michaelturton
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Playing boardgames. Writing about Taiwan every Monday in the Taipei Times.
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Former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je is once again in detention. Ko has been at the center of a real estate corruption scandal that has damaged his and his party's reputation. Tiffany Wong 黃嘉儀 reports from the courthouse.
Taiwan's road traffic deaths declined to 1,193 in the first 5 months of this year but it's still 122 deaths per million people (calculated for a year), which is still 2 to 6 times higher than other advanced European countries. cna.com.tw/news/ahel/2024… transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/ne…
Nippon Steel hoped it could counter China’s export onslaught with a deal in the U.S., where it would enjoy protection from Chinese rivals. Instead, it found U.S. politics an equally challenging foe. Peter Landers Jason Douglas wsj.com/business/u-s-j… wsj.com/business/u-s-j…