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NPP sets referendum drive in motion

Monday, 15 January 2018 06:55 Taipei Times

New Power Party members demonstrate in Taipei yesterday, calling for people to support its proposals for holding referendums on constitutional reform and changes to the minimum wage and labor laws.
Photo: CNA

The New Power Party (NPP) yesterday began a referendum drive to scrap newly approved amendments to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法), legislate for a minimum wage bill and require the president to call a national affairs conference to draft a new constitution.

China targets 10 groups for ‘united front’

Monday, 15 January 2018 06:48 Taipei Times

Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Ran Wanxiang takes part in a news conference in Beijing on Oct. 21 last year.
Photo: CNA

China is using economic incentives to target 10 types of groups in Taiwan as part of its “united front” tactics, an unnamed government official said, citing national security intelligence.