Beijing turns up ‘united front’ heat for centennial
PRESSURE POINTS: The CCP is looking to ease travel restrictions and blast Taiwan for a lack of vaccines to sway public opinion, a Taiwanese official said
By Chen Yu-fu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
In preparation for its centennial on July 1, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has begun a “united front” offensive to influence Taiwanese public opinion to force officials to lift restrictions on cross-strait exchanges, an official said yesterday.
The CCP has been preparing events for the milestone anniversary, for which it reportedly plans to invite “certain” political parties and people from Taiwan.
Taiwan depicts China as main source of instability in region
05/09/2021 05:37 PM
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Taipei, May 9 (CNA) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Taiwan s top government agency handling China policy, said in a written report recently submitted to the Legislature that China is the main source of instability across the Taiwan Strait.
Reiterating the Taiwan government s consistent depiction of China as the bad actor in the region, the MAC accused China of double-dealing to coerce Taiwan into accepting Beijing s unilaterally imposed outcome for cross-Taiwan Strait relations.
It said Beijing has tried to shift blame for the cross-strait standoff to Taiwan and deliberately created tensions in the region while at the same time continuing its united front efforts to win over Taiwanese with economic incentives.
Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the state of Taiwan-China relations, and urged it to recognize the so-called “1992 consensus.”
Speaking at a Taipei symposium on Taiwan-China relations, Ma said that President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration had failed to come up with an alternative to the “consensus” and had fostered ill sentiment toward China.
The “1992 consensus” a term former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) in 2006 admitted making up in 2000 refers to a tacit understanding between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese government that both sides acknowledge
Jane Wang
There is a growing wave of criticism and unfavourable opinions of the current IP case adjudication system, which could result in the overhaul of the Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act. The act was introduced in 2008, in response to the need for relatively speedy trials in IP cases, and in addition to the Civil, Criminal, Administrative Procedure Codes
Background
There have only been two minor amendments to the act in the 12 years since it came into force. The first was in 2011, which expressly stipulated that summary proceedings do not apply to administrative actions concerning intellectual property – this is the remit of an ordinary proceeding. The second was in 2014, which addressed the following issues and led to:
Taiwan bans recruitment for jobs in China to combat brain drain
Sun Online Desk
Taiwan has told staffing companies to remove all listings for jobs in China, a drastic move to prevent the outflow of vital tech talent to the mainland amid rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing.
The Labor Ministry said that all Taiwanese and foreign staffing companies on the island as a general rule may no longer post openings for jobs located in China, especially those involving critical industries such as integrated circuits and semiconductors, according to a notice seen by Nikkei Asia.
The move comes as Beijing seeks to build up the mainland s semiconductor industry a goal that has intensified demand for Taiwanese engineers.