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MOTC mulls railway track expansions Posted: 20 Dec 2020 06:50 PM PST FASTER TRAIN TRAVEL: The transport ministry’s planned upgrades to sections throughout Taiwan, to be finished by 2027, are under review at the Executive Yuan Taipei Times
Date: Dec 21, 2020
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
 The first Puyuma Express train to run from Taitung to Pingtung counties on the South Link Line runs along the east coast yesterday.
Photo provided by trainspotter Lao Hou via CNA The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) yesterday said it is studying the feasibility of upgrading certain single-track railway sections to dual tracks, after the electrification of all Taiwan’s major railways has been completed. The South Link Line became fully electrified yesterday after seven years of construction. President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) marked the occasion with a ride on a Puyuma Express train from Taichung Railway Station to Taimali Station (太麻里) in Taitung County, accompanied by Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) and Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍). Travelers would no longer need to change from electric express trains to diesel-powered trains when transferring to the South Link Line, Tsai said at a ceremony in Taitung.
[FULL STORY]  | Police link couple to heroin case Posted: 20 Dec 2020 06:18 PM PST Bangkok Post
Date: 21 DEC 2020
By: Wassayos Ngamkham A Chiang Mai couple on vacation in Tak were arrested by police over the weekend for allegedly planning to traffic 228 kilogrammes of heroin from a warehouse in Nonthaburi to Taiwan. Pol Lt Gen Montri Yimyaem, chief of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB), told a press briefing on Sunday the suspects — husband and wife — were fishing at a reservoir near the Bhumibol Dam in Tak province when narcotics-suppression police arrested them. He said police raided a warehouse in Nonthaburi on Wednesday and confiscated the drugs. A suspected female drug peddler, who was arrested at the scene, reportedly told police the narcotics belonged to her bosses who wanted to traffic them to Taiwan. In other news, police recently arrested people suspected of being involved in two marijuana smuggling cases in the kingdom's southern provinces. [FULL STORY]  | China says aircraft carrier group on way to S.China Sea for drills Posted: 20 Dec 2020 06:12 PM PST Reuters
Date: December 20, 2020
By: Reuters Staff BEIJING (Reuters) -An aircraft carrier group led by China’s newest carrier, the Shandong, has sailed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to routine drills in the South China Sea, China’s navy said on Monday, after Taiwan mobilised its forces to monitor the trip. While it is not the first time China’s carriers have passed close to Taiwan, it comes at a time of heightened tension between Taipei and Beijing, which claims the democratically ruled island as its territory. The Shandong carrier group sailed through the Taiwan Strait a day after a U.S. warship transited the same waterway. China’s military said it tailed the ship. China’s navy said the Shandong and its accompanying ships had “smoothly” transited the sensitive and narrow Taiwan Strait on Sunday, heading for exercises in the South China Sea, where China has extensive and disputed territorial gains. [FULL STORY]  | Wanjin Sugar Railway Bike Path inaugurated in southern Taiwan Posted: 20 Dec 2020 03:28 PM PST Cyclists riding the route are able to see vestiges of the Taiwan Sugar railway system and other attractions Taiwan News
Date: 2020/12/20
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
 Pingtung County Commissioner Pan Meng-an (front) (Pingtung County Government photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The 31-kilometer Wanjin Sugar Railway Bike Path was inaugurated on Sunday (Dec. 20), starting from Wanjin community and ending at Linbian railway station, connecting with around-the-island bicycle paths and the Dapeng Bay Bike Path. Pingtung County Commissioner Pan Meng-an (潘孟安) said the county government had turned the deserted narrow gauge sugar railway system of the Taiwan Sugar Corporation into part of the bikeway, connecting Pingtung County Route 185, also known as Mountain Highway, with attractions in the five townships of Wanluan, Chaozhou, Kanding, Nanzhou, and Linbian, according to the county government’s Sunday press release. Cyclists riding this route are able to see vestiges of the Taiwan Sugar rail system as well as attractions along and near the route, Pan added. Pingtung Transportation and Tourism Department said construction of the Wanjin Sugar Railway Bike Path, which took more than two years and cost NT$55 million (US$1.9 million), was funded by the Sports Administration. [FULL STORY]  | Two, including a Filipino, injured in factory fire in Taoyuan Posted: 20 Dec 2020 03:25 PM PST Focus Taiwan
Date: 12/20/2020
By: Wu Ruei-chi and Kay Liu
 CNA photo Dec. 20, 2020 Taoyuan, Dec. 20 (CNA) Two men suffered burns in a factory fire in Taoyuan on Sunday, including a Philippine worker who is being treated for third-degree burns covering 90 percent of his body, according to the city's Fire Department. The fire, which started at the five-story factory of Sci Pharmtech Inc. in Luzhu District and was reported at 12:14 p.m., spread to five nearby factories before it was contained, the Fire Department said. The Philippine worker and a Taiwanese, who suffered a burn to his right palm, were both sent to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in neighboring Linkou District in New Taipei, according to the department. The Taiwanese was held at the hospital for observation for eight hours, while the Filipino has been intubated and is being treated by a specialist burn unit, the hospital said.
[FULL STORY]  | Pork import debate about health, not politics: Chiang Posted: 20 Dec 2020 03:21 PM PST ACCOUNTABILITY: Lawmakers should vote this week on the executive order easing an import ban according to public opinion, not their own interests, the KMT head said Taipei Times
Date: Dec 21, 2020
By: Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
 Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang gestures during a talk in Hualien County yesterday.
Photo: CNA The importation of pork containing the feed additive ractopamine is not about politics, and legislators will be held accountable by the public and by history when they vote on the executive order covering the lifting of the ban on such imports, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) said yesterday. Pork products with traces of ractopamine and food safety are “public issues, not political issues,” Chiang said on the sidelines of an event in Hualien County after reporters asked him if the KMT had planned any strategies on handling the vote planned for this week in the Legislative Yuan. Public opposition to the government’s decision to allow imports of US pork containing ractopamine residue has remained strong since President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) announced on Aug. 28 that the government would ease the ban, he said. People’s health should not be used as a bargaining chip, he added. [FULL STORY]  | Taiwan deploys ships and aircraft as Chinese carrier passes island Posted: 20 Dec 2020 03:16 PM PST Taiwan has complained of repeated Chinese military activity, including China's regular flying of air force aircraft near the island The Independent
Date: Dec 20, 2020
By: Ben Blanchard
 (Reuters) Taiwan's navy and air force were deployed on Sunday as a Chinese aircraft carrier group led by the country's newest carrier, the Shandong, sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, the day after a US warship transited the same waterway. While it is not the first time China's carriers have passed close to Taiwan, it comes at a time of heightened tension between Taipei and Beijing, which claims the democratically-ruled island as its territory. Taiwan has complained of repeated Chinese military activity, including China's regular flying of air force aircraft near the island. China says such drills are aimed at protecting the country's sovereignty. Taiwan's Defence Ministry said the Shandong, which was formally commissioned almost exactly one year ago, accompanied by four warships had set out from the northern Chinese port of Dalian on Thursday. [FULL STORY]  | Taiwan’s planned submarine fleet could forestall a potential Chinese invasion for decades Posted: 20 Dec 2020 03:07 PM PST CNN
Date: December 19, 2020
Analysis by Brad Lendon, CNN
 Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen attends a ceremony for the production of domestic-made submarines at a CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung on November 24, 2020. Hong Kong (CNN)Taiwan has begun building a fleet of state-of-the-art submarines as it looks to further bolster its defensive capabilities, a move analysts say could complicate any potential Chinese military plans to invade the island or install a naval blockade. Construction on the first of eight new subs began last month at a facility in the southern port city of Kaohsiung, with the first expected to begin sea trials in 2025. At a ceremony marking the beginning of the program, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen called it a "historic milestone" which "demonstrates Taiwan's strong will to the world." Beijing claims full sovereignty over Taiwan, a democracy of almost 24 million people located off the southeastern coast of mainland China, despite the fact that the two sides have been governed separately for more than seven decades. Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed that Beijing will never allow the island to become independent and has refused to rule out the use of force if necessary. But Tsai has been defiant, saying Taiwan is at the forefront of "defending democracy from authoritarian aggression" in Asia. [FULL STORY]  | Taiwan must ensure national security and save itself Posted: 20 Dec 2020 03:01 PM PST National Defense and Security Research report insists, 'We have to save our own country' Taiwan News
Date: 2020/12/20
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
 (National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan must ensure its own national security even if the U.S. continues to sell it armaments, according to the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), a government-funded think tank based in Taipei. INDSR researcher Lin Cheng-rung (林政榮) noted in a report the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on Dec. 8 the U.S. would sell Taiwan its Field Information Communications System. It is the sixth arms sale to Taiwan of Donald Trump's administration’s this year and the 11th of his presidency. However, Lin said that most U.S. presidents in recent times have taken an ambiguous position on whether the U.S. will send soldiers abroad to help defend Taiwan, if a military conflict arises. He noted that when Trump was elected as U.S. president in December 2016, he spoke with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) for more than 10 minutes about politics, the economy, and security in the Indo-Pacific region. Lin noted that Trump signed into law the Taiwan Travel Act in 2018 and the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2019, which was unanimously passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. He added that Trump actively promoted trade, technology, and military exchanges with Taiwan after he took office on Jan. 20, 2017, forging a relationship that was arguably the most favorable toward Taiwan since 1979. [FULL STORY]  | Taiwan monitors Chinese aircraft carrier Taiwan Strait trip: MND Posted: 20 Dec 2020 02:54 PM PST Focus Taiwan
Date: 12/20/2020
By: Emerson Lim
 The Shandong. CNA file photo courtesy of the China News Service Taipei, Dec. 20 (CNA) China's first indigenous aircraft carrier, the Shandong, transited through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, prompting Taiwan to dispatch military assets to monitor the voyage, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND). The Shandong embarked on its journey from the Chinese port of Dalian along with four escort ships on Dec. 17 and continued to sail south after passing through the strait, the MND said in a statement Sunday. "Taiwan's military monitored the Chinese ships during their transit, mobilizing six Navy ships and eight Air Force planes," the MND said, insisting that Taiwan's military was capable of safeguarding the country and maintaining stability in the region. According to MND data, this was the Shandong's second transit through the strait. The first one came on Dec. 26, 2019. [FULL STORY]  |
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