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Shutting out cognitive warfare

Taipei Times Editorials

A woman who purchased books from Eslite bookstore was harassed by telephone calls from someone claiming to an Eslite marketing employee, saying that “there is no way Taiwan could win a war with China” and “unification with Taiwan is inevitable,” among other things.

The case not only involved the leak of personal data, but revealed the extent of the infiltration of China’s cognitive warfare that Taiwanese have to reckon with.

Alliance to promote Taiwan’s WHA bid

Taipei Times

The Taiwan United Nations Alliance yesterday said it would promote Taiwan’s visibility and publicize the nation’s contributions to global health on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly (WHA), which is to convene in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday.

Members of the alliance’s Here I Stand Project, which comprises young Taiwanese dedicated to speaking up for Taiwan at international events, as well as a number of doctors, are to depart for Geneva on Thursday, the alliance told a news conference in Taipei.

Beijing might be using Eslite customer data: party

Taipei Times

China might be using a suspected leak of personal information from the Eslite bookstore chain to wage cognitive warfare against Taiwanese, the Taiwan Statebuilding Party said yesterday.

Cynthia Yang (楊欣慈), deputy secretary-general of the Here I Stand Project, told a news conference in Taipei that she received a telephone call on Saturday night from a woman who said she worked at Eslite’s marketing department.

The woman asked Yang if she wanted to participate in an opinion survey the company is conducting among its customers.

Bilingual educators need support

Tao Yi-che 陶以哲

At the end of last month, the Cabinet’s draft act for the establishment of a “bilingual national development center” was set aside due to a lack of consensus in a preliminary legislative review. On Tuesday last week, the Taipei Department of Education said that more time was needed to reach the 2026 coverage target of bilingual teachers in the capital’s schools.

Taiwan’s bilingual policies face many challenges.

Bilingual education is an international trend and is nothing new in other countries. Spain and Indonesia have been running bilingual curriculums for many years and their teaching goes well beyond “classroom English.” The results of their approaches for bilingual learning are backed up by scientific research.

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