KMT backs Jane Lee, not that they have a choice–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: White terror files have come to light, but crucial files are “contaminated.” A holdout stalls railway plans in Tainan. KMT stands by Jane Lee, not that they have much choice. Taiwan responds in kind to HK visa denials. And today we have plenty of headlines. Headlines Temperatures in Taipei reached their highest level in […]
Dangerous pandering to the PRC by the Taipei Mayor–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: The quota on ROC nationals abroad moving to Taiwan is to be lifted. Taiwanese prefer Biden over Trump by a hair. And finally our big segment of the week, Article walkthrough: Ko’s dangerous misunderstandings on China…or is it intentional? And of course, lots of headlines. Headlines The Cabinet on Thursday finalized a plan to […]
Jane Lee’s campaign hit with scandal over thesis plagiarism –Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: The Citizen Judge law passes over united opposition. The passport and China Airlines legislation passes, but is just a suggestion. Jane Lee’s campaign is under pressure as she tearfully rejects her master’s degree. Foreign Minister warns to the media that the Chinese military threat is on the rise. The US Democratic Party draft party […]
KMT, TPP and NPP unite against DPP–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: President Tsai urges constitutional reforms and warns on power going to the party’s head. The DPP is set to ram through judicial reforms against the united opposition of the KMT, the NPP and the TPP. A bill is to be introduced in the US Congress authorizing US military intervention if China attacks. Headlines Taiwan’s […]
Central Taiwan weekly report–ICRT transcript
Big nightlife crackdown Police fanned out across central Taiwan as part of a nationwide nightlife crackdown late last week.In Taichung, several confrontations between police and nightlife customers occurred, including one with a man brandishing a katana.Another incident occurred with an inebriated woman that led to her being pepper sprayed and subdued.The police also reported problems […]
“800 warriors” head indicted for inciting violence–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Headlines Short-stay travellers from Taiwan to Guam will no longer need to receive a COVID-19 test and self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival beginning July 24, the Taiwan representative of the Guam Visitors Bureau said Friday. The Fisheries Agency on Thursday announced a ban on fishing three species of large sharks — megamouth, great white […]
HK gives Taiwan rep office a middle finger over “one China”–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Headlines Two people who recently returned from the Philippines have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in Taiwan since the start of the pandemic to 454. Foreign nationals who entered Taiwan as visitors on or before March 21 will be eligible to obtain another 30-day extension of stay, given […]
DPP seizes back the podium after a melee–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Headlines Taiwan is still full of reminders of the authoritarian era under Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and his son Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國), with a total of 1,814 sites, monuments and office spaces named in memory of them, an average of one for every 20km2 in the nation, a Transitional Justice Commission report said.Excluding the 227 statues […]
ICRT Central Taiwan news report–transcript
World’s largest renewable energy PPA The world’s largest renewable energy Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) has been signed in Taiwan between TSMC and Ørsted for the 920MW Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farm.A renewable corporate PPA is a deal where an energy producer sells power to a business at a fixed price over […]
China’s official response to US statement on South China Sea claims
In response to the US State Department’s statement “We are making clear: Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control them,” and “In a unanimous decision on July 12, 2016, an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the 1982 Law of the […]
