WION
Date: Nov 07, 2020
By: Sidhant Sibal

The increased societal interaction comes even as China has been aggressive with both India and Taiwan this year

Taiwan is set to host mega Diwali celebration that is being sponsored by the Taiwanese government and will see the participation of representation by government. The Diwali celebration will take place in the Taiwanese capital Taipei and is being organised by Taipei India Music and culture centre and Indians in Taiwan group. Deputy Taiwan Foreign Minister Tien Chung Kwang will be present at the celebrations.

Recently engagement between India and Taiwan have increased in terms of societal interaction. On Taiwan National Day, strong support was seen in India angering Chinese Embassy. Taiwanese president Tsai ing-wen had tweeted about Indian dishes and said her favourite food being Chana Masala and Naan. She also recalled her India visit, what she termed as "memories of a vibrant, diverse & colorful country."

The increased societal interaction comes even as China has been aggressive with both India and Taiwan this year. With India, the line of actual control row has been the worst Chinese build-up while with Taiwan, Chinese jets have been breaching the Taiwan strait median line that separates Taiwan from China.    [FULL  STORY]

Soompi
Date: Nov 7, 2020
By: blacksesame88

Taiwanese fantasy romantic-comedy drama “Lost Romance” is the perfect way to help us get through this strange year of 2020. Zheng Xiao En (Vivian Sung) is a romance novel editor who secretly fantasizes about a CEO falling in love with her. She also spends her time daydreaming about He Tian Xing (Marcus Chang), the handsome CEO of Tian Liang Group, whose company occupies the building opposite of Zheng Xiao En’s company. One day, Zheng Xiao En finds herself mysteriously transported into the pages of a romance novel where she meets her secret crush He Tian Xing. However, he isn’t He Tian Xing! In the fictional world, he is Situ Ao Ran, with a completely different personality. In the novel world, Zheng Xiao En tries to win Situ Ao Ran’s heart, but she soon discovers she isn’t the female lead but rather the evil second female lead.
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Highest intensity in Suao, Yilan County

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/11/07
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck under the Pacific off Yilan County in northeast Taiwan at 8:01 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 7).

The latest quake’s epicenter was located 29 kilometers northeast of the Yilan County Government, according to the Central Weather Bureau. The tremor struck at a depth of 8.4 km.

The quake registered an intensity of 4 on Taiwan’s 7-point scale in the Yilan County harbor town of Suao, CNA reported. Heping in nearby Hualien County saw the quake reach a level-3 intensity.
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Focus Taiwan
Date: 11/07/2020
By: Huang Huei-min and Ko Lin

Kinmen, Nov. 7 (CNA) The annual Kinmen Tunnel Music Festival started Saturday in an old military tunnel that used to hold military vessels, with South Korean baritone Ilhun Jung making his first appearance at the event.

Held on floating stages in Zhaishan Tunnel, the two-day show in Jincheng Township will also include performances by several local artists such as soprano Jeannie Chiang (蔣啟真) and harmonica player Jang Li (李讓).

With the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, renowned cellist Chang Chen-chieh (張正傑) said "hope" is exactly what the world needs right now, and music will help spread that positive energy.

According to the cellist, who is also the festival's art director, Jung arrived in Taiwan as early as September to undergo the 14-day mandatory quarantine in preparation for his appearance at this year's event.    [FULL  STORY]

CLOSED FOR REPAIRS: With Tsai’s refusal to agree to the so-called ‘1992 consensus,’ the former president’s ‘bridge for peace’ with China has been closed, Ma said

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 08, 2020
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has undermined Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) peace efforts with China, the former president said yesterday, adding that Tsai could meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), provided she agreed to the so-called “1992 consensus.”

Ma made the remarks at a forum hosted by the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation in Taipei, marking the fifth anniversary of his meeting with Xi in Singapore on Nov. 7, 2015, the first time that leaders from both sides of the Taiwan Strait had met since 1949.

“It was for building a ‘bridge for peace’ for dialogue between the two sides of the Strait,” Ma said of the meeting.

“The summit was not an accident, but was the result of our accumulated efforts over seven years to establish a common political foundation and build mutual trust,” he said. “Mr Xi and I exerted great effort to remove many obstacles to meet at the time, and we did so to advance the cause of peace across the Strait, and this would not be forgotten by history.”    [FULL  STORY]

Fox News
Date: November 06, 2020
By: Ralph Jennings

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – U.S. officials are speeding arms sales to Taiwan this year as the Asian island revamps its defense strategy against old, and more powerful, foe China, and experts on both sides say Washington is extra keen to show support.
 
Taiwan is shifting toward asymmetric warfare — the use of unconventional tactics against a stronger enemy — and analysts believe the U.S. government figures the right defensive weaponry should follow. U.S. officials for their part want to show China they will consistently oppose perceived threats of force against Taiwan, the experts say.
 
“Probably Washington’s consensus is that the Chinese intimidation is growing, the cross-Strait balance is tilting, heavily, and Taiwan’s arms procurement strategy or items have been in the past too much focused on force-on-force capability rather than asymmetrical capability,” said Alexander Huang, a strategic studies professor at Tamkang University in Taiwan.
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Radio Taiwan International
Date: 06 November, 2020
By: Shirley Lin

Premier Su Tseng-chang says that Taiwan will respect the outcome of the US presidential election, regardless of who wins. Su was speaking Friday, as several US battleground states continued to tally ballots. 

Su said that Taiwan has good relations with both main US political parties. He also said that President Tsai Ing-wen’s period in office has seen Taiwan-US relations greatly improve. He said the US has shown more support for Taiwan than before, and the US Congress has reaffirmed acts that are friendly to Taiwan.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 11/06/2020
By: Chang Jung-hsiang and Matthew Mazzetta

Tainan, Nov. 6 (CNA) Taiwan's China Petrochemical Development Corp. (CPDC) on Friday was ordered to pay NT$14.375 million (US$503,187) in compensation to Tainan residents for dioxin contamination caused by its plant in the city's Annan District.

In 2017, 229 residents living near CPDC's Anshun plant on Tainan's northwest coast filed a compensation claim against the company and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

They alleged that CPDC and its state-run predecessor had polluted the local waters with mercury, causing dangerous levels of dioxins in the fish and shrimp that served as one of their main food sources.

On Friday, Tainan District Court ruled that 190 of the claimants had already exceeded the maximum allowable time for making a compensation claim, but ordered CPDC to pay NT$14.375 million to the remaining 39 claimants, amounting to NT$368,590 per person.    [FULL  STORY]