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No military exercise held on Saturday

Taipei Times

Minister of National Defense Feng Shih-kuan attends a meeting at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Nov. 17.
Photo: CNA

The Ministry of National Defense yesterday denied that it launched a multi-branch exercise on Saturday in response to Chinese military aircraft circling the international airspace around Taiwan.

Chinese aircraft fly around Taiwan

Taipei Times

In this Sept. 25 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese People`s Liberation Army Air Force Su-30 fighter, right, flies along with a H-6K bomber as they take part in a drill near the East China Sea.
Photo: (Shao Jing/Xinhua via AP)

Chinese military aircraft yesterday flew over the East China Sea to the south of Japan’s Okinawa Island and circled the international airspace surrounding Taiwan before passing over the Bashi Channel to return to China, officials from the Ministry of National Defense said.

Tensions heat up between DPP, NPP

Taipei Times

New Power Party Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, right, and caucus convener Hsu Yung-ming, second right, react to the passing of controversial amendments to the Labor Standards Act at a news conference in Taipei on Tuesday.
Photo: CNA

Tensions appear to have intensified between Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and New Power Party (NPP) legislators after a DPP caucus official reportedly called for a review of the parties’ relationship following disputes over amendments to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) that were passed on Tuesday.

Trump can lend a hand as Taiwan pivots east

Huang Tien-lin 黃天麟

When US president-elect Donald Trump was first elected, the pan-blue media referred to him as “a mad man,” “a clown” and talked about his unpredictability. Judging from his family, faith and statements, I said that his election was a good thing for Taiwan. Sure enough, less than one month later, there was good news for Taiwan as President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) talked to Trump over the telephone.

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