A senior Taiwanese official involved in mainland affairs has resigned as head of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) following a bribery investigation. Cheng Wen-tsan, a former vice-premier of Taiwan who became chairman of the foundation under the Mainland Affairs Council on June 7, announced his resignation on Sunday, saying he did not want to disrupt … Read more
They give lawmakers greater oversight powers over the executive branch, similar to those of the US Congress. They also allow deputies to request information and documents from government agencies, the military, and other bodies and individuals. The legislation also requires the president to deliver an annual address on the state of the island and respond … Read more
Spencer Liang, honorary chairman of the Taiwan Internet of Things Association, said more Taiwanese businesses have purchased high-end but cheap electronic components such as chip sensors from the mainland in recent years. There has been frequent cooperation, especially among small and medium-size enterprises in the Internet of Things sector, Liang said in an interview on … Read more
However, the ferry is now a popular option for Taiwan residents to travel to the mainland because only a small selection of cross-strait flights have resumed to date. According to Taipei’s Ministry of the Interior, fewer than 730,000 Taiwanese – just 37 per cent of the number in 2019 – travelled by boat from Quemoy … Read more
Founded in 1999 by Chiang Pin-kung, then chairman of the island’s Council for Economic Planning and Development, the club got its name from the monthly lunch meeting he hosted with top business leaders. It is the first large business group from Taiwan to visit mainland China after William Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party … Read more
“Due to political considerations, the WHO has continued to exclude Taiwan. This undermines the WHO’s efforts to create a more comprehensive global health architecture,” Taiwan’s semi-official Central News Agency quoted new Health Minister Chiu Tai-yuan as saying in Geneva. Chiu said the WHO should align its actions with this year’s assembly theme of “All for … Read more
The mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) released another strongly worded statement on Tuesday evening, saying Lai’s attitude in his inauguration remarks was “extremely rampant” while “his advocacy is even more radical” than before. “The entire speech was filled with antagonism and provocation, lies and deception – the ‘Taiwan independence’ stance is even more radical and … Read more
According to the commentary, Lai was “vigorously promoting separatist fallacies, inciting confrontation and hostility across the Taiwan Strait”. The speech was “full of provocative rhetoric, peddling the ‘two-country theory’ and advocating for ‘mutual non-subordination’ between the two sides”, it said. Several senior Beijing officials had earlier slammed Lai for sending “dangerous signals” in the speech, … Read more
Lai’s inauguration marks an unprecedented third term for the DPP. However, unlike Tsai when she became president in 2016, Lai made no mention of the 1992 consensus in his address. The consensus is a tacit agreement between Beijing and Taipei that there is one China but each side of the Taiwan Strait can have its … Read more
He also urged the island’s residents not to harbour any illusions about Beijing. “So long as China refuses to renounce the use of force against Taiwan, all of us in Taiwan ought to understand that even if we accept the entirety of China’s position and give up our sovereignty, China’s ambition to annex Taiwan will … Read more
