Taiwan News @TaiwanNews@octodon.social
News, politics, and culture from Taiwan.
Picks up news mostly from Twitter.
#Guangdong, #China is finally moving to raise minimum wages in the province after a three-year freeze, but it's still miles away from being a living wage. #labour #TheStruggleIsReal
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/98897 #asia #news
Retail sales up over 5% year-on-year in May
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201806300003.aspx #taiwan #news
Even students of the beautiful game face #detention in #Xinjiang, #China. #Uyghurs #HumanRights
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/98861 #asia #news
Amazing level of detail in #Taiwanese artist Hank Cheng's model dioramas. #miniatures https://international.thenewslens.com/article/98892 #asia #news
Think tank raises Taiwan's 2018 GDP growth forecast
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201806290024.aspx #taiwan #news
Indian institution signs MOU with leading universities in Taiwan
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201806290025.aspx #taiwan #news
Taiwan kaoliang wins prizes in San Francisco
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201806290020.aspx #taiwan #news
MECO laments Philippines' poor showing in Taiwan survey
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201806290022.aspx #taiwan #news
#Taiwan's #NewSouthbound Policy involves deepening economic ties with nations like the #Philippines. But is iingwen too quick to cooperate with #Duterte in the case of a Filipino drugs suspect awaiting deportation back to possible #torture and death?
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/98692 #a…
Airport MRT to launch prize draw for passengers July-August
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201806290023.aspx #taiwan #news
NTU professor to take over as Aviation Safety Council chief
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201806290019.aspx #taiwan #news
Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying advances to semifinals at Malaysia Open
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeas/201806290026.aspx #taiwan #news
Leasing Taiping Island to U.S. 'fake news': think tank
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201806290017.aspx #taiwan #news
Taiwan could see 3-5 storms until December: CWB
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201806290016.aspx #taiwan #news
Newly formed tropical storm to not directly affect Taiwan: CWB
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201806290014.aspx #taiwan #news
Vietnamese woman arrested for entering Taiwan illegally
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201806290012.aspx #taiwan #news
Taiwan rebuts China's claim that it will lease Taiping Island to U.S.
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201806290009.aspx #taiwan #news
#Huawei is marketing its #SmartCities solutions to governments and cities as a means of keeping citizens safe, but how safe is the data from the #CCP and at point does safety become #surveillance? #China
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/98850 #asia #news
