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Taiwan May Reverse South China Sea Policy and Oppose China

Breitbart News
By: John J. Xenakis

There is one and only one country in the entire world that agrees with and

The Associated Press

supports all of China’s legal claims in the South China Sea. That country is Taiwan, though China says that Taiwan is not a country, but only a rogue province of China that will return to Chinese control as soon as possible.

For the last few years, Taiwan has been governed by the pro-China Kuomintang (KMT) party, which favors the “one China” principle and unification with mainland China, and which has fully supported all of China’s claims in the South China Sea.

But Taiwan is about to hold new elections on January 16, and the KMT party is expected to lose to the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Of Taiwan’s two major political parties, China has always been very friendly with KMT, and very hostile with DPP. China has frequently threatened military action if Taiwan’s leaders take any political steps towards independence from China, and those threats have almost always been directed at the DPP. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan welcomes first 10 millionth visitor

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-12-20
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

An Italian-American visitor was surprised by what awaited him while he

Taiwan welcomes first 10 millionth visitor. Central News Agency (2015-12-20 12:05:35)

arrived at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport early Sunday morning with his wife.

Manuele Christopher and his wife were welcomed by a hearty performance of lion dance and would later be treated to dining at the famous Din TaiFung Dumpling House at the Taipei 101 all because he was the 10 millionth overseas visitor to Taiwan in 2015.

Christopher’s arrival not only marked the first 10 millionth overseas visitor to Taiwan in a single year, but also signified Taiwan’s achieving the status as a major tourism country.

Christopher said they will stay in Taiwan for 2 weeks, and would most like to visit night markets and eat stinky toufu and pineapple cakes. “Very friendly” is his first impression of Taiwanese people, he added. [FULL STORY]

Free employment services launched for new immigrants

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/12/20
By: Zoe Wei and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, Dec. 20 (CNA) “Free” employment services for new immigrants have

CNA file photo

recently been launched to help them land jobs in Taiwan, with the rate of successful job placements having reached a record high of 58 percent, according to the Workforce Development Agency (WDA).

“Many immigrants are industrious, hard-working and responsive to employers’ demands, which is just what the current job market wants,” Director of the WDA Liu Chia-chun (劉佳鈞) said in a statement on Friday.

Helping new immigrants find jobs not only enables them to become economically self-reliant and attain a sense of achievement in their work, but also can supply an important labor pool for an aging Taiwanese society, Liu said. [FULL STORY]

Tsai seeks piggy banks amid shortfall

FAMILIAL DONATION:DPP vice presidential candidate Chen Chien-jen said that this year he is the piggy bank that his family is donating to the party and Taiwan

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 21, 2015
By: Loa Iok-sin / Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡

Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen yesterday addresses a rally outside her campaign headquarters in Taipei. Photo: CNA

英文) and DPP vice presidential candidate Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) yesterday called on supporters to “bring piggy banks home,” as their campaign office is short NT$70 million (US$2.1 million).

Thousands of supporters gathered outside Tsai’s campaign headquarters in Taipei and repeatedly chanted: “Hello, president” as Tsai walked onto a stage, even though the presidential election is still weeks away.

Waving small flags to show their support for Tsai, many supporters also held up piggy banks filled with coins, which they shook to make a noise.

Before, during and after the rally, people lined up to donate their piggy banks full of coins to campaign staff, which is the trademark of Tsai’s supporters when making donations. [FULL STORY]

Christmas meals delivered to disadvantaged groups in Taichung

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/12/19
By: Hao Hsueh-chin and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Dec. 19 (CNA) Around 850 residents in Taichung served as “meal

(Photo courtesy of the the Ganlin Foundation)

delivery angels for a day” to send out hot meals and daily necessities as Christmas gifts to disadvantaged elderly and disabled individuals in the central city Saturday.

Riding their bicycles, the “meal delivery angels” set off from Taichung Municipal Guang Fu Elementary School carrying meals and goods such as oatmeal, grain powder, towels and lotion to their destinations.

The activity was held by the Ganlin Foundation (甘霖基金會) charity, which delivers meals to more than 730 disadvantaged elderly and disabled individuals in Taichung on a daily basis.

Every year ahead of Christmas, the foundation rallies the public to engage in the event to show their care for disadvantaged groups. [FULL STORY]

Taiwan dengue outbreak slowing, Chemical control to be reduced

The dengue fever outbreak in Taiwan is slowing with decreases reported during the past four weeks, according to Taiwan CDC data.

Outbreak News Today
Date: December 19, 2015
By: Robert Herriman

According to the statistics compiled by the Central Epidemic Command

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Center (CECC) for Dengue Outbreak, a total of additional 85 indigenous dengue cases were confirmed in Taiwan on December 18, 2015, including 78 cases in Kaohsiung City, 2 cases in Tainan City and 5 cases in Pingtung City.

Since this summer, a cumulative total of 42,353 indigenous dengue cases, including 22,732 cases in Tainan City, 18,733 cases in Kaohsiung City and 367 cases in Pingtung City.

In addition, the CECC announced plans for reduced use of chemical vector control to minimize impact on the environment. [FULL STORY]

KMT raises suspicion over party assets sell-out

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-12-19
By: Chia Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

DPP on Friday called on the KMT to publicize their campaign finances to

KMT raises suspicion over party assets sell-out. Central News Agency (2015-12-19 18:17:26)

explain the controversy revolves around the KMT’s selling of its party assets.
The Democratic Progressive Party on Friday called on the Kuomintang to publicize its campaign finances to explain the controversy revolving around the KMT’s alleged selling of its party assets on the eve of the presidential election.

At a press conference Friday, the DPP suspected that the KMT is trying to get rid of its party assets, publishing advertisements calling for buyers for 26 plots owned by the KMT, according to media reports.

DPP presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen stressed that the KMT’s party assets have always been the root for the unfair competition in Taiwan’s politics, which has greatly harmed the development of the country’s democracy.

The KMT’s assets sell-out has made people question if the party is trying to raise the funds needed to cover its election expenses. While the DPP has already made transparent its campaign finances, Tsai called on the KMT presidential candidate, Eric Chu, to do the same. “Transparency and honesty is the best policy,” said Tsai.

Mild weather expected before Christmas: weather bureau

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/12/19
By: Chen Wei-ting and Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, Dec. 19 (CNA) Taiwan could continue to see mild weather until Dec. 24, when moisture-bearing cold air might bring a cold and wet Christmas to northern Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau said Saturday.

Daytime high temperatures through Dec. 23 could reach 25 degrees Celsius in northern Taiwan, and 28 degrees in central and southern parts of the country, forecasters said.

Lows could hover steadily between 17 and 20 degrees during that period islandwide, with mostly cloudy weather and occasional showers on Sunday and Monday, bureau data showed.

Much colder and wetter weather is likely from Christmas Eve, when the mercury could drop to 15 degrees in northern Taiwan, forecasters said. [FULL STORY]

KMT urged to stop asset sales

INVESTED:Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen has urged the Chinese Nationalist Party to explain if asset sales are related to the election campaign

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 20, 2015
By: Loa Iok-sin / Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡

A woman holds a child at an election campaign event in support of Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen in Taoyuan yesterday. Photo: CNA

英文) yesterday called on the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to stop selling its controversial party assets, questioning whether it is doing so to avoid supervision from the next legislature.

“The public should take this seriously. The KMT is trying to sell off its party assets before the legislative and presidential elections,” Tsai said in response to media queries while attending a campaign rally for the party’s legislative candidate in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District (中壢).

“I suspect that [the KMT] is selling the party assets with the intention of avoiding examination and supervision of the new legislature after the election and therefore I call on KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) to refrain from selling party assets prior to the election of the new legislature and the passage of legislation on political parties and party assets,” she said. [FULL STORY]

Verdict for MRT attacker on Dec. 25

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-12-18
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – December 25 will see the Shilin District Court give

Verdict for MRT attacker on Dec. 25. Central News Agency

its verdict on the man who stabbed four passengers at the Zhongshan Mass Rapid Transit station, reports said Friday.

The July 20 attack by Kuo Yen-chun was the second major incident to hit the Taipei MRT after a student named Cheng Chieh killed four and injured more than twenty on May 21 last year.

Kuo, 27, used a fruit knife in an attack on three women and a man on an MRT station escalator. He was overpowered by guards and by members of the public before he could kill anyone or leave the station.

Prosecutors, who charged him with murder, said at a court session Friday that they hoped the verdict would be severe in order to discouraging others from endangering the safety of MRT passengers. As the situation stood now, passengers didn’t have even the most basic feeling of security, prosecutors were quoted as saying. [FULL STORY]

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