Radio Taiwan Internartional
Date: 04 November, 2020
By: Natalie Tso8
Defense Minister Yen Teh-fa at the legislature on Wednesday. (CNA photo)
Yen said that the military is on high alert due to the increased threat from the Chinese Communisty Party. He also told the public to not worry as the military is monitoring and responding to every move in the Taiwan Strait. [FULL STORY]
Sputnik News
Date: 05.11.2020
By: Muhammad Osman
© REUTERS / TYRONE SIU
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday warned that Beijing would make a “proper and necessary response” if Washington completes its most recent sale of weapons to Taiwan, approved by the US State Department on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
Wang stated that the proposed $600 million deal with the island nation “brutally interferes in China’s internal affairs and seriously undermines China’s sovereignty and security interests.”
The Beijing spokesperson told reporters that China’s response would come “according to the development of the situation”. [FULL STORY]
New traffic cameras catch 812 traffic violations at Linkou Interchange in Taoyuan on first day of enforcement
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/11/04
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(Taoyuan Police Department photo)
Due to the high frequency of car wrecks at the National Freeway 1 Linkou Interchange, including a recent 10-car pileup, the Taoyuan Department of Transportation installed sophisticated traffic enforcement cameras in March of this year, and they began enforcing the law on Monday, logging 812 traffic violations in a single day, reported Liberty Times. Over 90 percent of the violations involved disobeying traffic signs and road markings.
The cameras were set up at the intersection of Wenhua 1st Road and Guishan 1st Road at the entrance to the 41A north ramp. The cameras can automatically detect violations 24 hours a day using an artificial intelligence (AI) image recognition system.
During an 8-month trial period, which started on March 10 motorists were notified of violations but were not penalized. The Guishan Precinct of the Taoyuan Police Department said that during the trial phase, traffic infractions dropped by 21 percent. [FULL STORY]
Focus Taiwan
Date:11/05/2020
By: Chang Hsiung-feng and Ko Lin
Satellite image taken from the CWB website
As of 8 a.m., Atsani was located about 670 kilometers east-southeast of Eluanbi, the southernmost tip of Taiwan, moving at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour in a westerly direction, according to the CWB.
With a radius of 80 km, the storm was carrying maximum sustained winds of 90 kph, with gusts of up to 119 kph, bureau data showed.
Atsani is forecast to move closest to Taiwan on Friday as it passes through the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines, while its outer periphery is expected to bring strong winds and rain to parts of the island, with the heaviest rainfall forecast for northern and eastern parts of Taiwan. [FULL STORY]
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 05, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang delivers a COVID-19 situation report for the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei on Friday last week.
Photo: CNA
The center also reported a new imported case of COVID-19, a Taiwanese who had returned from Poland.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said with the pandemic worsening globally, the center is expecting more people to return home to Taiwan.
“As the risk of imported cases may increase, we must remain vigilant … to prevent the virus spreading into local communities,” Chen said. [FULL STORY]
Navy Recognition
Date: November 2020
MQ-9B SeaGuardian naval drone. (Picture source General Atomics)
Citing Reuters, the U.S. State Department could formally notify Congress of the sale later this week, which will include ground stations and training.
The MQ-9B SkyGuardian is the latest variant of the MQ-9 series RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) currently operated by the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, and soon Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. MQ-9B adds several key enhancements to the proven MQ-9 series allowing for better performance, lower operating and sustainment costs and access to all classes of airspace.
The MQ-9B flight operations are controlled from a single trailer containing pilot and payload operator consoles. Its architecture provides separation between flight and mission critical functions. Flight critical functions are performed using off-the-shelf avionics and flight computers running GA-ASI's certifiable Design Assurance Level software. The CGCS features a Pro Line Fusion® integrated avionics system from Collins Aerospace, the Abaco FORCE2C flight computer, as well as all the sensors and additional payload control for MQ-9B.
Its Common Operational Picture (COP) and improved display technology offer significantly improved situational awareness and reduced pilot workload. Its intuitive interfaces enhance the decision-making process by helping the pilot identify potentially hazardous situations more quickly and easily. In 2019, the CGCS successfully completed its first end-to-end flight with MQ-9B.
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Radio Taiwan International
Date: 03 November, 2020
By: Shirley Lin
The US presidential election is set to take place on November 3. The whole world is eagerly
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu says both US parties support Taiwan
“Trump or Biden? Biden or Trump? People in Taiwan seem to be under the impression that Trump is better for Taiwan-US ties. That’s because right now, relations with the United States are better than they were four years ago. Arms sales and high-level visits are just a few of the milestones reached during Trump’s presidency. So, if Joe Biden and the Democrats take the White House, that spells trouble for Taiwan right?
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu doesn’t think so. He says the impression that a Trump presidency is better for Taiwan is “erroneous.” [FULL STORY]
Newsweek
Date: 11/3/20
By: John Feng
Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned Monday that China could exploit election uncertainty in the U.S. and target the island nation with its military.
Taiwan has made "all necessary preparations" after President Tsai Ing-wen convened a high-level security meeting and ordered troops on "high alert," the defense ministry added Tuesday.
The hotly contested November 3 presidential election is being watched closely by the democratic island of 23 million and its government, which has grown in confidence in its stand-off with Beijing, backed by President Donald Trump's anti-China stance.
But Taipei is preparing for a change in dynamic in the Taiwan Strait as uncertainty grows in direct correlation with Democratic candidate Joe Biden's election prospects. [FULL STORY]
Epoch Times
Date: November 3, 2020
By: Frank Fang
Students wearing face masks as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus run during a sports class at Dajia Elementary School in Taipei on April 29, 2020. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
“The international community needs the world-leading expertise Taiwan has developed to control the virus,” said the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) in a Nov. 2 statement.
The group added: “Taiwan has unique contributions to offer in the advanced production of critical medical supplies, application of strenuous contact tracing, and the use of big data and digital technology.”
“We urge the WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to consider his own words when he said that ‘No one is safe until everyone is safe,’” according to the statement.
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Taiwanese political commentator calls for implementation of caning for serious crimes
Taiwan News
Date: 202/11/03
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Undated photo of person receiving caning in Malaysia for engaging in sexual relationship. (AP photo)
On Friday (Oct. 30), news broke that 28-year-old suspect surnamed Liang (梁) had confessed to sexually assaulting and murdering a 24-year-old Malaysian female student surnamed Chung (鍾) who was studying in Tainan. As Chung's parents arrived in Taiwan on Sunday to claim their daughter's remains, political commentator Ellen Huang (黃越綏) on her Facebook page called for the legalization of caning.
In her post, Huang wrote that although the president of Chang Jung Christian University and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) over the weekend both offered apologies for Chung's death, "for the parents of the deceased, belated justice is not enough." She stated that in 1998, she held a press conference with Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Sing-nan (王幸男) to call for the Ministry of Justice to legalize chemical castration or caning for four types of criminals: rapists, drug traffickers, habitual thieves, and murderers.
She wrote that the Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan (陳定南) did not object to the proposal at the time and more than half of the legislators signed in approval. However, she lamented that in the end, "nothing came of it." [FULL STORY]
