SAFETY ISSUE: An NPP member said that people who wrote under pseudonyms and criticized China might have their identities exposed and be put in dangerBy Yang Cheng-yu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The National Security Council (NSC) should block any sale of the Apple Online news Web site to foreign owners backed by Chinese capital, as the news site could be used to influence domestic media or incriminate writers, the New Power Party (NPP) said yesterday.
Apple Online, which is linked to Hong Kong’s shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, on Wednesday announced that it had secured new ownership, although it has not yet identified who is behind the deal.
Citing sources from within Apple Online, Chinese-language media reported that Singaporean entrepreneur Joseph Phua (潘杰賢), cofounder of streaming platform 17Live, and Hong Kong businessman Kenny Wee
The New Power Party (NPP) on Thursday announced its first list of candidates to contest city and county councilor positions in November’s local elections, but it declined to confirm whether it would field any mayoral candidates.
The NPP said it has chosen six men and four women to run for councilor positions in Taipei, New Taipei City and Taoyuan, as well as Yilan and Hualien counties.
The party “hopes to bring more young talent into local councils,” NPP Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) said, adding that it aims to field as many as 50 councilor candidates across Taiwan.
The party is expected to announce
Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) The New Power Party (NPP) revealed on Thursday its first list of candidates who will be running for city and county councilor positions in the local government elections scheduled for November, but it declined to confirm whether it would field any mayoral candidates.
A poll conducted by the New Power Party (NPP) showed that a majority of respondents want authorities to crack down on Chinese investment in Taiwan’s science parks and ports, the party said yesterday.
Chinese investment in science parks and port areas is viewed as a national security concern, the NPP told a media briefing in Taipei.
Asked whether authorities should reopen investigations into Science Park Logistics a Taiwanese company that came under majority Chinese ownership 52.9 percent strongly agreed and 23.8 percent moderately agreed, the NPP said.
Only 6.6 percent disagreed and 3 percent strongly disagreed, it said, adding that