De Chinese Wouden, 24 maart: Chinese vredesmacht in Oekraïne?, CDF, Hongkongse rechtstaat
Volgens bronnen van de Duitse krant Welt am Sonntag zouden Chinese diplomaten in Brussel peilen naar de mogelijkheden voor Chinese deelname aan een vredesmacht in Oekraïne. Peking zou geloven dat dit initiatief bij zou kunnen dragen aan het versoepelen van de Russische positie. Gezien de overeenkomsten in de visie van Moskou en Peking op regionale orde zou dat kunnen kloppen. De vraag is of Europa hierop zit te wachten.
In Peking opende premier Li Qiang het China Development Forum. Hij had een duidelijke boodschap voor deze bijeenkomst gericht op buitenlandse zakenlieden. China verwelkomt buitenlandse bedrijven met open armen. In deze onzekere tijden is China een baken van stabiliteit. Juist door met China zaken te doen ga je risico’s tegen.
Li belooft dat Peking garant zal staan voor vrijhandel en leveringsketens. Dat kun je niet los zien van de bedreiging die beschermende maatregelen vormen voor de Chinese economische plannen – beschermende maatregelen die ook in het Mondiale Zuiden opduiken. China moet kunnen blijven exporteren voor het plan van Xi. De angst is dat meer bedrijven vanwege mogelijke toekomstige beperkingen nu al kiezen voor een China+-model en productie deels verhuizen.
Een ander risico voor bedrijven is te vinden in Hong Kong. De poging van Trump tot economische dwang stuit op de Chinese partijstaat en haar nationalisme. Een commentaar in de CCP-gecontroleerde Hongkongse krant Ta Kung Pao ventileert interessante opvattingen over de rechtstaat. N.a.v. de verkoop van een verzameling buitenlandse havens door het Hongkongse CK Hutchinson – waaronder de twee gewraakte in Panama – schrijft de krant dat ook zonder duidelijke wettekst je een wet kunt overtreden. De nationale veiligheid en ‘ontwikkelingsbelangen’ van China zijn fundamentele principes die niet ongestraft geschaad mogen worden.
De manier waarop de verkoop van de havens nu tegen wrijving aanloopt, laat zien hoe de decentrale controle van de partijstaat uitpakt in de praktijk. Ik schreef eerder voor Jamestown al over de ‘Leninist leash’. Het is mogelijk voor het centrum om aan de touwen te trekken, maar in de praktijk opereren mensen lokaal het grootst deel van de tijd onder instructie van beleid en slogans. Tot er ineens aandacht komt. Deze correctie achteraf doet natuurlijk wel de vraag opkomen, of de Amerikaanse beschuldigingen van bewuste militaire gedachten achter de twee containerterminals in Panama helemaal terecht waren. Heeft CK Hutchinson de havens zonder expliciete toestemming in de verkoop heeft gedaan of maant de ophef achteraf de Partij tot actie? In ieder geval is het niet goed nieuws voor claims dat Chinese bedrijven onafhankelijk (kunnen) opereren.
Nederland en Europa 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Antwoord op vragen van de leden Paternotte, Boswijk, Van der Burg en Van der Lee over de geheime deportatie van 48 Oeigoeren naar China door de regering van Thailand – minister Veldkamp, Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal: „Vanuit de Nederlandse ambassade in Bangkok, de Nederlandse Permanente Vertegenwoordiging bij de VN in Genève en vanuit het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken in Den Haag is actief outreach gedaan naar de Thaise autoriteiten tot op de dag van uitzetting.” 🇳🇱
Foreign minister Lin thanks Belgian parliament for pro-Taiwan resolution – Taipei Times: ‘a resolution condemning Chinese military activity and reiterating that UN Resolution 2758 does not take a position on Taiwan.’ 🇧🇪
Huawei 华为 is being boxed out of Brussels lobbying – POLITICO Europe: ‘European technology association DigitalEurope on Thursday suspended Huawei from its work’ ‘The powerful industry group BusinessEurope also suspended Huawei as a partner company.’ 🇪🇺
Portugal’s foreign minister to visit China – Xinhua 🇵🇹
Italian Senate President to visit China – Xinhua 🇮🇹
China’s Legend 联想 explores Banque International à Luxembourg sale, sources say – Reuters 🇱🇺
Foreign minister Lin says Taiwan hopes to enhance EU cooperation, following release of European defence report – Taipei Times 🇪🇺
EU should work with Taiwan on defence supply chain, says visiting key Czech senator Pavel Fischer – Nikkei Asia 🇨🇿🇪🇺
China and Serbia agree to deepen trade and economic cooperation – Xinhua: ‘Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the delegation, led by Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.’ 🇷🇸
Oekraïne 🇺🇦
China erwägt offenbar Teilnahme an „Koalition der Willigen“ in der Ukraine – Die Welt: „Chinesische Diplomaten hätten in Brüssel sondiert, ob ein solcher Schritt aus Sicht der Europäer vorstellbar und möglicherweise sogar wünschenswert wäre, berichtet WELT AM SONNTAG unter Berufung auf mit der Angelegenheit vertraute EU-Diplomatenkreise.“ 🇺🇦🇪🇺
China seeks role in Ukraine peacekeeping mission amid EU diplomatic talks – UAWire: ‘According to the source, Chinese diplomats approached EU representatives to discuss the possibility of involving China in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. Beijing believes this initiative could potentially “shift Russia’s position.”’ 🇺🇦🇪🇺
China’s police chief, Minister of Public Security Wáng Xiǎohóng 王小洪, meets director of Russia’s FSB Alexander Bortnikov – Xinhua: ‘Wang added that the Chinese side is also willing to work with the Russian side to deepen and expand practical cooperation’ 🇷🇺
New Chinese CRPA antenna found on Russian Shahed drone – Militarnyi 🇷🇺🇺🇦
Wereldhandelsoorlog 📉💥
Don’t expect Trump aggression to make Europe cosy up to China, EU trade official says – SCMP: ‘[Ursula von der Leyen’s recent remarks] do not mean, the second official insisted, that the EU will drop its bilateral concerns with Beijing, but that the door is open for a better relationship if China shows a willingness to “do things in a more balanced way”.’ 🇪🇺
France wants the EU to consider deploying its most powerful retaliatory measure against the US for the first time ever if Trump uses tariffs to unfairly force the bloc into policy changes – Bloomberg: ‘The European Commission, […], is not currently considering the anti-coercion instrument, said another person’ 🇫🇷🇪🇺
Chinese commerce minister Wáng Wéntāo 王文涛 meets chairman of BMW Oliver Zipse – Xinhua: ‘Wang said that properly resolving the EU’s anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese EVs is of significant importance, as it will send a clear and positive signal to the world.’ 🇩🇪🇪🇺
China explores limiting its own exports to mollify Trump with Voluntary Export Restraints – WSJ: ‘Like Japan decades ago, China is considering trying to blunt greater U.S. tariffs and other trade barriers by offering to curb the quantity of certain goods exported to the U.S., according to advisers to the Chinese government.’ 🇺🇸
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is expected to hold his first phone call with his Chinese counterpart next week, people familiar with the plans said – Bloomberg 🇺🇸
Switching off plants: Chinese copper smelters grapple with margin collapse – Reuters
Taiwan’s Delta Electronics 台達電子 and Foxconn 鴻海 ramp up investment in Thailand – Nikkei Asia: ‘as U.S. tariffs and tensions in the Taiwan Strait force them to diversify production capabilities currently concentrated on mainland China.’ 🇹🇭
China Development Forum
Chinese premier Lǐ Qiáng 李强 pledges further opening up amid rising global uncertainties – Xinhua: ‘He said China will safeguard free trade, and contribute to the smooth and stable operation of global industrial and supply chains.’
China prepared for external shocks: Premier Lǐ Qiáng 李强 strikes upbeat note amid trade war at China Development Forum – The Straits Times
Chinese premier warns of ‘rising instability’ at key business forum – Reuters: ‘Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged countries to open their markets to combat “rising instability and uncertainty”’
China moet eerst drugsstroom stoppen, zegt bezoekende Amerikaanse senator – ANP 🇺🇸
Pro-Trump senator Daines meets Chinese Premier Lǐ Qiáng 李强 with US executives – Reuters: ‘following an annual business summit in the Chinese capital attended by top foreign CEOs.’ 🇺🇸
US Senator Steve Daines stressed his belief in ‘constructive dialogue’ during a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Hé Lìfēng 何立峰 in Beijing – Bloomberg: ‘Daines is scheduled to hold talks with Premier Li Qiang on Sunday’ 🇺🇸
Chinese vice premier Hé Lìfēng 何立峰 meets with US Senator Steve Daines – Xinhua: ‘said that China firmly opposes the politicization, weaponization and instrumentalization of economic and trade issues, and is willing to engage in candid dialogue with the United States on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefits.’ 🇺🇸
Techoorlog 💽💥
Ook het Nederlandse ASM, de ‘kleine oudere broer’ van ASML, staat steeds meer in de geopolitieke spotlights – de Volkskrant: „ASM bouwt al een nieuwe faciliteit in de Verenigde Staten, bedoeld om nieuwe technologieën te ontwikkelen. Maar door de dreigementen van Trump overweegt ASM er nu ook een productielocatie op te zetten, zegt Paul Verhagen, financieel directeur van het bedrijf.”
„Hij meent dat de Amerikanen een te breed scala aan technologieën verbieden, ook varianten die de Chinezen zelf kunnen maken of ontwikkelen. […] De Nederlandse regering deelt deze mening, aldus Verhagen, en probeert volgens hem in te praten op de Amerikanen.” 🇳🇱
Xiaomi recruits senior talent for European EV research centre – Reuters: ‘hired at least five senior executives from firms including Germany’s BMW, LinkedIn posts showed’ 🇪🇺🇩🇪
Stellantis and Leapmotor 零跑汽车 favour Spain for production of B10 EV, source says – Reuters 🇪🇸🇪🇺
Een risico met het verwelkomen van Chinese fabrieken in Europa, is dat ze gebruikt kunnen worden om EU-lidstaten uit elkaar te spelen door ‘goed gedrag’ te belonen.
Chinese carmaker Changan 长安 to start EV sales in 10 European markets this year – Reuters 🇪🇺
Niet welkom in de VS? Dan verkopen Chinese merken hun auto’s wel elders – FD
Companies in the chipmaking industry are asking for three times the available subsidies from Germany’s latest funding programme – Bloomberg 🇩🇪
Spain eyes boom in ‘neglected’ strategic mining sector – AFP 🇪🇸
US investors in ByteDance 字节跳动 explore TikTok deal alongside Oracle to appease Donald Trump – FT: ‘However, ByteDance would look to maintain a stake in the app’s US arm, said another person’
‘Oracle, co-founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison, has emerged as a leading suitor’ 🇺🇸
Nvidia to spend hundreds of billions on US-made chips, confirms Blackwell system production in the US – Tom’s Hardware: ‘as the company works to lessen its reliance on Asian manufacturing due to potential tariffs under the Trump administration and geopolitical instability surrounding Taiwan.’ 🇺🇸
FCC probing if nine Chinese tech and telecom firms are seeking to evade US restrictions – Reuters 🇺🇸
In Depth: Where Chinese overseas investment is heading – Caixin Global: ‘As Western markets impose stricter regulations, Chinese investments are flowing into emerging economies eager to modernize their industry.’
China sale of deep-sea surveillance robots to Middle East buyer signals deepening tech – SCMP
Chinese authorities lays down the law in facial recognition first with focus on privacy and security – SCMP
China is trying to create a national network of cloud computing centers –
The Prototype: AI driven cyber offence – NetAskari: ‘this prototype seems particularly focused on demonstrating its ability to locate vulnerable IoT devices in Taiwan.’ ‘very likely a tool designed for offensive cyber operations.’ ‘it resembles as a proof-of-concept.’
Overige
China buitenland en defensie
Chinese media melden ontwikkeling ‘kabelknipper’ voor diepzee – ANP
Verenigde Staten
Why the Pentagon scuttled its briefing of Musk on China war plans – The New York Times: ‘seemed to take President Trump by surprise. […] was called off after The Times published its article on the visit, […] Trump […] made clear that he thought Musk should not have access to such war plans.’ 🇺🇸
Pentagon set up briefing for Musk on potential war with China – The New York Times 🇺🇸
Elon Musk is scheduled to receive a briefing on the U.S. military’s top-secret war plans for China, according to two US officials – WSJ: ‘Musk, according to one person familiar with the arrangements, is receiving the briefing because he asked for one.’ 🇺🇸
top China–Japan–Zuid-Korea 🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷
Trump’s threat to free trade brings China, Japan, and South Korea closer – Nikkei Asia 🇯🇵🇰🇷
Japan, China, and South Korea foreign ministers meeting in Tokyo agree to promote ‘future-oriented’ cooperation – Kyodo News: ‘decided to accelerate preparations to hold a summit “at the earliest convenient time,” which would follow one held last year.’ ‘[Wang Yi] also fired a warning shot at Japan on historical issues’ 🇯🇵🇰🇷
Chinese foreign minister pushes Japan and South Korea for stronger trade ties to counter ‘chaos’ in world order – SCMP 🇯🇵🇰🇷
China, Japan, and ROK foreign ministers pledge to advance trilateral cooperation – Xinhua: ‘Wang noted 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, as well as the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War’ 🇯🇵🇰🇷
Japan and China foreign ministers agree to push mutually beneficial, practical cooperation – Kyodo News 🇯🇵
Japan and China hold first high-level economic dialogue in 6 years – Kyodo News🇯🇵
China to work with Japan to comprehensively advance strategic relationship of mutual benefit, Wáng Yì 王毅 says – Xinhua: ‘China hopes Japan will establish a correct understanding of China, honor its promises on major issues of principle, eliminate interference, and promote the sound and steady development of China-Japan relations along the right track, Wang added.’ 🇯🇵
Wáng Yì 王毅 meets Japan’s national security advisor Okano Masataka 岡野 正敬 – Xinhua 🇯🇵
China and Japan can jointly promote Eastern wisdom and practice Asian values, foreign minister Wáng Yì 王毅 says – Xinhua: ‘made the remarks during his meeting in Tokyo with Yasuo Fukuda, former Japanese prime minister and former chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia.’
overige
Philippines ex-president Duterte denied asylum in China before ICC arrest, says source who detailed arrest – GMA News: ‘The source said the CIDG preferred to apprehend Duterte in Hong Kong but the Hong Kong Police Force refused to cooperate with Interpol as China is not a member or party to the Rome Statute.’ 🇵🇭
China funded seminar for Filipino social media influencers, ex-Presidential Communications Office chief admits – ABS-CBN News: ‘The Chinese government allegedly covered all expenses of the vloggers, mostly pro-Duterte social media influencers, Cruz-Angeles told lawmakers.’ 🇵🇭
Thai government rejects allegations of staged Uyghur visits – Bangkok Post: ‘Thai delegation, accompanied by officials from China’s public security ministry’ 🇹🇭
China’s PLA is using DeepSeek AI for non-combat support. Will actual combat be next? – SCMP: ‘used in PLA hospitals, People’s Armed Police (PAP), and national defence mobilisation organs, according to publicly available information.’
China’s Fujian aircraft carrier sets off on seventh sea trial – SCMP
Further sighting of China’s 6th-gen stealth fighter suggests ‘smooth progress’, analyst says – SCMP
NB: tegenwoordig heeft SCMP bijna elke dag wel een juichartikel over Chinese militairen technologische vooruitgang.
China economie
China’s government is short of money as its leaders face Trump – The New York Times: ‘The drop in tax collections leaves China’s leaders in an unfamiliar position. Until the last several years, China enjoyed robust revenue’
‘China announced this month that it would allow its official target for the budget deficit to increase to 4 percent this year, after trying to keep it near 3 percent ever since the global financial crisis in 2009. But analysts say the true deficit is already much larger, because China is quietly counting a lot of long-term borrowing as though it were tax revenue.’
China’s restaurants race to the bottom in deflation-hit economy – Reuters
UBS is predicting China’s property sector to recover sooner than previously anticipated, led by a revival in top-tier cities – Bloomberg: ‘Still, Lam expects the Chinese property market will grow more polarized.’
Signs of recovery in China’s property market as prices in key cities stabilise, but challenges remain – The Straits Times: ‘China’s geographical divide means that improvements are largely concentrated in first- and second-tier cities, while less-developed areas are still falling behind.’
AstraZeneca investing US$2.5 bln in China as drugmaker seeks to recover from scandals – Reuters
China binnenland
Wealth and corrupt activities of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party – Office of the Director of National Intelligence: ‘ industry research provides evidence that, as of 2024, Xi’s family retains millions in business interests and financial investments.’
Chinese leader Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 is battling petty corruption through a nationwide campaign that has swept up more than half a million low-level officials over the past year – WSJ: ‘The latest campaign is part of China’s response to social reverberations from broad economic challenges’
China’s anti-graft chief Lǐ Xī 李希 stresses promoting Party self-governance and combating corruption – Xinhua: ‘during an inspection tour of east China's Jiangxi Province’
How did top brains behind China’s advanced weapons become targets of its anti-graft push? – SCMP: ‘Since Li [Shangfu]’s downfall, at least 26 top and former managers with state-owned arms suppliers have been placed under investigation or removed from their positions, according to public records. Meanwhile, several others have reportedly not been seen in public for months, suggesting they could also be implicated in the campaign.’
Chinese premier Lǐ Qiáng 李强 chairs State Council executive meeting – Xinhua: ‘studied measures for establishing and improving a long-term supervision mechanism for charges levied on enterprises’
Three years after China Eastern 东航 plane crash, regulator has not released report – Reuters: ‘Global aviation guidelines call for an initial report within 30 days of an accident and a final one ideally within a year. Failing that, investigators should issue statements on each anniversary. Final reports are a major tool used by the aviation industry to help prevent new accidents by learning lessons from previous tragedies.’
Weer een voorbeeldje van de vele manieren waarop de Chinese partijstaat de gewoontes en regelgeving die de internationale gemeenschap draaiende houden ondergraaft.
Chinese [party-controlled] trade unions unveil measures to boost cultural and tourism consumption among workers – Xinhua
Hong Kong
‘Who will come to invest?’ Chinese authorities’ attacks on Panama Canal deal alarm Hong Kong – The New York Times: ‘none of the 43 ports that are part of the BlackRock deal are in China. CK Hutchison’s shares are not listed in mainland China.’
‘Others argued that China’s condemnation of CK Hutchison for supposedly not acting in China’s national interests has effectively ratified Mr. Trump’s original claim that the company was controlled by China.’
Ja en nee: het laat zien dat uiteindelijk de Partij aan de touwtjes trekt of wil trekken. Tegelijkertijd kun je ook stellen dat de boze reactie ná aankondiging van de overeenkomst weer demonstreert hoe gedecentraliseerd de praktijk is.
Beijing-backed newspaper Ta Kung Pao 大公報 has called on CK Hutchison 長江和記實業 to pull out from an agreement to sell its ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by BlackRock – Bloomberg: ‘“Stop the transaction and do not make the wrong calculation,” the paper said in the article. “Those who repeatedly emphasize that this deal is a ‘legal transaction’ under the freedom of contract are too naive and confused.”’ 🇺🇸🇵🇦
銳評/停止交割，切勿因小失大\萬雲平 – 大公报：「常識告訴我們，對國家和社會有嚴重危害的行為都會受到法律的規管和制裁，包括那些以『合法手段掩蓋非法目的』的交易。」「沒有寫明法律後果不等於沒有法律效力」「⋯⋯，今次交易的後果是導致國家安全和發展利益受損，直接違背該項原則性條文。違反法律原則性條文也是違反法律。」
Buitengewoon veelzeggend commentaar van de krant die in Hong Kong vaak als spreekbuis van de CCP dient. Ta Kung Pao schrijft dat het niet per se betekent dat er geen wetsovertreding is, wanneer er geen expliciet geschreven wet is. De staatsveiligheid en het recht op ontwikkeling van de Volksrepubliek China zijn fundamentele juridische. Deze principes overtreden – door bijvoorbeeld het land verkopen voor egoïstische zakelijke belangen – is ook een wetsovertreding, waarop sancties passend zijn.
Hong Kong government mulls over strengthening year-old national security law as critics slam repression of dissent – The Straits Times
The obscure Jimmy Lai 黎智英 ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law – The Guardian: ‘the fact decisions made by the national security committee cannot be legally challenged, a principle that has caused alarm in some legal circles.’
Taiwan buitenland en defensie
Donovan’s Deep Dives: Why did Beijing view Ko Wen-je 柯文哲 (TPP) positively for the presidency? – Courtney Donovan Smith for Taipei Times 🇨🇳
張顯耀涉《反滲透法》起訴書曝光！郭台銘曾上書習近平「願意俯下身子成為墊腳石」 – 自由時報：「今天傳出一份未曝光的起訴書內容，揭露郭台銘曾透過張顯耀草擬上書習近平文件，希望與中國簽定『永久和平協議』，還強調『願意俯下身子成為習近平徹底和平解決台海問題從而榮膺諾貝爾平和獎的墊腳石』。」 🇨🇳
Taiwanese immigration agency orders two more Taiwan-based pro-‘unification by force’ Chinese influencers to leave – Focus Taiwan: ‘The three Chinese influencers are the spouses of their Taiwanese husbands.’ 🇨🇳
China Coast Guard is escorting more illegal fishing boats around Pratas/Dongsha Islands, Taiwanese coast guard says – Taipei Times 🇨🇳
Unmarked vessel detained for trespassing in Taiwan’s restricted waters – Focus Taiwan: ‘in waters 20 nautical miles northwest of Taoyuan’s Yongan area’ ‘suspect the vessel was in the area to refuel Chinese fishing vessels.’ 🇨🇳
獨家》中國快艇無籍船侵入澎湖延繩釣海域 竊取漁民漁獲 – 自由時報 🇨🇳
All ships to install ID systems under ministry proposal – Taipei Times: ‘in a bid to track ships near Taiwan’s shores as well as prevent Chinese incursions.’ 🇨🇳
Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation urges those travelling in China to be cautious – Taipei Times: ‘There have been three more cases of detainment and one more case of disappearance involving Taiwanese in China’ 🇨🇳
Former Japan Self-Defence Forces chief Iwasaki Shigeru 岩崎茂 appointed adviser to Taiwan’s Cabinet – Kyodo News: ‘marks the second time that a Japanese national has been known to take up the post of adviser to the Executive Yuan’ 🇯🇵
【影】社群媒體瘋傳 我玉山軍艦海上受美艦加油補給 – 自由時報 🇺🇸
Video op TikTok toont bevoorradingsschip van Amerikaanse marine dat aanstalten maakt het Taiwanese marineschip Yushan van brandstof te voorzien.
235 Taiwanese forced to work for fraudsters still trapped in Myanmar, foreign ministry says – Focus Taiwan 🇲🇲
Taiwan and Guatemala wrap up first exchange training of special security forces – Taipei Times 🇬🇹
Taiwan’s foreign minister meets with new Somaliland envoy – Focus Taiwan
Taiwan’s defence ministry reports changes in China’s war strategies – Taipei Times: ‘The PLA has made significant headway in building capabilities for all-weather, multi-domain intelligence, surveillance, operational control and a joint air-sea blockade against Taiwan’s lines of communication, it said.’
Renewed civil war operations over Taiwan could be option for Beijing, Chinese [Taiwan Affairs system worker] writes – SCMP: ‘Wang Heting, a researcher with Centre for Taiwan Studies at Xiamen University, made the suggestion in an article published in the bimonthly journal Taiwan Studies.’ 🇨🇳
De Taiwan-instituten aan de universiteiten Tsinghua en Xiamen moet je niet als onderzoeksinstellingen behandelen, maar als onderdeel van het systeem voor Taiwan-werk.
Taiwan’s president announces pay rises for the military – AFP: ‘The pay rises followed recent media reports that the number of soldiers who opted out of their contracts early had almost quadrupled in recent years.’
De KMT kwam eerder al met voorstellen om te bezuinigen op defensie én de salarissen daar te verhogen. Hun reactie is dat deze voorgestelde verhoging te weinig is en dat ze door zullen gaan met hun eigen wetsvoorstel.
New alternative service rules considered – Taipei Times: ‘The changes would allow officials to recall former civilian service members dismissed between one and nine years earlier to train in civil defense-related tasks and capabilities, it said.’
Taiwan’s elite troops now guarding Songshan airport in Taipei –Focus Taiwan: ‘Military sources told CNA that the 66th Marine Brigade, tasked with amphibious warfare, counter-landing and reinforcement in the greater Taipei area, has been stationed at the airport since late 2024.’ ‘The sources, who wished to remain anonymous, said the Marines are also guarding other key military positions in the capital city.’
Denkend aan Hostomel…
Taiwan binnenland en economie
President Lai nominates new justices for Constitutional Court – Focus Taiwan: ‘nearly two months after the Legislature rejected President Lai Ching-te’s previous justice selections.’
Political parties react to new judicial nominees – Taipei Times: ‘The KMT added that the judicial nominees should state clearly whether they support the death penalty and favor imposing heavier penalties on those who are convicted of abusing children.’
‘Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Huang Kuo-chang accused the DPP of returning to the era when “justices and prosecutors were one family” by nominating a prosecutor to be the Judicial Yuan president.’
Two KMT Tainan City branch defendants detained in recall petitions signature fraud investigation – Taipei Times
北市府要求罷免連署須「申請集會遊行」卓榮泰說重話了 – 自由時報
Nu doet de gemeente Taipei moeilijk over vergunningen voor recall election signature verzameling. Past in een trend van lokale overheden onder KMT-bestuur die het de campagne moeilijk maken.
DPP and KMT vie for support in separate ‘policy briefings’ – Focus Taiwan
Ko Wen-je 柯文哲 (TPP) lashes out at prosecutors in first hearing of graft trial – Taipei Times: ‘Ko maintained his innocence, accusing the Democratic Progressive Party, the court and media outlets of collaborating to smear his image.’
What’s behind Taiwan’s ‘unprecedented’ ER overcrowding crisis? – Focus Taiwan
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council and Taichung City get bomb threats over Falun Gong’s Shen Yun tour – Taipei Times
Electricity rates could be raised by almost 6% on average – Focus Taiwan