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Pro-China media boycott urged

Tuesday, 18 June 2019 05:03 Taipei Times

New Power Party Legislator Huang Kuo-chang illustrates a point at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

The government must stop purchasing products from media outlets that publish propaganda from Beijing, New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said yesterday, adding that tens of millions of New Taiwan dollars is spent by government agencies every year on pro-China media companies.

Lam apologizes for causing ‘conflict’

Monday, 17 June 2019 04:48 Taipei Times

Protesters take part in a demonstration yesterday demanding the withdrawal of an extradition bill and the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
Photo: Reuters

In a statement issued last night by her office, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) apologized to the public with “utmost sincerity and humility,” after the second massive protest in a week over a proposed extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.

Sovereignty tops economy in poll

Sunday, 16 June 2019 05:49 Taipei Times

A graph displaying the results of an Academia Sinica survey presented on Friday shows that a majority of respondents placed national sovereignty above economic gains in cross-strait negotiations.
Photo: Chien Hui-ju, Taipei Times

A survey conducted by Academia Sinica has found that most respondents value Taiwan’s sovereignty over economic gains in cross-strait negotiations.

Fall armyworms spread into Hualien

Saturday, 15 June 2019 04:56 Taipei Times

Staff from the Taitung County Government Agriculture Department, the Taitung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station and the Luye Township Office destroy a corn field affected by fall armyworms in Luye yesterday.
Photo: Wang Hsiu-ting, Taipei Times

With Hualien County yesterday becoming the latest area to be affected by fall armyworms that have been wreaking havoc on the nation’s farms, Kaohsiung as well as Nantou and Pingtung counties were the only areas still free of the pest, the Council of Agriculture said.

Protesters, police clash in HK

Thursday, 13 June 2019 05:18 Taipei Times

Protesters clash with police during a demonstration outside the Hong Kong Legislative Council yesterday.
Photo: AFP

Hong Kong police yesterday fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who had massed outside government headquarters in opposition to a proposed extradition bill that has become a lightning rod for concerns over greater Chinese control in the territory.

Revoke HK’s special status, NPP says

Wednesday, 12 June 2019 04:50 Taipei Times

A poster calling for Hong Kong students studying in Taiwan to launch a strike in front of the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei at 10am today is shown in this image posted on Facebook.
Photo courtesy of Ho Wing-tung

New Power Party (NPP) legislators and a coalition of civic groups yesterday urged the government to cancel the special legal status granted to Hong Kong officials and investors with Chinese ties amid growing concerns over a Hong Kong extradition bill.

Hong Kongers protest extradition law

Monday, 10 June 2019 04:48 Taipei Times

People march along a main street in a protest against a proposed extradition law in Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: AP

Huge crowds yesterday thronged Hong Kong as anger swelled over a plan to allow extradition to mainland China, a proposal that has sparked the biggest public backlash against the territory’s pro-Beijing leadership in years.

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