Dr. Huang Li-Min, an expert of children’s infectious disease, said #Taiwan could see the second wave of local #COVID19 cases as winter arrives, and he predicts that the resurgence could likely emerge in hospitals. tw.mobi.yahoo.com/home/醫憂疫情再起-入冬恐爆院內感染-220941067.htm
Huang said the only way to prevent a major local #COVID19 outbreak is if the Taiwanese government can get enough vaccines once they are available. The CDC also acknowledged that there is a likelihood that one asymptomatic patients may have not been detected.
The CDC advises Taiwan citizens to thoroughly wear masks and maintain social distance in order to lower the risk of #COVID19 transmission. Huang said during the four-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, many tourist sites have seen citizens gathering in crowd without maintaining ...
... the right social distance. Huang said these are extremely worrying signs and all frontline medical workers are all bracing for the second wave to emerge.
Dr. Chiu Cheng-Tsun at Changgeng Memorial Hospital said the number of patients with upper respiratory symptoms have increased over the last few weeks, and Taiwanese people have been less aware of the need to put on masks when compared to March or April.
Chiu said if there were community level #COVID19 transmission in #Taiwan over the next few months, it could cause the medical system to collapse.
Huang also added that there have been a rise of #COVID19 confirmed cases being spotted after foreigners return to their countries from #Taiwan, and unless those countries’ tests are all inaccurate, these are seriously signs that there are community level transmission in #Taiwan.
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The EU is expected to notify #China that it will impose tariffs on electric vehicle imports this week, firing the starting gun on a potential summer trade war with Beijing. theguardian.com/business/artic…
A formal pre-disclosure of tariffs could happen as early as Wednesday, after a lengthy investigation into China’s state subsidies for its car manufacturing, which is predicted to conclude that massive support continues to be concentrated on the EV sector.
Chinese manufacturers are already bracing themselves for new import duties, but experts anticipate that Beijing will retaliate with countermeasures that could hit a range of EU exports to the country, ranging from cognac to dairy products.
My latest: Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun Sunday issued a stern warning on Taiwan and the South China Sea at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. voanews.com/a/china-warns-…
During his 40-minute-long keynote speech, Dong accused Taiwan’s government under the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which favors highlighting Taiwan’s sovereignty, of "pursuing separation [from China] in an incremental way" …
… while external forces continue to sell arms to Taiwan and maintain "illegal" official contacts with Taiwan.
Thread: Following U.S. Secretary of Defense @SecDef's speech at #SDL24, the People's Liberation Army held a presser to hit back against the speech, criticizing Washington's stance on a range of issues including #Taiwan, South China Sea and the Middle East conflict:
“The real purpose [of The U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy] is to merge a small circle into the big circle of NATO, that is, an Asia-Pacific version of NATO, to maintain the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy.
[It] is a political rhetoric that sounds good but does no good. It builds exclusive clubs with the cold war mentality and zero-sum mindset in the name of advancing regional cooperation.”
My latest: #Taiwan’s opposition-controlled parliament has passed a set of legal amendments granting lawmakers greater investigative power to scrutinize the government under President Lai Ching-te, who took office on May 20. voanews.com/amp/taiwan-s-p…
Despite days of protests that have attracted hundreds of thousands of people since May 17, the two opposition parties, the China-friendly Kuomintang, or KMT, and the smaller Taiwan People’s Party, or TPP, …
… used their combined majority to push through the deal on Tuesday. The bills still require the president’s signature to become law.
My latest: Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded his two-day trip to #China Friday after Beijing and Moscow signed a joint statement and vowed to cooperate against “destructive and hostile” pressure from Washington. voanews.com/a/china-and-ru…
During meetings between Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Russian president said Moscow is willing to work with Beijing and other global south countries toward “a multipolar world,” ...
... while Xi said the two countries are committed to steering global governance “in the right direction.”
My latest: #HongKong’s adoption of Article 23 Tuesday is being criticized by foreign governments, while some business figures say the law will hasten foreign businesses’ departure from the city.
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The United Nations, the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union expressed concern about the ambiguous language in the law and its speedy adoption, which was completed in less than two weeks.
Despite the international criticism, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee hailed the passage of Article 23 as “a historic moment for Hong Kong,” while the Chinese government expressed “full support” of the development.