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A minute changes the world

Industrial changes usually begin from a flash of inspiration. Since 2011, Brain Magazine has held creativity forum activities and exhibitions around Taiwan in an effort to sow the seeds of creativity.

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/09/12
By: Brain Wu (Wu Chin-sheng), Brain Magazine publisher,Taiwan News, Contributing Writer

Industrial changes usually begin from a flash of inspiration. Since 2011, Brain

Industrial changes usually begin from a flash of inspiration. (photo credit of creator: Nick Youngson – link to – http://nyphotographic.com/

Magazine and Taiwan Amoeba Design Association (TADA) have held creativity forum activities and exhibitions around Taiwan, bringing events to Tainan, Hsinchu, Pingtung and Yilan as well as the offshore islands of Kinmen and Penghu, in an effort to sow the seeds of creativity. It is hoped that the seeds will grow into flourishing plants.

Creativity f8orums sow seeds in rich soil

At the end of February 2012, while I was in discussions with the National Hsinchu Living Arts Center to set up an exhibition there, I received a call from Penghu Tourism Department director Chang Jui-tung, who was calling on behalf of Penghu Rotary International president Chen Chang-ming, to invite us to hold a “Penghu creativity forum.”

At first, preparations for the event came to mind and I brought them up in the conversation. At the other end of the line he instantly promised me everything, and in less than one minute, the Penghu creativity forum was a done deal. On the day of the forum, the audience packed the auditorium and spilled into the hallway, and their enthusiasm provided the momentum that saw a series of creativity forums being held around the country. All began from that one-minute talk.

Two minutes to lay the cornerstone for bringing peace and stability to a country

On Nov. 19, 1863, four and a half months after the end of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. With less than 300 words and less than two minutes in delivery, the speech promulgating the government of the people, by the people, for the people, became one of the greatest speeches in the history of the U.S. The speech that changed people’s values and awareness of human rights has transcended generations and continued to influence the whole world.
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President outlines policies for comics, praises award-winner

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/12
By: Chiang Pei-ling and William Yen

Taipei, Sept. 12 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) attended the 8th Golden

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, left) and Elizabeth Hsu

Comic Awards (CGA) Ceremony Tuesday at the Taipei New Horizon Building and addressed six major polices regarding comics and animation.

Tsai also thanked and praised the Special Contribution Award winner Hsu Mao-sung (許貿淞) for his contributions in establishing a publishing house during the Taiwan comic industry’s most difficult era, to help give local comic artists a space to show their creations.

The award was accepted on behalf of the winner by his daughter, Elizabeth Hsu (許綺芬).

The artist himself was indisposed due to poor health and unable to attend the ceremony in person.    [FULL  STORY]

Premier urges Lee Ming-che’s swift release by China

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 13, 2017
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday called on the Chinese authorities to quickly release human rights advocate Lee Ming-che (李明哲) and said he has ordered agencies to prioritize work to facilitate his return to Taiwan.

“Lee works at a non-profit organization as a human rights advocate. There is no way he could subvert the Chinese government,” Lai said. “I felt sorry for Lee being forced to confess at a trial in a manner nobody could accept.”

Lee on Monday pleaded guilty to a charge of “subversion of state power” at a hearing at the Yueyang City Intermediate People’s Court in Hunan Province.

He admitted to intentionally disseminating information attacking the Chinese Communist Party.

After Lee spoke, the court said it would announce Lee’s sentence at a future date.
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MND to recruit cybersecurity experts

INCENTIVES:The defense ministry is to offer bonuses to personnel in accordance with their proficiency, with the highest bonus expected to be NT$50,000 per month

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 12, 2017
By: Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) is to recruit cybersecurity experts from the private sector by offering special bonuses to augment the nation’s cyberwarfare capabilities, the ministry’s budget plan for the fiscal year 2018 says.

Service members with an “expert” rating in IT proficiency will receive a monthly cyberwarfare duty bonus of NT$50,000, according to the plan.

Their post-bonus salaries could be as high as NT$100,000, equivalent to that of a major general or a rear admiral, the plan said.

The cyberwarfare bonus is different from the ordinary IT duty bonus, a ministry official said on condition of anonymity.

The ordinary IT duty bonus was approved by the Executive Yuan on June 27 and was implemented on July 1, the official said.    [FULL  STORY]

Talim growing in strength, expected to hit Taiwan Wednesday

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-09-11

Meteorologists are closely monitoring Tropical Storm Talim, which is picking up

Netizens were reposting pictures of these altocumulus clouds seen in Taitung, southern Taiwan on Monday, urging each other to beware of the approaching storm system. However forecasters say these clouds have nothing to do with typhoons! (CNA photo)

strength as it heads toward Taiwan. The storm’s radius nearly doubled from Sunday morning to Monday morning, and is now 150km. Forecasters say if the storm continues at its current speed and direction, the bureau will issue a sea warning on Tuesday at noon, and a land warning on Tuesday night.

Premier William Lai visited the Central Weather Bureau on Monday for a briefing on the storm. The newly inaugurated premier urged the public to take the necessary precautions.

Lai said, “I’d like to urge everyone to keep watching the Central Weather Bureau’s updates. People in the path of the typhoon need to take precautions, especially those in mountainous regions of northeastern, central and southern Taiwan need to be prepared. Do not underestimate the strength of the storm. You must be cautious in preparing for it. It’s better to evacuate as a preventive measure so you aren’t taken by surprise.”    [FULL  STORY]

President Tsai participates in the opening ceremony of vocational classes for Southeast Asian students

Students are among the main focus of president Tsai’s New Southbound Policy

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/09/11
By: Taiwan News

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The opening ceremony of vocational classes for overseas

Photo courtesy of Chung Shan Industrial and Commercial School

Chinese students from Southeast Asia was held at Chung Shan Industrial and Commercial School this morning with the participation of President Tsai Ing-wen as she marked the event as an essential step to push the New Southbound Policy forward.

The opening ceremony took place in the presence of five principals from vocational high schools in Kaohsiung along with 400 overseas Chinese students. This is also the first joint opening ceremony with the participation of the president to accentuate the importance of young talents from South and Southeast Asian countries, reported by Liberty Times.

President Tsai said vocational skills in the development of both technology and economy are important and that the demand of highly-technical employees requires sufficient education. Therefore, she hoped that the schools will cultivate more well-developed talents for the needs of industries.    [FULL  STORY]

MAC urges China to release Taiwanese activist after hearing

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/11
By: Lu Hsin-huei and Ko Lin

Taipei, Sept. 11 (CNA) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Monday urged

CNA file photo

authorities in China to release Taiwanese human rights activist Lee Ming-che (李明哲) and to assure his safe return to Taiwan.

In a statement released late Monday after the hearing, the MAC commended China’s act of good will for allowing Lee’s wife and mother to attend his hearing in China, and it said the government will do everything it can to help Lee’s family to secure his release.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) also called on China to consider the impact Lee’s case would have on cross-strait relations and urged Chinese authorities not to make Taiwan-China relations even more tense than they already are.

The Taiwanese human rights advocate went missing after entering China via Macao on March 19, and he was later confirmed to have been detained by Chinese authorities.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwanese observers to attend Black Dart counterdrone exercises in US

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 12, 2017
By: Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Taiwan has been invited to attend the US military’s Black Dart counterdrone exercise in June next year, a Ministry of National Defense official said on Sunday.
Black Dart is a live-fire exercise held annually at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida where troops target drones, the official said on condition of anonymity.

Four Taiwanese military observers are expected to attend the exercise along with observers from other nations and compile a report on US counterdrone tactics for the military’s consideration, he said.

The first Black Dart exercise was held in 2002 and it became an annual exercise following the success of the initial event, with an increasing number of foreign nations invited to send observers, the official said.

Black Dart constantly updates its tactics and arsenal to keep abreast of the latest emerging threats, and US troops tested 55 countertactics in the exercises in 2015, he said.    [FULL  STORY]

DPP tops donation chart as KMT reports deficit

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 11, 2017
By: Tseng Wei-chen  /  Staff reporter

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) received NT$147 million (US$4.90 million) in political donations last year, the most of all political parties and about NT$25 million more than the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), a report published by the Control Yuan last week said.

The report showed the DPP received NT$106 million from individuals and NT$36.66 million from corporations, while it spent NT$115.97 million.

The party spent NT$33.99 million on personnel, NT$37.65 million on general business, NT$27.51 million on election campaigning and NT$5.72 million funding candidates, according to the report.

The KMT received NT$122 million in donations, NT$65.75 million of which came from individuals and NT$55.16 million from corporations, the report said, adding that it spent NT$38.96 million on personnel, NT$60.45 million on general business, NT$36.38 million on election campaigns and NT$24.06 million on candidate funding.
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Wife of detained Taiwanese activist arrives in China for his trial

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-09-10

The wife of human rights advocate Lee Ming-che has arrived in China to attend his

Lee Ching-yu, the wife of human rights advocate Lee Ming-che, departs from Taipei’s Songshan Airport on Sunday. (CNA photo)

court hearing on Monday morning.

Lee is being tried in Hunan province for “attempted subversion of state power”. He has been held incommunicado since he was detained in March. Lee’s wife, Lee Ching-yu, says her husband went to China with the intention of sharing Taiwan’s experience of democratization.

Lee Ching-yu received a landing visa upon arriving in Shanghai on Sunday afternoon, and is now on her way to Changsha. She is accompanied by a lawyer, officials from the semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and two representatives of a civilian group advocating Lee’s release, among others.    [FULL  STORY]