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☆ Taiwan is one-upping Ukraine's navy to defeat a Chinese invasion
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewTaking a cue from Ukraine's use of naval drones to offset a superior Russian fleet, Taiwan has unveiled a much larger unmanned kamikaze boat that could devastate a Chinese amphibious force. But if not this one, Taiwan will certainly field some kind of unmanned attack boat to try to stop a Chinese invasion or blockade. AdvertisementBoth Taiwan and America are looking to what has become the gold standard in naval drone warfare: Ukraine's campaign in the Black Sea. Instead, Russia's Black Sea Fleet has retreated from Ukrainian waters. In part this is because of land-based anti-ship missiles such as the Neptune, which sank the cruiser and Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva in 2022.

Persons: —, Samuel Paparo, Paparo, Magura, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Liberty Times, Business, Pacific Command, Washington Post, US, Sea Fleet, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Russian, Taiwan, China, America, Ukraine, Moskva, Japan, Forbes

☆ A Chinese airline warned passengers not to throw coins into plane engines after an Airbus A350 was delayed for 4 hours
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

China Southern Airlines warned passengers on social media not to throw coins at planes. In a video, a flight attendant tells confused passengers someone threw "three to five coins" into the engine. AdvertisementA major Chinese airline has warned passengers not to throw coins into its planes' engines after an incident last week. China Southern Airlines posted a five-minute video on Weibo explaining how actions like "throwing coins at the plane" can delay flights and threaten safety. CNN reported that it happened on another Chinese Southern Airlines flight in 2017, when an elderly passenger said it was "a prayer for a safe flight."

Persons: —, 📹亡 Organizations: China Southern Airlines, Service, Weibo, Liberty Times, Airbus, Southern Airlines Locations: Hainan, Beijing, Sanya

☆ An airline founder is facing a fine after he let an influencer take a selfie in the cockpit
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An airline founder faces a fine after allowing an influencer into the cockpit. Influencer Sam Chui posted a selfie with Starlux Airlines founder Chang Kuo-wei on Instagram. The founder of a Taiwanese airline is facing a $2,000 fine after letting an influencer take a selfie in the cockpit, according to various reports including the Independent and local news outlets Liberty Times Net and Taiwan News. Kuo-wei invited internet influencer Sam Chui into the cockpit for a photo without first getting approval from the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA). Kuo-wei recently flew to Tokyo Narita Airport in Japan to personally apologize to passengers the morning after a Starlux flight was canceled.

☆ Taiwan investigates TikTok for suspected illegal operations
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

In a statement late on Sunday, Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council said that on Dec. 9 a working group under the Cabinet had discovered that TikTok was suspected of "illegal commercial operations" in Taiwan. Taiwan prohibits a wide range of Chinese business operations on the island from social media platforms to its highly valued chip manufacturing industry. Facebook and Instagram, both owned by Meta Platforms (META.O), are the most widely used social media platforms in Taiwan. TikTok trailed its peers in Taiwan but is becoming increasingly popular among the youth, according to market research companies. Taiwan has long complained that China uses social media to spread disinformation on the island that Beijing claims as its own territory.

☆ Taiwan probes TikTok for suspected illegal operations
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

In a statement late on Sunday, Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council said that on Dec. 9 a working group under the Cabinet had discovered that TikTok was suspected of "illegal commercial operations" in Taiwan. Taiwan prohibits a wide range of Chinese business operations on the island from social media platforms to its highly valued chip manufacturing industry. Facebook and Instagram, both owned by Meta Platforms (META.O), are the most widely used social media platforms in Taiwan. TikTok trailed its peers in Taiwan but is becoming increasingly popular among the youth, according to market researcher companies. Taiwan has long complained that China uses social media to spread disinformation on the island that Beijing claims as its own territory.

[1/2] Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen announces to resign as Democratic Progressive Party chair to take responsibility for the party's performance in the local elections in Taipei, Taiwan, November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ann WangTAIPEI, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Attention is turning to Taiwan's next presidential election in 2024 after the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was thrashed at local elections on Saturday, with President Tsai Ing-wen's move to focus on China backfiring with voters. Speaking to reporters late on Saturday at party headquarters, its chairman Eric Chu said the KMT understood that only by uniting could it win. But Tsai's strategy failed to mobilise voters, who disassociated geopolitics from the local elections which traditionally focus more on issues from crime to pollution. Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said last week Taiwan was seeing less Chinese interference ahead of the local elections, possibly due to China's own domestic problems and its efforts to improve its international image.

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