Union members will vote from Friday night until Saturday June 29 noon

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/28
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Flight attendant union representatives leaving talks with the EVA Air chairman Friday afternoon (By Central News Agency)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A meeting between representatives of the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union and EVA Air Chairman Steve Lin (林寶水) Friday (June 28) afternoon might result in the signing of an agreement and the end of the strike on its 10th day Saturday (June 29), according to the Ministry of Labor.

More than 2,000 flight attendants at the private carrier walked out on June 20 to underline their demands regarding overtime and long working hours. Supporters said difficult working conditions were sufficient reason for the industrial action, while critics lambasted the airline staff for disrupting the travel plans of thousands of people.

About 1,000 flights have been canceled since the beginning of the strike, affecting an estimated 200,000 passengers, the Central News Agency reported.

Following Friday afternoon’s meeting, reports indicated that both sides in the dispute might sign an agreement to end the strike around Saturday noon at the earliest.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/28
By: Cheng Chi-fong, Sunrise Huang and Elizabeth Hsu

Kaohsiung, June 28 (CNA) Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) has publicly apologized for the

CNA file photo

Kaohsiung Tourism Director Pan Heng-hsu (潘恆旭) was the person censured for his participation in the June 25 inauguration ceremony of a three-mini-links route between Kaohsiung's Qijin Harbor and Dongtou Harbor in Wenzhou in China's Zhejiang Province.

The maritime route was later denounced by the Mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan's top China policy-making body, as a "fraud" because the two destinations are not part of the "three mini-links" between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Also, the ferry company supposedly operating the route had disbanded in mid-June.
[FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 27 June, 2019
By: Paula Chao

Citizens in Taiwan took to the streets this week to protest “red media” — or, Chinese influence in Taiwan’s news outlets. Taiwan’s media landscape is vast with many contenders. Some are regarded as more China-friendly than others. In this week’s Taiwan Insider, Andrew Ryan and Natalie Tso break down the political leanings of 18 of Taiwan’s most prolific media outlets. 

Hong Kong Free Press
Date: 27 June 2019
By: Yimou Lee and James Pomfret

When Taiwanese businessman Jhang Yun-nan wanted to find buyers for his company’s new

Lin Guo-cing, a senior official of the Chinese Unity Promotion Party, sits at a cafe at a theme park he is planning to introduce to the China market, in Chiayi, Taiwan, April, 9, 2019. Photo: Ann Wang/Reuters

A senior member of the Chinese Unification Promotion Party (CUPP) said the group would “have a word” with officials from Guangdong’s Administration for Market Regulation to help Jhang’s China-based Yi Yuan Ji Biotechnology Co Ltd – on one condition.

Lin Guo-cing, a senior official of the Chinese Unity Promotion Party, sits at a cafe at a theme park he is planning to introduce to the China market, in Chiayi, Taiwan, April, 9, 2019. Photo: Ann Wang/Reuters.

The member, Lin Guo-cing, told Jhang in the presence of Reuters that a “correct ideology” was needed to do business in China, touting access to dozens of Chinese officials in Guangdong.

“I support peaceful unification across the strait,” Lin told Reuters, echoing the view CUPP expects Taiwanese it works with to embrace. China views Taiwan as a wayward province to be brought under Beijing’s control, by force if necessary. The defeated Nationalist government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with the Communists.

To assist with “reunification,” Beijing is cultivating networks of supporters in Taiwan and ramping up campaigns to lure Taiwanese with lucrative business opportunities in exchange for backing Beijing’s agenda.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/27
By:  Central News Agency

Shieh Ming-yan (謝銘洋), Yang Hui-chin (楊惠欽),Tsai Tzung-jen (蔡宗珍) and l Lu Tai-lang (呂太郎) (left to right)
Shieh Ming-yan (謝銘洋), Yang Hui-chin (楊惠欽),Tsai Tzung-jen (蔡宗珍) and l Lu Tai-lang (呂太郎) (left to right) (By Central News Agency)

The four nominees are Kaohsiung High Administrative Court President Yang Hui-chin (楊惠欽), Minister of Examination Tsai Tzung-jen (蔡宗珍), Shieh Ming-yan (謝銘洋), a professor of law at National Taiwan University and Judicial Yuan Secretary-General Lu Tai-lang (呂太郎).

There are 113 seats in the legislature, and nominees must obtain at least half of the votes to consider their motion passed, according to the Constitution.

Only 71 legislators participated in the vote Thursday, while 42 abstained.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/27
By: Flor Wang and Wu Jui-chih

Taipei, June 27 (CNA) EVA Airways Corp. reported the Taoyuan Flight Attendants' Union to the police

Tsai Yi-i

Tsai Yi-i (蔡頤奕), a lawyer who represents EVA Air, filed a report at Nankan police station in Taoyuan, as the strike entered its eighth day.

Tsai said he is representing 32 flight attendants who want to return to work, adding that EVA Air informed the union Wednesday night, asking for the return of their passports, mainland China travel permits and EVA Air employee IDs.

As of 10 a.m., Thursday, the union had not returned the documents, forcing the airline to report the matter to the police, Tsai said.    [FULL  STORY]

The Washington Examiner
Date: June 26, 2019
By: Joel Gehrke

Mass protests against Chinese President Xi Jinping’s attempt to encroach on Hong Kong’s judicial system have fortified neighboring Taiwan and other U.S. allies, according to lawmakers and analysts.

“It’s at least a tactical victory,” Patrick Cronin, the Hudson Institute’s resident scholar for Asia-Pacific security issues, told the Washington Examiner. “In the larger U.S.-China policy, it’s a protracted political war with Xi Jinping.”

The struggle between Washington and Beijing is unfolding across a variety of interconnected theaters. The Chinese technology giants that U.S. officials regard as spy threats provide the regime with high-tech tools for domestic repression. China has long regarded Taiwan as its property, but Xi sees dominating the island as crucial to enhancing his regime’s ability to project power in the Indo-Pacific region.    [FULL  STORY]