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A light show at Yehliu Geopark (野柳公園) would disturb bird habitats during peak migration season, bird enthusiasts said this week. The North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area Administration is holding Yehliu night tours until May 1 at the area in New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里). Centered around the Queen’s Head (女王頭) rock formation, the tours feature multiple light displays, as well as a show on the water every half hour. However, members of Birds Taiwan and the Bird Photography Club said that they had concerns about potential environmental effects of the lar...

Tainan’s two animal shelters last year boasted an adoption rate of nearly 80 percent after four years of structural improvements and professional training initiatives. From 2018 to last year, the city received NT$12 million (US$431,267) in federal funding to improve facilities at the shelters, the Tainan Animal Health Inspection and Protection Office said on Tuesday. The result was a 79 percent adoption rate last year, with 2,596 pets finding new homes, it said. The success is due in part to the office’s canine vocational training center, where professionals train dogs to become herders, m...

Fishers and environmentalists in a contentious deadlock over a proposed ban on harvesting egg-bearing crabs prompted the Fisheries Agency on Monday to suspend discussions until late next month. A blanket prohibition on the capture or sale of female crabs carrying fertilized eggs, eliminating a nine-month window, was proposed last month by National Chengchi University professor Cheng Tung-liao (鄭同僚). A petition seeking stricter rules has garnered more than 5,600 signatures since it was posted on the National Development Council’s Public Policy Network Participation Platform. Taiwan Ocea...

With persistent demand from Taiwanese businesses and an anticipated wave of reshoring amid changes in the global trade and investment landscape, the Cabinet on Thursday extended the “Invest in Taiwan” initiative until 2024. The extention would provide an additional NT$430 billion (US$15.5 billion) in financing for participating firms, while holding them to standards that would advance the nation’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The initiative, which began in 2019 during US-China trade tensions, has three programs: one focuses on reshoring, another helps companies deepen their...

The film made in China is meant to inspire nationalist sentiment in the Chinese population while divorcing them from the actual revolutionary struggles of the past.