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Virus Outbreak: Ban on Chinese minors to remain


The departure area of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport stands almost deserted yesterday. Less than 60,000 people entered and left the country through the airport on Tuesday — a 10-year low.
Photo: Tony Yao, Taipei Times

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that Chinese minor children of Taiwanese and Chinese couples would continue to be banned from entering Taiwan.

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Long way for a Taiwanese Oscar

As Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite made Oscars history as the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award, some may start asking, what about Taiwan? With South Korea opening a new door for Asian cinema on the Western stage, will Taiwanese films ever have a chance to enjoy the same top honor?

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US states urged to resist pressure on Taiwan


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien walk outside the White House in Washington on Thursday.
Photo: Bloomberg

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday urged US governors to resist Chinese pressure to shun Taiwan, as he warned that Beijing was increasingly taking its diplomatic battle to the local level.

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Virus Outbreak: MAC to suspend the ‘big three links’


Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday as Deputy Minister of the Interior Chen Tsung-yen looks on.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday announced that the “big three links” are to be suspended, effective tomorrow, due to the threat of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

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Newsflash


Amnesty International Secretary-General Salil Shetty speaks in an interview in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

Taiwan has made significant progress in the past 30 years in terms of human rights protection, Amnesty International (AI) secretary-general Salil Shetty said yesterday.

However, he said there is still room for improvement — especially when it comes to police brutality and the use of torture against peaceful demonstrators.

On his first visit to Taiwan, Shetty said it does not feel like an unfamiliar country, because AI, along with other global human rights organizations, have worked with Taiwan before, including efforts to rescue political prisoners during the Martial Law era.