President observes International Migrants Day Posted: 18 Dec 2020 03:10 PM PST Radio Taiwan International
Date: 18 December, 2020
By: Leslie Liao
 The DPP published a video featuring immigrant women from seven Southeast Asian countries The United Nations designates December 18 “International Migrants Day.” Though Chinese pressure means that Taiwan is barred from participating in the UN, President Tsai Ing-wen has still observed the occasion on Friday. This year, Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party invited immigrants from Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Malaysia to film a video celebrating the International Migrants Day. In the video, the immigrants say that they are Taiwanese and referred to Taiwan as their new home. President Tsai Ing-wen, who is the Democratic Progressive Party’s Chairperson, also appears in the video, thanking immigrants to Taiwan for their contributions to the country. The Democratic Progressive Party says it established an immigrant affairs committee in 2017. Several committee members are immigrants themselves, and they contribute to the party’s policies on immigrant issues. [FULL STORY]  | Strong Plurality of Taiwanese Public Think Military Conflict Between Taiwan And PRC Likely Within Next Ten Years Posted: 18 Dec 2020 03:07 PM PST Redfield And Wiltons Srategies
Date: Dec 18, 2020 Taiwan’s foreign minister Joseph Wu has recently urged for a new international alliance against China, and suggested that after cracking down on Hong Kong, China’s next target could be Taiwan. In October, Xi Jinping called on troops to “put all (their) minds and energy on preparing for war.” Five months after our previous polling in Taiwan, the same proportion (45%) of respondents think that military conflict between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is likely in the next ten years. Under President Donald Trump, the United States significantly boosted military aid to Taiwan, and the Taiwanese are waiting to see if the incoming Joe Biden administration will follow the departing President’s policy. In the light of continued concerns about a potential war between Taiwan and the PRC, a majority (52%) of the Taiwanese public express support for closer political and military ties between Taiwan and the United States. Only a tiny minority (8%) oppose closer ties, while around a third (35%) neither support nor oppose.6 [FULL STORY]  | Taiwan wants Cathay Pacific to correct wording on documents Posted: 18 Dec 2020 02:55 PM PST Hong Kong airline lists Taiwan as part of 'China area' on pandemic-related travel formTaiwan News
Date: 2020/12/18
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
 Taiwan wants Cathay Pacific to correct the wording of a form (Facebook, Cathay Pacific photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After a passenger was forced to sign a document listing Taiwan as part of China on his travel history, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) demanded Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific correct the wording, reports said Friday (Dec. 18). Chinese bullying linked to its territorial claims over Taiwan has led to repeated incidents of international companies listing the self-ruled island nation on websites as part of the communist country. A traveler wrote on Facebook that when he wanted to board a Cathay Pacific flight out of Taiwan, he was presented with a document where he had to mark which area he had been visiting before arriving in Hong Kong, CNA reported. The choice was between a high-risk area, a country outside China, or “the China area (including the interior, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan),” he said. The form, registered as 599H, was supposed to provide information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[FULL STORY]  | Colon cancer most prevalent in southern Taiwan: study Posted: 18 Dec 2020 02:47 PM PST Focus Taiwan
Date: 12/18/2020
By: Flor Wang and Chang Ming-hsuan
 Image taken from Pixabay for illustrative purposes only Taipei, Dec. 18 (CNA) Colon cancer, the leading cause of death among cancer patients in Taiwan for 12 consecutive years, is most prevalent in southern Taiwan, with one in nearly 200 people suffering from the disease, a study has found. In 2018, 497 per 100,000 people in southern Taiwan (the Yunlin/Chiayi/Tainan area) suffered from colon cancer, followed by 467 in greater Taipei (the Taipei/New Taipei/Keelung/Yilan/Kinmen/Matsu area) and 420 in the Kaohsiung/Pingtung/Penghu area, the Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (SCRS) said on Friday when publishing the results of a study based on data collected from the National Health Insurance Program. That same year, there were 369 colon cancer patients in central Taiwan (the Taichung/Changhua/Nantou area), 365 in northern Taiwan (the Taoyuan/Hsinchu/Miaoli area), and 354 in eastern Taiwan (the Hualien/Taitung area). A further analysis found that an average of one out of every 200 people in the Yunlin/Chiayi/Tainan area could have colon cancer — 1.4 times the number in the Hualien/Taitung area — with one in six patients being diagnosed in the fourth stage.
[FULL STORY]  | US lawmakers call to rename TECRO Posted: 18 Dec 2020 02:44 PM PST ‘ENDURING CHANGES’: The US representatives also urged the US Department of State to lift ‘self-imposed guidelines’ restricting bilateral relations between the US and Taiwan Taipei Times
Date: Dec 19, 2020
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
 A sign outside the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington is pictured on Nov. 25.
Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times A joint letter by 78 US lawmakers calls on the US government to change the name of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Washington to the “Taiwan Representative Office” and start talks toward a free-trade agreement. Dated Thursday, the letter addressing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was signed by US representatives Michael McCaul, Steve Chabot and other Republicans. Following the Nov. 3 election, US Democrats would hold 222 of the US House of Representatives’ 435 seats, compared with the Republicans’ 211. “The use of the word ‘Taipei’ fails to accurately reflect the strong ties the United States has not only with national-level government officials in Taiwan’s capital city, but with many subnational governments as well as the people of Taiwan,” the letter says.
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