Established in 1978 in the Pusin area (埔心) of Taoyuan’s Yangmei District (楊梅), CTW Logistics began as a container transport company before transforming into a modern logistics center. As a Hakka, Huang said he felt it important to publish the works of fellow Hakka writers. In his published history of Pusin, Huang wrote about the resistance fighter Hu Chia-yu (胡嘉猷), who fought against Japanese forces when they invaded Taiwan in 1895. Despite 124 years having passed since the Japanese invasion of Taiwan, Taiwanese still have not learned to see themselves as a nation and a people, he said. The Chinese Communist Party’s idea of ‘democracy’ — its ‘one country, two systems’ — is all under the party’s control,” he said.

By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter, with CNAThe Ministry of Culture yesterday said that it would discuss delaying the Taipei International Book Exhibition as a coronavirus infection spreads from China. The ministry, which organizes the event, called an emergency meeting with executive co-organizer the Taipei Book Fair Foundation and representatives from attending publishers to discuss the issue. It said it would announce a decision as soon as possible, following consultations with the foundation and publishers. This year’s edition of the annual exhibition is due to be held at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1 from Tuesday to Sunday next week. Taipei Book Fair Foundation chairman Robert Lin (林訓民) reportedly said that many foreign visitors would be attending the exhibition, so the implications of canceling or rescheduling it would be great.

AFP, SYDNEYScientists in Australia have successfully replicated the deadly Wuhan coronavirus, in what they said would be a “game changer” in the fight against a deadly epidemic which has stricken thousands. The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne yesterday announced that it had grown the novel coronavirus in cell culture from a patient sample, the first time the virus has been replicated outside China. “It will be a game changer for diagnosis.”China was quick to sequence the genome of the coronavirus and make it public, allowing scientists around the world to develop diagnostic tools and winning praise for its efforts, in contrast to the SARS outbreak of 2002 to 2003. Doherty Institute deputy director Mike Catton said the new finding meant scientists could now create an antibody test that would allow the coronavirus to be detected in patients who had not displayed any symptoms. “It will also assist in the assessment of effectiveness of trial vaccines.”Governments, universities and medical corporations worldwide are racing to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus, which has spread to more than 15 countries.

By Chen Yu-fu and Chung Li-hua / Staff reportersThe Executive Yuan yesterday urged Beijing to accept the nation’s request to evacuate about 300 Taiwanese stranded in Wuhan, China, after the city was locked down because of a coronavirus outbreak. The council has informed Beijing that it wants to charter a flight to evacuate Taiwanese in Wuhan, Kolas said, adding that the council was making the request out of humanitarian considerations. “We urge Beijing to refrain from making a decision on this matter based on political considerations,” she said. “We hope that Beijing will seriously consider our request to bring our compatriots back using a charter flight, considering that some of them have chronic diseases,” she said. “We will arrange for Taiwanese experts to arrive in Wuhan to observe the situation and offer instant updates on the situation,” Ma added.

Reuters, ABUJA and LAGOS, NigeriaAsk a Nigerian what corrupt politicians do with public funds and they might say: “They chop it.” The Oxford English Dictionary agrees. Hailing from the streets of Nigeria, “to chop” — meaning to illicitly make money — and “rub minds” — a synonym for “confer” — are among 29 distinctive aspects of Nigerian English to obtain pride of place in the august dictionary. Another of the unique Nigerian references now in the dictionary is “okada,” which stems from the massive traffic jams for which megacity Lagos is internationally notorious. “If over 190 million people are saying one thing, it is something that should be popular,” he said. To view Nigerian entries in the dictionary, visit public.oed.com/blog/nigerian-english-release-notes

Shares of the company, which operates 4,292 stores in China, fell 1 percent in extended trading. Currently about half of its stores are shuttered in China, which makes up about 10 percent of global revenue. Starbucks’ China rival, Luckin Coffee Inc (瑞幸咖啡), has said it would keep stores closed in Wuhan throughout the Lunar New Year holidays. Total net revenue rose 7 percent to US$7.1 billion, largely in line with analysts’ average estimate of US$7.11 billion. Net earnings attributable to the company rose to US$885.7 million, or US$0.74 per share, from US$760.6 million, or US$0.61 per share, a year earlier.

AFP, WELLINGTONThe 25th Super Rugby season starts tomorrow, but the silver anniversary will lose its shine with the absence of many stars who lit up the World Cup only a few months ago. Most of the Springboks squad that lifted the World Cup in Japan are now scattered throughout Europe and Japan. “We’ll back the young guys,” McKellar said. The Sunwolves start their final season against the Rebels, while the Crusaders play the Waratahs. The Stormers, who have kept Siya Kolisi and Pieter-Steph du Toit — while Eben Etzebeth and Damian de Allende have moved to France and Japan — play the Wellington Hurricanes and the Jaguares are at home to the Golden Lions.

What struck me, reading about his career now, was not how often Bryant succeeded, but how often he failed. He missed more shots than any other player in history, 14,481 altogether, more than 1,000 up on the man in second place, the Boston Celtics’ John Havlicek. There is a famous story about a Lakers game against the Utah Jazz in May 1997, Game 5 of the second round of the playoffs. With 40 seconds left, he tried another from the top of the arc, but it fell short. Then, with four seconds left — and the Jazz leading by three — he did it again, from the left: four air balls in five minutes.

“So let me say very openly: Yes, we all want zero tariffs and zero trade barriers, but that also means zero dumping and zero unfair competition. Britain and the EU must therefore conduct the negotiations on their post-Brexit economic relations in a way that “won’t harm the European Union,” Maas said. Meanwhile, the British government said it would introduce a bill into parliament yesterday for legislation to end automatic rights for EU vessels to fish in UK waters. The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that would allow Britain to operate its fish stocks sustainably outside the EU. “In future, access to fish in UK waters will be a matter for the UK to negotiate and we will decide on the rules that foreign vessels must follow,” it said.

AFP, WUHAN, ChinaHundreds of Americans and Japanese yesterday escaped the quarantined Chinese city at the center of a coronavirus epidemic aboard charter flights, as the death toll soared to 132 and confirmed infections neared 6,000. Australia said it would evacuate about 600 of its citizens from Wuhan and quarantine them on Christmas Island, which is normally used to detain asylum seekers. Authorities said the number of cases in Hubei Province, the epicenter of the virus of which Wuhan is the capital, soared by more than 800 from the previous day. The number of confirmed cases across the country climbed to 5,974, while the death toll nationwide jumped 26 to 132. Germany now has four confirmed cases, all of them employees at a Bavarian firm recently visited by a Chinese colleague, health officials said.

The tremors were felt as far as the US mainland, where police in Miami evacuated some buildings as a precaution. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake hit at a depth of 10km at 2:10pm — 125km northwest of Lucea, Jamaica. The first, bigger quake rattled several tall buildings in the Cuban capital, Havana, which were immediately evacuated. “I felt the house trembling and realized that it was a quake,” Kingston, Jamaica, resident Jawara Rawjers said. In Miami, police said buildings were evacuated as a precaution after reports of tremors being felt in some areas of the city.

However, fueled by a sense of injustice Hsieh and Strycova then went on to complete a 6-2, 6-3 victory in a semi-final that featured several more heated moments between the Czech players — moments that Hsieh looked to stay out of. “This is how it is sometimes.”“I’m very happy that we are through to the final,” she added. WOMEN’S SINGLESSimona Halep is back in the Australian Open semi-finals and Garbine Muguruza has made it for the first time. The pair of two-time major winners are to play for a spot in the final of the season-opening major after world No. “It was a great match.”Muguruza took a little more than 1 hour, 30 minutes to eliminate world No.

AP, WASHINGTONRepublicans lack the votes to block witnesses at US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said late on Tuesday, a potentially major hurdle for Trump’s hopes to end the trial with a quick acquittal. Earlier, Trump’s lawyers concluded his defense with a plea to move on. McConnell told colleagues in a private meeting that he did not yet have the votes to block Democrats from summoning witnesses. A decision to call more witnesses would require 51 votes to pass. If senators agree they want more witnesses, they would then have to vote again on whom to call.

By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center yesterday said that 96 suspected cases of severe pneumonia with novel pathogens were reported on Tuesday, bringing the total number of reports to 621, including eight people who are confirmed to have novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV). Of the 621 reports, 386 have been ruled out, and 227 people remain in quarantine for examination, including 92 people who had tested negative for 2019-nCov in their first screening. Chuang yesterday said that a smartphone would be provided to the 460 people who have had direct contact with confirmed cases. As for serious breaches of the policy, the command center could order a person to be put under compulsory quarantine at a designated facility, he said. NTUH pediatrician Lee Ping-ing (李秉穎), another command center specialist, said that so far all confirmed cases involve people who have traveled to Wuhan or have had close contact with people who visited Wuhan.

Reuters, MELBOURNEGerman seventh seed Alexander Zverev yesterday recovered from a slow start to beat former champion Stan Wawrinka 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the Australian Open to reach his first career Grand Slam semi-final. Zverev was once considered one of the leading Next Gen contenders to break the Grand Slam hegemony of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer — who have shared the past 12 majors between them. He totaled 31 double-faults during the three defeats, but his serve has been immaculate in the year’s first Grand Slam. This is a Grand Slam. The opening set against Wawrinka was the first that Zverev lost in this year’s Australian Open, but he won the next three sets by breaking his 34-year-old opponent’s serve five times.