Taiwanese will never forget China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square 32 years ago and will stick with their faith in democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday.
Taiwan tends to use the Tiananmen Square anniversary to criticize China and urge it to face up to what it did, to Beijing’s repeated annoyance.
Yesterday marked 32 years since Chinese troops opened fire to end the student-led unrest in and around the square.
Writing on Facebook, Tsai said that Taiwanese would not forget what had happened.
“I believe for all Taiwanese who are proud of their freedom and democracy, they will
Ministry warns job sites on Chinese job ads ban
NATIONAL SECURITY: The ministry is stepping up enforcement as Beijing intensifies its campaign to poach talent to build up its semiconductor industry
Staff writer, with CNA
The Ministry of Labor has sent an official notice to several online job banks, saying that it is stepping up the enforcement of laws that prohibit them from helping Chinese employers recruit employees in Taiwan by placing job ads on their platforms.
Several job recruiting Web sites, including 104 Job Bank, 1111 and yes123, on Thursday confirmed that they had received the notice.
Yes123 said it has removed about 200 job openings in China from its Web site, most of which were in the preschool education sector.
HK might cut off student exchanges
INTERFERENCE: Hong Kong believes that the Taiwanese government influences students to take part in ‘subversive actions’ when they return home, a source said
By Chen Yu-fu, Chung Li-hua and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The Hong Kong Government might order Hong Kong universities to cease exchanges with Taiwanese universities to prevent students’ involvement in political activities, a source said yesterday.
National security legislation imposed on the territory by Beijing in June empowers the Hong Kong government to interfere in educational exchanges.
Article 9 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region stipulates that the Hong Kong government “shall take necessary measures to strengthen . supervision and regulation over matters concerning national security, including those rela