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General in spy case removed from post: MND

The China Post
Date: May 12, 2017
By: Joseph Yeh

TAIPEI, Taiwan — An Army general accused of being a Chinese spy has been removed from his post pending further investigation, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) has announced.

Maj. Gen. Hsieh Chia-kang (謝嘉康), former head of Taiwan’s Air Defense Missile Command, was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of breaching national security laws.

In a statement released late Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said Hsieh had been relieved of his duties as deputy commander of the Matsu Defense Command and had been demoted to an adviser at Air Force Command Headquarters.

Hsieh had served at the Air Defense Missile Command since graduating from R.O.C. Military Academy and is said to be familiar with the nation’s major missile systems and their deployment, including the indigenous Hsiung Feng III missiles and U.S.-supplied PAC-3 missiles.    [FULL  STORY]

Military personnel exchanges important for Taiwan: Tsai

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-05-10

President Tsai Ing-wen says military personnel exchanges are important for Taiwan.

President Tsai Ing-wen (front, center) greets visiting military personnel from several Latin American nations. (CNA)

Tsai was speaking Wednesday while meeting with military officers from Belize, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru.

The officers are in Taiwan to participate in an exchange program sponsored by National Defense University. Originally established in 1964, the program aims to offer training to military personnel in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Caribbean region.

Tsai talked about the importance of military personnel exchanges.   [FULL  STORY]

How and what to eat after working out to hit the spot?

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/05/10
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—To lose weight, don’t eat anything after working out? Or can

To lose weight, don’t eat anything after working out? Or can you eat a big meal after working out to reward yourself? (By Central News Agency)

you eat a big meal after working out to reward yourself? A dietitian said that it’s best to eat within 30 minutes after working out, recommending foods rich in protein and carbohydrate.

Many people think that only by eating nothing after exercise, can one lose weight. However, dietitian Yang Cheng-hua said that after exercise, blood will flow to the muscles that had just been worked out, and if no nutrients are replenished in the body to repair muscles damaged from the workout, the results are loss of muscle mass in the short run, and fatigue and loss of desire to work out in the long run.

As for those who think having a big meal after working out won’t make them gain weight, chances are they might have overestimated the intensity of their workout, Yang said. Even though taking in too many calories all of a sudden won’t make you feel tired, but it will pack on the pounds, he said.    [FULL  STORY]

Over 100 celebrities join campaign against homophobia

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/05/10
By: Hsu Chih-wei and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, May 10 (CNA) More than 100 Taiwanese celebrities, including pop divas A Mei (張惠妹) and Jolin Tsai (蔡依林), have joined an international campaign against homophobia and transphobia in support of same-sex marriage.

A total of 115 entertainers recently posed individually for photos holding rainbow placards to show their support for the cause.

The photos will be part of a special exhibition to mark the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on May 17, the organizer, the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights (TAPCPR), said on Wednesday.

Among the celebrities who participated in the photo display project were four winners of Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan’s Oscars), 28 winners of Golden Bell Awards (Taiwan’s Emmys), and 60 winners of Golden Melody Awards (Taiwan’s Grammys), the TAPCPR said.

The special exhibition, titled “See Through,” will open Thursday at Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei.    [FULL  STORY]

Second suspect investigated in spy case

TURNED?Travel records indicate that Major General Hsieh Chia-kang went to Thailand and Malaysia, where he allegedly met with Chinese intelligence agents, prosecutors said

Taipei Times
Date: May 11, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

 

Army Major General Hsieh Chia-kang (謝嘉康), who is being investigated over

Major General Hsieh Chia-kang, left, leaves the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office on Tuesday after being released on NT$100,000 bail. Photo: Chang Chung-yi, Taipei Times

allegations he leaked classified information on Taiwan’s missile defense systems to China, was released late on Tuesday after posting bail, prosecutors said.

They confirmed that they also questioned a second suspect, retired army colonel Hsin Peng-sheng (辛澎生), who allegedly recruited Hsieh, adding that he was released on bail early yesterday.

Both suspects posted bail of NT$100,000 and have been forbidden from leaving the nation, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office said.

Prosecutors said that Hsieh and Hsin were recruited by Chinese intelligence agents and attempted to develop a spy ring in Taiwan, in contravention of the National Security Act (國家安全法).    [FULL  STORY]

DPP slams ‘irrational obstruction’

The China Post
Date: May 11, 2017
By: Stephanie Chao

TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Tsai Ing-wen and the chiefs of Democratic Progressive Party- (DPP) ruled cities and counties have condemned the continual obstruction of the draft bill for the Special Act for Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Plan in the Legislature.

Both the president’s and mayors’ statements Wednesday came during and after the DPP’s Central Standing Committee meeting. For days, the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) caucus party has obstructed legislative procedure to review the draft bill that would grant a total budget of NT$882.49 billion for infrastructure projects around Taiwan, including new light railways and several rail extension or improvement projects over eight years.

Taking a harsher tone, Tsai condemned the KMT for employing “irrational obstruction” and resistance over not only the pension reform bills but also the infrastructure plan, calling the former a plan “to lessen the burden on the next generation,” and the latter “to invest in the next generation’s future.”

Magistrates and mayors of all political colors have all wished to acquire more funding for infrastructure projects to improve local living quality, the president said, saying that more consideration should be taken in regards of the needs of Central and Southern Taiwan to balance out regional development all over the island.
[FULL  STORY]

Presidential Office protests Taiwan’s WHA exclusion

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-05-09

The Presidential Office has issued a protest against Taiwan’s exclusion from this

(CNA)

year’s World Health Assembly (WHA).

The WHA will open in Geneva on May 22. Taiwan has attended the event for the past eight years as an observer. However, Beijing’s boycott of the Tsai Ing-wen administration means Taiwan did not receive an invitation this year before the online registration deadline.

On Tuesday, shortly after the deadline had passed, Presidential Office spokesperson Alex Huang called Taiwan’s exclusion unreasonable.

“We express our great regret and dissatisfaction. We call on the World Health Organization to recognize that Taiwan is a link in the world’s disease prevention system, to recognize that Taiwan’s 23 million people should enjoy the right to health without different treatment, and [to recognize] the appeals of countries from every region and international medical groups,” Huang said.    [FULL  STORY]

Free music performances to greet Maokong Gondola Riders on Mother’s Day

Taiwan News
Date: 2017/05/09
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC) announced on

Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation announced that four students from the Music Class of Nanmen Junior High School will bring live music to the Maokong Gondola stations.

Tuesday that four students from the Music Class of Nanmen Junior High School will bring live music to the Maokong Gondola stations between 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 14.

The talented young musicians have shined in the city’s music competitions in the categories of flute, oboe, clarinet, and French horn, respectively. They will perform at lobbies or plazas of the Maokong Gondola stations to mark Mother’s Day.

In addition, TRTC also recommended people to treat their moms to a decent restaurant or a teahouse specializing in tea delicacies in the Maokong area and take a walk to the nearby Zhangshan Temple, Camphor Tree Trail, and Flying Dragon Trail.

For inquiries, please call the 24 hour hotline (02)218-12345 or visit the Maokong Gondola website http://www.gondola.taipei/ (Chinese).

Taiwan sees 1st HIV-infected baby in three years: CDC

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/05/09
By: Chang Ming-hsuan and Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, May 9 (CNA) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealed a case on

(Picture downloaded from Pixabay)

Tuesday of an infant born with HIV/AIDS, the first such case in three years.

The CDC suspects that the virus was transmitted vertically through pregnancy to the child, the CDC said, adding that the mother, a 40-year-old Taiwanese living overseas, had not had a prenatal examination until she returned to Taiwan at eight months pregnant.

The doctor gave the woman a cesarean section soon after finding out that she is HIV-positive and prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis for the infant.

At 2 months old, however, the baby was still confirmed to be infected with the disease, the CDC said.    [FULL  STORY]

Navy monitoring missile site to thwart China spies

HSIUNG FENG III:The navy is surveilling the area where an anti-ship missile was accidentally fired to prevent Chinese vessels from finding the wreckage

Taipei Times
Date: May 10, 2017
By: Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The navy is still monitoring the waters off Kaohsiung to prevent Chinese spy vessels from picking up sensitive components from the Hsiung Feng III missile that was accidentally fired on July 1 last year, an officer said on Monday.

The anti-ship missile was accidentally fired by a Republic of China Navy Chinchiang-class corvette during a training exercise and struck a fishing trawler, killing one person and injuring three.

After intensive efforts to find the missile failed to produce any trace of the device, the navy concluded that it might have been totally destroyed after detonating when it hit the waters, said the officer, who declined to be named.

Although disintegration and immersion in salt water would likely make any debris worthless for intelligence purposes, the navy has been monitoring the area to prevent possible recovery of pieces by Chinese vessels and will continue to do so, the officer said.    [FULL  STORY]