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Two pilots killed in helicopter crash

Taipei Times

Two Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters participate in the Han Kuang military exercises yesterday.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

This year’s Han Kuang military exercises were marred yesterday afternoon by the crash of an army helicopter at Hsinchu Air Force Base that killed the pilot and copilot.

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Beijing’s broken promises matter

Clifton Yin 尹立崇

On June 30, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee unanimously passed the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.” It took effect later that day.

The contents are secret and even Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) had not been permitted to see a draft before its passage.

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Global effort to counter HK law

Liberty Times Editorial

The situation in Hong Kong is changing rapidly. In just one week, China expanded its power by promulgating a new National Security Law for the territory, appointing new national security personnel and announcing implementation rules for the law.

The national government in Beijing and the local Hong Kong government have implemented a plan to turn the territory into a “one country, one system” model by outlawing Hong Kong residents’ desire for freedom and democracy. Beijing is also extending its dictatorship to the world by forcing all other countries to abide by the law by implementing all-encompassing global restrictions.

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Taiwanese risk ‘deportation’ to China

Taipei Times

Placards showing missing bookseller Lee Bo, left, and Chinese-Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, right, are placed on barricades outside China’s liaison office in Hong Kong on Jan. 19, 2016.
Photo: AFP

Beijing could request countries with which it has extradition agreements to deport Taiwanese to China to face criminal charges following the implementation of national security legislation for Hong Kong, a former Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official warned yesterday.

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Newsflash

Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) has called for Taiwan’s inclusion in the UN framework to help ensure peace in the region, as the world body is slated to begin its 78th session of the general assembly on Tuesday next week.

“Together we are stronger. It is time to act on this fundamental principle, including Taiwan,” Wu wrote in an op-ed published on Saturday on the Italian news site Le Formiche.

The UN Charter, which states that international disputes should be settled peacefully, has helped maintain the rules-based international order since the end of the Cold War, he said.