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Average monthly wage advances 3.22% RISING TREND: More than half of local firms increased wages three times over the past three years and nearly 60% raised them by 5%, an Academia Sinica report said The average monthly regular wage in September grew 3.22 percent from a year earlier to NT$46,643 (US$1,446), while the average total monthly wage — including overtime pay, performance-based ...
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Taiwan News Quick Take. POLITICSKo’s detention continues Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) is to be held incommunicado detention for another two months for alleged corruption involving the Core Pacific City (京華城) case during his tenure as Taipei mayor. Ko decided not to appeal the Taipei District Court’s decis.
Most willing to defend Taiwan: survey - Taipei Times
Oct 10, 2024 · In the event of a Chinese attack, 67.8 percent of the 1,214 people surveyed said they would be “very willing or somewhat willing” to fight in defense of Taiwan, while 23.6 percent said they would not be. Nearly 64 percent of respondents called China’s “territorial ambition” a “serious threat.”. However, 61 percent believed China ...
Tackling Trump’s Taiwan strategy - Taipei Times
1 day ago · Trump is expected to implement a transactionalist approach to Taiwan, including measures such as demanding that Taiwan pay a high “protection fee” or requiring that Taiwan’s military spending amount to at least 10 percent of its GDP. However, if the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) invades Taiwan, it is doubtful that Trump would dispatch US ...
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CGA unveils rewards for ship spotters AWARENESS: The coast guard called on the public, including fishers, to ‘stay vigilant to abnormal maritime activities’ to help counter the growing threats from the sea The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) yesterday said it would reward people who report the presence of foreign military ships, including those from China, in waters around the nation, as ...
Taiwan’s history and status: Taiwan has never been a part of China
Nov 28, 2023 · To correct some popular misunderstandings and to more effectively counter the PRC’s disinformation on Taiwan’s history and status, this article argues that: (1) Historically speaking, Taiwan has never been a part of “China”; and (2) legally speaking, both the Republic of China (ROC; 1912–1949) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC ...
US House passes Taiwan conflict act - Taipei Times
Sep 11, 2024 · The US House of Representatives on Monday passed the Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act, aimed at deterring Chinese aggression toward Taiwan by threatening to publish information about Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials’ “illicit” financial assets if Beijing were to attack. The act would also “restrict financial services for certain ...
EDITORIAL: Trouble is brewing within the TPP - Taipei Times
3 days ago · The US election result will significantly impact its foreign policy with global implications. As tensions escalate in the Taiwan Strait and conflicts elsewhere draw attention away from the western Pacific, Taiwan was closely monitoring the election, as many believe that whoever won would confront an increasingly assertive China, especially with speculation over a potential escalation in or ...
EDITORIAL: Taiwan still has time on its side - Taipei Times
Oct 27, 2024 · This means Taiwan still has time to boost its deterrence fundamentals, such as training and command reforms, which Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) is working on, and the nation’s whole-of-society preparedness, launched by Lai in June. Beijing’s latest exercises are intended to intimidate and bully, but do not presage ...
DPP bill to tighten rules on Chinese holding office
3 days ago · DPP legislators Puma Shen (沈伯洋), Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) and Michelle Lin (林楚茵) last week said they proposed the bill to amend the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (兩岸人民關係條例) to prevent Chinese operatives from infiltrating the military, government or educational ...