China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) funded the pro-unification Concentric Patriotism Association’s attempts to influence Taiwanese politics, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.
The office issued a wanted notice for the association’s late chairman Chou Ching-chun’s (周慶峻) wife, Lin Ming-mei (林明美), and its secretary-general Zhang Xiuye (張秀葉) on charges of contravening the Anti-infiltration Act (反滲透法).
It said it would not posthumously indict Chou.
Prior to fleeing to China, Zhang was quoted as telling the Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau that Chou had received funding from the TAO’s main office, as well as the TAO branches in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong and Hubei provinces,
One of South Korea’s most powerful business organizations yesterday donated a batch of 5,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to Taiwan to help the country combat a serious COVID-19 outbreak.
The Federation of Korean Industries, which represents several hundred companies in Seoul, made the donation via the Korean Mission in Taipei to the Taipei-based Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association during a ceremony in Taipei.
Speaking at the event, the head of the Korean Mission in Taipei, which represents South Korean interests in Taiwan in the absence of the official diplomatic ties, said that although the donation was small, it was symbolic of the
A lockdown to contain a surging COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, where many Taiwanese companies have operations, could affect their shipments, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) said yesterday.
Speaking with reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the legislature’s Economics Committee, Wang said the Industrial Development Bureau had contacted Taiwanese firms in Shanghai to better understand the fallout from the lockdown.
Wang said that the companies’ operations had not been disrupted, but there are concerns that shipments could be affected.
Shanghai authorities on Sunday introduced a phased lockdown, with citywide testing to commence as the city reported a new high of
SHIPMENT DELAYS: Some Taiwanese production facilities in Shanghai expect restrictions to affect logistics costs, although overall operations should remain steady/ Staff writer, with CNA
Veterans Affairs Council Minister Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬) was in stable condition after being hospitalized on Thursday, the council said yesterday.
Feng, who served as the minister of national defense from 2016 to 2018, underwent stent surgery at Tri-Service General Hospital, council Deputy Minister Lee Wen-chung (李文忠) said.
Feng is breathing without an oxygen mask in an intensive care unit, Lee said.
Feng had been regularly visiting Taipei Veterans General Hospital for checkups on a heart condition until this year, when he transitioned to Tri-Service General Hospital, a source said on condition of anonymity.
The 76-year-old retired four-star general of the air force was