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Taipei, May 11 (CNA) Relatives of Taiwanese businessman Lee Meng-chu (李孟居), who has reportedly been released from Chinese prison but banned from leaving the country, have called on Beijing to allow him to return to Taiwan as soon as possible. ....
An international human rights group has called on Beijing to release Morrison Lee (李孟居), a Taiwanese who served a 22-month prison sentence for spying in China, but since his release last year has been prevented from leaving the country. Beijing’s refusal to allow Lee to depart contravenes China’s domestic laws and international treaty obligations, Safeguard Defenders wrote in a news release on Wednesday. China “manipulates deprivation of political rights to prevent Chinese rights defenders from freely going home after release from jail, instead subjecting them to weeks, months, even years of continued illegal detention . in a phenomenon called ‘non-release release,’” the ....
Taipei, March 31 (CNA) Several local governments in Taiwan on Thursday published details of places visited by COVID-19 infected individuals, urging anyone who has been to those locations to get tested if they develop symptoms of the disease, as the country sees another surge in COVID-19 cases. ....
There has been much discussion about upgrading counties and cities, such as forming a “greater Hsinchu.” President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has convened senior party and government officials to discuss the issue, and a motion has been proposed in the Legislative Yuan for handling amendments to the Local Government Act (地方制度法). Taiwan is divided into three social tiers: The six special municipalities are allocated 62.76 percent of the central government’s revenue of more than NT$300 billion (US$10.87 billion), except for special budgets, while 24 percent goes to the 16 counties and provincial cities, and 8.7 percent to the nation’s 198 townships and ....