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The government has over the past five years shown “indifference” to the development of the nation’s sports industry, a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-affiliated National Policy Foundation said yesterday.
Kao Yuang-kuang (高永光), convener of the foundation’s Education, Culture and Sports Division, made the remarks at a news conference in Taipei held by the foundation to discuss the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) policies on education, culture and sports, as the five-year anniversary of the president’s first inauguration is on Thursday next week.
Although Tsai in 2016 said that she planned to double the government’s sports budget to NT$16 billion
Former legislative aides get jail time for spying for China
05/10/2021 09:37 PM
Chen Wei-jen (second from left) and Lee Yi-hsien (second from right). CNA file photo
Taipei, May 10 (CNA) The Taipei District Court on Monday sentenced two former legislative aides to jail time for their involvement in developing a spy network in Taiwan on China s behalf.
The case involved Chen Wei-jen (陳惟仁), Lin Yung-ta (林雍達) and Lee Yi-hsien (李易諴), although the latter died of cancer last September and therefore was excluded from the court s ruling Monday.
The court said the case can still be appealed.
They were indicted by the Taipei District Prosecutors Office in August 2020 for allegedly developing spying activities and organizing espionage networks in Taiwan for Chinese agencies, in violation of the National Security Act.
2021/05/09 12:34 National Policy Foundation analyst Chung Jie (left) and INDSR analyst Su Tzu-yun. National Policy Foundation analyst Chung Jie (left) and INDSR analyst Su Tzu-yun. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A military strategy analyst at the National Policy Foundation says the Chinese military might in the near future adjust the tactics it would use in an attempted invasion of Taiwan. Analyst Chie Chung (揭仲) pointed out in a recent lecture held by the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation that China will have acquired a large number of Xian Y-20 and An-225 heavy transport aircraft by 2025. This would provide the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAA) with the strategic air projection capabilities required to execute large-scale joint operations.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday held events across the nation to “celebrate Mother’s Day” and promote its US pork import and referendum voting initiatives.
The Central Election Commission on Friday said that the two referendum proposals the KMT initiated have received enough signatures for the petitions to pass, although a final decision on whether the proposals would be put to a vote on Aug. 28 is expected on Friday next week, after a commission review.
One proposal, initiated by KMT Legislator Lin Wei-chou (林為洲), asks: “Do you agree to a total ban on the importation of pork and related products containing