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Academic held in China for 420 days

Saturday, 14 September 2019 05:30 Taipei Times

The Straits Exchange Foundation offices are pictured in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chung Li-hua, Taipei Times

A veteran supporter of cross-strait exchanges has been arbitrarily detained in China for 420 days, sources told the Liberty Times (the sister newspaper of the Taipei Times) yesterday.

Rights advocates call for probe on electronic IDs

Wednesday, 11 September 2019 04:51 Taipei Times

Taiwan Association for Human Rights secretary-general Chiu E-ling, center, and social activists hold a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday to urge the Control Yuan to investigate a government plan to issue electronic ID cards.
Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times

The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) and the Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) yesterday called on the Control Yuan to investigate a government plan to start issuing national electronic identification cards (eID) next year, saying they constitute invasion of privacy.

Hundreds join NYC march for Taiwan

Monday, 09 September 2019 05:02 Taipei Times

Taiwanese expatriates and others march in New York City on Saturday during the annual UN For Taiwan/Keep Taiwan Free rally.
Photo: CNA

Hundreds of Taiwanese expatriates and others marched in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Saturday to call attention to Taiwan’s exclusion from the UN and Beijing’s efforts to further shrink the nation’s space in the international community.

Hong Kong demonstrators gather in renewed rallies

Saturday, 07 September 2019 05:53 Taipei Times

Protesters erect Lady Liberty Hong Kong — a statute depicting a schoolchild wearing a gas mask and carrying an umbrella — at a rally against “White Terror” at Chater Garden in Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) yesterday said that measures announced this week to help restore order in the Chinese-ruled territory were a first step as thousands gathered outside a subway station in renewed protest after months of sometimes-violent unrest.

Lam formally rescinds extradition bill

Thursday, 05 September 2019 05:23 Taipei Times

A man at a home electronics store in Hong Kong yesterday watches Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announce the withdrawal of an extradition bill.
Photo: AP

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) yesterday said that her government would formally withdraw an extradition bill that has ignited months of protests.

HK activists call for Taiwanese to rally

Wednesday, 04 September 2019 04:42 Taipei Times

From left, Hong Kong democracy activists Lester Shum, Eddie Chu and Joshua Wong visit the Democratic Progressive Party’s headquarters in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong (黃之鋒), Lester Shum (岑敖暉) and Eddie Chu (朱凱迪) yesterday called on Taiwanese to support the territory’s fight for greater democracy and autonomy by holding a rally before China’s National Day on Oct. 1.

Institute starts 10-year smart defense program

Monday, 02 September 2019 05:53 Taipei Times

The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology has launched a 10-year “smart national defense” program that would use artificial intelligence (AI) systems and big data analytics to improve the military’s strategic capabilities.

“Smart national defense will focus on cyberwarfare and gathering intelligence over the Internet to allow us to accurately predict the enemy’s movements,” institute director Colonel Lin Gau-joe (林高洲) said.

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