The News Lens
Date: 2017/07/28
By: TNL Staff

‘Taiwan is a province of China,’ reads one rule. ‘But taking the feelings of our Taiwan compatriots into account, now we generally don’t call it “Taiwan Province,” and more often use “Taiwan Region” or “Taiwan.”‘

Chinese state news agency Xinhua last week updated their style guide which raised the number of banned Taiwan-related terms.

Originally published in May 2015, the new guide which was released on July 19, supplemented 57 new rules to its original 102. Before the update, there were only four rules on Taiwan-related terms. There are now 38 rules that Chinese media must adhere to when referring to Taiwan, most notably banning the use of “Republic of China,” the official title of Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]

A foreign man robbed a total of 17 diamonds at a Hong Kong jewelry store

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/07/28
By: Taiwan News

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A Jordanian man was captured for breaking into a jewelry

store, taking away eight diamonds and swallowing another nine.

Yesterday, in the central district of Hong Kong, a robbery took place at a jewelry store when a foreigner pretending to be a customer robbed some valuable jewelry. As soon as he entered the store, he beat the only female there and took away a total of 17 diamonds while the other staff and the store’s owner were out for lunch.

As he was trying to open the safety-deposit box, he accidentally triggered the security alarms. Police and the store’s owner then arrived at the store immediately. They saw the clerk lying unconscious on the ground and found the suspect hiding in the storage room.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/07/28
By: Lu Hsin-hui, Miu Chung-han and Elaine Hou

Taipei, July 28 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) praised the military’s efforts to safeguard the country’s national security on Friday, days after China sent military aircraft close to Taiwan on what the Chinese described as training missions.

During an appearance at an Air Force base in Tainan, Tsai said the purpose of the visit was to support the 443rd Tactical Fighter Wing, which is stationed at the base, and witness the Air Force’s resolve to protect the country.

The military not only carefully monitored China’s recent military activities close to Taiwan but also took proper response measures, she said, adding that the 443rd Tactical Fighter Wing played a significant role.    [FULL  STORY]

LIFE INTERRUPTED:Many events across the nation have been postponed or canceled, as well as flights operated by Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air and Far Eastern Air Transport

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 29, 2017
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

Schools and offices in Taitung, Hualien and Yilan counties will be closed this afternoon

as the east coast prepares for Typhoon Nesat, which is forecast to cause severe rainfall today and tomorrow.

As of 6:15pm yesterday, Nesat’s eye was 440km southeast of Hualien County with a radius of 150km and moving northwest at 16kph.

As of 10pm yesterday, winds were gusting at 30 meters per second (m/s) with gusts of 38m/s.

Weather Forecast Center specialist Wu Wan-hua (伍婉華) said that a land alert had been issued for Kaohsiung and Tainan, as well as Hualien, Taitung (including Orchid Island and Green Island), Pingtung, Chiayi and Nantou counties.
[FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: July 28, 2017
By: The China Post

A land warning has been issued for Tropical Storm Nesat (尼莎), which is on track to

make landfall in Eastern Taiwan tomorrow.

Weather authorities made the announcement at 2:30 p.m., advising residents in Hualien, Taitung (including Orchid Island and Green Island) to be on guard for strong winds and rainfall.

The storm is gaining strength and should become a Moderate Typhoon by Friday evening, Central Weather Bureau forecaster Wu Wan-hua (伍婉華).

Nesat will bring intermittent showers along the East Coast and push wind speeds as high as 88 kph in north, southeast and central parts of Taiwan Friday afternoon, the weather bureau said.

Its worst effects are expected from Saturday to Monday morning, with strong winds and rainfall across Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-07-27

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and Vietnamese e-

commerce company Tiki plan to set up cooperation within the next three weeks. TAITRA chair James Huang met the chair of Vietnam’s second-largest e-commerce company, Tran Ngoc Thai Son, on Thursday at the Taiwan Expo 2017 in Ho Chih Minh City.

Huang said he plans to hold seminars in Taiwan to recruit a team of quality Taiwanese businesses to set up a Taiwan pavilion on Tiki’s online platform. Huang said he hopes to follow the steps of the setup of a Taiwan platform on Indonesia’s second-largest e-commerce company, BliBli.

Huang also said he hopes the cooperation with Tiki can be diversified based on some cultural similarities.    [FULL  STORY]

Facebook user unearths funny list of ways a foreigner will realize they have lived in Taiwan for too long

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/07/27
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Facebook user in the group Foreigners in Taiwan (外國人在

台灣) yesterday posted a document which was dated 2000 listing the many humorous ways a foreigner knows they have lived in Taiwan for probably too long.

The list had originally circulated via email among English teachers who would add to it and post it in staff rooms for laughs during the 1990s. The Facebook user, who has been a resident of Taiwan for nearly twenty years, had not modified it since the 2000 version, so there are some aspects that may need updating to include the advent of social media and smartphones. Nevertheless, most of these points will probably still resonate with many foreigners that have lived in Taiwan for several years.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/07/27
By Huang Li-yun, Chen Wei-ting, Lu Tai-cheng and CNA intern
William Yen

Taipei, July 27 (CNA) Tropical Storm Nesat is forecast to hit Taiwan directly around the

end of the week, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB), which said Thursday that a land warning was likely to be issued by the next day.

As of 2:00 p.m. Thursday, Nesat was located approximately 890 kilometers southeast of Taiwan’s southern tip and was moving north northwest at 14 kilometers per hour, CWB data showed.

The storm was carrying maximum sustained winds of 90 km per hour, with gusts of up to 118 km/h and was shifting to a northwest track as it moved closer to Taiwan’s Green Island, the CWB indicated.   [FULL  STORY]

HANDS ON:Legislator Lin Shu-fen took matters in her own hands and did research in the affected area, taking samples that were found to contain high levels of copper

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 28, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lin Shu-fen (林淑芬) yesterday criticized the

Taoyuan City Government’s leniency in dealing with the pollution from processing firm Yu Hung Technology (宇鴻科技) in nearby farms, which cover 122 hectares downstream of the now-defunct Shenmai Pond (滲眉埤).

The Council of Agriculture on Wednesday rejected a report by Chinese-language Next Magazine that said rice is once again being grown on farmland that was once irrigated by the former pond, an area where farming is prohibited.

The area spans about 97 hectares and could have provided 20 tonnes of contaminated rice, the report said.

The council said that the farms cited by the magazine had not been irrigated with water from the former pond, but by water from a different source, adding that land on which farming is banned is checked every two months.    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post Date: July 27, 2017 By: The China Post TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. President Donald Trump and Hon Hai chief Terry Gou announced Wednesday that the Taiwanese tech giant would build a massive new display plant in Wisconsin. Here are five things to know about the deal: 1. The factory is big in a lot of ways Trump promised during his campaign to bring the manufacturing bases of companies like Apple to the U.S. This is almost like that — Hon Hai is a key part of the Apple supply chain, but this factory will make parts for non-Apple products — but it is still a symbolic victory. But it’s even more of a victory in real terms. Here it is in sheer numbers: • The total investment is worth US$10 billion over four years (the plant should open in 2020) • Initially employing 3,000 people, the plant is estimated to ultimately create as many as 13,000 jobs • Up to 150 supply firms supporting the plant will set up shop in the same area • It’s estimated the facility will create 22,000 more indirect jobs and another 10,000 construction jobs • According to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the average salaries of the 13,000 factory jobs will be US$53,000 a year, plus benefits • The factory will cover 1.86 million square meters [FULL  STORY]