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US speaker makes late-night landing


US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center right, and her delegation are received by Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu, second left, at Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) yesterday evening.
Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taipei last night and was reportedly scheduled to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), legislators and democracy advocates before departing later today.

The speaker departed from Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon and touched down at Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) at about 10:43pm, where she was greeted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮).

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China shifts cognitive warfare tactics: study


An illustration shows chess pieces displayed in front of the flags of Taiwan, right, and China on Jan. 25.
Photo: Reuters

China has changed tactics in its cognitive warfare campaign against Taiwan, now favoring divisive negative stories about Taiwanese society, rather than positive stories about China, an Academia Sinica researcher wrote in a recently published paper.

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Retired Taiwan Power Co technician Lee Kuei-lin, left, accompanied by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tien Chiu-chin, yesterday explains the seriousness of recent accidents at the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant at the legislature.
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times

Cracks of up to 30cm have been found on the core shroud of the No.1 reactor at the idled Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in Wanli District (萬里), New Taipei City (新北市), an Atomic Energy Council official has confirmed.

Civic groups yesterday warned against reactivating the plant.

In addition to unsettled concerns about cracked anchor bolts at the reactor, Green Consumers Foundation chairman Jay Fang (方儉) revealed that two cracks were found on welded parts of the core shroud, which Fang said could lead to disaster if the reactor is reactivated without repairs.