A survey following the KMT-CCP Straits Forum found that 63.6% or respondents want to see the government adopt effective countermeasures to counter Beijing’s policies aimed at undermining Taiwan
 
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/06/11
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – According to the results of a poll conducted by Taiwan’s Cross-

File photo (By Central News Agency)

Strait Policy Association, released on June 10, a majority of Taiwanese citizens favor effective counter measures to push back against China’s policies aimed at suppressing Taiwan economically, and diplomatically.

Over 60 percent of those surveyed said that the government should institute counter-measures to effectively stymie the suppressive and coercive policies being enacted by Beijing, however the survey did not propose any specific manner of counter-measure.

The survey was carried out from June 8 to June 9 with 1,070 respondents, following the 10th annual Straits Forum in Xiamen, where KMT politicians meet annually with representatives of the Chinese Communist Party.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/11
By: Sabine Cheng and Hsu Hsiao-ling

Taipei, June 11 (CNA) Taiwanese visual designer Wu Chen (吳箏) has been honored as

Wu Chen (吳箏, right); Photo courtesy of Wu Chen

the top “New Talent” in the editorial category at the 2018 World Illustration Awards.

Wu earned the honor at the London-based awards for his work “Eggs” comprised of five interesting yet philosophical illustrations about eggs.

Eggs symbolize infinite possibilities in ordinary daily life, the winning artist said, because the space enclosed in their rounded white eggshells before hatching inspires the imagination of people, especially “the imagination of the future and unknown.”

One of Wu’s illustrations designed to trigger people’s imagination features an egg walking on a cable.    [FULL  STORY]

INTERVIEW: Beijing concerned over Taipei 2020’s reach
Hideki Nagayama, the director of the Taiwan 2020 Campaign Council and chairman of the Taiwan Research Forum, in an interview with ‘Taipei Times’ staff reporter Huang Tai-lin said that the campaign has made Beijing anxious due to its outreach and appeal to Japanese, and that China is concerned about the extent of the campaign’s effects, while acknowledging pro-China and China-phobic tendencies in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

Taipei Times (TT): From the initiative that you launched years ago that ended up allowing Taiwanese living in Japan to list “Taiwan” as their nationality instead of

A member of the Tokyo-based Taiwan 2020 Campaign Council speaks through a loudspeaker at a petition stand at the Keisei Ueno station in Tokyo on June 2.
Photo courtesy of Taiwan 2020 Campaign Council director Hideki Nagayama

“China,” to the campaign promoting Taiwan’s participation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics under the name “Taiwan” instead of “Chinese Taipei,” why are you, a Japanese, so supportive of the efforts to rectify Taiwan’s name in the international arena?

Hideki Nagayama:It first came to my attention in 2003 that Taiwan was listed as “China” on the alien registration cards issued by the Japanese Ministry of Justice. I found it to be unreasonable, but my demand for a correction was rejected by the ministry, despite the ministry being aware that Taiwan does not belong to China and that the Japanese government does not recognize Taiwan as a part of China.

It appeared to me that the ministry was afraid of incurring China’s anger by making such a correction.    [FULL  STORY]

India Times
By: Arka Roy Chowdhury

Take a break in Taiwan’s capital city Taipei, a city of diversity and beauty. Taipei never sleeps, and so you can actually experience a full 24 hours in Taipei. The city is almost 300-year old, with influences from Chinese, Japanese and South East Asian countries. Taipei knows how to handle its oddity and present it as one of its primal charms. Whether you are exploring the city’s food or taking inspiration from its old structures, it is defi nitely going to present to you a delightful experience like no other. So if you happen to be in Taipei for a day, you should be in for some luck as there can never be a dull moment in this city. Here is a 24 hours guide for the Taiwanese city of Taipei.

Breakfast for champions

Start your day with a sumptuous Taiwanese breakfast. You will notice that the streets are buzzing with people quite early in the morning, and it should not be so difficult to settle for a breakfast place. You should try the local dish dan bing, which is a type of pancake, and go for the salty soy milk. Then you also must try Chinese omelette, and shao bing, which is baked wheat cake.

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

A notable place in Taipei, here you must watch the changing of the guards. The place is a national monument and a pretty prominent landmark; you will find this event happening inside the grand hall, and also in front of the statue of a historical figure. You could visit the place at 9 am sharp to witness the fifteen minutes event. The other two places to witness changing of the guards are Sun Yet Sen Memorial Hall, and at Martyr’s Shrine.    [FULL  STORY]

OA Online
Date: June 9, 2018
By: Associated Press

A dragon boat race game held at night time as part of the annual Lu-Kang Dragon Boat Festival Celebration Series events. (Photo: Business Wire)

CHANGHUA, Taiwan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun 9, 2018–The Lu-Kang Dragon Boat Festival Celebration Series event held in Lukang Township in Changhua County, has long been one of the 12 major cultural activities in Taiwan.

Since Changhua County Magistrate Wei, Ming Ku took office in 2014, he has been actively seeking to fascinate more tourists with a marketing pitch of spending their night life at Lukang.

In addition, he has rescheduled the key event, dragon boat race, from daytime to nighttime, to avoid the summer heat and successfully attracted more tourists. The annual dragon boat race game is scheduled to take place between June 16 and 18 this year.

Last year, the series event has attracted nearly 100,000 visitors during the weekend, while the number of the visitors during the four-day Dragon Boat Festival, which falls between June 16 and June 18 this year, has reached a record high of over 100,000 visitors every day.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/09
By: Ku Chuan, Elaine Hou and Ko Lin

Taipei, June 9 (CNA) Despite Taiwan’s isolation on the international stage, the country

Peter Hwang (黃再求, third right); Photo courtesy of Peter Hwang

must go on with its humanitarian efforts overseas so that its name will stand out on the world stage, according to former ambassadors to Haiti and eSwatini in recent interviews with CNA.

Peter Hwang (黃再求), a former Republic of China (Taiwan) ambassador to Haiti, said he believes that the wide variety of aid offered by Taiwan is a reflection of its experience in setting up successful aid programs.

Hwang said that although the country’s post-quake relief fund to Haiti in the wake of the 2010 devastating earthquake was far behind that of many other donor nations, projects carried out by Taiwan’s mission to the Caribbean nation, including the reconstruction of a high court building, were completed on schedule.
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Taipei Times
Date: Jun 10, 2018
By: Cheng Hung-ta and Sherry Hsiao  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Two groups from Taiwan and Japan yesterday called for the formation of an

Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) chairman Lau Yi-te, second right, Tokyo-based Taiwan 2020 Campaign Council chairman Satoru Mizushima and others raise their fists at a news conference at which they announced the establishment of a Taiwan-Japan councilors association.  Photo: Cheng Hung-ta, Taipei Times

association of Taiwanese and Japanese city councilors to push back against Chinese pressure.

The initiative was proposed by the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) and Tokyo-based Taiwan 2020 Campaign Council at a news conference held by the TSU to bolster Taiwanese and Japanese efforts to petition for Taiwan’s participation in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics under the name “Taiwan.”

Council chairman Satoru Mizushima said he has been in contact with several Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) legislators, and has also proposed the formation of an association of Taiwanese and Japanese city councilors to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is the president of Japan’s ruling LDP.

Abe approved of the idea and the council plans to establish the association this fall, he said.    [FULL  STORY]

The Star
Date: 9 Jun 2018

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia does not have an extradition treaty agreement with Taiwan, one of the two countries that Jho Low is believed to be hiding in.

The other is China which Malay­sia has a Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) treaty which can be used to extradite a wanted person.

A legal expert said it was not impossible to bring Low from Taiwan but cautioned that it would be a tedious and difficult process.

There were ways to go around this to get the expulsion order, said former Kuala Lumpur Bar Criminal Practice Committee chairman Lim Chi Chau.    [FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-06-08

Running may be good for your health. But are organized running events good for the

A Greenpeace survey says only 40% of runners given a souvenir shirt ever wear it again after their race. (CNA photo)

environment? Environmental conservation organization Greenpeace has been making some suggestions on how to make long-distance running events greener.

Last year there were nearly 800 long-distance running events held in Taiwan – more than two a day. Greenpeace estimates that the events saw 4 million disposable cups, 3 million souvenir running shirts and 3 million plastic bags given away. That’s not to mention the countless plastic water bottles discarded along the course. These all place a burden on the environment.

Greenpeace’s Luo Ke-jung says polyester running shirts pose a threat to the marine ecosystem. When a shirt is washed, an estimated 1,900 plastic microfibers detach and enter the water cycle. When they reach the sea they may suck up heavy metals or other pollutants and end up in the bodies of fish – and ultimately in the bodies of humans.
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