A recent slew of sexual harassment cases shows that the existing laws are insufficient to help the victims, NPP Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) said. The amendments should expand the definition of sexual harassment and extend the statute of limitations on sexual harassment of minors, he said. The NPP’s version of amendments demand that sexual harassment investigations at corporations include third-party individuals and a proportional number of female and gender equality experts as investigators, NPP Legislator Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) said. The TPP caucus also urged local governments to establish local sexual harassment prevention centers to provide victims with legal assistance and mental health support. Legal measures and administrative policies help foster a friendly work environment, TPP caucus convener Lai Hsiang-ling (賴香伶) said.

India’s Jaiswal credits skipper Rohit for steering him through Test debutReutersIndia batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal on Thursday thanked Rohit Sharma for talking him through his Test debut after the left-hander scored an unbeaten 143 against the West Indies in a sparkling opening partnership with his captain. The first India batsman to score a century on debut outside Asia in more than 21 years, he told reporters that Rohit’s insight and experience had been vital. India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal, left, hits a four as West Indies wicketkeeper Joshua da Silva watches on the second day of the first Test at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica, on Thursday. Photo: AFP“He kept telling me how to play on this wicket and where the runs will come from,” Jaiswal said. It was an emotional moment and I enjoyed it a lot,” he said of his first Test experience.

The world after a successful Chinese invasion of TaiwanFrom the proliferation of nuclear weapons to a loss of faith in democracy, six security experts analyze the impact a successful Chinese invasion of Taiwan would have on their countries and the globeBy Noah Buchan / Staff reporterNuclear weapons would proliferate. They then have to imagine the consequences of China’s successful invasion of Taiwan. On this page, we discuss some of the major points expressed by the analysts from Japan, South Korea, the EU, Australia and India. “[A successful Chinese invasion of Taiwan] would change Japan’s security environment fundamentally. Consequently, a successful invasion of Taiwan by China would change little in the burgeoning bilateral relationship, though it would have implications on a range of other issues.

Gou, Ko, Hou, Huang and housingBy Yu Kung 愚工Hon Hai Precision Industry Co founder Terry Gou (郭台銘), former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) and former legislator Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) have promised to attend a housing justice and judicial reform rally on Sunday on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei. Gou is one of the richest people in Taiwan; Ko was the mayor of the most unaffordable city in terms of housing prices; while Hou and Huang have large real-estate holdings. Seeing this band of four at the rally is likely to trigger outrage at their supposed “support” of housing justice. Are Gou, Ko, Hou and Huang like this? They know that housing justice should be supported, but would they support it seriously?

TSMC unfazed by Chinese controlsclosely monitored: The long-term impacts of the restrictions on pricing and supply in the international market would be watched closely, minister Wang said Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said it did not expect any direct effect on its production caused by China’s latest export controls on two rare metals essential for making semiconductors. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs announced on Monday that exports of gallium and germanium are to require a license starting from Aug. 1 over security concerns, as Beijing and Washington tussle over the global market for chips. TSMC, whose clients include Apple Inc and Intel Corp, controls more than half the world’s output of the silicon wafers that are used to power everything from drip

Elderly people and the hot weatherBy Tsai Jr-keng 蔡志鏗Taiwan seen from space is shaped like a sweet potato, and it has been well and truly baked in the past few weeks. Have government agencies thought about how to help these lonesome people handle the baking hot weather? The elderly people tell her the weather is unbearably hot. Agencies could send a vehicle to take the elderly person somewhere that has air-conditioning, a service that daycare workers provide. This assistance would help elderly people living alone to get through the challenge of extreme weather.

Ministry touts the results of visit by students from IsraelBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporterA group of students from Reichman University in Israel has completed a trip to Taiwan under the Argov Fellows Program in Leadership and Diplomacy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a news briefing yesterday. Twenty-one Israeli students arrived in Taiwan on July 2 for a week-long visit to promote exchanges with Taiwanese students, Department of West Asian and African Affairs Director-General Anthony Ho (賀忠義) said. The students also exchanged opinions with their counterparts at National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University, as well as representatives of the ministry’s International Youth Ambassador Exchange Program, he said. The Argov Program, the brainchild of former Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov, is a year-long interdisciplinary curriculum that combines academic training and practical skills through courses, seminars and workshops, the program’s Web site says. It selects about 20 Reichman University students and nurtures them for leadership positions for Israel, it says.

Additionally, the strength from domestic consumption support to GDP growth must exceed that of export headwinds. The key to answering these questions will hinge on whether the three fundamental causes that have driven the recent path of Taiwan’s GDP growth are temporary or persistent phenomena. Thus, as activity fully normalizes, the additional support to GDP growth will fade. The remarkable performance of exports in 2021 was unique, mainly because the global tech cycle environment was extremely favorable to Taiwan’s tech industries. As the economy fully normalizes, additional support from private consumption to GDP growth will fade, so the second two determinants have played a more influential role.

MediaTek launches new chipset, eyes emerging marketsBy Lisa Wang / Staff reporterMediaTek Inc (聯發科), the world’s biggest supplier of 5G mobile chips, yesterday launched its latest Dimensity 6000 series chipset, seeking to capitalize on growing demand for affordable 5G smartphones in emerging markets including India. For example, 5G penetration in India is expected to reach 40 percent this year, compared with 20 percent last year, MediaTek said. The first smartphone featuring the Dimensity 6100+ chipset, made with 6-nanometer technology, is to be available next quarter, it said. The smartphone chip segment was the biggest revenue contributor to MediaTek, making up about 46 percent of revenue in the first quarter, company data showed. In April, MediaTek said the consumer electronics segment was down due to soaring inflation, adding that it expects mobile phone chip revenue to pick up sometime during the second half of this year.

PLG CEO fired over harrassment claimStaff writer, with CNAThe acting chief executive of the P.League+ has been fired due to a sexual harassment allegation less than a week after taking over the leadership of the professional basketball league from its previous chief executive, who stepped down over similar charges. Then-P.League+ marketing director Chou Chung-wei poses at a media event in Taipei on Oct. 14 last year. “[I] was quite shocked when it happened,” Amber wrote of the incident, adding that she soon returned to where the cheerleaders were gathered. However, that led to more entertainers backing Tina Chou’s story, including Yuan Kuo (郭源元), Julie Tsai (蔡玓彤) and DJ Swallow (妖嬌). Tina Chou, Tsai and DJ Swallow worked with Chen when he hosted the television program Blackie’s Teenage Club.

A poster for the exhibition “Mountains, Ocean and Sky: Nature in Me,” currently on view at the Museum of World Religions. The “path toward a quiet night” at the “Mountains, Ocean and Sky: Nature in Me” exhibition doesn’t feel exactly quiet. Visitors are encouraged to lie in the circle platform and gaze upward at the turquoise mountains at the “Mountains, Ocean and Sky: Nature in Me” exhibition. The ocean room at the “Mountains, Ocean and Sky: Nature in Me” exhibition invites visitors to swing with the waves. It’s a jarring contrast from the nature exhibition, going from the abstract to the concrete, but one that is comprehensible.

Chinese female economists blasted for meeting Yellen‘TRAITOR’: Critics online, including a professor, accused the women of being US spies or getting some reward for meeting with the US Treasury headBloombergA group of Chinese female economists and entrepreneurs who dined with US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen have been blasted by online nationalists for betraying their country by interacting with the US official. US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, center, speaks during a lunch meeting with female economists in Beijing on Saturday. “I see it all the time when I’m almost the only woman in the room,” Yellen told the women. The backlash against the women echoes attacks waged by online nationalists against foreign female journalists of ethnic Chinese origin working for Western news organizations. “Women’s participation in the workforce is one of the major drivers of creating inclusive growth,” the Treasury said in a statement after Yellen’s meeting.

‘Nervous’ Stokes can’t watch finaleAFP, LEEDS, EnglandEngland captain Ben Stokes on Sunday admitted he was too nervous to watch the closing stages of his side’s thrilling three-wicket win over Australia in the third Ashes Test at Headingley. England’s Harry Brook plays a shot against Australia in the third Ashes Test at Headingley in Leeds, England, on Sunday. “I’m not going to lie, I was a bit nervous at the end,” Stokes told reporters. I walked about 2k[m] around the Headingley dressing room in the last half-hour, I didn’t actually watch the last 20 runs being scored.”“It’s a completely different place when you can’t do anything, you can’t influence the game any more. “The way Brooky controlled the game from ball one with the bat was amazing,” Stokes said.

The Liberty Times Editorial: Many are the paths to the top seatThe presidential candidates of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) either are, or have been, mayors of special municipalities. Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) of the TPP completed two terms as Taipei mayor. Hou You-yi (侯友宜) of the KMT is now in his second term as mayor of New Taipei City. Before them, Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) was appointed mayor of Taipei and provincial governor of Taiwan. Lien Chan (連戰) and James Soong (宋楚瑜) were appointed Taiwan provincial governors without ever having run for mayor or commissioner.

Prices for some products are picking up mildly, while some are declining,” Nanya Technology president Lee Pei-ing (李培瑛) told a virtual media briefing. Nanya Technology Corp president Lee Pei-ing poses for a photograph in New Taipei City’s Taishan District on June 23 last year. The bulk of this year’s budget would be spent on next-generation DRAM technology, with half of the amount earmarked for the construction of facilities, the company said. Operating losses widened to NT$3.19 billion last quarter from NT$2.89 billion the previous quarter, the chipmaker said. Nanya Technology attributed the deterioration to a low single-digit percent quarterly decline in its average selling price, costs from lower utilization and inventory write-offs.