, TSMC said. TSMC’s remarks came after Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) told reporters that government agencies are stepping up efforts to expand the Longtan campus to satisfy TSMC’s demand as it builds new manufacturing facilities. The Taoyuan City Government welcomes TSMC’s decision to deepen its investment by building a 1-nanometer chip facility in the city, Cheng wrote on Facebook yesterday. As the Longtan campus of the science park is fully utilized, government agencies are working together to expand the science park for TSMC, Cheng wrote. This project has been under discussions for three years and government agencies have for the past two years been more active in pushing for the park’s expansion, including land expropriation and utilities planning, he said. The Chinese-language Commercial Times was yesterday the first to report that TSMC was
  14. Locally acquired XBB, BF.7 cases found: CECC The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported the first locally acquired cases of new Omicron subvariants XBB and BF.7. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, said that among the 139 sequenced samples of local cases last week, 134 cases (96 percent) were infected with the Omicron BA.5 subvariant, three had the BA.2 subvariant, and one each had the BF.7 and XBB subvariants. The BF.7 case is a woman in her 60s living in the south who has received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, Lo said, adding that she tested positive when she sought treatment on Oct. 19. The XBB case is a man in his 40s living in northern Taiwan who has received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. He was first diagnosed with COVID-19 on Aug. 30, developed a fever, coughing and runny nose on Oct. 15, and tested positive on Oct. 17, Lo said. Neither of them had traveled abroad or had any close contact with people who had arrived in Taiwan recently, making them the first locally acquired cases of the XBB and BF.7 subvariants, he said. Of the 26 sequenced samples of imported cases last week, 54 percent (14 cases) were infected with BA.5, 19 percent (five cases) each had the XBB and BA.2.75 subvariants, and one case had the BQ.1/BQ.1.1 and BA.2 subvariants, he said. The imported XBB cases arrived from Singapore, Indonesia, India and Thailand, while the BQ.1/BQ.1.1 case arrived from Canada, Lo said, adding that the XBB cases detected so far were all from Southeast Asian countries, while the BQ.1/BQ.1.1 cases arrived from Europe, Canada and the US. The XBB subvariant is a recombinant of BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 subvariants, and WHO data show that it has been reported in 35 countries, with a global prevalence of 1.3
  15. IPhone output could drop 30% due to COVID-19 curbs Production of Apple Inc’s iPhones could slump by as much as 30 percent at one of the world’s biggest factories next month due to tightening COVID-19 curbs in China, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said yesterday. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), also known as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), is working to boost production at another factory in Shenzhen to make up for the shortfall, said the person, declining to be identified as the information was private. Its main Zhengzhou plant in Henan Province, which employs about 200,000 people, has been rocked by discontent over stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, with several workers fleeing the site over the weekend. The possible effect on production comes amid a usually busy time for electronics makers ahead of the year-end holiday season, which is also a prime time for vendors such as Apple. Foxconn on Sunday said it was bringing the situation under control and would coordinate back-up production with other plants to reduce any potential effects. Apple did not respond to a request for comment. A second person familiar with the situation said many workers remained at the Zhengzhou plant and that production was continuing. Under China’s strict COVID-19 policies, localities must act swiftly to quell outbreaks, with measures including full-scale lockdowns. Factories in affected areas are often allowed to stay open on condition they operate under a “closed loop” system where staff live and work on-site. Businesses have said such arrangements pose numerous difficulties. Foxconn on Oct. 19 banned dining at canteens at the Zhengzhou plant and required workers to eat meals in dormitories. It said production was normal. The measures led to people who said they worked at the site venting frustration about their treatment and provisions via social media. Scores fled the site over the weekend, with photographs and videos on social media
  16. Bridge collapse in India kills more than 130 people At least 137 people died in western India when a colonial-era pedestrian bridge packed with revelers collapsed into the river below, police said yesterday. Nearly 500 people were celebrating the last day of the Diwali festival on and around the nearly 150-year-old suspension bridge in Morbi when supporting cables snapped after dark on Sunday. CCTV footage showed the structure in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat swaying — with a few people apparently deliberately rocking it — before it suddenly gave way. The walkway and one fence crashed into the river, leaving the other side dangling in mid-air and hundreds of people in the water. “I saw the bridge collapse before my eyes,” said one witness who worked all night on rescue efforts, without giving his name. “It was traumatic when a woman showed me a photo of her daughter and asked if I had rescued her. I could not tell her that her daughter had died,” he said. News reports showed footage of people clinging onto the twisted remains of the bridge or trying to swim to safety in the dark. Many Indians cannot swim and another Morbi resident, Ranjanbhai Patel, said he helped pull out those who had been able to reach the banks. Local police chief P. Dekavadiya said that by yesterday afternoon, the death toll had risen to 137. They included about 50 children, the youngest being a two-year-old boy. The bridge over the Machchhu River, a popular tourist spot, had only reopened several days earlier, after months of repairs. Authorities launched a rescue operation following the collapse, with boats and divers searching the river all night and yesterday. The bridge, 233m long and 1.5m wide, was inaugurated in 1880 by British colonial authorities and made with materials shipped from England, reports said. Taipei yesterday sent its sympathies to India. “The thoughts and prayers of the
  17. Lula wins election, but Bolsonaro does not concede NARROW VICTORY: While congratulations from world leaders poured in for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, there is concern that Jair Bolsonaro would contest the result Brazilian leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election, but the far-right incumbent did not concede defeat on Sunday night, raising concerns that he might contest the result. The Supreme Electoral Court declared Lula the next president, with 50.9 percent of votes against 49.1 percent for Bolsonaro. The 77-year-old Lula’s inauguration is scheduled for Jan. 1. It was a stunning comeback for the leftist former president and a punishing blow to Bolsonaro, the first Brazilian incumbent to lose a presidential election. “So far, Bolsonaro has not called me to recognize my victory, and I don’t know if he will call or if he will recognize my victory,” Lula told tens of thousands of jubilant supporters celebrating his win on Sao Paulo’s Paulista Avenue. In contrast to Bolsonaro’s silence, congratulations for Lula poured in from foreign leaders, including US President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron. A source in the Bolsonaro campaign said the president would not make public remarks yesterday. At press time, the Bolsonaro campaign had not responded to a request for comment. Bolsonaro last year openly discussed refusing to accept the results of the vote, making baseless claims that Brazil’s electronic voting system was vulnerable to fraud. One close Bolsonaro ally, lawmaker Carla Zambelli, in an apparent nod to the results, wrote on Twitter: “I PROMISE you, I will be the greatest opposition that Lula has ever imagined.” Financial markets might be in for a volatile week, with investors gauging speculation about Lula’s Cabinet and the risk of Bolsonaro questioning results. The vote was a rebuke for the fiery far-right populism of Bolsonaro, who emerged from the back benches of the Brazilian Congress to forge a novel conservative coalition, but lost support as the South American nation ran up
  18. Beware China’s telecom tech: US official ‘US HELP NEEDED’: A Foundation for the Defense of Democracies senior director said China would use cyberattacks against Taiwan rather than involving its military US Undersecretary of Homeland Security for Strategy, Policy and Plans Robert Silvers on Friday warned of the risks that using Chinese telecommunications equipment could have on global infrastructure. At an event hosted by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank on the topic of cybersecurity, Silvers said he and other US officials were urging other countries to avoid using Chinese telecommunications equipment, to prevent introducing information security risks. “It may be that the Chinese-controlled technology is the cheapest available, but it may also be that that’s not the final bill to arrive,” he said. “What happens five years, 10 years down the road when the government of the People’s Republic of Society has the ability to pull the rug out from under your entire society?” Separately, Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, was quoted by Voice of America’s Chinese-language Web site on Saturday as saying that the US Department of Defense should assist Taiwan in dealing with cybersecurity challenges. China would not likely attempt a military landing on Taiwan, but would instead engage in cyberattacks against Taiwan’s key infrastructure, including its power grid, water supply and other systems, he was quoted as saying. China might also try to use cybertools to destroy Taiwan’s satellite communications, he added. US assistance would involve researching critical infrastructure, finding vulnerabilities and devising ways to protect against them, he said. Montgomery was one of the primary authors of a report the foundation published on Friday titled The Attack on America’s Future: Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare. The report said the US must work with allies to defend against cyberattacks by aggressive nations. “Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure could disrupt a U.S. military mobilization in defense of Taiwan or interfere with other military operations by China’s adversaries,” the report said, citing information from
  19. Seoul mourns 153 killed in crush DAY OF SORROW: Taiwan sent its condolences to South Korea after a stampede during a Halloween event in Itaewon district left dozens of mostly young people dead More than 150 people were killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in central Seoul, officials said yesterday, with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol vowing a full investigation into one of the country’s worst disasters. The crowd surge and crush happened at about 10pm in the capital’s popular Itaewon district, where estimates suggest that as many as 100,000 people went to celebrate Halloween on Saturday night, clogging the area’s narrow alleyways and winding streets. Yoon yesterday declared a period of national mourning, saying in a televised address that “a tragedy and disaster occurred that should not have happened.” He said the government “will thoroughly investigate the cause of the incident and make fundamental improvements to ensure the same accident does not occur again in the future.” “My heart is heavy and it is difficult to contain my sorrow,” he added, before visiting the scene of the disaster. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said his office would set up a memorial altar at Seoul Plaza so that people could pay their respects to the victims, starting this morning. “Most of the casualties are young people like our sons and daughters, which makes it even more sad,” Oh said at the site of the disaster. Eyewitnesses described being trapped in a narrow, sloping alleyway and scrambling to get out of the suffocating crowd as people piled on top of one another. The South Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety said that 153 people had died, including 20 foreigners, while 133 were injured. Seoul authorities said they had also received 2,642 reports of missing people. Officials said they had no clear idea of what caused the crush, while eyewitnesses described scenes of chaos after a vast crowd panicked in a narrow alleyway. Local shopkeepers said the number of people at the annual celebration was
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  27. Rare lunar eclipse event expected for next week LONG TIME COMING: A partial lunar eclipse and a lunar occultation of Uranus was visible on the same night in Taiwan on Oct. 8, 1930, the Central Weather Bureau said Astronomy enthusiasts on Tuesday next week are to have a rare view of a full lunar eclipse and a lunar occultation of Uranus, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday. People who miss the astronomical events this year would have to wait until Sept. 8, 2025, to see another full lunar eclipse, and April 12, 2038, for the next visible lunar occultation of Uranus, the bureau said. The process of the total lunar eclipse is to begin at 4:01pm with a penumbral eclipse, when the Earth’s outer shadow starts moving over the moon, it said. The penumbral eclipse is to be followed by a partial eclipse at 5:09pm, a total eclipse at 6:16pm and a maximum eclipse at 6:59pm, it said. The total eclipse is to end at 7:42pm, followed by the end of the partial eclipse at 8:49pm and the end of the penumbral eclipse at 9:58pm, the bureau said. When the penumbral eclipse ends, the Earth’s shadow completely moves away from the moon. As the moon would not be visible in Taiwan until between 5:02pm and 5:17pm, stargazers would only start seeing the different phases of the total lunar eclipse during or after the partial eclipse, it added. During the nearly six-hour event, the moon would appear in an uncommon copper-red hue for about 86 minutes, the bureau said. The dim color is caused by sunlight being refracted from the Earth’s atmosphere, it said. The lunar occultation of Uranus is to occur between 7:03pm and 7:05pm, it said, adding that the planet is to reappear between 7:46pm and 7:56pm. When the moon passes in front of Uranus, the planet will be in the umbra area of the Earth’s shadow, the bureau said. “As such, the beginning and the end of the occultation will all occur on the edge of the moon’s umbra area,” it added. A total of 228 lunar eclipses
  28. Hakka text entry system to launch next year: council Characters unique to Hakka are to be available on smartphones and computers as early as July next year after the completion of a special code entry system, the Hakka Affairs Council told the legislature yesterday. Hakka Affairs Council Deputy Minister Chung Kung-chao (鍾孔炤) told the legislature’s Internal Administration Committee that the council has been working on a special entry system for Hakka for three years, which is to be finished before July next year. The issue was brought up at the legislature after a group of experts concerned about the status of Hakka and Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese) in July proposed developing an entry system on the National Development Council’s Public Policy Network Participation Platform. As of last month, the proposal had been endorsed by more than 5,000 people, meeting the threshold to require an official response from the Hakka Affairs Council. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lo Bi-ling (羅美玲) said that although Hakka, Hoklo and indigenous languages were declared national languages with the promulgation of the Development of the National Languages Act (國家語言發展法), certain characters unique to these languages cannot be entered on computers and smartphones. Currently, about 200 characters unique to the Hakka language have been added to the Windows operating system, Chung said. “We are working with National Taiwan Normal University and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, and consulting language experts and Hakka language teachers to compile idioms and phrases,” Chung said. “We will also develop a system to convert speech to text, which can be used by Hakka speakers with various accents.”
  29. CDC paid NT$840 for each dose of Medigen vaccine SETTING IT STRAIGHT: Medigen said it revealed the terms of its NT$4.03 billion contract with the CDC to dispel rumors over what the government paid The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday confirmed that the average per-dose purchase price of the Taiwan-developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine was NT$840 (US$26), adding that it was cheaper than two other brands. Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp yesterday said it revealed the contract price for its vaccine to dispel rumors, which it said were causing social conflict. Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Victor Wang (王必勝), who heads the CECC, said Medigen informed the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that it would reveal the price and agreed to allow the center to further explain the disclosed information. The total cost for 5 million doses of the vaccine was NT$4.03 billion, including 200,000 doses donated to the CDC for its help funding the vaccine’s development, Medigen said in a statement. The company said it provided two types of the vaccine, including 2 million single-dose prefilled syringes, which cost NT$881 per dose; 2.8 million doses in multi-dose vials, which cost NT$810 per dose; and 200,000 doses donated in multi-dose vials. Using the 4.8 million doses to calculate the average price of each dose, the average contract price was about NT$840 per dose, it said. Medigen said that the figures in a financial statement showed there was no price difference from the contract nor were there commission fees. Its net sales of NT$3.62 billion in the financial statement was calculated from the total contract price of NT$4.03 billion, subtracting taxes and “penalties for delayed delivery of partial batches,” it said, adding that the contract was signed directly with the CDC. Wang said the prices and the numbers of doses revealed by Medigen were correct and based on the contract. Although the CECC cannot reveal the purchase prices for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, the average price for the Medigen vaccine was cheaper, he added. Medigen on Friday submitted its vaccine efficacy report. Wang said he
  30. Agency to pay woman after fall The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that a Taipei City Government agency must pay NT$1.04 million (US$32,288) in compensation to a woman who fell into a drainage ditch when the guardrail she was holding broke. The woman surnamed Chung (鍾) was hiking along Jingmei River (景美溪) at Mucha Riverside Park (木柵河濱公園) in Taipei’s Wenshan District (文山) on May 6, 2017, when the incident occurred. Chung said that she was holding onto the walkway’s metal guardrail with her right hand, but it wobbled and broke off at the base, causing her to fall into a drainage ditch. She said she hit the drainage ditch wall, then fell to the bottom. Chung had a minor concussion, a laceration on her forehead, a displaced vertebrae and fractured ribs, as well as contusions on her left hand, waist and legs, the court filing cited her medical report as saying. She filed a civil lawsuit seeking NT$3.96 million in compensation, which she said would cover her medical expenses, loss of income and the health supplements required for recuperation. The lawsuit accused the Taipei Public Works Department’s Hydraulic Engineering Office of negligent maintenance. Office representatives said that an examination indicated that only one screw at one of three base plates at the site had corroded badly, and all three plates were still fastened to a concrete base, so the handrail was still attached at the time. A team also patrolled the area regularly, inspecting the guardrails and shaking them to check their stability, they said. No problems were reported prior to the accident, they said, denying negligence. In the first ruling, the Taipei District Court ordered the office to pay Chung NT$930,000. Following appeals by both parties, the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a previous ruling by the High Court that NT$1.04 million should be paid. It is the final ruling in the case.
  31. Taiwan set to open 100 language learning centers Taiwan is on track to establish a global network of 100 Mandarin language learning centers by 2025, Overseas Community Affairs Council Minister Tung Chen-yuan (童振源) said. The council has so far established 43 Taiwan Centers for Mandarin Learning: 34 in the US, two each in France and the UK, and one each in Australia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland and Sweden, Tung said last week. The program has reached its implementation goals ahead of schedule, he said, adding that 28 new centers would open after being certified later this year. The council’s other objectives include building solidarity among Taiwanese communities abroad, integrating the business resources of Taiwanese living abroad, and utilizing innovation in student recruitment and learning, he said. The council is hosting competitions for speaking, singing and writing in Mandarin, and enhancing its use of Web-based resources, he said. The Taipei Department of Education’s Taipei CooC-Cloud and the Ministry of Education’s online multimedia platform are working with the council to promote Taiwan-led Mandarin education abroad, he said. The country’s promotion of Mandarin learning centers is in part to replace Beijing’s Confucius Institutes after governments and universities in many countries began closing the programs for allegedly engaging in censorship and propaganda in host countries.
  32. Local values help defy China: academic RESULT OF HISTORY: A liberal conscience might have emerged in opposition to authoritarianism during Taiwan’s transition to democracy, a Japanese researcher said The pursuit of liberal values such as LGBTQ+ rights is a way for Taiwan to differentiate itself from China and appeal to the international community, a Japanese academic said yesterday. Taiwan’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues is relatively progressive for Asia, said Ogasawara Yoshiyuki, a professor in the Graduate School of Global Studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies who researches Taiwanese politics. Taiwan’s liberal social values might be a result of its history, Ogasawara wrote on Facebook. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime under Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) emphasized unifying “Chinese” values, he said. In the democracy movement that followed, interest groups countered KMT ideology by adopting multicultural and pluralistic values, he said. During the process of mediating a Taiwanese identity, some people came to view Taiwan’s pursuit of liberal values as a way to show the international community how different it is from China, he wrote. Consideration of minority group rights began to take hold despite a relatively conservative society formed largely by Chinese immigrants, he added. Although same-sex marriage has been legalized, people are still striving to overcome other challenges as they continue to deepen Taiwan’s democratic society, he said. Meanwhile, the New Power Party (NPP) on Saturday joined the 20th annual Pride parade in Taipei to show support for LGBTQ+ rights and efforts to lower the voting age, as well as call for equal adoption and international marriage rights. Gender equality is a core value of the NPP, including the right for everyone to choose how they identify and present themselves, party Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) said. “Legalizing same-sex marriage was only a start to achieving gender equality,” NPP Legislator Claire Wang (王婉諭) said. Many goals remain on the road to full equality, including the right to adopt non-biological children and cross-national marriage, Wang said. The NPP caucus has submitted an amendment to the Act for Implementation of Judicial Yuan
  33. Consider US, Japan absentee voting solutions: TPP LOCAL ELECTIONS: Japan created exclusive voting stations for COVID-19 cases, and South Korea allotted special voting hours for their polls, the TPP caucus said The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) caucus yesterday urged the Central Election Committee (CEC) to consult voting regulations in the US, Japan and South Korea to create a way for people infected with COVID-19 to vote in local elections on Nov. 26. CEC Chairman Lee Chin-yung (李進勇) said last week that all eligible voters can cast ballots if they comply with measures implemented under the Communicable Disease Control Act (傳染病防治法). Under the policy, people who test positive for COVID-19 and are under mandatory seven-day isolation during the elections would not be allowed in polling stations. TPP caucus convener Chiu Chen-yuan (邱臣遠) told a news conference yesterday that the US allowed COVID-19 cases to be inside polling stations in the 2020 presidential election if they wore masks and kept a social distance of at least 1.8m. South Korea extended voting hours during its presidential election in March and allowed COVID-19 cases and people who were under quarantine to vote by driving or taking disease prevention taxis to voting stations during the final 1.5 hours of polling, Chiu said. Japan passed a bill in June to allow COVID-19 cases and people who were under quarantine to vote by mail or allowed them to vote at exclusive polling stations during its House of Councilors election in July, he said. The CEC and the Central Epidemic Command Center “should not pass the buck between each other” by saying that “there is no legal ground,” Chiu said. A proposed amendment to the Referendum Act (公民投票法) to allow absentee voting was submitted to the legislature more than two years ago, but the CEC did not propose its own version, he added. Chiu asked the CEC to draft a plan for absentee voting five months ahead of last year’s referendum, to which Lee replied that such a system would need to be electronic and would require
  34. Changing ‘status quo’ by force ‘not acceptable,’ new Canadian envoy says Canada is opposed to the use of force to change the “status quo” in the Taiwan Strait, the country’s new representative to Taiwan said, reminding Beijing that invading Taiwan would not be in its interest. In an interview on Thursday, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei Executive Director Jim Nickel said Canada shares the view of “all democratic societies, including Taiwan,” that the use of force to change the “status quo” is “completely unacceptable.” “And I would be hopeful, too, that China would recognize and understand that the use of force against Taiwan would not be in China’s interest,” he said. Concerns about the use of force have risen following China’s aggressive military maneuvers around Taiwan in August and the consolidation of power by Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) at the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th National Congress. US President Joe Biden has pledged to send troops to Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, but when asked what Canada, a close ally of the US, would do in such a scenario, Nickel diplomatically sidestepped the question, calling it a “hypothetical situation.” “I think our approach would be we would like to do what’s necessary to avoid that scenario,” Nickel said. He said that the more important task at hand is how democratic societies can make a contribution, or at least be heard, to actually “preserve peace and stability and avoid the scenario.” Nickel took over as head of the trade office, the de facto Canadian embassy in Taiwan in the absence of diplomatic ties, on Sept. 20. A seasoned Canadian Foreign Service Officer, he most recently served as deputy head of mission at the Canadian embassy in Beijing, a post he had held since August 2018. Nickel said he had not had the chance to visit Taiwan before and was “thrilled and honored” to be able to serve
  35. Domestic military vehicles are on schedule: ministry The development of two domestically made military vehicles is on schedule, the Ministry of National Defense said on Sunday, responding to questions by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers. Initial weapon testing was completed in June on a prototype of the eight-wheeled Clouded Leopard armored vehicle that is fitted with locally produced 105mm assault guns, the ministry said in a statement. Initial system integration on a reconnaissance vehicle prototype was completed on Friday as scheduled, the ministry said, adding that it expects it to clear its initial weapons testing phase before the end of March next year. Before a new weapon is allowed to enter mass production, it must pass five development stages: initial conceptual design, engineering development, initial weapon testing and combat readiness testing. The statement was issued after a group of KMT lawmakers suggested freezing part of the ministry’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2023, as they said the two projects had been delayed and significant changes had been made to the original plans. The ministry had aimed to fit the Clouded Leopard armored vehicles with foreign-made gun barrels, but later decided to use Taiwan-made barrels, the lawmakers said. The ministry said that it had to choose domestically made barrels because a private foreign contractor had failed to deliver two barrels on schedule. The contract was terminated, and the contractor was fined and barred from applying for military tenders, the ministry said. The domestically made barrel has 60 percent less recoil than those currently in use, it previously said. The military plans to mass produce 282 next-generation Clouded Leopard armored vehicles fitted with locally produced 105mm assault guns from 2024 to 2036. It is also planning to mass produce more than 300 reconnaissance vehicles to replace its Humvees by 2024.
  36. Business
  37. Taiwan manufacturing sector in decline: TIER INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTION: The climate reading for the nation’s electronics sector remained flat, while non-tech sectors suffered low demand amid global inflation The climate gauge for the nation’s manufacturing sector in September remained “yellow-blue” for the seventh consecutive month, as major economic barometers such as exports, export orders and industrial output took a hit from global economic woes, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, 台灣經濟研究院) said yesterday. The TIER business composite index posted 10.53, down 0.62 points from a month earlier, as demand, raw material input, operating conditions and cost measures all posted negative cyclical movements, TIER said. The Taipei-based institute attributed the general downtrend to stubbornly high global inflation that prompted drastic monetary tightening by major central banks, weakening demand for Taiwan’s exports. China’s tight COVID-19 restrictions and the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine suppressed economic activity and slowed inventory adjustments, it said. The pace of retreat is therefore most evident from the demand perspective, followed by raw material input, the operating environment and the cost factor, the institute said, adding that the index is leaning closer to a “blue” reading which signifies a recession. Though the release of Apple Inc’s new iPhone series helped support local chipmakers and suppliers of memory chips and other electronic devices, the nation’s industrial production slipped into contraction in September, ending 34 months of gains, the institute said. The climate reading for the electronics sector, the main export driver, remained trapped in a listless state, as major tech firms gave guidance that inventory corrections would persist until the second half of next year, it said. Non-tech sectors were equally gloomy. Manufacturers involved in the supply of paper, cotton and textile products said demand in US and European markets tumbled amid high inflation, although domestic business showed improvement after the government relaxed its COVID-19 measures. Makers of petrochemical and plastic products saw output shrink by double percentage points due to declines in business and profit margins, the institute said, adding that some
  38. Hon Hai plans wage increase, prepares support for Chinese virus-hit plant IPHONE DEMAND: The company’s share prices dropped yesterday, underperforming the market, as it grappled with labor insecurity at its Chinese factory Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) is preparing to bring backup production online and raise hourly wages by more than one-third, after an exodus of workers threatened to disrupt output at the world’s largest iPhone plant ahead of the holidays. Hon Hai, known internationally as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), is grappling with mounting concern that a COVID-19 flare-up at its main Zhengzhou plant in China’s Henan Province could hurt production just as Apple Inc gears up for the crucial year-end season. Hon Hai shares yesterday fell 1.44 percent, the worst decline in three weeks, underperforming the broader market’s 1.26 percent rise. To keep plants running at full speed, Hon Hai is raising hourly wages by as much as 36 percent to roughly 38 yuan (US$5.21) an hour for key positions, compared with the early days of iPhone 14 production around September, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified because the move has not been made public. On the operations side, Hon Hai has said that it might boost capacity at alternative sites. The company also makes iPhones at a factory in Shenzhen, which together with Zhengzhou manufactures the majority of the world’s iPhones. Representatives for the company declined to comment on wage plans. “Further developments will be important as 4Q is the peak season for iPhone shipments,” Morgan Stanley analysts wrote. “The potential impact on iPhone production is worth monitoring as Zhengzhou is one of Hon Hai’s major production sites, particularly for iPhone assembly,” they said. The company said in a statement on Sunday that the situation at the Zhengzhou plant was under control with the cooperation of local authorities. The “Zhengzhou park operation, in coordination with the government’s epidemic prevention, is gradually coming under control,” Hon Hai said. “The group will also coordinate backup production capacity with our other parks to
  39. Property transfers decline in Taiwan as buyers play for time Housing deals last month cooled moderately compared with September, despite it traditionally being the high season for property transfers, major real-estate brokers said yesterday. Evertrust Rehouse Co (永慶房屋) said transactions at its outlets nationwide shed 1 percent from a month earlier, at odds with the seasonal trend. The absence of a seasonal advance had much to do with Taiwan’s interest rate hikes and the TAIEX’s deep corrections that made prospective home buyers more financially cautious, Evertrust deputy research head Chen Chin-ping (陳金萍) said in a statement. Property transfers held steady in Taipei and edged up in New Taipei City, Chen said, adding that the decline widened to 6 percent in Taoyuan. Housing deals in Tainan gained 10 percent, but dropped 2 percent in Kaohsiung, Chen said, citing the company’s internal data. Transactions fell 1 percent in Hsinchu and Taichung, she said. The lackluster showings for last month came despite buying interest picking up 10 percent from the previous month. People hesitated to make offers in the hope of price corrections, Chen said. Sinyi Realty Inc (信義房屋) shared similar observations, but said that relocation needs underpinned transactions. People with relocation needs had usually done enough research to close deals after working out pricing differences with sellers, Sinyi research manager Tseng Ching-der (曾進德) said in a separate statement. Apartments priced between NT$20 million and NT$25 million (US$620,925 and US$776,156) per unit accounted for the majority of deals in Taipei, while apartments valued at NT$7 million to NT$15 million per unit were the majority in New Taipei City, Tseng said, referring to statistics compiled by the real-estate brokerage. Elsewhere, apartments priced at NT$10 million to NT$15 million had fair chances of attracting buyers, he said. Taiwan Realty Co (台灣房屋) saw transactions falling 3.3 percent at its offices across Taiwan, as buyers said they needed more time for consideration. However, the slowdown was the result
  40. Editorials
  41. EDITORIAL: LEO service critical for security Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology has once again grabbed international attention after Apple in September introduced a feature allowing iPhone 14 users in the US and Canada to send emergency messages from remote locations through satellites. This comes as Space X’s satellite service, Starlink, plays a key role in providing Internet access in Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion. In Taiwan, the big-three telecoms have been preparing to launch satellite broadband services. Although Taiwan has relatively good 4G and 5G network coverage, along with an extensive fiber-optic network, some mountainous and remote areas still have spotty Internet service. More importantly, satellite broadband service is a must-have when considering national security and emergency uses, especially in situations in which base stations are damaged and Internet connections are disrupted. LEO satellites have advantages: They operate 36 times closer to Earth than traditional satellites, requiring less time to send and receive information, which leads to faster broadband service, even in remote areas. After a prolonged wait, the Ministry of Digital Affairs last week passed regulations to allow satellite broadband services and said it would start accepting applications from Tuesday next week to Dec. 30 for companies to obtain licenses to offer the services on selected frequencies. Given the strict regulations, there is still a long way to go before LEO satellite services are available in Taiwan. The biggest obstacle is that applicants must be local telecom operators, according to the ministry’s rules. Direct foreign investor ownership is capped at 49 percent, and at 60 percent for a combination of direct and indirect foreign ownership. Chinese investors are prohibited from investing in satellite service providers. The rules would obviously restrict multinational companies from pursuing satellite broadband in Taiwan, as such firms tend to operate wholly owned local subsidiaries to sell satellite broadband services. For instance, Elon Musk’s SpaceX in July set
  42. Pet tax would encourage adoption Last week, a Taipei mayoral candidate spoke at a Pet Commerce Association event. In his remarks, he used the politically correct slogan “Adopt, Don’t Shop,” which drew a negative response from the pet industry, giving the candidate pause about whether he had just lost a vote or two. He had good reason to be concerned, as the local elections are less than a month away. Candidates are caught between a rock and a hard place on the issue, trying to navigate their way between offending animal rights groups on one side and the pet industry on the other. Candidates have proposed a string of policies aimed at wooing pet owners, but they all lack supporting details about how the measures would be paid for. It is therefore worth considering a “pet transaction tax.” However, is it possible to find common ground between the pet industry’s reliance on selling animals and the adoption ideal? In the 2016 book The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers are Transforming the Lives of Animals, Humane Society of the US president and CEO Wayne Pacelle offers some answers. Pacelle writes that promoting humane values and changing people’s way of thinking creates new business models. In the US, for example, the pet industry in states that have banned the sale of pets in stores have not lost profit. Instead, entrepreneurs within the industry have created new business models. For years, these businesses focused on selling goods and customer service, and it turned out that their sales improved and their revenue increased despite a ban on the sale of pets. Contrary to the concerns of the pet industry over such bans, the market has not shrunk, but instead grown. Some say that the social, cultural and economic circumstances of the US are different from Taiwan. However, look at the development of animal welfare
  43. Xi’s rise should be a call for action Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) path to an unprecedented third term shows that the old Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is dead. The collective leadership emphasized by former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平) and the power shared by the three branches — party, government and military — has proven to be too weak to function as a checks-and-balances mechanism to maintain institutional integrity. The new CCP is ruled by one man with the Central Politburo Standing Committee of the CCP serving as his rubber stamp. With a few minutes of public shaming of his predecessor, Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), who helped him attain the highest political position, Xi showed the world that the old guard of the CCP have been deprived of any political influence, and he is the only boss. His shrewd cruelty was in full display. That political trait might have developed during his youth when he was punished due to his father’s “sin” as a political dissident working in the countryside. Xi appears to understand the pitfalls of losing power in China, and learned how Mao Zedong (毛澤東) secured his supreme-leader position through Red Guards and the Cultural Revolution. Incidentally, Xi’s “white guards” during the COVID-19 pandemic have proven to be equally, if not more, effective in silencing opposition. The serious question remains of not whether, but when, Xi would invade Taiwan, given the vast power he wields. There are a few good reasons he might not invade until the end of his five-year term. First, he has only just consolidated his power, and needs time to quash remaining dissidents in key government and military positions. Second, Russia is being defeated in Ukraine. If Xi invades Taiwan this year, or early next year, it could be interpreted as a premeditated contract with Russian President Vladimir Putin. That could cost China in international public opinion by
  44. Sports
  45. Taiwanese duo settle for second SECOND-BEST: Yang Po-han and Lu Ching-yao rallied in the second game and even held a 19-17 lead, but their opponents won the next four points to claim the title Taiwanese shuttlers Yang Po-han and Lu Ching-yao on Sunday settled for the runners-up spot at the BWF French Open after losing to India’s Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in the men’s doubles final. Taiwan’s world No. 25 pair were defeated by the world No. 8 Indian pairing in straight games, 21-13, 21-19, in their first-ever matchup that lasted 49 minutes at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris. Despite the defeat, it was the Taiwanese duo’s best performance in World Tour Super 750 tournaments. Yang said after the match that Shetty and Rankireddy were in better form and had dominated. “After our coach talked to us, we slowly improved, but in the end we still missed out on a bit of luck. We still have to work on being more consistent,” Yang said. Lu said that they did not keep up with their opponents from the start of the match, which made them fall behind early. “What we did very well today is that even when the situation was not good for us, we kept going, and although we didn’t win, we learned a lot in the process,” Lu said. The Taiwanese pair trailed early as their Indian opponents picked up the first five points of the opening game to set the tone. Shetty and Rankireddy played an aggressive style of badminton to stay ahead for the whole game and close it out with ease. In the second game, Yang and Lu could not halt the Indians’ momentum as they trailed 11-5 at the interval. The Taiwanese pair did manage to tie the game at 14-14 and even had a 19-17 lead, but Shetty and Rankireddy then secured the next four points to win the game and the title. Meanwhile, in Santander, Spain, Taiwan’s Kuo Kuan-lin on Sunday snagged a gold medal at the BWF World Junior Championships after outdueling S.
  46. James, Davis lead LA Lakers to first win of the season LeBron James scored 26 points and Anthony Davis added 23 on Sunday to help the Los Angeles Lakers to their first win of the season with a 121-110 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Russell Westbrook had 18 points for the Lakers (1-5), who had lost their first five games of the season under first-year head coach Darvin Ham. Los Angeles were the last winless team in the NBA. Ham celebrated in the locker room with his team and received a celebratory dousing of water. “We needed to prove something to ourselves,” Ham said. “Not to the world, not the media. We had to prove it to ourselves. I feel great about how we responded throughout the game.” Westbrook, who came off the bench again and has been accepting of that role, drove the lane and scored on a layup to extend the Lakers lead to 117-106 in the final minutes as they closed out the win. In the third quarter, he raised his arms to get fans on their feet and they obliged. “Like I’ve mentioned since day one, whatever is needed from me to help the team win, that’s what I’ll do,” Westbrook said. Nikola Jokic scored 23 points and Jamal Murray added a season-high 21 for the Nuggets (4-3), who had won four of their previous five and two straight games before Sunday’s loss. Austin Reaves made a three-pointer from the top of the arc and Lonnie Walker IV drove the baseline for a dunk to give the Lakers a 113-100 advantage. That 13-point lead was their largest of the season. The Lakers made 13 three-pointers on 13-of-30 shooting after struggling with long-range shots this season in their previous five games. The Nuggets made 15 three-pointers. Davis was aggressive early after missing one game with lower back tightness and was questionable on Sunday, but played. He tweaked his back
  47. Gunners fire five past Forest to retake top spot Reiss Nelson was the unlikely hero on Sunday as Arsenal retook top spot in the English Premier League with a 5-0 thrashing of Nottingham Forest. Nelson was introduced for the first time in the Premier League this season after Bukayo Saka was forced off with a concerning injury for England coach Gareth Southgate just weeks ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Saka set up the opening goal for Gabriel Martinelli after just five minutes before being replaced due to an ankle injury. Nelson struck his first Premier League goal since July 2020 early in the second half to give Arsenal breathing space. He added a second just three minutes later and then teed up Thomas Partey to curl into the top corner. “It couldn’t have got gone much better than that for me after coming on,” said Nelson, who spent last season on loan at Feyenoord. “Once the goals started going in it was a great game to play in. I have been working so hard in training waiting for my chance and I’m delighted to get it.” Martin Odegaard rounded off a performance that shrugged off doubts over Arsenal’s ability to contend for the title by firing high past Dean Henderson 13 minutes from time. The victory lifts Mikel Arteta’s men a point above Manchester City at the top of the table. “It’s great to be there,” Arteta said. “It’s always a difficult to win in this league, and today we had a tricky game after traveling and playing in Europe, and I think the team responded really well.” The Arsenal players came together to show support to teammate Pablo Mari before kickoff. Mari, who is on loan at AC Monza, was stabbed during a knife attack in an Italian supermarket last week that left one person dead. That incident put Arsenal’s bad week on the pitch into perspective after
  48. Napoli the big winners as Torino stun Milan, Salernitana rally to down Lazio Torino on Sunday pulled off a shock 2-1 win over AC Milan which extended SSC Napoli’s Serie A lead to five points in their bid for a first league title in more than three decades. Reigning champions Milan were on a run of four straight league wins, but defeat dropped them down to third, six points behind Napoli, after Koffi Djidji and Aleksei Miranchuk netted twice in two first-half minutes to claim the win for Torino. Stefano Pioli’s side have been overtaken by Atalanta BC, who are one point ahead of Milan thanks to their 2-0 win at Empoli in Sunday’s early match. However, the weekend’s big winners were Napoli, who kicked off the action on Saturday with another avalanche of goals and look increasingly like a team that could bring the title to Naples for the first time since 1989-1990. “We weren’t sharp, didn’t bring any real quality and we weren’t at it during the moments that changed the game. We were poor in both our and the opposition’s areas,” Pioli told DAZN. Torino had scored just twice at home before the weekend, but they are up to ninth following their fifth win of the season, a match which nearly boiled over after Junior Messias pulled a goal back for the away side midway through the second half. A dreadful mix-up between goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and Alessandro Buongiorno — plus what looked like a clear push by Messias — allowed Milan’s Brazilian to clip in his second goal of the season. Torino coach Ivan Juric was sent off for his furious protests at no foul being given, but he calmed down after his team held out for the big win. “It’s all over. Now I’m happy,” Juric said, before saying he was wrong about Messias’ goal after seeing footage with DAZN’s analysts. “From my angle at the
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  50. South Korea probes deadly crowd surge FATAL HALLOWEEN: The police agency dismissed speculation that the local police station was understaffed because it had to provide extra security for the president South Korean police are investigating what caused a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul on Saturday in the nation’s worst disaster in years, as South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and the public paid respects to the dead at temporary mourning sites. The deadly crowd surge was concentrated in a sloped, narrow alley in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood, a popular nightlife district, with witnesses and survivors recalling a “hell-like” chaos of people falling on each other “like dominoes.” Police launched a 561-member task force to delve into details of the crush, the South Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety said in a news release. Officers are analyzing footage taken by security cameras in the area at the time of the crush and related video clips posted on social media. They were also interviewing witnesses to find exactly when and where the crowd surge started and how it developed, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said. A team of police officers and government forensic experts were to conduct a joint investigation on the Itaewon area, media reports said. “The government will thoroughly investigate the cause of the incident and do its best to make necessary improvements of systems to prevent a similar accident from recurring,” South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said at the start of a government meeting on the disaster. Police said in a statement they fielded 137 officers to maintain order during Saturday’s Halloween festivities in Itaewon — much more than the 34 to 90 officers mobilized in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Citing the figures, police dismissed as “different from the truth” speculation that a police station in the area was understaffed because it has been providing extra security to Yoon, who relocated the presidential office to a site near Itaewon. The police statement
  51. China launches final space station component China yesterday launched the third and final module to complete its permanent space station, realizing a more than decade-long endeavor to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit. Mengtian was blasted into space at 3:39pm from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on the southern island province of Hainan. A large crowd of amateur photographers, space enthusiasts and assorted lookers-on watched the lift-off from an adjoining beach. Many waved Chinese flags and wore T-shirts emblazoned with the characters for China, reflecting the deep national pride invested in the space program and the technological progress it represents. Mengtian, or “Celestial Dream,” joins Wentian as the second laboratory module for the station, collectively known as Tiangong, or “Celestial Palace.” Both are connected to the Tianhe core module where the crew lives and works. Like its predecessors, Mengtian was launched aboard a Long March 5B Y4 carrier rocket — a member of China’s most powerful familly of launch vehicles. It was due to spend 13 hours in flight before reaching Tiangong, which is populated by a crew of two male and one female astronauts, the China Manned Space Agency said. Chen Dong (陳冬), Cai Xuzhe (蔡旭哲) and Liu Yang (劉洋) arrived in early June for a six-month stay on board, during which they are to complete the station’s assembly, conduct space walks and carry out additional experiments. Following Mengtian’s arrival, an additional uncrewed Tianzhou cargo craft is due to dock with the station next month, with another crewed mission scheduled for next month, at which time crews might overlap as Tiangong has sufficient room to accommodate six astronauts. Mengtian weighs in at about 20 tonnes, with a length of 17.9m and a diameter of 4.2m. It is to provide space for science experiments in zero gravity, an airlock for exposure to the vacuum of space and a small robotic
  52. US should stop trying to suppress China: Wang Yi Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (王毅) yesterday criticized US export curbs in a call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, underscoring the tensions between the nations before a possible face-to-face meeting of their leaders. “The US side should stop its containment and suppression of China and not create new obstacles to bilateral relations,” said Wang, according to a statement the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in Beijing. “The US side introduced new export controls against China, restricting investments in China, seriously violating free-trade principles and seriously harming China’s legitimate rights and interests, which must be corrected.” Wang and Blinken discussed the need to maintain an open dialogue and responsibly manage their relationship, US Department of State spokesman Ned Price said in a separate statement after the call. Blinken raised concerns about Russia’s war against Ukraine, and the threats it poses to global security and economic stability, Price said, adding that they discussed the instability in Haiti. The call was the first between the two men since Wang’s promotion to the Chinese Communist Party’s 24-member politburo earlier this month, making him China’s top-ranked diplomat. Both sides are preparing for a possible meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) next month, when world leaders gather at a G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia. Wang’s comments about export controls were an apparent reference to Washington’s move earlier this month to restrict Chinese access to chipmaking technology. They signal that the issue is likely to be an area of contention if and when Biden holds his first sit-down as president with the Chinese leader. The US Department of Commerce’s sweeping regulations limit the sale of semiconductors and chipmaking equipment to Chinese customers, striking at the foundation of the country’s efforts to build its own semiconductor industry.
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  54. Why do many men have no friends at all? Best pals in 1920s rural Ireland fall out spectacularly in the acclaimed film ‘The Banshees of Inisherin.’ A century on, surely the attitudes of the modern male have moved on? Love is blind, goes the old saying, whereas friendship closes its eyes. The problem with closing our eyes, however, is that at some point we open them, and what happens when we take in the full and, perhaps, less than flattering picture of our dearest friends? That’s the premise of Martin McDonagh’s bleak comedy, The Banshees of Inisherin, which has wowed critics and set audiences wondering. One day, during the Irish civil war on the beautiful, though grindingly uneventful island of Inisherin, Padraic (Colin Farrell) goes to pick up his best friend Colm (Brendan Gleeson) for their daily pint in the local pub. But Colm doesn’t want to go with Padraic. In a crude early-20th century version of “airing” or “ghosting,” Colm speaks to him only to say that he no longer wants to speak to him. What follows is a rather desolate if amusing study of male friendship, its habits, limits and lack of mutual understanding or emotional intimacy. Although the film’s setting is a harshly rural outpost of Ireland in 1923, counselor and psychotherapist Adrian Wilson-Smith says that he regularly encounters similar attitudes in his male clients in the UK. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS Having a circle of good friends is known to increase life expectancy and improve mental health. Yet Wilson-Smith says that he sees a lot of men over 40 “who see no need for real friendships.” Drawing on Aristotle’s classification of friendship, he divides non-sexual relationships into three distinct categories: functional, partying and enduring. “There are a lot of men having functional relationships with other men — I know this guy because he can help me out with my business idea. Or partying — these are the guys that I go out with for a drink or a line of coke. But enduring friendships, of the kind seen in many female-to-female friendships, are not
  55. The danger of ‘incels’ Almost 1,000 references to dehumanizing misogyny or violent action are recorded each day in the “incelosphere” as the toxicity of male supremacist content continues to intensify. Analysis of the incel movement found that online references to inflicting violence and extremely degrading language on dedicated incel forums are running eight times higher than in 2016, when researchers first began tracking misogynist content on the internet. Academics from the University of Exeter also noted an increasing overlap between incel followers and the far right, with online algorithms blamed for pushing young boys towards extreme rightwing ideology. Lewys Brace, who advises the government on extremism, led a long-term study that recorded, on average, 112 references a day to extreme misogynistic terms along with words “punch, stab, shoot, attack” in 2016 on dedicated incel forums. Numbers have steadily increased since, now rising to a daily total of 849 references, prompting fears over the movement’s trajectory following a series of terrorist attacks linked to online misogynists. The incel — or “involuntarily celibate” — movement is an online subculture in which a misogynistic worldview is promoted by individuals who blame women for their lack of sexual activity. Incels have been linked to violent extremism and are classified by the government’s anti-radicalization strategy, Prevent, as having a “mixed, unstable or unclear” ideology. The most recent data reveals that such ideologies account for more than half of all referrals to Prevent. Brace, a lecturer in data analysis at Exeter, said: “The incelosphere is definitely growing and diversifying and has increased in the toxicity of its discussions since 2016. “The cross pollination of ideologies is helping to drive this.” He singled out YouTube whose content recommendation algorithms, he claimed, had in the past pushed users “towards increasingly extreme content; particularly in the case of anti-woman/feminist content.” YouTube says its recommendation system is designed to limit the spread of harmful misinformation
  56. Climate of confusion: agents of chaos The Chinese-language United Daily News reported last week that China had set a target of 676 cross-strait flights weekly for the coming year. The first iteration of tourism from China during the administration of Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) was all about building a fantasy Taiwan for Chinese tourists to experience, while constructing links to local networks that could act on China’s behalf, redirecting Taiwan’s domestic investment to tourism activities and reducing its electronics exports (purchases of New Taiwan dollars by millions of tourists annually drive up its value). The tourists were withdrawn with the election of President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), which rendered that strategy fruitless and further application pointless, not as “punishment” to Taiwan for electing Tsai, as so many in the media reported. They were part of a “peace offensive” aimed at presenting China as interested in peaceful engagement with Taiwan. More of that is inbound. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s (習近平) “unprecedented” — except for Mao Zedong (毛澤東) and Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平); it was Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) and Jiang Zemin (江澤民) who were exceptions — continuance of dictatorial powers has been widely viewed as bad for Taiwan. Commentators have noted that those appointed to the Central Politburo Standing Committee are largely loyalists unlikely to second-guess Xi’s decisions. His military chieftainships are filled with Taiwan-oriented officers. A war cabinet, it is said. KNOWING AGENTS, USEFUL IDIOTS Ground must be laid for war, and that includes a “peace offensive” carried out by both knowing agents and useful idiots, aimed at both foreign and domestic audiences, the former to slow the response to China’s military build-up, the latter to legitimate the war in local eyes. Several of us who track the media have noticed what appears to be a coordinated push across many publications for “peace.” The latest example of this is a publication from
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  58. Embrace changes, go bilingual! 雙語改版、全新出擊！ The Taipei Times bilingual pages are having a makeover, with professionally curated content for both English and Chinese learners of all levels. With our new partners Ivy English, English OK and others, Taipei Times readers can improve their language studies while keeping abreast of important issues in Taiwan and abroad. A new departure for us is the addition of a Chinese-language learning module, with content provided by the National Taiwan Normal University “Mandarin Training Center.” 《台北時報》雙語版最優質的中英文內容，多年來一向受到讀者們的喜愛。近日起版面全新升級！每週和《常春藤解析英語》、《English OK中學英閱誌》……等專業英語機構合作，提供豐富多元且實用的英語學習內容，不但適合各種程度學生及上班族自修，老師、家長用它當教材也超便利。原先頗受歡迎的雙語新聞則予以保留，持續帶領大家了解國內外之重要議題。 而此次改版除了英語學習以外，本報特別和台灣師範大學「國語教學中心」聯手，為外國讀者們推出華語學習單元，打造最強全方位中英文雙語版，精彩內容在網站上也看的到唷！
  59. What makes a nuclear weapon ‘tactical’? 「戰術核子武器」是什麼？ From the war in Ukraine to North Korea’s recent missile testing spree, tactical nuclear weapons are being debated and developed in a way not seen since the Cold War. There is no universal definition of such weapons, and analysts note that the use of any type of nuclear device would break the “nuclear taboo” in place since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945, the only time they have been deployed in war. Here are the characteristics of tactical nuclear weapons and why they have drawn so much attention. WHAT IS A TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPON? Tactical nuclear weapons are often characterized by their size, their range, or their use for limited military targets. They are often referred to as “non-strategic weapons,” in contrast with strategic weapons, which the US military defines as designed to target “the enemy’s warmaking capacity and will to make war,” including manufacturing, infrastructure, transportation and communication systems, and other targets. Tactical weapons, by contrast, are designed to accomplish more limited and immediate military goals that win a battle. The term is often used to describe weapons with a lower “yield,” or the amount of power released during an explosion. They are typically many times larger than conventional bombs, cause radioactive fallout and other deadly effects beyond the explosion itself, and there is no agreed upon size that defines tactical weapons. Tactical weapons are often mounted on as missiles, air-dropped bombs, or even artillery shells that have a relatively short range, far less than the huge intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) designed to travel thousands of kilometers and strike targets across oceans. However, many of these delivery systems can also deliver strategic nuclear weapons WHO HAS THEM? Many of the world’s nuclear powers have weapons that are considered low-yield or meant to be used on the battlefield. According to a March report by the US, Congressional Research Service
  60. 華語簡易通 EASY CHINESE FOR YOU! 你怎麼了？（一）What’s wrong with you? (I) 情境對話 Situational Dialogues 醫生：你怎麼了？哪裡不舒服？ 病人：我這一個星期常頭痛、打噴嚏。不知道是不是感冒？ 醫生：怎麼不早點兒來看病？ 病人：因為我想沒關係，所以自己先吃了兩天的成藥。 醫生：好。我看看你的喉嚨和鼻子。是過敏。你剛來台灣嗎？ 病人：我已經來了一個多月了。 醫生：台北比較潮濕，所以很多人有過敏的現象。 Doctor: What’s wrong with you? Where does it hurt? Patient: I have a headache and been sneezing for a week. I am wondering if I caught a cold. Doctor: Why didn’t you come earlier? Patient: I didn’t think it was serious, so I took medicine without any prescription. Doctor: OK, let me check your throat and nose. It’s allergies. Did you just come to Taiwan? Patient: I have been here for over a month. Doctor: Taipei is quite humid and wet, so it is very common to have allergies here. 生詞表 Vocabulary 舒服 (shūfú) be comfortable 頭痛 (tóutòng) headache 打噴嚏 (dǎpēntì) to sneeze, make a sneeze 過敏 (guòmǐn)) to be allergic / allergy (-ies) 所以 (suǒyǐ) so, therefore Get To Know Taiwan 生活小補帖 Health Care System 台灣在1995年3月開辦全民健保制度。這項醫療制度對台灣人民來說，算是一項重大的社會福利制度，因為只要是合法的台灣國民，同時每個月按時繳納健保費，就有一張健保IC卡。平日如有任何需要，便可憑此卡就醫。 The National Health Insurance (NHI) program was launched in March, 1995. The NHI program is a compulsory and inclusive insurance, so anyone who is eligible for the NHI should enroll in the program and pay a monthly premium. Eligible people include resident Taiwan citizens and foreign Alien Residence Card holders. If people have any health issues, they can go with the insurance card to see a doctor. 教材音檔 Audio Files 本文內容及音檔來源:　華語簡易通 For more audio files, visit the center’s Web site at: http://mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/book/book-show-6.html 國立臺灣師範大學國語教學中心提供 Provided by NTNU Mandarin Training Center: http://www.mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/ COPYRIGHT c 2022 國立臺灣師範大學國語教學中心 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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