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Pet’s medicine
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Ting-fei, center, and representatives of veterinarians’ associations attend a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday to launch an emergency medicine platform for animals. Vets can apply for emergency use of certain medicines in addition to the 611 types of emergency medicine approved by the government for pets with critical health conditions.
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The previous Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) administration helped export Taiwan’s agricultural know-how to China, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃) said yesterday.
After China on Friday last week abruptly announced that starting from Monday it would suspend imports of pineapples from Taiwan, Chen on Tuesday said the ban was a result of the KMT working with China.
Soon after the ban was announced, Chinese state-run media started promoting pineapples grown in Guangdong Province, including Taiwanese-developed golden diamond pineapples.
At a news conference in Taipei yesterday, Chen said that the flow of farming and fruit production knowledge from Taiwan to China was
A legislator yesterday called for authorities to investigate the sale of Chinese-made, Internet-connected karaoke machines containing “propaganda songs.”
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃) said she was approached by a person who had discovered Chinese patriotic songs such as My Motherland (我的祖國) which is commonly referred to as China’s “second national anthem” in Chinese-made karaoke devices sold in Taiwan.
The machines are popular, as they can connect to the Internet, providing access to thousands of songs, she said.
One retailer, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the machines first entered the local market about three years ago, starting with