Taipei Times
Date: Oct 11, 2017 
By Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Students and members of pro-Taiwanese independence groups yesterday held a

“funeral” in Taipei, where they performed last rites for an effigy representing the “corpse” of the Republic of China (ROC), rejecting official Double Ten National Day celebrations and calling for the establishment of the nation of “Taiwan.”

About 200 people gathered on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building and held the ceremony and street theater performances.

The event was organized by university students, members of the band Northbird Singing Revolution and pro-independence groups From Ethnos to Nation (FETN, 蠻番島嶼社) and Nylon’s Canteen (暗暝合作社).

FETN member Chen Yu-chang (陳俞璋) presided over the funeral ceremony that involved traditional Taiwanese rituals, saying that the ROC regime was exterminated in 1949 with the Chinese Communist Party’s victory in the Chinese Civil War and the founding of the People’s Republic of China.    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: October 10, 2017

TAIPEI (AP) — Taiwan’s independence-leaning government will defend the self-

governing island’s freedoms and democratic system amid heightened tensions with rival China, President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday.

In an annual National Day address, Tsai also repeated her positions that Taiwan would continue to extend “goodwill” to China, and would neither buckle under Beijing’s pressure nor go down an adversarial path.

China cut off contact with Tsai’s government shortly after her inauguration last year and has refused to renew contact until she endorses Beijing’s view that Taiwan is a part of Chinese territory. Beijing threatens to use force to seize control of the island and has steadily increased diplomatic and economic pressure on Taipei over the last year and a half.

“We remain committed to maintaining peace and stability both in the Taiwan Strait and across the region,” Tsai said, according to an official English translation released by her office.    [FULL  STORY]

NewsFirst.ik
Date: Oct 09, 2017 
By: Lahiru Fernando 

LITRO Gas Chairman, N.M. Shalila Moonesinghe has been arrested by the Criminal

Investigations Department. Moonasinghe  was arrested after US$1.1 million from the Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan were found in his personal bank account.

He is due to be produced before court tomorrow.

Recap
Taiwanese authorities began investigating a hack on the FEI Bank on Friday, October 6.

Read More: Hack on Taiwanese bank: Sri Lankan suspect arrested, another in hiding

The hack transferred US$60 billion worth of funds to bank accounts in several countries, including Sri Lanka.

Another individual by the name of J.C. Nammuni was arrested earlier when he attempted to access funds transferred from the Far Eastern International Bank.
[FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-10-09

Taiwan’s top China policymaker, Katherine Chang, says that neither harboring hatred

nor currying favor with China can help the two sides solve their differences. Chang was speaking on Sunday at a reception for Hong Kong and Macao residents visiting Taiwan to celebrate the country’s National Day.

Chang is the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), the highest official government body charting Taiwan’s relations with China.

Chang said that while Taiwan insists on sovereignty, dignity, equality and reciprocity in its relations with China, the government also has “some flexibility.” She urged Beijing to hold talks with Taipei so that the two sides can together create a mutually beneficial, win-win situation.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News  
Date: 2017/10/09
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) cheerleading squad

was invited to perform at the national day celebrations, and the girls’ dress design of the cheongsam collar, cloud lines, and red- gold colors especially attract attention.

The 50-year-old NTHU cheerleading squad won the title of the University Cheerleading Championship Second Division this May.

The NTHU cheerleading squad was invited by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to lead the float parade as part of the National Day celebrations. They will dance, call out slogans, and react with people attending the celebrations while proceeding down the parade route, and then perform a show when they arrive at the venue in front of the presidential building, according to media reports.
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Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/09
By: Liu Chien-pang, Liao Yi-yang and Frances Huang

Taipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Monday that one

Sri Lankan accused of helping hackers to steal about US$60 million from a Taiwanese bank has been arrested in the South Asian country.

The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), Taiwan’s top financial regulator, said that day that while most of the lost funds have been recovered, about US$500,000 remains unaccounted for.

Chiu Shao-chou (邱紹洲), a CIB section chief, told the press that the suspect was captured by Sri Lankan police when he tried to withdraw about US$26,000 after the money was wired to his account from Taiwan Oct. 6.    [FULL  STORY]

The Independent
Date: October 7, 2017

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s banter with Singapore Armed Forces soldiers undergoing jungle and survival training in Brunei yesterday suggests that Singapore’s military ties with Taiwan will not be severed anytime soon, despite pressure by China and speculation by political pundits.

A video of Singapore Armed Forces troops telling Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that they are due to be deployed to Taiwan for training in January was recorded at the meeting yesteday, where the PM was heard confirming that the troops will be deployed to Taiwan in January, under Project Starlight.

Curiously, the video, reportedly published by The Straits Times, appears to have been deleted on Youtube a little while after it was posted.    [FULL  STORY]