TAIPEI - The Chinese city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing for all of its 14 million residents on Wednesday after an initial screen
TAIPEI - The Chinese city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing for all of its 14 million residents on Wednesday after an initial screen
Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) has proposed combining Hsinchu city and county to create a “Greater Hsinchu” special municipality, and on Monday said he would not seek election as its mayor. As a former Chiayi mayor, I understand his reason for doing so.
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said in her inaugural address in 2016: “Industrial planning strategy and national land use should not be fragmented or shortsighted. We must also pursue balanced regional development, which requires planning and coordination by the central administration, and it requires our local governments to uphold the spirit of regional joint governance.”
Tsai understands that Taiwan is
Leaders of pro-localization organizations yesterday urged the public to vote “no” on tomorrow’s four referendums, as they accused the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) of collaborating with China to ruin Taiwan’s economy and thereby isolate it from the international community.
On the ballot will be questions related to banning pork imports containing traces of the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine, relocation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project to protect algal reefs off Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音), resuming construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) and holding referendums alongside national elections.
The Democratic Progressive Party government has
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterLeaders of pro-localization organizations yesterday urged the public to vote “no” on tomorrow’s four referendums, as they accused the Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） of collaborating with China to ruin Taiwan’s economy and thereby isolate it from the international community.