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Turning Longmen into a chip hub By James Lee 李界木 Taiwan’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing plants have for the past few months been struggling to keep up with demand, as they are already operating at full capacity — with demand expected to increase further. Amid these bullish expectations, policymakers should think about what they need to do to ensure that the semiconductor industry can continue to grow. One boost to the industry would be to repurpose the area around the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant — the Longmen plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) — as a c...

Lessons of Fukushima must not be forgotten By Tsai Ya-ying 蔡雅瀅 On Feb. 14, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture. The fact that the Fukushima Dai-ichi and Fukushima Dai-ni nuclear power plants have been decommissioned, and the Onagawa, Tokai Dai-ni, Higashidori and Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plants are not operational might have prevented a nuclear accident. Following the March 11, 2011, Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and resulting Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s nuclear reactors were shut down in stages for safety checks. In June 20...

Oriental capital of museums: Luoyang the magnificent Dubbed “the oriental capital of museums,” Luoyang in central China’s Henan Province has about 100 museums that harbor more than four billion cultural relics. Do you want to know the history of Luoyang, the capital of 13 dynasties? Do you want to enjoy the beautiful peony porcelain accessories that has caused a fashion frenzy worldwide? Please follow us and have a look at the most prominent museums in Luoyang! Luoyang Museum Situated in the Yellow River Valley, Luoyang Museum is the most important museum in the city. It offers exhib...

Rare Song Dynasty painting sells for $675K, setting Heritage Auctions Asian art record Chinese School, After Li Song (Song Dynasty), Riders on Horseback, Song Dynasty. Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 44 x 10-1/2 inches. DALLAS, TX .- An extremely rare painting from the Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.) of polo players riding donkeys soared to $675,000 to lead Heritage Auctions' Fine & Decorative Asian Art Auction to $1,337,455 in sales Dec. 11. The lot accounted for just over half of the total result from the auction, and set a record for the highest price ever paid for any lot sold in Heritage...