Dancing spirit
Losing Taiwan ‘disaster’ for US: intelligence reportDECLINE: While giving China more clout, technology and access to the region, taking Taiwan would weaken the US and remove the only Chinese-speaking democracy, it said China winning control of Taiwan would be “disastrous for the US,” while Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and the Chinese Communist Party “are not being held sufficiently accountable for their actions,” Air & Space Forces Magazine cited an unclassified US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) report as saying. The ONI brief, released under the signature of ONI Commander Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, reportedly says that the US and China “are engaged in an international struggle between competing visions.” “China is executing a grand strategy, and has been unified in pursuing it comprehensively and aggressively for many years,” the magazine last week citedBy Chang Pei-yuan and Jake Chung
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July 15, 2023 09:20 UTC
Looking forward to a break
Nanya cuts capital expenditure by 19%FORECAST: The DRAM chipmaker said its average selling price would drop a little this quarter, but that supply and demand would begin to balance out in the fourth quarter Nanya Technology Corp (南亞科技) yesterday reduced its capital expenditure by about 19 percent for this year after posting its third straight quarterly loss last quarter, as chip prices dipped for the fifth quarter in a row due to oversupply and flagging demand. The New Taipei City-based DRAM chipmaker expects its average selling price to drop slightly this quarter from last quarter, following a low single-digit percent decline last quarter. “We have a mixed picture for the third quarter. 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. The DRAMBy Lisa Wang
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July 15, 2023 05:02 UTC
Coach recalls Brazil banning women’s soccer
Coach recalls Brazil banning women’s soccerAFP, SAO PAULO, BrazilDilma Mendes does not remember how many times she was arrested as a child. Playing soccer in Brazil. Ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup starting next week in Australia and New Zealand, where Brazil will be in action, Mendes recalled the lengths she went to in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a soccer player. Soccer coach Dilma Mendes, right, takes a training session at the Arena 2 de Julho Football School in Camacari, Brazil, on Wednesday last week. After retiring as a player in 1995, Mendes moved into coaching and helped unearth Formiga, a legendary former midfielder for the Brazil women’s team.
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July 15, 2023 03:38 UTC
Two parties suggest gender equality amendments
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.
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July 14, 2023 23:06 UTC
India’s Jaiswal credits skipper Rohit for steering him through Test debut
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.
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July 14, 2023 21:39 UTC
The world after a successful Chinese invasion of Taiwan
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.
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July 13, 2023 16:39 UTC
Gou, Ko, Hou, Huang and housing
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?
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July 12, 2023 21:41 UTC
Looking back
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
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July 12, 2023 18:42 UTC
Elderly people and the hot weather
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.
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July 12, 2023 16:59 UTC
Ministry touts the results of visit by students from Israel
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.
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July 12, 2023 12:53 UTC
Assessing slump in the economy
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.
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July 11, 2023 21:44 UTC
MediaTek launches new chipset, eyes emerging markets
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.
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July 11, 2023 18:39 UTC
PLG CEO fired over harrassment claim
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.
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July 11, 2023 18:37 UTC
Dreaming of nature under recycled mountains
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.
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July 11, 2023 03:50 UTC
Chinese female economists blasted for meeting Yellen
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.
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July 11, 2023 03:37 UTC