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Engineers mull cause of collapse


The Nanfangao Bridge in Yilan County’s Suao Township is pictured after the bridge collapsed yesterday morning.
Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times

Yesterday’s collapse of the Nanfangao Bridge (南方澳橋) in Yilan County might have been due to rusted anchoring points, Taipei Technology College of Engineering dean Sung Yu-chi (宋裕祺) said.

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Top police chief vows strict probe into paint attack


Liang Tai-fu, center, an alleged accomplice in an attack on Sunday on Hong Kong singer and democracy advocate Denise Ho, is led away by police officers in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times

National Police Agency Director-General Chen Ja-chin (陳家欽) yesterday vowed to conduct a strict investigation into an attack against Hong Kong singer, actor and democracy campaigner Denise Ho (何韻詩) on Sunday in Taipei.

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Newsflash


Old and new versions of the US Department of State’s online fact sheet on Taiwan are pictured in a composite screen grab, with notable changes highlighted for emphasis.
Photo: Screen grab and graphic by the Taipei Times

Changes to the US Department of State’s fact sheet on Taiwan indicate a significant warming in relations between the two nations, an academic said yesterday, as Beijing denounced them as “political manipulation.”

The department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs on Thursday updated its online fact sheet on Taiwan-US relations, removing statements saying that Washington acknowledged Beijing’s “one China” position and did not support Taiwanese independence.