Taiwan Healines, Mar. 13, 2021
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday announced that it has dropped defamation cases against the Financial Times, the Central News Agency (CNA) president and others after Want Want China Times Media Group suddenly rescinded its lawsuits.The group in 2019 filed a lawsuit against the UK-based newspaper, the state-run news agency and two others over a […]
Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 12, 2021
Workers from other countries in Taiwan whose contracts are about to expire will be eligible to obtain a six-month extension, the Ministry of Labor’s (MOL) Workforce Development Agency has announced, citing the need to reduce international travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses that Taiwan received last week have to pass just […]
Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 9, 2021
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Sunday urged people in Taiwan to conserve water and brace for shortages.The country’s reservoirs are at their lowest levels in decades due to scant rainfall and no typhoons in the second half of 2020.Water levels in six reservoirs have fallen below 20 percent capacity.The president did, however, announce that there […]
ICRT’s Weekly Central Taiwan News Report, Mar. 10
The water crisis begins to bite The reality that a water crisis is happening is finally beginning to impact urban residents in central Taiwan after previously been largely the concern of farmers whose farms were ordered to lay fallow and industries and businesses forced to curtail water usage.The Deji Reservoir that supplies Taichung has dropped […]
Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 6, 2021
Irrigation agency to pray to Matsu. Pandemic toll hits 10, domestic vaccines could start production in July. Chen Po-wei recall passes first hurdle. Jaw vows to train 1000 influencers. KMT fights irrigation nationalization. Mixed news on NSP. Guam removes Taiwan from “Greater China”. US Indo-pac commander worried. Chinese Premier speaks on Taiwan.
NEPCAP: Cross-strait relations with China in Taiwan politics (TR’s Courtney Donovan Smith)
Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 5, 2021
Court rules same-sex marriage ban on foreign nationals from countries that ban it illegal. Kao recall fails. GlobalWafers now #2 in silicon wafers. Taiwan #6 in economic freedom. Taiwan ties with Eswatini and Somaliland deepen. Lithuania to boost ties. Flanders and Japan support Taiwan. US embassy meet in Japan.
Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 4, 2021
Jaw attacks Tsai administration over China. Sean Lien mulls KMT chair run. Government to subsidize 5G base stations. Taiwan’s economy nears overheating. Australia supports Taiwan pineapple. White House calls Taiwan “critical security partner”. Congress bill to diplomatically recognize Taiwan introduced.
Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 3, 2021
Taiwan has received its first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines at Taoyuan International Airport from the COVAX allocation program. Today, Wednesday March 3rd, is the first day without headlines featuring Jaw Shaw-kong in weeks appearing on my feed of local news reports.While I don’t think it is happening quite yet, I will be watching to see […]
Ketagalan Media: Taiwan’s Transitional Justice in 2021: Accomplishments and Frustrations (TR’s Courtney Donovan Smith)
