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Taiwan retires first locally designed guided-missile corvette 02/01/2021 09:45 PM Photo courtesy of Military News Agency Taipei, Feb. 1 (CNA) The Navy on Monday retired the ROCS Ching Chiang, the first of Taiwan s 12 locally designed guided-missile corvettes that has defended the country s territorial waters for more than two decades. According to a report from Taiwan s Military News Agency, the decommissioning ceremony was held at Hsin Pin naval station in Kaohsiung, presided over by Tseng An-kuo (曾安國), commandant of the Navy s 131 fleet, to which the vessel was attached. Present and former captains of the corvette, along with its personnel, attended the event to bid farewell to the ship, according to the report. ....
A possible Chu-Chiang alliance to lead KMT By Tzou Jiing-wen 鄒景雯 Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) has decided to seek re-election as party leader late this year. He could potentially face challenges from candidates including former KMT chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫), Central Committee member Sean Lien (連勝文) and former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜). A possible new alliance has lately emerged, as Chu is said to have made a concession to Chiang by giving up his chairmanship bid, so they can work together to consolidate party support ahead of the local elections next year. The two could then team up in the primary to win the party’s nomination for a “Chu-Chiang” ticket in the 2024 presidential election. ....