Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/07/27
By:  Central News Agency

Taipei, July 27 (CNA) Some Taiwan-based airlines have announced changes to their flight schedules for Saturday as Typhoon Jongdari heads toward Japan.

The typhoon, which was 1,090 kilometers south-southeast of Tokyo as of 5 p.m. Friday, was expected to affect the Tokyo area on Saturday afternoon and evening.

EVA Air flight BR108 from Kaohsiung to Narita and return flight BR107 on Saturday, as well as flight BR180 from Taipei to Osaka and return flight BR 179 on Saturday were all called off.

Meanwhile, EVA Air flight BR198 from Taipei to Narita will be delayed to 1:50 p.m. instead of 8:50 a.m. Saturday, and return flight BR197 will be postponed to 7:30 p.m. the same day.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/27
By: Wei Yun-ling and CNA intern Wang Szu-chi

Taipei, July 27 (CNA) The 2019 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), which will take place Feb. 12-17 next year, opened for exhibitor registration Friday until Oct 20, according to the Taipei Book Fair Foundation.

The 2019 TIBE, which is organized by the foundation, will be held at the Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1 and 3.

The exhibition, featuring Germany as this year’s special theme, will be divided into five theme areas and nine exhibit zones, and will also host four book-related forums.

This year, books of Taiwanese illustrators who have been selected for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition since 1989 will be on display at the exhibition.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 28, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Newly inaugurated Minister of Justice Tsai Ching-hsiang (蔡清祥) yesterday said that he

has assigned judicial investigators to Hualien County to investigate allegations of abuse of power by Hualien prosecutor Lin Chun-yu (林俊佑), who reportedly interrogated kindergarten children and teachers for bullying his daughter.

“Prosecutors enforce the law and should themselves abide by the law. How could there be an abuse of power like this? I was deeply distressed to hear of the case and feel that Lin’s conduct is contemptible,” Tsai said.

Tsai said he has sent the Ministry of Justice’s chief secretary and a chief prosecutor to the kindergarten in question.

Tsai said that public prosecutors are already on the case, and the Prosecutorial Evaluation Committee could convene as early as next week to decide on disciplinary measures.    [FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-07-26

The second annual 2018 Taiwan Expo opened in Vietnam

on Thursday in Ho Chi Minh City.

Taiwan’s trade council chairman James Huang said that Vietnam has been Taiwan’s most important partner in Southeast Asia. It is the top market for Taiwan’s investments with 37% of Taiwan’s Southeast Asian investments in Vietnam. Taiwan has invested over US$30 billion in Vietnam.

Huang said that the people of Taiwan and Vietnam have enjoyed good relations. The people of the two nations share a similar culture as both are hardworking and have a passion for their work.

This year Taiwan has 190 companies hosting 250 booths at the Taiwan Expo.    [SOURCE]

CNBC News
Date: July 26, 2018
By: David Reid
GREG BAKER | AFP | Getty Images
A sign indicates the departure area for flights leaving Beijing airport on July 25, 2018.

 

• American, Delta, Hawaiian and United have changed how they refer to self-governed Taiwan on their websites to avoid Chinese penalties ahead of a Wednesday deadline.
• However the Chinese Aviation authority says the changes are incomplete, although does not specify why.
• China has previously asked that airlines in particular do not refer to Taiwan as a non-Chinese territory on their websites.

Four U.S. airlines have failed to satisfy China’s aviation

regulator over their website descriptions of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

China is asking foreign companies to avoid referring to Taiwan in particular as a country in its own right. Beijing policy dictates that China will refuse diplomatic relations with any country that recognizes the island as a sovereign state.

At present most sovereign states only hold official diplomatic recognition with the mainland People’s Republic of China (PRC), designating it, with some ambiguity, as the sole representative of China. Just 17 of 163 United Nations formally hold diplomatic relations with Taiwan, also referred to as the Republic of China (ROC).

In May, Washington described the Chinese demands over Taiwan naming as “Orwellian nonsense” and requested talks on the matter. China refused to engage and set a deadline of July 25 for firms, especially airlines, to make the changes.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei is holding a series of events celebrating the cultural essence of Wanhua District

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/07/26
By: Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taipei City invites the public to join the fun of

playing the Taiwanese version of the monopoly game – Hu-Lu-Yun (葫蘆運) – as part of the 2018 Wanhua Creative District program.

The program, themed the “Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea” (八仙過海), an allusion to Chinese mythology, features exhibitions at the historical block of Bopiliao (剝皮寮), lectures, 21 sessions of guided tours, and interactive activities, said Taipei’s Department of Cultural Affairs.

Hu-Lu-Yun, the Taiwanese version monopoly game that locals in Wanhua used to play during festivals, has been specially redesigned to incorporate the cultural traits and historical elements of Wanhua District, reported CNA.

Landmarks such as Longshan Temple (龍山寺), Bopiliao (剝皮寮), Qingshan Temple (青山寺), Dongsanshui Street Market (東三水市場), are among the highlights of the board game, which takes players on a journey to explore the district rich in historical heritage.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/26
By: Yang Shu-min and Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, July 26 (CNA) A Taiwanese company is being featured at the Asia

Agri-Tech Expo & Forum held in Taipei for its export of controlled environment agriculture factories to other Asian countries, which the Council of Agriculture (COA) is touting as a role model for the industry.

The indoor farming system developed by Taiding Automation Canopy Ltd. is so successful the company not only exports entire factories but also know-how for personnel training and facility maintenance to overseas investors, COA officials said on Thursday at the opening of the three-day show.

Taiding has become a model for the sector as it links the supply chain to demand, said Chen Jui-jung (陳瑞榮), vice president of the COA’s Agricultural Technology Research Institute.    [FULL  STORY]

ON THE FENCE: The FGG has redesignated Taiwan several times and explained its rules on displaying flags, saying that athletes would not be banned from showing their pride

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 27, 2018
By: Ann Maxon  /  Staff reporter

Taiwanese athletes might not be able to compete at this year’s Gay Games

in Paris under the name “Taiwan” after the French delegation of the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) unexpectedly changed the team’s name from “Taiwan” to “Taipei,” the Taiwan Gay Sports and Taiwan Gay Development Movement Association said yesterday, adding that it would continue to negotiate with the organizers to rename the team.

Although China has not openly commented on Taiwan’s participation in the Games, it has been widely speculated that the French government instructed the FGG to change Taiwan’s designation on its Web site due to pressure from Beijing.

On Tuesday, Beijing successfully lobbied the East Asian Olympic Committee to revoke Taichung’s right to host the first East Asian Youth Games in August next year as punishment for a grassroots campaign promoting a referendum proposal to rename Taiwan’s national sports team from “Chinese Taipei” to “Taiwan” for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

FGG officials had agreed to allow the athletes to compete as “Taiwan” and display the nation’s flag when they invited Taiwanese to participate in the event in February last year, association president Yang Chih-chun (楊智群) told the Taipei Times.    [FULL  STORY]