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Editorial
Date: 2015-06-11

Alibaba Group founder and executive chair Jack Ma is eager in to expand his business in both

Taiwan and South Korea, but the two countries have responded in opposite ways.

Alibaba and its Taobao units have been determined by Taiwan to be Chinese-invested ventures, instead of foreign companies as they claimed, and were ordered to shut down their local operations in March and May, respectively.

On the other hand, after launching its Taobao platform in South Korea, Ma and South Korea’s deputy prime minister Choi Kyoung-hwan jointly unveiled a national pavilion for South Korea on the Alibaba website on May 18.

This demonstrates how Taiwan has remained strict on the entry of Chinese investors who are welcomed elsewhere around the world.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/11
By: Tony Liao and Lillian Lin

Washington, June 11 (CNA) U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch said that he echoes the sentiment of

President Ma Ying-jeou’s speech emphasizing the importance of allies and partnerships in at a video conference jointly sponsored by the Republic of China’s Presidential Office and Stanford University on June 2.

The senior Republican senator from Utah pointed out in a press release issued on June 9, “On the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, our strategic partnerships in the Pacific are more critical now than ever.”

“From tension in the South China Sea to North Korea’s latest saber-rattling, the need for vigilance demands that we leverage the combined strengths that our great nations have to offer,” he added.

The president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate also stressed the importance of continuous cooperation on security and ever-closer economic, social, and cultural bonds between the two countries.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-06-11
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

The camaraderie of the First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force,

nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was remembered at the US National Memorial Day events in Washington DC on May 25, and the presence of 95-year-old former pilot Chen Hung-chuan on a parade float attracted great attention.

Supported by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US, the ROC Veterans Association in Washington DC participated in the parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

The ROC veterans displayed a model plane about one-third of the size of the Curtiss P-40 fighters flown by the Flying Tigers with their distinctive shark face nose art, and a huge flag bearing the national emblem. Chen, who was deputy commander-in-chief of the ROC Air Force before his retirement, received warm applause from the crowd when the master of ceremonies announced that the ROC was an ally of the United States in WWII.      [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/10
By: Lu Hsin-hui and Elaine Hou

Taipei, June 10 (CNA) The Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), Taiwan’s main weapons research and development unit, will screen a video of locally developed weapons and other military systems, alongside the actual hardware display, at the Paris Air Show later this month.

The video, released earlier this week, highlights the features of the Hsiung Feng III supersonic anti-ship missile and the Tien Kung III surface-to-air missile, which were developed by the CSIST.

The video also explains the institute’s role in an international space project called AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02) that is seeking to gather data about the origins of the universe.

Produced by CSIST, the video is one of three that will be screened at the Paris Air Show and were posted recently on the institute’s website.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/06/10
By: Lo Kuang-jen and Lillian Lin

Taipei, June 10 (CNA) An exhibition featuring cooperation between the air forces of the Republic of China and the United States during World War II and post-WWII surveillance flights over the Chinese mainland by the secret “Black Cat Squadron,” which has been touring four universities in Taiwan in the past month, has received warm responses.

The exhibition features photos, film and documents from the private collection of John Fu (傅中), an ROC Air Force veteran.

Currently residing in the United States, Fu has coordinated with various American universities in the past two years to curate the exhibition, with the aim of keeping alive the memories of the comradeship of the air force personnel of the two countries.     [FULL  STORY]