Japanese unveil thank you plaque in Tamsui ahead of quake anniversary focustaiwan.tw - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from focustaiwan.tw Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2021/03/03 15:24 Pineapples Pineapples (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The de facto U.S., Japanese, and Canadian embassies in Taiwan all jumped on board to help promote Taiwan s pineapples Tuesday (Mar. 2), in response to a Chinese import ban on the fruit. China suddenly announced on Feb. 26 that it would be banning pineapple imports from Taiwan starting March 1 over alleged pest fears. The decision is viewed in Taiwan as being politically motivated, a charge that Beijing has denied. The American Institute in Taiwan posted several pictures of pineapples in and around their Neihu office complex on Facebook, with the hashtags #realfriendsrealprogress and #pineapplesolidarity adding, “Have you bought your pineapples? We have!” One of the pictures also showed AIT Director Brent Christensen with three on his desk.
Exhibit on 2011 Japan quake to be held in Taiwan on 10th anniversary focustaiwan.tw - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from focustaiwan.tw Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Taipei exhibition focuses on quake
STANDING BY ALLIES: A music festival would also feature Taiwanese punk band Fire Ex, as well as performers on traditional Japanese instruments
Staff writer, with CNA
An exhibition and music festival are to be held later this month in Taipei to commemorate the 10th anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed an estimated 20,000 people in Japan, the country’s representative office in Taiwan said yesterday.
The exhibition, running from Wednesday next week to March 21, would feature photographs of scenes immediately after the disaster in the northeast of the country and pictures of what those areas look like today, the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association said.
Su pans media reports of spying
OUTSIDE INSTIGATORS: Premier Su Tseng-chang said that ‘unscrupulous people from outside’ are probably using disinformation to hurt Taiwan’s diplomatic ties
Staff writer, with CNA
News reports of the Taiwanese government spying on foreign envoys and opposition figures are part of a “cognitive warfare” effort by outside forces, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday.
The phrasing and Chinese characters used in a letter cited by the news stories are a red flag, Su said.
“Our citizens and government agencies do not say things that way,” he added.
“Unscrupulous people from outside” probably want to damage Taiwan’s relations with its allies through disinformation campaigns, he said.