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【新唐人北京時間2025年09月29日訊】中國男演員于朦朧離奇死亡，網傳案涉蔡奇等高層權貴家族。其中一名網傳的涉案圈內人士，還和薄熙來存在密切關聯。
根據網絡傳言，于朦朧案涉及辛奇、程青松、田海蓉等多名圈內人士。其中辛奇據傳是中共政治局常委蔡奇的私生子，也有傳他是習近平的遠親。還有傳辛奇的生母和田海蓉是親姐妹。不過，這些傳言暫時都無法確定真假。
目前可以確定的是，田海蓉的前夫徐明，曾是中共前政治局委員薄熙來的「白手套」。徐明曾是大連實德集團老闆，被指是薄熙來財產的隱形「大管家」。薄熙來倒台後，徐明也被判入獄。2015年12月，44歲的徐明離奇猝死獄中，媒體報導說是死於心肌梗塞，但外界猜測可能是被滅口。
時評人李大宇在自媒體表示，「田海蓉是位18線女演員，但她最重要的身分不是演員，而是薄熙來的白手套。」她的丈夫是大連實德的總裁徐明，跟薄熙來的關係非常密切。徐明在獄中去世，田繼承了徐的大筆財產，搖身一變成為演藝圈的大佬。」
李大宇還提到，田海蓉和程青松在演藝圈形成了自己的勢力。兩人是好朋友，田演過程編劇的戲，他們在1999年就認識了。程青松在2005年公開出櫃（承認自己是同性戀），曾經有男演員指控受到程的性騷擾。
李大宇認為，「一個在中國有爭議性背景的人可以在演藝圈活躍這麼久，還可以這麼囂張，肯定有後台。這後台被懷疑跟薄熙來有關，雖然薄熙來已經倒台，但他有一個很大的關係網。」
李大宇表示，「江薄（江澤民和薄熙來）」的系統做了很多泯滅人性的事，包括之前在大連的屍體加工廠，以及針對法輪功學員的殘酷迫害等。
今年9月11日凌晨，于朦朧在北京陽光上東小區離奇墜樓，公安迅速定性「意外墜樓」。但此案疑點重重，民眾普遍不相信官方説法。
在最初的傳言中，于朦朧是被多名圈內人士做局灌醉，提供給某個「圈內大佬」性侵，于朦朧因反抗被殺。後來又有傳聞說，于朦朧被迫參與權貴洗錢，因為吞下存有證據的U盤被長時間監禁和虐待，最終慘死。網傳大量相關視頻，有的看上去比較真實，有的則明顯張冠李戴。
目前此案真相不明，但有一點似乎比較明確，就是案涉高層權貴。許多分析人士指出，案發後中共官方迅速「排除刑事案件」，當局全網封殺消息，這都説明此案背後「水很深」。
海外反共博主老燈在自媒體透露，他因為關注此案收到不明人士發送的電郵威脅。他還爆料，于朦朧的母親已經被控制起來，與外界失去聯繫。
于朦朧和美國保守派活動家查理·柯克幾乎同時出事，于在9月11日出事，柯克則是在9月10日被槍殺。老燈認為，「他們相繼出事、相繼去世都有另外的意義。查理·柯克的去世喚醒了美國民眾的保守意識，是美國的一個歷史性的事件。而于朦朧的墜亡，也是有劃時代意義。首先他讓一大批粉紅能夠覺醒，不光是于朦朧的粉絲。」
「一大批青年人通過這個事件覺醒了，他們認清了中共的醜惡，這是一個什麼樣的體制，權貴們都是一些什麼樣的東西。」
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（中央社記者楊明珠福岡29日專電）台灣銀行東京分行福岡出張所今天正式開業。展現台銀深耕日本市場、長期發展的決心。隨著台積電（TSMC）熊本設廠，帶動台日半導體供應鏈進駐九州，台灣愈來愈多金融機構也陸續在九州設據點。

開幕典禮由台銀董事長凌忠嫄親率副總經理陳逸琳及高階主管團隊赴日主持。現場嘉賓雲集，包括福岡市副市長中村英一、駐福岡辦事處處長陳銘俊、眾議員木原誠二、眾議員鬼木誠等多位政要、福岡商工會議所會長谷川浩道、西日本鐵道株式會社會長倉富純男、台灣伊藤忠株式會社董事長桐山寛史、台鍍科技董事長蕭勝彥以及九州主要地方銀行總經理等人出席。

凌忠嫄致詞時表示，台銀1899年成立時是株式會社臺灣銀行，擔任中央銀行的角色，有發行貨幣，同時也支援一些經濟活動。成立之初就設立了很多海外據點，在日本的據點有東京、大阪、神戶、橫濱等。

她表示，1946年開始成為國營的台灣銀行，同時也擔任政策性的角色，有協助貨幣的發行，然後也強化了一些商業銀行的功能。支持國家的基礎建設，還有一些經濟的發展。

1995年台銀再度回到東京設立分行，東京分行在日本的經營已逾30年，台銀與企業金融有非常好的一些成果，同時也與日本的金融機構建立良好的合作關係。

凌忠嫄表示，台銀秉持著「建構領導銀行，布局全球金融」的理念，當台灣的企業在海外佈局時，台銀也會跟著所有台商的腳步在全球做一些佈局。至今，所有台灣的銀行當中，台銀是唯一一家在全球五大洲都設有分行的銀行。

凌忠嫄看好九州的經濟前景。她指出，「九州被稱為矽島，也就是日本的半導體產業占有非常重要的地位，產值大概超越4成。科技業是一個領頭羊的角色，隨著台積電在九州設廠，台灣重要半導體的角色在九州陸續發展後，相信九州未來的經濟前景是非常亮麗的。」

她說明，「台銀東京分行福岡出張所的設立，表達了台銀深耕日本，在此有長期發展的決心。希望福岡出張所的建立，可以設立一個金融和產業的橋樑，提供福岡、熊本等地區的台商一個多元化的服務。」

在開幕式前，有幾位貴賓在會客室向凌忠嫄提議「盼台銀能在熊本設立據點」，對此她回應說：「這是我們非常樂意見到的。」

日本眾議員、執政黨自民黨選舉對策委員長木原誠二致詞時說：「臺銀株式會社1899年開業時，我曾祖父是第一任副總裁（副行長）。我祖母生於台灣、長於台灣，我從小就聽到有關台灣的事。」

木原表示，台積電在熊本設廠，九州成了日本尖端產業的中心地，福岡致力於新創產業，加上福岡與東京並列為大型金融都市，福岡是個成長可期的都市。台銀在福岡，亦即在九州設立據點，是以九州為中心，在與亞洲、與台灣連結上，可謂邁出了很大的第一步，相信必能創造雙贏的關係。

木原認為，今後國際社會將進入分裂的時代，為了打造安全、安心的供應鏈，台銀扮演連結台日關係的角色相當重要。期待台銀以福岡為據點，鴻圖大展，為台日經濟帶來榮景。

九州地區的工商界相當重視台銀東京分行福岡出張所的設立。因公務不克出席開幕典禮的福岡縣知事服部誠太郎以預錄影片表達祝賀。此外，熊本縣知事木村敬特地在開幕典禮前到會場表達祝賀。

開幕典禮中安排象徵吉祥喜慶的祥獅獻瑞表演，以及代表開運祈福的鏡開（敲酒樽）儀式，融合台日文化特色，充滿喜慶氣氛。

台銀新聞稿指出，台日是重要貿易夥伴，商業合作密切，因應台積電熊本設廠帶動的台日半導體供應鏈進駐九州，福岡憑藉其經濟重鎮及交通樞紐優勢，成為企業布局首選。

台銀2024年於福岡設立代表人辦事處，現在正式升格為出張所，期以金融實力及專業金融團隊，提供九州台商與本地企業多元、靈活且具深度的金融服務，強化台銀在西日本的服務能量。（編輯：高照芬）1140929

journalist: 中央社記者楊明珠福岡29日專電

countries: 日本 臺灣 台灣

title: 台銀東京分行福岡出張所開幕 展現深耕日本決心


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（中央社記者曾依璇巴黎29日專電）法國今天宣布派遣團隊到丹麥協助對抗無人機，維護10月1日到2日的歐盟峰會安全。歐洲近期頻頻出現懷疑來自俄羅斯的威脅事件，學者警告，當心形式多元且模糊的混合戰爭。

自本月22日以來，丹麥和挪威的敏感地點上空出現多架不明無人機飛行，包括機場和軍事基地。丹麥司法當局或北大西洋公約組織（NATO）沒有指明這些無人機的來源，但丹麥總理佛瑞德里克森（Mette Frederiksen）說：「有一個國家對歐洲安全構成威脅，就是俄羅斯。」

丹麥交通部昨天宣布，為確保歐洲聯盟（EU）峰會安全，今天起禁止民用無人機飛越領土。

法國國防部今天表示，已派遣臨時聯合分隊前往丹麥，包含35名隊員、一架Fennec直升機和現役反無人機設備。

歐洲多國經常指控俄羅斯透過秘密行動、數位干預或試探軍事防禦反應等方式，對支持烏克蘭抗俄的國家發動混合戰爭，目的是破壞或考驗歐洲和北約組織的穩定。

法國新聞台（franceinfo）報導，俄羅斯對歐盟和北約組織的威脅日益增加，且形式不斷變化，最近數週，數十架無人機入侵波蘭、丹麥、德國領土，另有3架俄羅斯飛機闖入愛沙尼亞領空。

此外，法國本月初發現多顆豬頭被放在巴黎數座清真寺前面，調查人員懷疑背後有俄羅斯支持；22日，摩爾多瓦總統桑杜（Maia Sandu）在當局破獲一個意圖製造「選後暴力」的網絡後，公開表達擔心俄羅斯干預摩爾多瓦28日的國會選舉。

報導指出，歐洲正面臨俄羅斯發動的混合戰爭，法國智庫「歐洲創新」（Euro Créative）學者布納（Ulrich Bounat）解釋：「混合戰爭的目標是在無需軍隊直接對抗的情況下，盡可能破壞對手的穩定。」

德國前情報機構主管哈爾登旺（Thomas Haldenwang）接受政治媒體Politico訪問時也說，俄羅斯知道自己「在軍事上相較於北約的弱點」，因此「動用所有其他可行手段，從影響政治辯論到針對關鍵基礎設施的網路攻擊，以及大規模破壞行動」。

俄羅斯則一向否認所有戰爭相關意圖，有些事件也無法直接追溯到俄羅斯。挪威北極大學（Arctic University of Norway）和平研究中心的研究負責人比拉爾（Arsalan Bilal）指出：「混合戰爭的本質就在模糊性。」

比拉爾還說：「俄羅斯最終目標是從內部擊潰歐洲，包括歐盟和北約。俄國知道很難透過常規戰爭戰勝歐洲，因此企圖從內部削弱歐洲。」

面對無人機入侵歐洲領空，一些人呼籲採取更多行動，例如法國總統馬克宏（Emmanuel Macron）在聯合國大會期間呼籲北約成員國遭遇挑釁時強化因應力道。

但報導提到，歐洲國家目前因應相關威脅的裝備不足，一枚可用於攔截無人機的飛彈可能要價數十萬歐元。

比拉爾指出，面對混合戰爭威脅，軍事層面是一回事，還要加強協調和集體行動，「必須資助獨立媒體、提升媒體教育以對抗俄羅斯的宣傳和假資訊，讓人人都能分辨（資訊被）操縱（的跡象）」。（編輯：吳柏緯）1140929

journalist: 中央社記者曾依璇巴黎29日專電

countries: 歐盟 德國 波蘭 摩爾多瓦 俄羅斯 烏克蘭 挪威 丹麥 愛沙尼亞 法國

title: 俄國無人機威脅 歐學者警告：混合戰爭意在模糊


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（中央社開羅29日綜合外電報導）英國海事安全公司安布雷（Ambrey）今天表示，一艘懸掛荷蘭國旗的普通貨船傳出在葉門港口城市亞丁（Aden）東南方120海里處遭到攻擊。

路透社報導，英國海事貿易行動辦公室（UKMTO）也說，軍事當局回報稱，一艘距離亞丁128海里的船隻被不明拋射物擊中，且據傳船隻起火。

上述英國辦公室及公司都表示，他們收到船隻附近有煙的報告。

英國海事貿易行動辦公室還說，船長回報目擊遠處有水花飛濺。

安布雷公司補充道，遇襲當下，這艘船並未發送船舶自動識別系統（AIS）訊號。

根據安布雷的說法，這艘船23日前往吉布地途中已曾淪為攻擊目標。（編譯：楊昭彥）1140929

countries: 荷蘭 葉門 英國 吉布地

title: 葉門附近海域不平靜 傳懸掛荷蘭旗貨船遇襲起火


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（中央社台北29日電）外交部長林佳龍今天出席華沙安全論壇並發表演說，這是台灣外交部長首次受邀在華沙安全論壇公開演說。他指出，台歐安全密不可分，如果沒有自由開放的印太地區，歐洲-大西洋地區的安全將面臨進一步挑戰。現在正是歐洲與台灣站在一起，為共同的價值觀建立穩固聯盟，阻止威權政權擴張的時候。

華沙安全論壇（WSF）於29日至30日登場。林佳龍應華沙安全論壇主席皮薩斯卡（Katarzyna Pisarska）邀請，今天以「再造全球民主供應鏈」為題發表專題演說。

外交部指出，這次論壇官方網站放上林佳龍擔任專題講者的資訊，並清楚標註為「台灣外交部長」。林佳龍受邀發表專題演說，顯示台灣在歐洲的戰略角色日益受重視，成為不可或缺的合作夥伴。

自2014年創辦以來，華沙安全論壇已成為中東歐最具影響力的安全與外交政策對話平台，也是歐洲年度重要安全盛事。近年隨著俄羅斯威權勢力擴張，歐洲安全局勢面臨嚴峻挑戰，中東歐更首當其衝，使華沙安全論壇的重要性和受矚目程度與日俱增。

林佳龍在演說中表示，近年來，4大因素重塑全球供應鏈。首先，COVID-19（2019冠狀病毒疾病）疫情暴露全球經濟脆弱性。其次，區域性危機，如俄羅斯侵略烏克蘭，進一步動搖原已脆弱、以規則為基礎的國際秩序。第三，當前中國、俄羅斯、伊朗及北韓等威權政權集結，威脅自由貿易與全球安全。

林佳龍說，這一切更因為民族主義與去全球化浪潮興起，而更加複雜，阻礙民主夥伴的合作努力。在這樣的背景下，當務之急是全球理念相近國家團結一致，共同再造全球民主供應鏈。

他指出，作為國際社會不可或缺的一員，台灣是值得信賴的合作夥伴，但正如輝達執行長黃仁勳點出的，台積電的成功不在於單打獨鬥，而是與國際供應鏈深度融合。台灣無法獨自成功。

林佳龍說：「透過與歐洲合作，台灣可協助歐洲放大工業實力與卓越的創新能量。台灣憑藉在先進半導體與電子產業的傑出實力，已準備好成為協助歐洲工業領袖進一步壯大的關鍵推手。」

他指出，如同台灣為美國矽谷科技巨擘的貢獻，台灣也能成為歐洲未來各產業冠軍的造王者。

林佳龍呼籲歐洲各國夥伴與企業進一步深化對台投資，並期盼歐洲推動更務實且更具前瞻性的政策，來歡迎更多台灣企業到歐洲拓展市場。

他表示，透過經濟合作，台灣與歐洲可產生強力綜效，促進具韌性且多元的科技生態系，有助於歐洲推動戰略性「再工業化」。

林佳龍說，歐洲再工業化對「歐洲再武裝計畫」至關重要。這種合作的成功，已體現在德國的歐洲半導體製造公司（ESMC）。這個台積電與歐洲夥伴的合資企業，象徵台歐雙方加強合作的重要一步。

他表示，歐洲已發起「數位歐洲計畫」與「歐盟AI大陸行動計畫」。這些倡議的目標是塑造歐洲社會數位轉型，透過策略投資促進經濟發展，推動歐洲成為AI全球領導者。台灣是歐洲成功實現AI宏圖的關鍵夥伴，鼓勵歐洲與台灣攜手合作，推動AI創新。

林佳龍指出，中國、俄羅斯、伊朗、北韓等威權政權已形成動亂軸心，挑戰以規則為基礎的國際秩序，中國更被視為俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭的關鍵推手。全球民主國家必須齊心協力，共同應對這關乎民主存亡的體制性威脅。

林佳龍說，中國持續利用灰色地帶戰術、網路攻擊、假訊息及軍事演習，企圖破壞台灣人民對政府的信任。面對新興安全挑戰，台灣已將明年國防預算提升至國內生產毛額（GDP）的3.32%，超越部分歐洲國家的國防支出。

他指出，這一數字預計將穩定上升，並在2030年達到5%，以幫助台灣提升軍力及強化全民防衛韌性。歐洲提出的「再武裝計畫」，以及北大西洋公約組織（NATO）成員承諾在2035年之前，將國防預算提升至GDP的5%，「都彰顯我們共同捍衛珍貴民主價值與生活方式的堅定決心」。

另一方面，林佳龍說，威權政權利用民主國家自由開放社會的脆弱之處，來破壞全球經濟穩定，並圖謀重塑有利威權主義的地緣政治局勢。

他表示，在當今世界中，國家安全已優先於利潤。半導體產業曾是全球整合的象徵，如今成為民主與威權國家陣營間戰略競爭的核心。「台灣呼籲夥伴共同打造建立在基於民主盟友信任圈之上的非紅供應鏈，以守護我們的產業生存與民主存續。」

林佳龍說，波蘭是北約成員國，也是歐洲聯盟會員國，更是面對俄羅斯侵略、捍衛歐洲自由的前線。因此，今天在波蘭討論這件事，意義非凡。

他強調，台灣與歐洲安全密不可分。台灣透過發展先進關鍵的技術、提升全社會防禦韌性、增強積極且永續的軍事投資，展現捍衛民主的堅定決心。民主盟友如美國、日本、韓國、菲律賓也尋求維護印太地區和平。另外，如澳英美三方安全夥伴關係（AUKUS）等戰略性小多邊平台，也加強該地區的安全與穩定。

林佳龍說，民主國家需要團結合作。現在正是歐洲與台灣站在一起，為共同的價值觀建立穩固的聯盟，阻止威權政權擴張的時候。

他表示，台灣將透過「五大信賴產業」，包括半導體、次世代通訊、人工智慧、軍工及安控，帶來深化台歐合作的眾多機會。「這項倡議成為全新策略平台的基礎，雙方將藉此共同開發尖端技術，並使得我們共享的供應鏈更具韌性。」

林佳龍說，這項倡議也稱作「值得信賴的科技台灣」（Trusted Technology Taiwan）或「3T策略」。在此架構下，深信台歐間既有的堅實連結將持續深化。

他表示，台灣不僅期盼與歐洲深化科技合作，也期待將台歐合作拓展至文化交流。他今年開始積極推動「歐洲台灣文化年」，期盼透過交流，使台歐形成文化、科技與民主的黃金三角合作，讓台歐人民、企業與政府更緊密地連結在一起。

林佳龍說，民主國家互相照應，彼此都將更加強大。台灣已準備好貢獻長處，協助歐洲夥伴將歐洲的優勢，轉化為更大的成功。

外交部表示，儘管台灣與波蘭分屬印歐大陸兩端，但同時面臨中國與俄羅斯威權擴張威脅，日前中國外交部長王毅訪歐行，最後一站也是抵達波蘭；如今林佳龍公開造訪波蘭，盼透過「智庫外交」平台，深化與歐洲民主夥伴交流。（編輯：陳妍君）1140929

journalist: 編輯：陳妍君

countries: 歐盟 中國 德國 波蘭 美國 韓國 俄羅斯 北韓 日本 烏克蘭 菲律賓 伊朗 台灣

events: 疫情 冠狀病毒 COVID-19

people: 林佳龍 黃仁

taiwan-subdivisions: 和平 成功 新興

things: 假訊息 經濟

title: 台外長登華沙安全論壇 林佳龍倡台歐聯盟阻威權擴張


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（中央社記者林尚縈柏林29日專電）德國國防部長佩斯托瑞斯今天出席華沙安全論壇時警告，俄羅斯對北大西洋公約組織（NATO）的威脅正日益升高，呼籲盟國加強防空合作，避免落入俄國總統蒲亭設下的「持續升高衝突」陷阱。

華沙安全論壇9月29日至30日在波蘭首都舉行，是中東歐地區最具影響力的戰略會議之一，今年論壇聚焦討論俄烏戰爭延宕下，歐洲如何強化集體防禦並協助烏克蘭鞏固長期安全。

德國防長佩斯托瑞斯（Boris Pistorius）今天在論壇指出：「俄羅斯對北約愈來愈危險。」他指出，俄羅斯總統蒲亭（Vladimir Putin）正試圖透過接連不斷的軍事挑釁來暴露北約弱點。

面對這種局勢，北約需要展現團結、清晰的行動與合作。佩斯托瑞斯承諾，德國將持續推動防空能力建設，並深化與北約盟國的合作應對來自克林姆林宮的威脅。

談及烏克蘭，佩斯托瑞斯承諾，德國將持續強化與烏克蘭的在軍工產業上的合作，認為這是德國目前保障烏克蘭安全的最佳方式。透過德烏軍工合作，能提升烏克蘭的自我防衛能力，也有助烏克蘭加速融入歐洲安全架構。

德國外長瓦德福（Johann Wadephul）赴華沙安全論壇前表示，俄羅斯侵犯北約領空的行為並非偶然，而是「有意識的灰色地帶攻擊」，為「混合式侵略」一環。瓦德福強調，這些挑釁「極其危險，唯一的目的就是測試北約的決心」。

近期，丹麥、挪威與瑞典等北歐國家先後通報領空遭俄羅斯軍機侵犯，引發高度關注。烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基（Wolodymyr Selenskyj）今天也在論壇上呼籲，歐洲各國應攜手建立共同防空網，抵禦俄軍威脅。（編輯：高照芬）1140929

journalist: 中央社記者林尚縈柏林29日專電

countries: 俄羅斯 波蘭 德國 瑞典 丹麥 挪威 烏克蘭

title: 華沙安全論壇聚焦空防 德防長：俄國對北約愈加危險


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（中央社莫斯科29日綜合外電報導）俄羅斯總統蒲亭今天頒布秋季兵役令，徵召13萬5000名男性入伍，創下2016年以來俄國最大秋季徵兵規模。

法新社報導，俄羅斯每年春秋兩季徵召18至30歲男子入伍，按規定義務役士兵在俄國境內軍事基地服役1年。通常春季入伍人數較多，因多數民眾在此時從學校畢業。

俄羅斯兵役令與戰時動員令無關，但服完兵役者未來較可能被徵召上戰場，且過去不時傳出義務役士兵被派往烏克蘭前線的消息。

根據蒲亭（Vladimir Putin）頒布的命令，10月1日至12月31日有13萬5000名俄羅斯聯邦公民將須入伍服役。加上春季已徵召的16萬人，俄國今年入伍人數也將創下2016年以來新高。

蒲亭自從2022年2月對鄰國烏克蘭發動全面侵略後，將俄羅斯置於戰爭狀態，此後每年徵兵規模以平均約5%的速度成長。他去年9月更下令將俄軍現役人數擴編至150萬人，規模在全球數一數二。（編譯：張正芊）1140929

countries: 烏克蘭 俄羅斯

title: 俄秋季兵役令徵召13.5萬人入伍 創2016年以來最大規模


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（中央社台北29日電）威力彩第114078期今晚開獎，第一區中獎號碼為17、20、36、16、12、27，第二區中獎號碼為03號。派彩結果，頭獎槓龜。

貳獎1注中獎，獎金新台幣2846萬2968元。

派彩結果及中獎獎號以台彩公布為準。1140929

title: 威力彩第114078期 頭獎槓龜


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（中央社華盛頓29日綜合外電報導）美國總統川普（Donald Trump）今天揚言對「所有在美國境外製作的電影」祭出100%關稅後，接著又發文宣布將對進口家具徵收「高額關稅」，但未透露具體細節。

「國會山莊報」（The Hill）報導，川普在自家社群平台「真實社群」（Truth Social）發文寫道：「為了讓家具業務完全輸給中國和其他國家的北卡羅來納州再次偉大，我將對任何不在美國生產家具的國家徵收高額關稅。」

他並稱之後會公布細節。

川普之前曾表示，美國政府10月1日起將開始對所有廚房櫥櫃、浴室洗手台及相關產品徵收50%關稅，同時對軟墊家具徵收30%的關稅。

川普宣布對進口家具加徵關稅之前不久，也發文稱將對非美國本土製作的電影徵收100%的關稅，還說加州「受到的打擊特別重」，但文中並未說明可能於何時、以何種方式實施。（編譯：楊昭彥）1140930

countries: 中國 美國

title: 川普推文連發 宣布將對進口家具課「高額關稅」


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（中央社記者陳俊華台北29日電）鏡報新聞網日前報導，指民眾黨主席黃國昌培養跟拍集團。黃國昌今天晚間開直播表示，他成立吹哨者保護協會，是要保護吹哨者與揭發弊案，且確定是違法亂紀才會出手；而需要民間團體揭弊的原因，是在民進黨主政下，檢調會認真去查這些弊案嗎。

對於黃國昌在直播時，指「全國最大的狗仔集團，就在你們鏡傳媒」。鏡傳媒集團截至晚間11時，尚未回應。

民進黨立委王義川去年6月質疑遭人跟拍，因此向警方報案，8月收到檢方不起訴處分書。不過鏡報新聞網26日報導，指黃國昌近年培養跟拍集團，偷拍綠營政治人物，且黃國昌還親自指揮狗仔辦案。

民眾黨26日透過文字回應後，黃國昌自此沒有公開行程。黃國昌今晚在Youtube頻道直播時表示，這幾天有媒體報導說「我神隱第幾天、叫我出來面對」，他看完後不曉得該怎麼說，他這3天非常忙，只是沒有公開行程，卻被說成神隱多日。

黃國昌說，上週六他去支持一個有意義的活動，是繞行大台北的單車賽，他原本想報名，但發現時已報名截止，因此用另個方式支持，在終點擺補給站攤位，提供選手飲料、蛋白質，並在現場烤香腸，他也親自幫忙烤。

談及吹哨者保護協會，黃國昌說，他成立協會基本上做兩件事，第一、保護吹哨者，第二、揭發弊案，為何國家弊案需要民間團體來揭露，原因很簡單，在民進黨主政下，大家覺得檢調會認真去查這些弊案嗎，最簡單的例子是2019年他揭發的「華航私菸案」。

黃國昌表示，成立吹哨者協會是因為有很多吹哨者被追殺，他甚至義務幫吹哨者們打官司、提供法律諮詢，沒有收過錢；查弊案不是在家用Google搜尋就能查出來，他一定會核實，「確定是違法亂紀的事，我們才會出手」。

黃國昌說，如果是涉及風花雪月的事，例如哪個立委養小三、深夜應召女郎出入這種事，基本上協會不處理，因為這跟公共利益無關。

至於跟拍，黃國昌說，「鏡傳媒集團是黨檢媒三位一體」，指控他在養狗仔，但看到新聞標題和內容後，他心裡第一個感想是，如果要講養狗仔的話，「全國最大的狗仔集團，就在你們鏡傳媒」，寫這些東西自己都不覺得丟臉嗎。（編輯：林克倫）1140929

journalist: 中央社記者陳俊華台北29日電

title: 黃國昌開直播：吹哨者協會追弊 確定違法亂紀才出手


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（中央社華盛頓29日綜合外電報導）美國總統川普今天在社群平台「真實社群」（Truth Social）發文表示，他將對「所有在美國境外製作的電影」祭出100%關稅，但他並未說明可能於何時、以何種方式實施。

美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）報導，若川普（Donald Trump）兌現威脅，將是他首次對服務而非實體產品加徵關稅。

川普最初是在今年5月揚言對外國製作的電影徵收100%關稅，主張其他國家提供稅務誘因，吸引電影製作人前往海外。

川普在今天的貼文中特別點名加州，稱當地「受到的打擊特別重！」

與此同時，加州和美國其他城市已提議並實施多項稅務誘因。（編譯：楊昭彥）1140929

title: 川普再揚言對境外製作電影課100%關稅 未提開徵時間


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台北市作為首都，交通流量龐大，尤其在尖峰時段更是車潮洶湧，易有違規事件發生。為維護交通秩序，台北市政府積極運用科技執法系統，針對各種交通違規行為進行取締。根據台北市交通警察大隊最新統計數據顯示，科技執法取締案件中以「未依標線行駛」違規最為常見，相關罰鍰最高可達新台幣1,800元。下載食尚APP，天天免費抽大獎！

去年最多人違規的地方

台北市交通警察大隊統計資料顯示，去年科技執法取締案件最多的地點位於「民權東路與舊宗路（行忠路口）」，總計高達５萬5057件違規案件。該路口違規類型主要以「未依標線行駛」為大宗，顯示駕駛人在通過該路段時，經常未能遵循道路標線指示行駛。

今年最多人違規的地方

根據今年１至８月的最新統計，科技執法取締案件最多的地點已轉移至「基河路與劍潭路口」，累計達３萬9708件違規案件。該路口同樣以「未依標線行駛」違規類型居多，顯示這類違規行為在台北市各大路口普遍存在。

今年科技執法違規案件前３名

至於今年１至８月科技執法違規前３名，以「未依標線行駛」違規案件數量最多，達２萬9809件件，依據《道路交通管理處罰條例》第48條規定，罰鍰金額為600元至1,800元。「未依規定轉彎」違規案件位居第２，共計１萬1299件，根據《道路交通管理處罰條例》第45條、第48條及第60條相關規定，罰鍰同樣為600元至1,800元。第３名則是「違反禁止左右轉標誌」違規，總計1409件，依照《道路交通管理處罰條例》第60條規定，罰鍰為900元至1,800元。

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闖紅燈最高罰5400元

除了前述３大違規類型外，台北市科技執法系統也針對其他嚴重違規行為進行嚴格取締。「跨越槽化線行駛」違規行為根據《道路交通管理處罰條例》第60條規定，罰鍰為900元至1,800元。最嚴重的「闖紅燈」違規行為，依據《道路交通管理處罰條例》第53條第１項規定，罰鍰金額高達1,800元至5,400元。北市府表示，將持續透過科技執法系統強化交通秩序管理，期望有效降低交通事故發生率，保障所有用路人的生命安全。

▲不得闖紅燈，違規者最高罰5,400元。（示意圖，圖片來源：shutterstock達志影像）

journalist: 食尚編輯 李艾庭

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科技執法無所遁形！這路段年揪５萬件違規，做錯「１件事」秒噴1800元 |
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過去社會普遍認為化學系畢業生出路狹窄，僅能從事研究工作，然而這樣的刻板印象正逐漸被顛覆。隨著台灣產業結構轉型，半導體、生技製藥、綠能等新興領域對化學專業人才的需求急遽增加，不僅就業機會多元化，薪資水準也相當亮眼。根據最新調查數據顯示，化學背景人才的平均月薪達到63,280元，遠高於全國平均薪資水準，且有高達８成的畢業生對當初的科系選擇感到滿意。下載食尚APP，天天免費抽大獎！

化學系畢業工作領域廣泛

1111人力銀行針對具有化學、生化、材料等相關背景的學生及畢業生進行調查，結果顯示化學人才的就業領域相當廣泛。調查發現，從事半導體工程師的比例最高，達到19.8%，其次為製程工程師16.5%、材料研發15.4%、化學工程師10.8%，以及藥物研發10.6%。

化學系畢業平均月薪63,280元

受訪者的平均月薪為63,280元，這個數字尚未包含年終獎金及其他額外獎勵，明顯高於今年上半年經常性薪資平均數47,608元，充分展現化學人才在就業市場上的高度薪資競爭力。更令人注目的是，調查結果顯示有高達８成的受訪者對當初選擇化學相關科系感到滿意，不後悔自己的決定。

化學背景５大能力成就業優勢

化學背景人才之所以在職場上表現出色，主要歸功於其具備的多項核心能力。根據調查結果，這些專業人士擁有以下優勢：

１、分析和解決問題的能力

２、實驗設計與操作技能

３、邏輯清楚思考縝密的特質

４、實驗室與工廠安全意識

５、數據處理與統計能力

這些能力不僅在傳統化工產業中發揮重要作用，更在新興科技領域中展現出跨域應用的潛力，使得化學人才成為各大企業爭相延攬的對象。

半導體產業隱形王牌

1111人力銀行發言人曾仲葳指出，台灣半導體產業在晶圓代工與IC封裝測試領域位居世界第一，擁有完整的產業聚落。這樣的產業優勢吸引化學背景人才積極跨足半導體材料開發、電子製程、品管檢測以及環境檢驗等領域。特別是在半導體產業的晶圓製程、材料純化過程中，需要大量化學專業知識的挹注，化學人才已經成為業界超越競爭對手的「隱形王牌」。

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薪資期待仍有落差

儘管化學人才的薪資表現亮眼，但調查也發現期待與現實之間仍存在些許落差。受訪者期待的合理月薪為67,178元，與目前平均薪資63,280元相差近4,000元。不過，仍有70.9%的化學背景人才對現職表示滿意，顯示多數畢業生都能在所屬產業中找到適合的發揮舞台。

曾仲葳建議，業界應更加重視化學人才的獨特價值，給予合理的薪資待遇與清晰的職涯發展藍圖，讓這些專業人才能夠充分發揮最大價值，成為推動台灣產業競爭力提升的重要支柱。

▲化學系畢業平均月薪63,280元。（示意圖，圖片來源：shutterstock達志影像）

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不是醫學、法律！過來人推「１科系」前景好、念了不後悔，平均月薪破６萬 |
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自駕車已成為國際大廠爭相投入的產業大餅，英國有間名為Wayve的新創，就靠著研發AI自駕模型，受到許多國際大廠包括軟銀、輝達等企業的青睞，最新軟銀社長孫正義，在試乘後，也表達會再考慮擴大投資自駕領域的意願。

東京街頭，人來人往，駕駛放開手，汽車依然能輕鬆避開人群，轉彎流暢自如。

軟銀社長 孫正義:「在既定路線駕駛自駕車，已經是，完全過時的事。」

車上坐的，就是軟銀社長孫正義，旁邊那位，則是他一年多前，豪砸10億美元，投資的英國新創Wayve執行長Alex。

Wayve執行長 Alex Kendall:「我們和其他做自駕的公司，不同之處在於，我們的模式是開發一個AI模型，並授權給全球，車隊業者和汽車製造商，透過這種模式，我們接觸到不同製造商。」

透過大量影像與道路數據，訓練AI模型，讓他上路後，能如同老練司機，應變各種情況，不同於傳統業者，把力氣放在編寫程式。

軟銀社長 孫正義:「我會再次去看要不要，擴大投資Wayve。」

孫正義甚至還把Alex形容為，像賈伯斯一樣，兩百年一遇的奇才，而坐過Alex車的人，還有微軟創辦人比爾蓋茲，以及輝達執行長黃仁勳。

輝達執行長 黃仁勳(09.20):「下一家市值破兆美元的公司，就是你呀。」

看好Wayve的還有日產，近期表示在2027財年前，會借重Wayve技術，開發自駕系統，好和特斯拉一較高下，不過監管.民眾接受度，都還是問題，AI自駕，能否打破市場競爭格局，有待時間驗證。(記者 莊欣璉、熊汝璽/綜合報導)

journalist: 非凡新聞

title: 媲美特斯拉FSD! 軟銀擬擴大投資英新創Wayve | 科技 | 非凡新聞


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英國物價持續飆升，連巧克力、牛肉都成為民眾眼中的「奢侈品」，在日常消費縮手之下，超市只能祭出降價策略搶客。英國第三大連鎖超市推出平價套餐組合，比競爭對手便宜逾一成，吸引不少消費者目光。不過，通膨壓力依舊沉重，食品價格漲幅擴大，薪資卻難以追趕，就業市場同樣疲軟。專家警告，隨著失業率攀升與經濟成長下修，英國景氣未來恐怕更加堪憂。

不管是三明治、壽司還是雞肉捲，通通都能搭配洋芋片以及汽水，還只要3.74鎊，約新台幣150元左右，英國第三大連鎖超市阿斯達推出全新的套餐優惠，共有132種主食，336種點心，以及222種飲料可作選擇，價格還比競爭對手便宜12%。在物價飆漲的情況下，民眾對於平價套餐的需求增加，超市也靠降價來吸引顧客，然而即便有優惠，民眾還是壓力山大。

英國民眾：「我以前會去當地的小雜貨店，你知道的買個小餐組合3.5鎊，現在去Tesco要5鎊6鎊，去Sainsbury’s也是5鎊6鎊，我才不可能花那麼多錢，我更寧願自己買食材，然後自己做。」

英國民眾：「我大概會說巧克力吧，因為你知道，以前去買東西真的很便宜，但現在走進商店，一塊巧克力要大概3鎊，所以這已經變成，我不會那麼常拿的東西了。」

英國國家統計局最新數據數據顯示，8月的食品通膨率，從7月的的4.9%上升到5.1%，其中牛肉價格飆到24.9%，咖啡與巧克力則上漲15.4%，經濟合作暨發展組織 OECD更上調英國2025年通膨率至3.5%，有望成為七大工業國組織、已開發經濟體中通膨率最高的國家。

英國零售商協會執行長 Helen Dickinson：「我們進行了一項調查詢問人們最擔心的什麼，他們擔憂經濟和財務上的擔憂是，物價上漲的速度，跟不上薪資上漲的速度，這裡有很多國際的因素，無論是高昂的能源成本，還是商品，都會影響價格，但部份的通膨，英格蘭銀行強調的通膨，是由於政府採取行動，他們維持利率的穩定。」

英格蘭銀行行長安德魯貝利警告，由於利率維持在4%，英國尚未擺脫通膨困境，不只通膨失控，就連就業市場也在萎縮，目前英國目前約有72.8萬職缺，從疫情之後開始持續下降，失業率也持續攀升達4.7%，目前共有170萬人失業。通膨問題交織就業市場萎縮影響經濟，專家預估英國2025年整體的經濟成長率僅有1.4%，明年的經濟成長率更慘，估計只有1%。通膨壓力未解，就業市場疲軟，種種跡象都表明，英國整體的經濟前景堪憂。(記者綜合報導)

title: 物價漲漲漲 英全年CPI年增率估3.5%是G7最高 | 國際 | 非凡新聞


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受惠AI需求興起，半導體載板及各類高層數伺服器板需求提升，台灣 PCB大廠積極擴充產能，其中臻鼎、欣興、金像電這三家公司，光是今年有完成，或提出市場籌資規模，總金額合計就超過300億元。

大型AI資料中心提供龐大算力，讓各國都在力拼自己的AI基礎設施，尤其阿拉伯聯合大公國，正在興建全球最大的 AI 數據中心之一，阿拉伯聯合大公國總統穆罕默德，本周六在阿布達比，也會見OpenAI執行長奧特曼，計畫加強 AI研究，以及實際應用領域的發展。

OpenAI執行長 奧特曼：「我們的核心信念之一，我們可以弄懂如何建立AI工具，調整它的價值，然後交到人類手中，傳達你可以用AI去做任何事情，對這世界來說很棒。」

AI需求興起，帶動的半導體載板，以及 各類高層數伺服器板需求，台灣PCB大廠 積極擴充產能，臻鼎-KY 在9月底成功以發行海外可轉換公司債，募資總金額達到 120.3億元，是今年台灣PCB廠 最大規模市場籌資案，欣興也向金管會送件申報，將發行4.6萬張現增股，及發行可轉換公司債，預估籌資規模來到 90 億元，金像電也預計近期送件申報，發行90億元可轉換公司債，這三家合計就超過 300億元，其中還不包括今年以來，發債籌資22.37 億元的高技，以及今年初完成籌資15.5億元的博智。

資深分析師 顏至恆：「在全球市場的布局，不管是OpenAI，不管是甲骨文不管是輝達，他們在AI相關投資，伺服器應用情況底下，我覺得在後續發展也都非常大，相對於台幣而言，其實泰國的匯率穩定上，會比台幣來的穩定，這也是這三家公司，決定在泰國設廠部份。」

分析師觀察，泰國受惠低人力成本以及英文等良好溝通環境，目前泰國PCB產能約佔全球5％，預估在2030年有機會成為全球第四大產地。（記者 黃靖棻、蘇韋銘／台北採訪報導）

countries: 泰國 台灣

title: PCB廠鎖定AI商機! 三家今年籌資總額逾300億 | 科技 | 非凡新聞


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川普政府進一步擴大在美國境內動用軍隊的權力！川普最新發文表示，已授權部隊前進俄勒岡州波特蘭，且必要時，可以動用「全部力量」，以保護移民暨海關執法局，對此當地州長表示，波特蘭沒有任何國安層級的威脅發生，沒理由部署軍隊。

民眾配戴口罩、防毒面具，團團圍繞黑色轎車，阻止它駛入移民海關執法局。

川普加大力道打擊移民，引發許多自由州民眾反對，局勢愈發緊張，最新進展，川普直接一聲令下，再度打破先前慣例，授權部隊可以，前進俄勒岡州波特蘭，並強調 必要時，能夠動用「全部力量」。

美國司法部長 邦迪：「任何威脅或攻擊，我們聯邦執法人員的人，將會被逮捕，並以聯邦罪名起訴，而不是在自由州的法院。」

波特蘭民眾：「你可以看看四周，這並不是戰場，動用聯邦部隊，才是真正破壞正常秩序的錯誤。」

升高動用美軍，對付民眾作為，引發當地居民強烈反彈，許多團體發起抗議行動。

俄勒岡州州長 Tina Kotek：「沒有任何國安層級的威脅發生，也沒有必要，在我們主要城市部署軍隊。」

國土安全部助理部長 Tricia McLaughlin：「我們看到這些抗議活動，已經變得高度組織化，有人甚至被動員搭車前來，我們正在調查，而川普總統已下令，要以全政府之力追查，這些資金來源。」

中央、地方各執一詞，而為抗議美軍進入地方，芝加哥等其他城市跟著響應。不過到目前為止，外界仍不清楚，川普動用全部力量，意味著什麼，以及會派遣哪些部隊，進駐當地，種種疑問都還有待白宮進一步解釋。(記者 莊欣璉、熊汝璽/綜合報導)

title: 川普派兵到波特蘭 揚言必要"動用全部軍力" | 國際 | 非凡新聞


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輝達執行長黃仁勳，本周受訪時提到，OpenAI 很可能會成為下一個兆美元等級的超大規模公司，並且樂觀看待AI商業化前景，預估未來五年，AI驅動收入，將從1000億美元，暴增至1兆，而面對競爭對手，正在建造更便宜的ASIC晶片，他自信表示輝達AI晶片有絕對優勢。

輝達執行長 黃仁勳：「OpenAI有機會成為下一個數兆美元超大規模的公司，就像是Meta、Google這些公司一樣。」

輝達執行長黃仁勳，罕見戴上紅色眼鏡接受訪問，提到跟OpenAI的千億美元合作案，甚至開玩笑說，唯一遺憾是沒有早點投資OpenAI，在AI激烈競爭環境下，不少科技大廠都想做自研晶片，黃仁勳指出，輝達晶片優勢 ，在於總體擁有成本。

輝達執行長 黃仁勳：「當10個12個15個專案都在ASIC公司進行，我一點都不驚訝，因為那些可能是4個智慧網路介面控制器，或5個轉碼器，這些算是AI晶片嗎？當然不是。當你要做AI的基本計算引擎，你會發現這一直變化，既要有低延遲的負載，同時負載吞吐量又高，應用於聊天的計算，以及思考、影片生成，這是輝達的優勢所在。」

黃仁勳預估未來五年，AI驅動收入將從1,000億美元，暴增至1兆，但事實上他認為，現在幾乎已達到這個目標，近年來許多國家 ，都大手筆投資AI資料中心建設，打造主權AI，已經成為世界各國必要的行動。

輝達執行長 黃仁勳：「沒有人需要原子彈，但人人都需要AI，這些國家將成為OpenAI、Anthropic、Grok、Gemini的客戶，但是這些國家都需要建立自己的基礎設施，這就是輝達正在做的，我們就是在提供這些，就像各國都需要能源、通訊、互聯網的基礎設施，而現在各國都需要AI基礎設施。」

黃仁勳強調，如今AI市場，已經從簡單的GPU，演變為成更複雜，且持續進化的AI工廠，在接下來的五年裡，人工智慧與機器人技術的融合，將是一個重要的發展方向。（記者 黃靖棻、蘇韋銘／台北採訪報導）

title: OpenAI下個兆美元企業? 黃仁勳後悔沒早投資 | 科技 | 非凡新聞


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美國商務部長盧特尼克，再度針對台美晶片製造產能分配，發表看法，毫不隱晦的表示，應該要「五五分」，也就是台灣生產一半、美國生產一半，如此一來，美國才有能力在必要時刻，出手保護台灣。此外，他也指出，希望在他任內，能夠先達到四成晶片由美國生產的目標。

美國商務部長 盧特尼克：「談判還正在進行，我們還有台灣，很重大的協議就要來了，預期會和他們溝通、解決一些問題。」

台美貿易協定，進入最後關鍵時刻，美國到底想要什麼，商務部長 盧特尼克，毫不諱言 將牌攤開。

美國商務部長 盧特尼克：「我向他們提出的想法是，我們來五五分，美國生產一半晶片、台灣生產一半，我們基本上還是依賴你，因為少了那一半，我們也無法運作，但如果美國掌握了那一半，就有能力 在必要時，完成需要做的事，這是我們的想法，我們也一直和台灣溝通這件事。」

盧特尼克表示，雖然聽起來像天方夜譚，但他的目標是，任內達到4成晶片美國製，並還預估，需要投資超過5000億美元，在美國建立完整供應鏈。

美國商務部長 盧特尼克vs.主持人：「台灣也會憂心，若晶片生產不再有95%在台，更不可能獲得美國保護，你們會對台灣有安全承諾嗎？在貿易的世界，這稱做"矽盾"，對此我的回應是，如果台灣掌握95%晶片，美國要如何保護你，難道透過飛機或船運過來，我們需要生產足夠晶片。」

對此 經濟部長龔明鑫，上週面對類似問題也回應到，國際社會應該看到的，是台灣產業強大並非風險，反而有助供應鏈更加完善，兩方立場，顯然不同，盧特尼克也坦言，美國要達成目標，仍需要一番工夫，目前只能持續與台灣團隊對話。(記者 莊欣璉、萬俊樑/綜合報導)

countries: 美國 台灣

title: 台美協定關鍵? 盧特尼克喊晶片製造"五五分" | 國際 | 非凡新聞


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美股頻頻創高，外資投行小摩預估，標普500指數，年底有望上漲至7000點。然而從「巴菲特指標」來看，目前已經突破200%的玩火警戒線，來到217%的歷史新高，顯示股市已經出現過熱跡象，恐怕有泡沫破裂風險。

看著線圖一路向上，就跟美股不斷創高一樣，這是股神巴菲特曾推崇的股市估值指標，被稱為巴菲特指標，是美股總市值除以GDP得來的比率，目前已經攀升至217%的歷史高點，究其原因是來自大型科技公司的市值持續膨脹。

外媒財經記者 Brooke DiPalma：「市場對這些公司反應強烈，尤其是那些科技、數據和AI公司，他們的業績還有回報都超出了投資人的預期，高盛提高了標普500到年底前的目標價，此外富國銀行和其他公司也提高了標普500指數，在未來12個月可能達到的目標。」

摩根大通在最新展望中也指出，S&P500指數年底前有機會挑戰7000點關卡，對美股長期前景依然樂觀，是因為有降息利多效應以及資金面的支撐，然而小摩提醒，風險同時並存，包括目前來看美股反彈過度還有散戶情緒過熱。

從巴菲特指標觀察，市場同樣擔心股市出現過熱跡象，而且恐怕已經處在泡沫破裂階段，因為股神說過，若這項指標超過警戒2倍，投資人入市就如同玩火。

波克夏海瑟威公司董事長 巴菲特(2018.2)：「人們持有倉位他們是在賭博，不是在投資，當他們買了一些大漲的指數沒有人是在投資。

外媒財經主持人 Jared Blikre：「隨著美股九月魔咒過去，我們可以預期十月，可能會出現高峰波動，雖然不是說一定會發生，但屆時不排除看到VIX恐慌指數來到相對高點。」

儘管美股在傳統弱勢的9月表現出色，但美國政府正面臨關門威脅，最新就業報告和通膨數據可能推遲公布，導致投資人在做出決策時失去關鍵依據，為金融市場蒙上一層陰影。（記者黃友柔、 謝隆証／綜合報導）

title: 巴菲特指標飆217% 股市衝破"玩火"警戒線! | 國際 | 非凡新聞


title: McKay Brothers 為倫敦和新加坡之間的加密貨幣和外匯交易，推出最迅速私人傳送工具

countries: 新加坡 美國 香港

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日內瓦、巴黎和加州屋崙2025年9月30日 /美通社/ — McKay Brothers 是全球數碼及外匯交易商數據傳送領導者，今天宣佈推出全新傳送服務。該服務互相連接倫敦與新加坡，往返時間少於 137 毫秒。McKay 的全新網絡提供 Slough-LD4 與新加坡之間的最快速路徑，而 Slough-LD4 託管領先加密平台（包括 Deribit、LMAX 和 Kraken），而新加坡則直接連接託管加密平台 Bybit 的 AWS 雲端。該網絡是專門為了風險管理越來越依賴微秒的資產類別而創造。

McKay 的公平競爭政策確保全部用戶均可購買最佳延遲。倫敦——新加坡傳送服務是為了雲端為本數碼資產交易的獨特要求，而進行最佳化。McKay 為全球最嚴格要求的公司提供數據傳送服務，並平等地向全部使用者提供服務，從而創造公平競爭環境。McKay 的數碼資產交易者網絡為了提供最高可靠及彈性水平而設計，並保持該公司服務傳統金融市場網絡的相同嚴格標準。

McKay 為數碼交易公司提供連結東京與香港、新加坡、倫敦、芝加哥和美國維珍尼亞州阿什本兼最低延遲的長途運送組合。

McKay 將參加在新加坡舉行的 Token 2049 會議，可於展覽攤位 MB4 81 與他們見面。

關於 McKay Brothers

McKay Brothers 是領先的金融市場數據傳送服務提供者。該公司設計、擁有和營運全球最先進短途和長途網絡，提供注重速度、可靠性與彈性的傳送。最成熟市場參與者均信賴 McKay。McKay 平等地向客戶提供全部服務。


title: 等離子技術為汽車行業提供質量與可持續性雙重支撐

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德國施泰因哈根2025年9月30日 /美通社/ — 汽車行業正面臨重大挑戰：新材料應用、輕量化結構理念以及日益增長的可持續性要求，這些都需要創新制造工藝的支持。等離子技術在應對這些挑戰中發揮著關鍵作用。

Plasmatreat GmbH為此開發了定制化應用方案。Openair-Plasma®等離子工藝能溫和環保地預處理表面，使塑料、金屬和玻璃等材料獲得精密清潔，為後續加工做好準備。等離子處理技術能顯著提升黏接劑、塗料、塗層和密封劑的附著力，且全程不使用有害環境的化學品。

此外，等離子工藝屬於干式處理，可完全自動化，並能直接集成到現有生產線中。這有助於提升效率、減少浪費並增加效益。同時，持久的黏接效果有助於提高產品質量並延長部件使用壽命。

什麼是等離子體？

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等離子技術已成為汽車制造環節的關鍵工藝

車燈系統：塑料部件經等離子處理可實現持久黏接並有效防潮內飾組件：表面預處理使儀表板與車門模塊實現精準無溶劑加工工藝電池領域：電動汽車中等離子處理提升電芯導熱性，顯著縮短充電時間

跨行業應用潛力

除汽車產業外，電子制造、醫療技術與包裝行業同樣受益於等離子技術應用。在需要可靠黏接、潔淨表面及環保工藝的領域，等離子技術持續開拓創新解決方案。

面向未來出行的關鍵技術

等離子應用在汽車制造的質量控制、生產效率與可持續性方面發揮著關鍵作用。該技術不僅支持現代材料的廣泛應用，更為未來出行生態構建核心基礎。

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By Rachel Lin and Esme Yeh / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Courses on native languages of Taiwan run by the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales’ Taiwan Studies Program in collaboration with multiple Taiwanese higher education institutions have attracted hundreds of sign-ups from Europe.

Program director and Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese) lecturer Liu Chan-yueh (劉展岳) said the courses would be taught via an online learning platform commencing next month.

The platform not only enables foreigners from across the globe to learn about Taiwan, but would also train Taiwanese language teachers to help foreigners learn Taiwan’s native languages as second foreign language, he said.

Liu Chan-yueh, head of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales’ Taiwan Studies Program, is pictured in Taipei on Feb. 21. Photo: Taipei Times

A total of 28 courses would be available, including five on Hoklo, two on Taiwanese Hakka, eight on Taiwanese indigenous languages and 13 on Taiwanese Mandarin, Liu said.

Hoklo courses received the most sign-ups with 223 students, while Taiwanese indigenous language courses were selected by 120 students, he said.

Most students are from European nations, including France, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Latvia and Portugal, totaling 465 people, Liu said.

Most students expect to learn more about Taiwan through learning its various languages, while many overseas Taiwanese are seeking to deepen their ties with Taiwan through language learning, he said.

Taiwan’s diversity of languages and cultures is its edge and should be leveraged to connect the international community with contemporary Taiwan, he added.

Taiwan’s experience and fruitful outcomes in reviving its languages can also be shared with the world, Liu said, adding the mindset of “who would be interested?” should be changed when it comes to learning Taiwan’s languages.

The real question is how to provide space and motivate foreign people to learn the languages of Taiwan, he said, urging the government to bolster the external development of various languages by planning schemes and funding.

Partnering institutions include National Taiwan Normal University, National Kaohsiung Normal University, National Pingtung University, National Chengchi University, National Central University, National Taichung University of Education, National Cheng Kung University, and the Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation.

title: Taiwan language courses attract hundreds in EU


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‘Silicon shield’ may shift to shared US-Taiwan resilience: Expert

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick’s call for a “50-50” split in semiconductor production may shift the island’s “silicon shield” to a shared US-Taiwan resilience, a semiconductor industry expert argued yesterday.

Lutnick told US media NewsNation on Sunday that he is pushing Taiwan to adopt a “50-50” plan, in which Taiwan and the US each produce 50 percent of the chips used by the American market.

Arisa Liu (劉佩真), a researcher at the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER), said the concept of the “silicon shield” arose because Taiwan has long held over 90 percent of global advanced chip capacity, which could help deter a Chinese invasion.

A man adjusts the display of a silicon wafer at the Semicon Taiwan exhibition at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center on Sept. 10. Photo: I-Hwa Cheng, AFP

The US has argued, however, that sufficient domestic chip production is needed to safeguard Taiwan. It has warned that if Taiwan’s output were disrupted by a conflict, Washington would lack the chips essential for military and economic operations, Liu said.

This position indicates that the US is effectively redefining the “silicon shield” from being “Taiwan-only” to a shared US-Taiwan resilience, she said.

The US sees achieving a certain level of domestic chip self-sufficiency, or at least a “50-50” shared production arrangement, as essential to shouldering its protective responsibilities without concern, Liu contended.

The TIER researcher said Washington could pressure Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) to speed up US fab construction and expand investment in America, and that other supply chain companies could face similar pressures.

Currently, TSMC is investing US$65 billion to build three advanced wafer fabs in Arizona, with the first having started commercial production late last year.

In March, TSMC pledged to invest an additional US$100 billion in Arizona over the next few years to build three more fabs, two chip packaging plants and one research and development (R&D) center.

For Taiwan, Liu said the main concern should be safeguarding its technological edge and intellectual property while balancing domestic R&D needs with the demand for talent at overseas fabs.

Since being elected, US President Donald Trump has pushed to get more semiconductor manufacturing in the US, threatening huge tariffs on chip-importing companies that do not manufacture some of the chips they use in the US.

Separately, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday that Taiwan’s trade talks with the US are being coordinated by the Executive Yuan and remain ongoing, without providing any details.

Regarding Lutnick’s remarks, the ministry said it cannot comment on the US position, but said the matter would be handled cautiously.


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US Undersecretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke J. Lindberg is visiting Taiwan on an agribusiness trade mission to meet with local meat industry representatives and drum up business for US food exporters.

During the visit, which ends tomorrow, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) official is to meet with leaders from the Taiwan branch of the US Meat Export Federation and Taiwan’s meat industry to expand trade opportunities, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said in a statement yesterday.

Lindberg is also to take part in a forum cohosted by the AIT and the US Grains and BioProducts Council, it said.

US Undersecretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke J. Lindberg is pictured in an undated photograph. Photo: Screen grab from the American Institute in Taiwan’s Facebook page

Taiwan is the eighth-largest market for US agricultural exports, with trade increasing 16 percent from 2019 to last year, USDA statistics show.

The US remains Taiwan’s top foreign supplier of agricultural products, accounting for 25 percent of its agricultural import market, USDA data showed.

In related news, a source in Taipei said yesterday that Vice Premier Cheng Li-chun (鄭麗君), who led Taiwan’s delegation to Washington earlier this summer for four rounds of tariff negotiations, has recently departed for the US.

In response to media queries for related details, the Executive Yuan’s Office of Trade Negotiations said that Taiwan and the US continue to actively engage in communications on trade and economic issues, and that further information on any negotiations would be disclosed to the public in due course.

Additional reporting by Chen Yun

title: US agriculture official visiting Taiwan on trade mission


title: ‘Five industry’ budget unchanged

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INDUSTRY BOOST:  Next year’s budget would include funding to promote AI projects, train new chip talent and enhance a cross-agency cybersecurity defense program

A 32.1 percent increase in next year’s budget for the nation’s “five trusted industry sectors” is unaffected by the amended Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expenditures (財政收支劃分法), the Cabinet’s budget plan showed.

The Cabinet approved a NT$28.4 billion (US$929.8 million) budget for the “five trusted industry sectors” — semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), defense, security and surveillance, and next-generation communications. The budget would rise to NT$28.7 billion if combined with a NT$300 million special fund.

Of the total budget, NT$15.5 billion would flow to the semiconductor sector, NT$9.9 billion of which would be appropriated from the Ministry of Economic Affairs to promote several programs, the Cabinet’s budget proposal showed.

People walk next to an Artificial Intelligence sign at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. Photo: Reuters

The initiatives include a subsidy for domestic small or medium-sized businesses in IC design, the “A+ Global Innovation Partnership Initiative Program” and projects related to the development of certain chips.

It also includes funds for an advanced packaging technology known as heterogeneous integration and advanced chip manufacturing under the Taiwan Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program.

The National Science and Technology Council would appropriate NT$5.42 billion to the Taiwan Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program to support projects related to software and hardware infrastructure, international industrial collaboration, IC design education, and high-performance computing chip research and development, the Cabinet’s budget plan showed.

The AI sector would receive NT$8.3 billion, mainly funded by a NT$5.69 billion grant from the council to promote AI-related projects under the Taiwan Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program, as well as an initiative dedicated to building a “smart technology-focused great southern industrial ecosystem” and a subsidy program for AI research in critical fields.

Additionally, NT$1.46 billion from the economic affairs ministry would be used to promote the research and development of smart manufacturing technology and the creation of an edge AI critical technology ecosystem.

The Ministry of Digital Affairs would allocate NT$880 million to a program dedicated to investing in domestic AI start-ups, as well as a project promoting AI applications across industries.

The Cabinet proposal includes NT$3.6 billion for next-generation communications, primarily from the economic affairs ministry’s NT$1.97 billion budget to promote 6G telecom development, as well as other ministry programs related to international cooperation, testing platform construction and integrated applications in next-generation communications.

The National Science and Technology Council would allocate NT$1.43 billion to fund research and development of low Earth orbit satellites and communications payloads.

The proposal earmarks NT$800 million for the surveillance sector, with funding from the digital affairs ministry’s NT$590 million budget to enhance a cross-agency integrated cybersecurity defense program, and a subsidy for the research and development of dual-use cybersecurity technology, as well as to promote a post-quantum cryptography application project under the Taiwan Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program.


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Chinese rocket launch poses no threat to Taiwan, MND says

A Chinese rocket that flew over Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) posed no threat due to its high altitude, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said yesterday.

The rocket was launched at 11am from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China’s Sichuan Province, the ministry said in a statement.

The rocket, which carried satellites, flew over the southwestern part of Taiwan’s ADIZ and continued toward the western Pacific Ocean, it said.

Republic of China flags are pictured at the Ministry of National Defense in Taipei on Dec. 26, 2022. Photo: Ann Wang, Reuters

Because the rocket flew beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, the launch posed no threat to Taiwan, the ministry said, adding that it would continue to monitor potential threats with its joint surveillance systems and remain on alert to respond should any arise.

China earlier in the day announced that the rocket had sent two new test satellites into space.

The Shiyan-30 01 and 02 were launched aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered their preset orbits, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency said.

The satellites would be mainly used for experimental verification of Earth observation technologies, it said.

The launch was the 598th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets, Xinhua added.

An ADIZ is a self-declared area where a country claims the right to identify, locate and control approaching foreign aircraft, but is not part of its territorial airspace as defined by international law.


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By Lin Ching-hua and Fion Khan / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection announced a voluntary recall of five models of power banks from five brands, while two other brands initiated preventive recalls for two models.

The five models are the A1247 from Anker, Gravity CS5/CS10 from Adam Elements, PBLG2W from Lenovo, UE10013CQ from Energizer and MP-10050 from Mypower, the bureau said.

The five manufacturers notified the bureau that they had initiated the voluntary recalls to raise consumer awareness in accordance with Article 10 of the Consumer Protection Act (消費者保護法).

A cellphone is placed next to a Moztech power bank in an undated photograph.  Photo: Screen grab from Moztech’s Web site

The bureau has published details of the recalled brands and models on its product safety information Web site.

Meanwhile, Xiaomi Corp (小米) and Moztech (墨子科技) had earlier initiated precautionary recalls of certain models.

Recalls only apply to specific models and year of manufacture, but not the entire brand lines, the authorities said.

Moztech voluntarily recalled one of its power bank models after an explosion two years ago.

Multiple fire incidents involving Moztech’s power banks were reported after the recall, with one of the latest incidents involving a power bank with a serial number that indicated it “was not supposed to explode,” as described by the victim.

Moztech had resubmitted its power banks for testing and has passed the bureau’s power bank regulations, it said in response to renewed safety concerns.

Power banks in Taiwan are classified as products requiring mandatory inspection, a bureau official said.

Power banks must complete inspection procedures before being marketed or sold, the official said.

While most new power bank models comply with regulations, the bureau is aware of recent safety concerns and has increased random inspections, the official said.

The bureau is to discuss whether regulations need to be updated, they added.

Personal usage habits and product age can affect safety, the official said, adding that a bump could cause an internal short circuit, leading to a fire risk.

Consumers should pay attention to product labeling and safe usage instructions, apart from price and capacity, the bureau said.

They should check if the name of the manufacturer, address and model number are clearly labeled on the package and confirm that there is a product safety mark on products that are made or imported after May 1, 2014, it said.

Consumers should not repair their power banks on their own in case of malfunction, it said, adding that they should be sent back to the manufacturer’s repair center.

Consumers are encouraged to buy new power banks since battery capacity degrades over time, it said.

They should also be aware of the product’s rated capacity, and avoid buying cheap and small power banks that claim to have huge capacity, it said.

Power banks should be stored in a dry place away from direct sunlight to avoid damaging internal circuits, it said.

Consumers are also advised not to place power banks near flammable materials or metal objects to reduce the risk of accidents, it said.

title: Five power bank brands announce voluntary recalls


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UNCERTAINTY:  Gold’s record rally came as traders weighed threats to the Federal Reserves’ independence, while officials voiced diverging views on monetary policy

Gold climbed to a record above US$3,800 an ounce as precious metals surged, boosted by a weaker US dollar as investors weighed a potential US government shutdown.

Bullion rose as much as 1.4 percent to an all-time high of US$3,812.05 an ounce — eclipsing a peak reached on Tuesday last week — after notching six straight weekly gains.

Silver increased as much as 2.4 percent, while platinum and palladium also rallied strongly, with gains underpinned by persistent market tightness and inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) backed by the metals.

Gold bullion is displayed at Hatton Garden Metals precious metal dealers in London, the UK, on July 21, 2015. Photo: Reuters

The US dollar fell as investors awaited developments ahead of a planned meeting between top US congressional leaders and President Donald Trump after press time last night — a day before federal funding would expire if an agreement on a short-term spending bill cannot be reached.

A shutdown would threaten the release of key data including Friday’s payrolls report, which economists expect would show subdued jobs growth this month.

Weaker employment figures would bolster the case for easing by US Federal Reserve officials at their next month’s rate decision — a scenario that would make non-interest bearing precious metals more attractive.

Still, there is a high degree of uncertainty over the outlook for the Fed’s cutting cycle, with officials voicing diverging views on monetary policy, while some economic data came in stronger than expected.

Traders also continued to weigh threats to the US central bank’s independence, after Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s attorneys on Thursday urged the US Supreme Court to let her stay on the job while she fights Trump’s attempt to fire her.

Bullion does not look overpriced relative to the US dollar and US Treasuries, which “ought to contain a level of Fed-related premium, given the nature of the risk” from the central bank’s potential loss of independence, Barclays PLC said in a note on Sunday. “This makes it a surprisingly good value hedge.”

Gold has soared 45 percent this year, setting successive peaks on central-bank demand and a resumption of interest-rate cuts by the Fed. Prices are on track to close out a third consecutive quarterly gain this week, with holdings in bullion-backed ETFs at the highest since 2022. Banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Deutsche Bank AG have said they expect the rally to extend.

Meanwhile, gold’s precious metal peers have seen unprecedented tightness this year, exacerbating concerns about dwindling stockpiles of freely available metal in London as several years of supply deficits come to a head. Lease rates — which reflect the cost of borrowing metal, generally for a short period of time — for silver, platinum and palladium have all surged well above their normal levels of close to zero.

Silver jumped to its highest since 2011 yesterday after rising above US$45 an ounce last week for the first time in 14 years, and was trading up 1.5 percent to US$46.7857 an ounce.

Platinum was up 2.6 percent to trade above US$1,600 an ounce for the first time since 2013, while palladium gained as much as 2.9 percent to its highest since July.

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HOUSING: Hsinchu has seen rapid price gains due to the expansion of the Southern Taiwan Science Park and new facilities opened by TSMC

Soaring housing prices in Taiwan are pushing developers to prioritize smaller two-bedroom units that better fit buyers’ budgets, even as larger three-bedroom apartments remain the preferred, but increasingly unattainable choice, Evertrust Rehouse Co said yesterday.

The median price for a three-bedroom apartment in Taipei has surged to NT$36.52 million (US$1.19 million), about NT$20 million in Hsinchu County, and slightly above NT$10 million in Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, the broker said.

Citing Bureau of Labor Insurance data, Evertrust said mortgage burdens for three-bedroom apartments across the six special municipalities place households under heavy financial pressure, with monthly payments often far exceeding average wages.

For example, in Taipei, the mortgage-to-income ratio stands at 181 percent, meaning monthly repayments are nearly 1.8 times the city’s average salary. This assumes a 70 percent loan-to-value ratio, a 30-year repayment term and an interest rate of 2.303 percent, Evertrust said.

New Taipei ranks second with a mortgage-to-income ratio of 112.1 percent, followed by Hsinchu County at 108.9 percent.

“Taipei, as Taiwan’s political and economic center, attracts a large inflow of workers from other regions, fueling strong housing demand and driving prices to the highest nationwide,” Evertrust deputy researcher head Chen Chin-ping (陳金萍) said.

Being priced out of larger apartments has fueled both the construction of smaller units and the so-called “move out of Taipei” trend in the past few years, Chen said.

Hsinchu has also become a hotspot, driven by demand from high-earning tech workers at the Hsinchu Science Park, with limited housing supply accelerating price growth, she said.

The burden varies significantly between Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City, Evertrust said.

While the county’s mortgage-to-income ratio reaches 108.9 percent, the city’s ratio is only 63.4 percent, reflecting higher average salaries, Chen said.

In southern Taiwan, Tainan and Kaohsiung remain the most affordable among the seven major metropolitan areas, with median home prices of NT$10.88 million and NT$11.67 million.

Monthly mortgage payments average about NT$30,000 in both cities, equal to 72.2 percent and 75.6 percent of local residents’ wages respectively, Evertrust said.

Still, both cities have experienced rapid price gains over the past few years, powered by the expansion of the Southern Taiwan Science Park and new facilities opened by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (台積電), the world’s largest supplier of advanced chips.

Chen urged prospective buyers to assess their financial position carefully before committing to a purchase.

“If the mortgage-to-income ratio is too high, most of the monthly salary will go to housing loans, inevitably squeezing living quality and undermining long-term financial planning,” she said.

Buyers should avoid excessive leverage and set aside emergency funds to guard against risks such as interest rate hikes, she added.

title: Soaring prices driving increase in small homes


title: OpenAI to add parental controls for ChatGPT

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OpenAI is launching parental controls for ChatGPT, which it announced following a lawsuit alleging a teenager who died by suicide earlier this year relied on the popular chatbot as a coach.

The tools, pushed out to all users yesterday, let parents limit the ways teenagers use the chatbot and receive alerts if ChatGPT determines a teenager might be in distress. The controls, which are accessible through ChatGPT’s settings, also enable parents to set the hours when their child cannot use the service — the chatbot is meant for users who are 13 or older.

The update comes in the wake of mounting pressure for the artificial intelligence (AI) start-up to make changes to its chatbot, which has amassed more than 700 million users since its launch in late 2022.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT logo is displayed on a smartphone in Mulhouse, France, on Oct. 30, 2023. Photo: AFP

After the family of Adam Raine sued OpenAI and chief executive officer Sam Altman last month over the California high-school student’s death, the company announced a slew of changes to ChatGPT, including parental controls.

The suit, which followed a string of other reports about heavy chatbot users engaging in harmful behavior, alleges that ChatGPT systematically isolated Raine from family and helped him plan his death. He died by hanging in April.

“We have felt urgency around this for a while,” OpenAI’s head of youth wellbeing Lauren Jonas said, adding that the company is working as quickly as it can to build tools such as the parental controls.

The alerts are meant to give parents enough knowledge about a potentially harmful situation to have a conversation with their teenager while still respecting the child’s privacy and autonomy, Jonas said.

OpenAI would not share a teenager’s ChatGPT conversations with their parents, she said.

In addition to the parental controls, San Francisco-based OpenAI has said it is working on software to predict a user’s age, which the company plans to use to guide how ChatGPT responds to those who are under 18.

Separately, Apple Inc has developed a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to help test and prepare for a long-anticipated overhaul of Siri coming next year, people familiar with the matter said.

The company’s AI division is using the app to quickly evaluate new features for Siri, Apple’s voice-powered assistant. That includes testing the ability to search through personal data, such as songs and e-mails, and perform in-app actions such as editing photos, said the people, who asked not to be identified, because the initiative is private.

The new Siri is now slated to debut as early as March after multiple delays. Apple had planned to release the Siri overhaul in the spring, but delayed the rollout after engineering problems caused the features to fail as much as one-third of the time.

A spokesperson for Cupertino, California-based Apple declined to comment.


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Taiwan’s minimum wage has been raised annually since former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) took office in 2016. Last week, the Ministry of Labor announced a 3.18 percent increase in the nation’s minimum monthly wage to NT$29,500 and the same percentage increase in the minimum hourly wage to NT$196 next year, both up for a 10th consecutive year.

The ministry said that about 2.47 million workers would benefit from the wage hike, which would help low-income families and disadvantaged workers. Based on the current pace of increases, it is estimated that the minimum monthly wage would surpass NT$30,000 in 2027, which was one of Tsai’s presidential campaign promises.

There is no strong empirical evidence to suggest that raising the minimum wage would increase the average wage among formal workers. A survey released last week by online job bank yes123 showed that only 32.9 percent of workers were optimistic about a potential pay raise following the latest minimum wage increase, while 95.1 percent thought the minimum wage hike could lead to price hikes and inflation affecting everyday goods. Of that 95.1 percent, up to 62 percent expressed interest in seeking an additional source of income if their salaries remain unchanged.

Studies have found that the effect of minimum wage hikes on average wages is not a simple linear increase. However, the resulting employment changes are often nonlinear and depend on specific economic conditions. Certainly, raising the minimum wage does affect the income of marginalized workers — such as part-time employees, apprentices, unskilled workers and those in the informal sector — but it is uncertain how much the wage hike could benefit those with higher pay.

From 1997 to 2006, when Taiwan’s minimum monthly wage was unchanged for 10 years, the average wages in the nation’s industrial and service sectors increased by 15.5 percent, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics data showed. However, from 2014 to 2023, when the minimum monthly wage was increased by a total of 36.98 percent, the average monthly wage in the industrial and service sectors only increased by 18.25 percent.

Even though Taiwan’s GDP per capita increased 20.78 percent from US$14,020 in 1997 to US$16,934 in 2006, and further increased 41.29 percent from US$22,874 in 2014 to US$32,319 in 2023, it remains unclear how much of the average wage growth in the industrial and service sectors during these periods was driven by the ripple effects of minimum wage hikes as opposed to broader GDP expansion.

What is certain is that the minimum wage is gradually approaching that of the average wage in Taiwan, but many workers still earn less than the average, while the problem of an increasingly uneven income distribution remains.

It is welcome news that the government has continued to raise the minimum wage to support and protect low-wage workers, but due to the effects of US tariffs and the industrial transformation brought about by artificial intelligence, business operations are facing more uncertainty, and workers in traditional industries would have to bear the brunt of such challenges.

That is not to mention that 70 to 80 percent of workers in the manufacturing sector are employed in traditional industries.

To address uneven income distribution and the widening wage gap between high and low-paying industries, the government must continue its efforts to upgrade the manufacturing sector and transform the nation’s economic structure, while providing subsidies and other supporting measures to help affected businesses overcome difficulties — which is the only way to truly improve workers’ lives.

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In the past few days, some train passengers have found themselves sharing carriages with groups of volunteers, shovels and disaster-relief kits in hand, bound for Hualien’s Guangfu Township (光復).

Dubbed the “shovel superheroes,” their quiet strength has moved many. To support their efforts, Taiwan Railway Corp announced that it has scheduled 10 extra trains during the Teachers’ Day long weekend, making it easier for volunteers to reach the disaster zone.

In Guangfu, the volunteers have an unspoken agreement. The strongest clear away silt and mud, while others distribute food to residents. They might not know one another, but they roll up their sleeves and work side by side nonetheless, united in their shared project. The volunteers go wherever they are needed — it is all hands on deck to help victims rebuild their homes as soon as possible.

This is not the first scene of its kind for Taiwan. After Typhoon Morakot in 2009 and the subsequent Eight-Eight Floods (八 八水災), southern Taiwan experienced devastating losses. In the aftermath, countless young people, organized groups and corporate workers traveled to the disaster zone as volunteers. Some helped dig the mud and silt from people’s homes, while others worked on repairing damaged school buildings and restoring affected farmlands.

In the same way in Guangfu Township, people from different backgrounds came together to help and offer hope to towns and homes so badly affected. Today’s “shovel superheroes” in Hualien are a continuation of their strength.

After the 2018 Hualien earthquake, large numbers of people organized to deliver aid however they could. Although they were not professional rescue workers, they were still willing to step up to help. This spirit of self-mobilization, foundational to Taiwanese society, is incredibly precious.

Disasters like these enable us to see the strength in the people of Taiwan. People selflessly contribute to protect our homeland. Providing relief and rebuilding is what matters, regardless of their political stances.

This courage and unity is the nation’s biggest strength — it gives us faith that no matter the storm, Taiwan would stand again to face it in solidarity and with kindness.

Dino Wei is an engineer.

Translated by Gilda Knox Streader

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Taiwan’s ‘Super Doctor’

Hsu Chao-pin (徐超斌), a caring physician also known as the “Super Doctor” (超人醫生), passed away quietly at the age of 58, leaving behind found memories of his contribition. Born in Taitung County’s Daren Township (達仁), Hsu witnessed from a young age the lack of medical resources in the remote areas of Taiwan. After becoming a doctor, he returned home to serve as the first surgical specialist in the county.

Hsu was so busy practicing medicine to save people that he had a stroke due to overwork at the age of 39, causing partial paralysis of his body. However, despite having to use a wheelchair, he still insisted on practicing medicine in the remote South Link area with the willpower of Superman.

His story is not only the ultimate display of a caring doctor, but also a profound questioning of Taiwan’s medical system.

Hsu’s struggles clearly reflect the huge gap in medical resources between urban and rural areas in Taiwan. The Association of South-Link Health Care Promotion that he founded as well as a “South Link hospital” project that he fostered are exactly the direct responses to the medical difficulties in remote areas.

However, Hsu was unable to realize his vision of a “South-Link hospital” before his death.

Taiwan’s medical resources have long been overly centralized in urban areas, while rural areas not only lack specialized doctors, but also face problems such as insufficient emergency personnel resources and outdated medical equipment.

The number of doctors per 10,000 people in Taitung is as low as one-third of that in urban areas in western Taiwan, while the “emergency room (ER) transfer time” in the South Link area often exceeds one hour, official data showed.

These delays are so long that some precious lives might be lost before patients can reach a hospital.

Hsu once said, “Rural residents are not second-class citizens and should not be forgotten by the medical system.” His dogged persistence also forces us to face this invisible, but deep social scar.

The government should think about how to build a better medical support system for rural areas, including increasing the salary and protection of rural doctors, improving medical equipment and strengthening the emergency medical networks.

It should also cultivate more young doctors willing to devote themselves to remote healthcare, so Hsu’s dedicated spirit can be passed down from generation to generation. Although “Super Doctor” has passed, the light he lit should not go out.

Everyone should think about how to make remote areas more accessible, so healthcare can truly be accessible. This is not only the deepest question left to us by Hsu, but also a responsibility that society must share.

Hopefully, the torch he lit with his life can light up this unfinished path, so those in the mountains or by the seas in Taiwan would no longer be forgotten.

Mo Ke

Taipei

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title: What a ‘win-win’ TikTok  deal means to China

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The app might be worth less than whatever it is being traded for

When US President Donald Trump first brought up banning TikTok due to perceived national security concerns more than five years ago, the app from Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd was the envy of the global tech industry.

Its powerful algorithm reinvented a tired social media landscape by keeping users engaged not just via posts from their friends, but by endlessly recommending content based on how they interacted with clips they came across.

Beijing drew a red line, saying there was no way they were giving up their crown jewel of the consumer tech industry. Chinese officials accused Washington of trying to plunder their private companies and even updated export laws to prohibit a sale of the secret-sauce algorithm.

That uncompromising stance now appears to have softened, at least on the surface. While Trump has hailed an accord that ostensibly saves TikTok’s US operations, and values it at US$14 billion, Beijing has revealed almost nothing about what was agreed. State-backed media has repeatedly described it as a “win-win” in readouts of the negotiations. The details of the purported deal have raised more questions than answers on both sides of the Pacific. The biggest one that Americans should be asking is: What did Trump give up to save TikTok?

It is possible that China could still pull the rug out from under a deal or that the terms do not pass muster in Washington. It does not always appear that the two sides are on the same page. Beijing has yet to publicly confirm whether it has given its approval, despite Trump signing an executive order Thursday to advance plans for US investors to buy the US operations. However, the time is ripe for Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) to concede TikTok. A law was passed with bipartisan support to ban the app or force a divestiture during the Biden administration, and TikTok has exhausted its legal battle to remain in the US.

More than half a decade since this all began, Washington and Beijing are locked in a battle over tariffs, rare earth magnets and advanced semiconductors. Those lines of code powering TikTok have become one of the biggest sticking points in stabilizing a deteriorating relationship between the two superpowers. With deflationary pressures at home and broader macroeconomic uncertainty, Xi has bigger worries.

Meanwhile, Trump campaigned on saving the app, and has credited it with making him a “star” and reaching younger voters. TikTok does not operate in China, and it has become very clear over the years that it means much more to Trump than it does to Xi. This has only given Beijing more leverage. Now is the time to use it.

Xinhua news agency reported that a framework for a consensus was reached that also aims to resolve other issues, such as reducing investment barriers and promoting economic and trade cooperation. That suggests that something was offered up in exchange for allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US. US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent has said that it was the threat of allowing the app to go dark in the US that ultimately sealed the deal.

Yet Trump has gone beyond the law to punt the deadline for TikTok’s US shutdown four times this year alone, and when the app did briefly cease operations in the country in January, it was the president himself who took credit for its return in a message to its 170 million US users. Clearly, something else was offered to prevent Trump’s favorite platform from being turned off at home after he promised to save it.

As part of the deal, Beijing is sticking to its original red line. Reportedly, ByteDance would own the coveted algorithm, but would license a copy of it to a US consortium to rebuild its own version “from the ground up,” a White House official said. It is unclear whether this scheme will abide by the US law to ban the app, as well as ensuring that Beijing does not have even a shred of influence. After all this, China is still holding onto the algorithm. A leasing arrangement may give ByteDance a way to earn money to focus on its other priorities.

The tech landscape has also moved on over the years. The short-form video field is now crowded with copycats, from Alphabet Inc’s YouTube Shorts to Meta Platforms’ Instagram Reels. ByteDance in the US is still most well-known for being the TikTok parent company, but in China it has already shifted its focus to becoming an aritificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse. Its Doubao chatbot is the most popular AI app in the country by monthly active users, beating out even DeepSeek. Its latest model is the highest ranked Chinese AI system on benchmarking platform OpenCompass’ leaderboard, just behind OpenAI and ahead of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s Qwen and DeepSeek.

While it was once the centerpiece of China’s global tech ambitions, TikTok might now be just another tradeable asset in a larger strategy to secure dominance in key technologies of the future. Xi has held his ground so far by standing up to Trump and eking out an extended trade war truce. Now, something has to give. Allowing the White House to find a way to keep TikTok in the US is a strategic peace offering in exchange for more pressing priorities.

In his book chronicling the entanglement of Apple’s relationship with Beijing, tech journalist Patrick McGee writes: “In China, ‘win-win’ means China wins twice.”

The White House might be taking a public victory lap for keeping a version of the popular social media platform in the US, but this could prove far less valuable than what Beijing quietly walked away with.

Catherine Thorbecke is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asia tech. Previously she was a tech reporter at CNN and ABC News. This column reflects the personal views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.


title: H-1B visa reset will crush US’ college pipeline

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Every fifth person pursuing a STEM career in the US is foreign-born, with a talent pool of more than 7 million

Before the ink is dry on his chaotic plan to charge employers a fat fee for hiring foreigners, US President Donald Trump might end up choking off the very pipeline through which young overseas students trickle into the US job market: College education.

This month’s hastily imposed Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers opened a new front in Washington’s increasingly ugly trade spat with New Delhi. Indian tech workers and doctors, who hold more than 70 percent of the existing visas under this category, read the move as an eviction notice from their careers and lives in the US. At least that is how Trump’s proclamation was received, until the White House clarified that a one-time US$100,000 fee on H-1B visas would only apply to employers of new applicants — and doctors may be exempt.

A separate proposal, announced last week, seeks to overhaul the H-1B lottery itself by introducing a wage-based rule into what is currently a random process. The retooling goes way beyond targeting India, or for that matter, the US$100,000 fee. Once implemented, it would dim the appeal of the F-1 student visa — a far more crucial source of US’ long-term competitiveness than the 85,000-a-year jobs quota. Although damaging the US university system is not the intended goal, that would be the unfortunate result.

The Department of Homeland Security said it is moving to a weighted selection process that would “favor the allocation of H-1B visas to higher skilled and higher paid aliens.” So far, so good. However, demand for these visas has exceeded supply each year for more than a decade, the catch lies in the complex manner in which the quota is going to be distributed. Currently, most of the approvals go to California because tech-industry employers, such as Amazon.com Inc and India’s Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, the largest Indian outsourcing firm, seek them aggressively.

Silicon Valley’s dominance might continue even under the new rules, as would the rampant gaming of the H-1B system by outsourcing firms. However, fresh, foreign-born science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) graduates may lose access to the one US talent market where their education and skills are the most valued.

Until now, once they got a job offer and it was time to switch their status from F-1 to H-1B, computer-science graduates had the same chance of getting selected as a mid-career techie from India. Now, they would face an inbuilt bias against their youth. To even put their hat in the ring for a software-development H-1B, their prospective employer would need to offer them a minimum salary of US$136,000 in San Francisco county. After they secure this offer, they would face a 4:1 disadvantage in the visa sweepstakes against experienced immigrants coming in to work on artificial intelligence projects at an annual salary of US$214,000-plus.

Naturally, new computer-science graduates would likely get elbowed out of the Bay area, or chased out of the US entirely. That is because the revamped lottery would prefer a foreign-born landscape architect at US$97,000, the top pay for the profession in Las Vegas. To enjoy the same odds, the freshly minted software developer, if she is not a US citizen or permanent resident, would need a Vegas job paying US$164,000, or a US$139,000 offer from Des Moines, Iowa. (Geography as well as occupation would matter under the plan. The calculator that spews out the numbers is available online.)

The US does need aesthetically pleasing golf courses and competitively priced nail salons, but it also must create jobs for Americans at the cutting edge of technology. That is the promise that each young computer scientist implicitly makes to the host society when H-1B allows them to start a career as an executive, start-up founder or researcher. This contract is now broken. Since most international students at four-year US undergraduate programs self-finance their education, the lure of an expensive US STEM degree would plummet under the new rules.

That would be a shame. Every fifth person pursuing a STEM career in the US is foreign-born. The talent pool of more than 7 million is drawn from around the world, but principally from five countries: Mexico, India, China, the Philippines and Vietnam. Not all might have attended a US university on an F-1 visa, but many have.

This might change. The nativist right-wing view in the US supports doing away with practical training, which is how immigrant students get to stay on after finishing their coursework and look for a job. New cohorts are likely to be discouraged, while existing students are going to start weighing rival offers. German Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann has already taken to social media with a sales pitch. “Our migration policy works a bit like a German car,” Ackermann said. “It is reliable, it is modern, it is predictable.”

Do you think parents in Mumbai or New Delhi, already fearful about US immigration raids, would not relay this message to their children at Brown University or University of California, Berkeley?

The world’s faith in the dollar already appears to be cracking under the weight of the trade war. After the greenback, if there is another piece of paper that is keeping the US economy in pole position, then it is the F-1 visa, acting as a pathway to H-1B, permanent residency and eventually citizenship. The Trump administration must not devalue it.

Andy Mukherjee is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies and financial services in Asia. Previously, he worked for Reuters, the Straits Times and Bloomberg News. This column reflects the personal views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.


title: India beat Pakistan in fraught cup final

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TENSIONS:  India and Pakistan met earlier in the cup for the first time after a border spat in May, and Suryakumar Yadav did not shake hands with Pakistan’s Salman Agha

Pakistan captain Salman Agha said India had “disrespected cricket” while Indian counterpart Suryakumar Yadav complained his side were denied the trophy after winning a fraught Asia Cup overshadowed by ill feeling on both sides.

India defeated Pakistan by five wickets for a record-extending ninth Asia Cup title on Sunday, but skipped the trophy presentation in a tournament without handshakes between the two rivals.

India finished unbeaten to retain the title — they won the previous edition in the 50-over format — but Suryakumar Yadav’s team did not collect the trophy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

India’s captain, Suryakumar Yadav, right, pretends to hold the trophy as he celebrates with teammates their Asia Cup Twenty20 victory against Pakistan at the Dubai International Stadium in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday. Photo: AFP

The presentation ceremony took more than an hour to get going with media reports saying India did not want to get the trophy from Pakistan Cricket Board chief and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) head Mohsin Naqvi.

“I have been informed by the ACC that the Indian cricket team will not be collecting their awards tonight,” presenter Simon Doull said. “So that does conclude the post-match presentation.”

The Indian players instead celebrated retaining their regional crown by mimicking holding a trophy.

“I think this is one thing which I have never seen since I started playing cricket that the champion team is denied the trophy,” Suryakumar Yadav said. “We took the call on the ground about not taking the trophy.”

“I think what has happened in this tournament is very disappointing,” Agha told reporters. “If they think they [India] disrespected us by not shaking hands, then I say they disrespected cricket.”

“What they did today, a good team doesn’t do that. Good teams do what we have done. We waited for our medals and took them,” he said. “It’s been seen for the first time. I do not know where it will stop. What has happened in this tournament is bad for cricket.”

Chasing 147 for victory, India depended on Tilak Varma’s unbeaten 69 to reach their target with two balls to spare in a tense chase.

Varma put on a key stand, including a 60-run fifth-wicket partnership with Shivam Dube, who got out for 33 at the end of the 19th over.

Needing 10 off the last over, Varma struck a six and Rinku Singh hit the winning boundary as the pair ran off to celebrate with their team, leaving Pakistan to shake hands among themselves.

Kuldeep Yadav set up India’s third victory over their rivals in the regional tournament played under the T20 format as his figures of 4-30 helped bowl out Pakistan for 146.

Kuldeep ended the tournament as the leading bowler with 17 wickets. Indian opener Abhishek Sharma won the player of the tournament with 314 runs, including three fifties at a strike-rate of 200.

India were in trouble at 3-20 and 4-77, but Varma kept calm to anchor the chase as he hit three fours and four sixes in his knock.

“It was a bit of pressure, but I wanted to stay at the wicket and finish the game,” Varma said after being named player of the match. “I was prepared to bat anywhere, and I was backing on my game.”

Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson’s 24 and then a supporting knock by Dube took India home at a nearly packed stadium dominated by Indian fans.

“It is a tough pill to swallow,” Agha said. “We could not finish well in the batting. Bowling, we gave everything.”

The two neighbors came into the title clash with tensions high from their previous two clashes in the competition, which witnessed political posturing and aggressive on-field behavior.

India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah raised the heat in the first innings on Sunday when he bowled Haris Rauf for six and made a gesture similar to the one the Pakistan bowler had done to the crowd in the previous meeting between the two teams.

Put in to bat after no handshakes at the toss, Pakistan started strongly as openers Sahibzada Farhan, who made 57, and Fakhar Zaman, who made 46, put on 84 runs, but the team slipped from 113-1 to be bowled out in 19.1 overs.

After Farhan fell, Zaman took charge and along with Saim Ayub kept up the attack with regular boundaries until Kuldeep struck in the 13th over.

Ayub fell to Kuldeep’s left-arm wrist spin as Pakistan lost six wickets for 21 runs.

Zaman fell short of his fifty and Kuldeep struck with three wickets in the 17th over, including Agha for eight.

India and Pakistan met earlier in the competition for the first time after deadly fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbors, who have not played a bilateral series in more than a decade.

The two only meet in multi-nation tournaments at neutral venues as part of a compromise deal.

India comfortably won their earlier two matches, but in the Super Four clash Farhan mimicked a gun celebration after his half-century.

Rauf made gestures appearing to mock India’s military action during the four-day border conflict in May that left more than 70 people dead.

In the group match, India skipper Suryakumar Yadav had refused to shake hands with Agha, and the two teams kept up the stance for the rest of the tournament.


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Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Sunday released a US citizen from detention, a week after freeing an elderly British couple.

In a statement the Taliban identified the detainee as Amir Amiri and said he had been handed over to Adam Boehler, Washington’s special envoy on hostages.

Boehler made a rare visit to Kabul earlier this month to discuss the possibility of a prisoner exchange with the Taliban government.

From left, US citizen Amir Amiri, left, poses next to an unidentified woman, US Special Envoy for Hostage Response Adam Boehler, Deputy Assistant to the US President Sebastian Gorka and an unidentifed Qatari diplomat aboard a plane in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. Photo: Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan released an American citizen named Amir Amiri from prison today,” the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on social media, using the official name for the government.

“The Afghan government does not view the issues of citizens from a political angle and makes it clear that ways can be found to resolve issues through diplomacy,” it said.

Little is known about Amiri’s case, as it has not been widely reported. An official with knowledge of the release said Amiri, who is 36, “had been detained in Afghanistan since December 2024.”

The official added that Amiri would stop briefly in Doha, Qatar, for medical checks before continuing back to the US.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed the release of Amiri, saying that he had been “wrongfully detained” in Afghanistan, and thanked Qatar for helping to get him freed.

US President Donald Trump “has made it clear we will not stop until every American unjustly detained abroad is back home,” Rubio wrote on social media.

In January, two Americans were freed in exchange for an Afghan fighter, Khan Mohammed, who was convicted of narco-terrorism in the US.

Another American, airline mechanic George Glezmann, was freed after more than two years in detention during a March visit to Kabul by Boehler.

At least one other US citizen, Mahmood Habibi, is being held in Afghanistan. The US is offering a US$5 million reward for information to find him. The Taliban authorities deny any involvement in his 2022 disappearance.

Just a week ago, Britons Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbie, 76, were released from a Kabul prison after almost eight months in detention. The Taliban authorities did not say why they were detained.

The couple were arrested in February and first held in a maximum security facility, “then in underground cells, without daylight, before being transferred” to the intelligence services in Kabul, UN experts have said.

The couple married in Kabul in 1970 and have spent almost two decades living in Afghanistan, running educational programs for women and children. They also became Afghan citizens.

All the releases have been mediated by Qatar. Both the US and the UK, like many other Western nations, warn against all travel to Afghanistan. Russia is the only nation to have officially recognized the Taliban government, which has imposed a strict version of Islamic law and been accused of sweeping human rights violations.

Dozens of foreign nationals have been arrested since the group returned to power in August 2021, when most embassies withdrew their diplomatic presence.

title: Afghanistan’s Taliban release US citizen Amiri


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Donovan’s Deep Dives: Big challenges facing the KMT chair candidates Outgoing Chairman Eric Chu has done much to revitalize the party, but the next leader still has to boost its finances and resolve disputes among factions

The press is calling the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chair race “white hot,” “extremely competitive” and “intense hand-to-hand combat.” Left unsaid is what everyone already know: This election is extremely consequential.

There are six candidates. While their platforms and strategies are still being formulated, let us take a look at the challenges they will need to address.

LEADERSHIP AND CHARACTER

The building that houses the Chinese Nationalist Party is pictured in this file photo. The party will hold its chairperson election on Oct. 18, with the new leader assuming office on Nov. 1. TT file photo

Party chairs are towering figures, exercising considerable power over their parties — unlike in many Western countries. This reflects the local influence of the political culture of the KMT, which was founded on Leninist lines.

Since democratization, the KMT chair no longer exercises the near absolute power they once did. The party has also lost their enormous financial advantage after the passage of the The Act Governing the Handling of Ill-gotten Properties by Political Parties and Their Affiliate Organizations (政黨及其附隨組織不當取得財產處理條例).

To effectively run the KMT, today’s party chairs need considerable skills, talent and influence to keep the many fractious factions, interests and ideologies in line and working together as a team. Outgoing Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) faced many rebellions, financial difficulties and disunity — but in the end he kept the party on track, which is impressive.

The next party chair will have the wind at their back. Many of the necessary tough reforms have been implemented by Chu and the party is riding higher in the polls than at any time for many years.

EXPERIENCE AND PARTY BUILDING

Though Chu has stabilized the KMT enough to prevent a financial collapse, that needs to be carried forward — which will be challenging for even the most experienced leader. According to their official filing with the Ministry of Interior, the KMT is sitting on NT$2.1 billion (US$69.3 million) in liabilities.

Staff has been slashed and party and think tank positions have been filled by sitting lawmakers, retirees and wealthy individuals willing to volunteer their time.

The Huang Fu-hsing (黃復興) military veteran’s organization was formerly known as a “party within the party,” with its own independent leadership and organizations within the KMT. Chu disbanded it as an independent organization and folded their functions into local KMT chapter committees.

Politicians and party members have been assigned fundraising quotas, making high positions connected to ability to attract wealthy supporters willing to donate or loan money to the party to keep it afloat.

The party’s fundraiser-in-chief is the party chair and bears ultimate responsibility for raising enough funds to continue to operate and rolling over debt. There are legal limits to political donations, so sometimes loans are the only option.

It is not public record who the KMT’s creditors are. It can be safely assumed they are party supporters and very wealthy, but rich people are also notoriously fickle, aggressive in demanding loan repayment, and intolerant of losses. How demanding these creditors are and the terms and conditions of their loans are unknown, as is how much risk they could pose to the party, but even in the best of circumstances, the KMT chair must lose sleep over this.

Many of the KMT’s top leaders and supporters in local branches are going on trial for voter fraud for allegedly copying party membership rolls and forging signatures on the submissions to initiate recalls against Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators.

This has the potential to gut the party of local talent, hampering its legendary get-out-the-vote efforts ahead of next year’s local elections. Many are pleading guilty at the request of the KMT to move the process along as quickly and smoothly as possible in the hope of light sentences so they can return to work. How effective that will be remains to be seen.

Another big issue is the primary process for choosing candidates. The first question they will need to address is if they plan on running for president themselves — as is traditionally the custom — or oversee the process of choosing the candidate.

Chu skipped the traditional primary process using opinion polling and designated candidates, which was quite successful in 2022, but infuriated many in the party.

Another issue is how to coordinate with the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) in choosing candidates.

IDEOLOGY AND ELECTABILITY

Overconfidence is a serious challenge. Both the DPP and KMT appear to be doing all they can to avoid learning lessons from their respective recall disasters.

The KMT is riding high on their victories, but is sweeping under the rug their disastrous failed attempts to get even one recall campaign off the ground. Understanding and addressing why voters utterly rejected them would be an asset, but there is no sign so far that any of the candidates want to explore this topic.

Meanwhile, estimates cited by the Chinese-language United Daily News from inside the KMT suggest that, based on past elections, they expect around 200,000 to vote this time. Of those, the estimate is that around 50,000 will be from the “military faction,” roughly 80,000 influenced by local patronage factions and approximately 60,000 will vote “independently.”

The Huang Fu-hsing “military faction” is understandably furious at being disbanded, and restoring their powers would be a big vote-getter, but a huge financial and organizational mistake.

The local patronage factions, and the association of city and council speakers and deputy speakers that is sometimes used as a proxy to represent them, also want promises to win over their votes. There is considerable crossover between their interests and Taiwanese businesspeople based in China.

They will likely have practical considerations, especially in opening business opportunities both locally and in China. Removing restrictions and limitations imposed on local patronage faction business operations and in conducting business in China will be high on their priority list.

Local reports suggest that in the weeks prior to the deadline to vote in the chair election, a flood of around 8,000 members joined in the “south.” The reports were not specific on who or what was behind this, but it could suggest that local patronage factions are looking to increase their leverage on the chair race and to increase their representation in the party’s central standing committee.

Chair candidates will also need to consider the ideological base. A core group of KMT members is keen on integrating with China, and a majority is interested in improving relations and promoting peace.

However, many KMT members consider winning elections and returning to power a higher priority than better relations with Beijing. They are aware that popular opinion is far more skeptical towards China than they are.

That creates internal friction between how far to go in promoting better relations with China — as well as the closeness of the relationship with the US — versus widespread popular acceptance and electability.

The candidates are only just now starting to develop and communicate their goals, ideals and plans for the party. They are also just beginning to court key voting blocs. In the coming days, their strategies will become clearer.

Donovan’s Deep Dives is a regular column by Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) who writes in-depth analysis on everything about Taiwan’s political scene and geopolitics. Donovan is also the central Taiwan correspondent at ICRT FM100 Radio News, co-publisher of Compass Magazine, co-founder Taiwan Report (report.tw) and former chair of the Taichung American Chamber of Commerce. Follow him on X: @donovan_smith.


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In India’s Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for saleA redevelopment project, which reflects the ambitious and brutal spirit of modern India, will uproot millions

Stenciled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya.

“I was born here, my father was born here, my grandfather was born here,” sighed the 58-year-old government employee.

“But we don’t have any choice, we have to vacate.”

The door of a house marked for redevelopment under an urban renewal project at the Meghwadi area in Dharavi, a slum settlement in Mumbai. Photo: AFP

Soon, bulldozers are expected to rumble into Asia’s largest slum, in the heart of the Indian megalopolis of Mumbai, flattening its labyrinth of filthy alleyways for a brand-new neighborhood.

The redevelopment scheme, led by Mumbai authorities and billionaire tycoon Gautam Adani, reflects modern India — excessive, ambitious and brutal.

If it goes ahead, many of Dharavi’s million residents and workers will be uprooted.

ENGINE ROOM AND UNDERBELLY

Padaya says his ancestors settled in the fishing village of Dharavi in the 19th century, fleeing hunger and floods in Gujarat, 600km to the north.

Waves of migrants have since swelled the district until it was absorbed into Mumbai, now home to 22 million people.

Today, the sprawl covers 240 hectares and has one of the highest population densities in the world — nearly 350,000 people per square kilometer.

Homes, workshops and small factories adjoin each other, crammed between two railway lines and a rubbish-choked river.

Over the decades, Dharavi has become both the engine room and the underbelly of India’s financial capital.

Potters, tanners and recyclers labor to fire clay, treat hides or dismantle scrap, informal industries that generate an estimated US$1 billion annually.

British director Danny Boyle set his 2008 Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire in Dharavi — a portrayal that residents call a caricature.

For them, the district is unsanitary and poor — but full of life.

“We live in a slum, but we’re very happy here. And we don’t want to leave,” said Padaya.

‘CITY WITHIN A CITY’

A five-minute walk from Padaya’s home, cranes tower above corrugated sheets shielding construction. The redevelopment of Dharavi is underway — and in his spacious city-center office, SVR Srinivas insists the project will be exemplary.

“This is the world’s largest urban renewal project,” said the chief executive of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP). “We are building a city within a city. It is not just a slum development project.” Brochures show new buildings, paved streets, green spaces, and shopping centers.

“Each single family will get a house,” Srinivas promised. “The idea is to resettle hundreds of thousands of people, as far as possible, in situ inside Dharavi itself.”

Businesses will also remain, he added — though under strict conditions.

Families who lived in Dharavi before 2000 will receive free housing; those who arrived between 2000 and 2011 will be able to buy at a “low” rate.

Newer arrivals will have to rent homes elsewhere.

‘A HOUSE FOR A HOUSE’

But there is another crucial condition: only ground-floor owners qualify.

Half of Dharavi’s people live or work in illegally built upper floors.

Manda Sunil Bhave meets all requirements and beams at the prospect of leaving her cramped two-room flat, where there is not even space to unfold a bed.

“My house is small, if any guest comes, it is embarrassing for us,” said the 50-year-old, immaculate in a blue sari.

“We have been told that we will get a house in Dharavi, with a toilet... it has been my dream for many years.”

But many of her neighbors will be forced to leave.

Ullesh Gajakosh, leading the “Save Dharavi” campaign, demands “a house for a house, a shop for a shop.” “We want to get out of the slums... But we do not want them to push us out of Dharavi in the name of development. This is our land.”


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黃斌洋（右）是義診團隊班底，這次花蓮光復鄉重創，他選擇不看診，改拿起鏟子，挨家挨戶幫忙受災戶重建家園。（取自黃斌洋臉書）

〔健康頻道／綜合報導〕阿斌哥是名牙醫，也是義診團隊的固定班底。但他看到花蓮馬太鞍溪堰塞湖23日溢流後，也一直按捺不住，想快點到前線。27日如願直衝花蓮光復，他說：「重建此刻，我們都是花蓮人，我們都會以曾經身為『鏟子超人』為榮」。

黃斌洋在27日從台北整裝完備，跳上火車前往花蓮，在火車上他看到各地湧現「菩薩」，內心好激動，他自己也是鏟子超人的一份子，看著這群自發的「同志」，倍感親切。

黃斌洋在臉書寫著：「直擊光復災區，沒有哭的時間…」但看到那麼多年輕人加入，不由得豎起拇指。他說：「超人，不一定要有披風，這群鏟子超人從四方湧入，溫暖了當地，也教育到自己」，感嘆大自然力量之大，令人敬畏，而生命無常如翻書，更要警惕、珍惜當下。

taiwan-subdivisions: 花蓮 光復

title: 健康網》拿著鏟子挖土、清淤 阿斌牙醫今天是鏟子超人


taiwan-subdivisions: 鳳山 和平

title: 台鐵鳳山車站大樓假日點亮「空中鳳城」迎賓 周邊環狀道路10月底貫通

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台鐵鳳山火車站開發大樓假日點亮「空中鳳城」迎賓，周邊環狀道路10月底貫通，增設臨停接送區，自行車道串連至綠園道，還有護城河曹公圳環繞其中，民眾乘風而行，也能親近水岸，暢遊鳳山古城。

鳳山建城237年，鐵道局以古城拱門意象，打造「空中鳳城」大樓，成為鳳山地標，持續辦理大樓驗收，力拚11月驗收通過，並推動大樓燈光優化，預計明年農曆春節前完成，假日與節慶點亮迎賓，平日兼顧節能減亮。

市府打通曹謹路，全長280公尺、寬度15公尺，進行廣場與人行道銜接工程，將整平車站至曹謹路地面，改善高低落差1至2公尺，也將一併拆除木欄杆，維護民眾通行安全。

曹謹路規劃為單行道，將增設汽機車臨停接送區、計程車招呼站等，方便民眾搭車，預計10月底通車；現有公車站位於車站前方曹公路上維持不變，兩者分流將改善交通亂象。

市府表示，未來民眾行駛曹謹路接送親友，順接至和平路及五權路；也可銜接車站地下停車場，不用繞一大圈，民眾停車或接送更方便。


title: 因應與中國潛在衝突 傳五角大廈要求飛彈產量倍增

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美國「華爾街日報」今天披露，因應未來與中國的潛在衝突，美國五角大廈對目前偏低的彈藥庫存感到不安，正積極敦促飛彈供應商，在極短時間內提高產量2倍甚至4倍。圖為愛國者飛彈。（美聯社檔案照）

〔中央社〕美國「華爾街日報」今天披露，因應未來與中國的潛在衝突，美國五角大廈對目前偏低的彈藥庫存感到不安，正積極敦促飛彈供應商，在極短時間內提高產量2倍甚至4倍。

「華爾街日報」（Wall Street Journal）引述知情人士透露，美國戰爭部高層近期多次與美國多家飛彈製造商高層會談，討論加速生產高需求關鍵武器行動。

部分消息人士透露，戰爭部副部長費恩柏格（Steve Feinberg）不但親自參與，還成立了「彈藥加速委員會」（Munitions Acceleration Council），甚至每週都會與部分業者高層討論相關進度。

報導表示，五角大廈6月召集飛彈供應商舉行圓桌會議，啟動這項計畫。美國戰爭部長赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）及參謀首長聯席會議主席凱恩（Dan Caine）都親自出席，會中還有多家武器製造商、軍工科技新創企業如Anduril Industries，以及供應火箭燃料和電池等關鍵零組件的供應商代表。

五角大廈發言人帕尼爾（Sean Parnell）表示：「總統川普（Donald Trump）與防長赫格塞斯正在積極探索特殊途徑，以強化美軍戰力並加速彈藥生產。由國防產業領袖與戰爭部高層密切合作。」

不過，部分參與這項計畫的政府及業界人士憂慮，政府的目標恐不切實際。個別飛彈組裝完成往往需時2年；針對新供應商生產的武器進行測試與驗證也需要好幾個月、並耗資數億美元，才能確保能讓美軍官兵安全使用。此外，加速生產所需經費也是難題。

美國總統川普7月簽署了「大而美法案」（Big, Beautiful Bill），5年內追加250億美元彈藥預算。然而，專家認為，要達到五角大廈的目標，還需再投入數百億美元。

戰略與國際研究中心（CSIS）彈藥專家卡拉科（Tom Karako）指出：「廠商不會主動大量生產等著有人來買，必須等政府簽署合約才會擴產。政府如果真的要支持，應該以資金表態，而不能只靠口頭上的承諾。」

洛克希德馬丁（Lockheed Martin）和雷神（Raytheon）等主要國防承包商表示，他們已經增加人力、擴建廠房並提升備品庫存，迎接未來可能的需求高峰。不過，一些供應商坦言，要達成新目標並不容易，對於政府還沒實質下單就要求擴產，投資上也抱持觀望態度。

雷神母公司RTX董事長暨執行長加里奧（Christopher Calio）7月3日致函國防部表示，公司願意協助提升產能，但強調需要國防部追加預算與採購承諾，才能進一步擴大生產。

華爾街日報引述消息人士透露，「彈藥加速委員會」目前聚焦在五角大廈因應與中國潛在衝突希望掌控的12項武器，包含愛國者攔截飛彈、長程反艦飛彈（LRASM）、標準六型（SM-6）飛彈、精準打擊飛彈及長程巡弋飛彈聯合空對地距外飛彈（JASSM）等。尤其愛國者飛彈，因為洛克希德苦於全球需求激增，一直無法跟上交貨進度。

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title: 五角大廈召集全球美軍將領開會 川普擬出席振奮「團隊精神」

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全球約800名美國軍事將領在戰爭（國防）部長赫格塞斯要求下，於30日返回維吉尼亞州「匡提科」（Quantico）陸戰隊基地開會，迫切與不尋常程度引發各界關注、揣測。原先預料由赫格塞斯主導的會議，如今在美國總統川普計畫親自出席後可能產生變化。至於會議內容，川普表示屬於精神層面、振奮士氣的談話。

在華盛頓郵報公布會議消息後，川普在國家廣播公司（NBC）新聞網的專訪中談到，會議性質著重「團隊精神」（esprit de corps）層面，「談論的是我們在軍事上的優秀表現，以及我們的良好狀態，還有許多正面的事情」、「你們表現得這是一件壞事一樣。讓全世界的人與我們聚在一起不是一樁美事嗎？」

川普接受路透訪問時則說，「我想告訴這些將軍我們愛他們，他們是備受尊敬的領袖，要堅強、堅韌、聰明，以及富有熱情…這都是為了團隊精神。是時候該有人做這件事情了」。


title: 台鐵鳳山車站大樓假日點亮「空中鳳城」迎賓 周邊環狀道路10月底貫通


title: 五角大廈召集全球美軍將領開會 川普擬出席振奮「團隊精神」


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北歐多處機場近期遭不明無人機干擾，被迫關閉。瑞典總理克里斯特森指出，俄羅斯很可能是幕後元凶。（美聯社）

北歐近期屢遭不明無人機干擾，多處機場被迫關閉。瑞典總理克里斯特森（Ulf Kristersson）今（29）日直言，俄羅斯很可能就是派出這些擾人無人機的幕後元凶。

《法新社》報導，克里斯特森向瑞典電視頻道TV4表示，俄羅斯可能是想藉由這樣的方式，對支持烏克蘭的國家傳達一個訊息，而這個推測的可能性相當高，但他也強調「沒有人真的知道真相」。

克里斯特森又說，已確認9月侵犯波蘭領空的無人機是俄國人派出的，「一切都指向（俄國），但所有的國家在點名某個國家時都會謹慎以對，如果他們不確定的話。不過在波蘭，我們知道發生了甚麼事。」

自9月22日以來，挪威與丹麥發生了多起無人機目擊事件，多處機場因此被迫關閉。鑒於丹麥首都哥本哈根（Copenhagen）本週將舉辦歐盟峰會，丹麥政府28日宣布民用無人機一律禁飛，禁令維持到10月3日。

丹麥總理佛瑞德里克森（Mette Frederiksen）本週也點名俄國，她說：「有一個主要國家對歐洲安全造成威脅，就是俄羅斯。」

countries: 瑞典 丹麥 波蘭 挪威 烏克蘭 俄羅斯 歐盟

title: 不明無人機擾北歐 瑞典總理：幕後黑手恐是俄國


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颱風博羅依（Bualoi）今天襲擊越南沿海地區，已造成8人死亡、17人失蹤。強風豪雨導致房屋受損、電力中斷及道路淹水，所幸風暴逐漸減弱，正朝寮國前進。

路透社報導，根據越南國家氣象局，博羅依今天清晨登陸越南中部偏北沿海，掀起最高達8公尺巨浪。政府災害管理機構表示，廣治省外海有兩艘漁船遭巨浪襲擊後失聯，共17名漁民下落不明，另有一艘漁船在風暴期間失去聯繫。

義安省居民何文瓊表示：「我整晚沒睡，只擔心強風吹壞房門。」鄰居也說，他們整夜守著家屋，因為公寓大樓斷電必須自行防護。

現年45歲的阮全榮說：「我見過很多次颱風，這次是其中最強的之一。」

越南國家通訊社指出，強風在寧平省奪走8條人命，另有7人受傷。災害管理機構也通報，順化市有1人遭洪水冲走喪生，清化省則有1人被倒塌大樹壓死。

據氣象局表示，上午11時，颱風中心移至義安省上空，向寮國推進，最大風速已從登陸時的每小時117公里減弱至74公里。

根據災管單位統計，博羅依迄今已造成245戶房屋受損，近1400公頃稻作及其他農作物浸水，部分地區交通與外界中斷。

儘管風暴路徑上或附近設有鴻海、立訊、台塑與Vinfast等大型工廠，災管單位並未提及主要工業設施受損情況。

颱風來襲前，政府已預先撤離超過2萬8500名居民，並關閉中部4座機場，導致數百架次航班取消或延誤。

自27日以來，風暴在越南大部分地區帶來豪雨，當局持續警告嚴重洪水及土石流風險。氣象局預估，28日夜間至30日期間，全國多地雨量恐達500毫米。

由於國土緊鄰南海且海岸線綿長，越南每年常受西太平洋颱風侵襲。上週博羅依通過菲律賓時已造成當地至少10人喪生。

taiwan-subdivisions: 大樹 太平

events: 颱風 死亡

countries: 越南 菲律賓 寮國 海地

title: 颱風博羅依侵襲越南 釀8死17人失蹤


title: 黃國昌開直播：吹哨者協會追弊 確定違法亂紀才出手

taiwan-subdivisions: 光復 花蓮

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鏡報新聞網日前報導，指民眾黨主席黃國昌培養跟拍集團。黃國昌今天晚間開直播表示，他成立吹哨者保護協會，是要保護吹哨者與揭發弊案，且確定是違法亂紀才會出手；而需要民間團體揭弊的原因，是在民進黨主政下，檢調會認真去查這些弊案嗎。

對於黃國昌在直播時，指「全國最大的狗仔集團，就在你們鏡傳媒」。鏡傳媒集團截至晚間11時，尚未回應。

民進黨立委王義川去年6月質疑遭人跟拍，因此向警方報案，8月收到檢方不起訴處分書。不過鏡報新聞網26日報導，指黃國昌近年培養跟拍集團，偷拍綠營政治人物，且黃國昌還親自指揮狗仔辦案。

民眾黨26日透過文字回應後，黃國昌自此沒有公開行程。黃國昌今晚在Youtube頻道直播時表示，這幾天有媒體報導說「我神隱第幾天、叫我出來面對」，他看完後不曉得該怎麼說，他這3天非常忙，只是沒有公開行程，卻被說成神隱多日。

黃國昌說，上週六他去支持一個有意義的活動，是繞行大台北的單車賽，他原本想報名，但發現時已報名截止，因此用另個方式支持，在終點擺補給站攤位，提供選手飲料、蛋白質，並在現場烤香腸，他也親自幫忙烤。

談及吹哨者保護協會，黃國昌說，他成立協會基本上做兩件事，第一、保護吹哨者，第二、揭發弊案，為何國家弊案需要民間團體來揭露，原因很簡單，在民進黨主政下，大家覺得檢調會認真去查這些弊案嗎，最簡單的例子是2019年他揭發的「華航私菸案」。

黃國昌表示，成立吹哨者協會是因為有很多吹哨者被追殺，他甚至義務幫吹哨者們打官司、提供法律諮詢，沒有收過錢；查弊案不是在家用Google搜尋就能查出來，他一定會核實，「確定是違法亂紀的事，我們才會出手」。

黃國昌說，如果是涉及風花雪月的事，例如哪個立委養小三、深夜應召女郎出入這種事，基本上協會不處理，因為這跟公共利益無關。

至於跟拍，黃國昌說，「鏡傳媒集團是黨檢媒三位一體」，指控他在養狗仔，但看到新聞標題和內容後，他心裡第一個感想是，如果要講養狗仔的話，「全國最大的狗仔集團，就在你們鏡傳媒」，寫這些東西自己都不覺得丟臉嗎。

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title: 晶片五五分… 藍委批美拆台灣護身符 籲賴總統國情報告

people: 賴清德 林國成

countries: 台灣 美國

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美國商務部長盧特尼克提出晶片製造「五五分」，國民黨立委批評是「賣台協議」，政府應堅守底線，立法院也不會坐視不管賴政府如此賣國行徑；民眾黨立委林國成則說，美國固然不懷好意，但問題在於賴政府沒有主張跟籌碼。

國民黨立委許宇甄批評，這根本不是所謂「貿易協議」，而是對台灣的壓榨與掠奪，一旦台積電最先進製程的產能被美方強迫分割，台灣的安全籌碼將化為烏有，美方強行解除台灣護身符的做法，將把台灣推向更加危險的處境。

許宇甄質疑，盧特尼克放話「很快就要與台灣達成重大協議」，代表台美雙方早已進行談判，賴政府顯然心知肚明如此賣台內容，但台灣人民卻完全被蒙在鼓裡；賴清德總統更應到立院國情報告，向全國人民講清楚。

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▪ 整理包／堰塞湖大解密！大自然「臨時水庫」怎麼形成、有何危險

▪ 圖解／馬太鞍溪堰塞湖災情為何這麼嚴重？為何不能事先破壞壩體？

▪ 圖解／還有洪災危險嗎？看馬太鞍溪堰塞湖變化 溢流破口在哪


title: 黃國昌開直播：吹哨者協會追弊 確定違法亂紀才出手


title: 晶片五五分… 藍委批美拆台灣護身符 籲賴總統國情報告


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國造潛艦（ＩＤＳ）海鯤號潛艦進度延宕，此時又有前專案小組召集人黃曙光請辭國安會諮委獲准，引發外界對ＩＤＳ案的質疑。立場相異的前海軍人士昨天口徑一致指出，海鯤艦遲遲無法潛航測試，是系統整合出了大問題。

海軍退役上校郭璽，曾被黃曙光聘為顧問，參與ＩＤＳ計畫。郭璽說，黃曙光請辭，代表終於被現任海軍司令唐華氣走；前總統蔡英文力挺、黃曙光推動的海鯤號，「如今被賴清德任用的唐華玩完」。郭璽宣稱，海鯤艦的整體載台管理系統（ＩＰＭＳ）有問題，下潛攸關數十條人命，所以不敢測試。例如戰鬥系統指令無法傳給魚雷管，南韓來了三批工程師都無法解決。他也表示，國防部呈報後續艦預算兩千八百億元，但當初是七艘一起報價，後來改為先造兩艘，廠商要求重報，結果只能買原先不到六成的裝備；賴清德也不敢要求追加四成預算，因為國民黨不會答應。

另位海軍退役上校黃征輝，曾與郭璽合作，後來鬧翻。黃征輝質疑，黃曙光待遇比照部長，若非迫於外力，不應此時請辭。海鯤七月三日結束浮航測試，回港立即進塢長達六十一天，如此罕見狀況，顯示問題嚴重；如今台船總經理承認，九月不可能完成海試，外行人也看得出困境。

黃征輝說，台船從未建造潛艦，系統整合能力不足，必須依賴技協。但先前聘的直布羅陀ＧＬ與南韓ＳＩ兩家公司，不僅名不見經傳，甚至從三年前韓籍顧問披露的錄音檔，顯示一個是詐騙集團，一個使用假資料。台船明知被騙，卻不敢說出實情。

黃征輝說，ＩＤＳ喊停的政治風險沒人能承擔，後續應把握安全優先與風險控管，尋求真正具備經驗的國際團隊，若實在不可得，當年我國採購海龍、海虎潛艦，海軍曾派監造團隊到荷蘭學習整合技術，這批人部分仍在國內，可透過海軍協調投入。

海軍至昨晚截稿前，並未回應郭、黃的說法。

title: 遲未潛航測試 海鯤號整合出問題

people: 蔡英文 賴清德

countries: 荷蘭 直布羅陀


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國防工業是最先進科技的結晶，研發作業是高風險投資。即使水準最高的美國，武器開發也從無一帆風順例子。計畫延宕、加錢甚至失敗收場，固然令人感到挫折，但也非天崩地裂的災難。

黃曙光離職與相關人士爆料，引起外界對國造潛艦（ＩＤＳ）計畫成敗的關心。如今已是九月最後一天，海鯤艦尚未進行潛航測試，交船目標幾乎確定跳票。但若憑此推論海鯤乃至ＩＤＳ已經「完蛋」，則又流於嚴重誇大。

問題是近年台灣政壇，執政當局把「認知戰」奉為圭臬，把自製武器當成鼓動民眾情緒的大內宣重要一環。不但要拚命吹捧自身成就，更要對外界質疑聲音祭出誅心之論，質疑其勾結對岸，存心削弱國防。

計畫被吹捧到如此「高大上」，自然難以忍受一旦挫敗帶來的損失。然而，再華麗的話術也會「藥效」到期，最後仍要面對現實。此時願意承認挫敗，已經是負責表現；如果削足適履，對外粉飾太平，對內放水蒙混，才是埋下更大的禍患。

面對海鯤艦、乃至ＩＤＳ計畫的未來，政府該做的是戒絕過度宣傳掛帥，而以實事求是的態度，檢視如今計畫成果。如果真須追加預算，或者必須延長時程，就老老實實承認。執政者如果希望社會輿論不要過度吹毛求疵，不要抓到問題就往死裡打，首先得要反求諸己，必須帶頭展現開誠布公，願意坐下來把局面講清楚的負責態度。

另一方面，政府砸錢建造海鯤號，確實展現我方造艦決心，歐美陣營近年也對中共崛起戒心日增，這些因素對ＩＤＳ計畫的後續商源引進，絕對都是利多。在此情況之下，軍方乃至執政團隊，面對國會或社會大眾，應該一定程度放寬資訊尺度，而非將「保密」小圈圈無限上綱。如此才能真正建立公眾信心，一旦出現負面小道消息，才不易引起盲聽盲從。

taiwan-subdivisions: 大內 太平

title: 冷眼集／國造潛艦交船跳票 華麗話術面臨檢視


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賴清德總統定調在中秋節前讓花蓮光復鄉民恢復正常生活，昨再透過臉書表示，國防部會啟動跨區增援部隊，前往災區輪替。不過，花蓮縣府統計尚有一千六百多戶民宅待清淤，災民和志工頻喊亟需山貓等大型機具，否則市區道路被淤泥和垃圾占據，交通打結勢必拖慢清理效率。

被淤泥覆蓋的光復鄉仍滿目瘡痍，縣府統計待清淤的民宅以大華村、大同村戶數最多。救災一周來，目前市區街道仍覆蓋厚厚一層從民宅清出的淤泥，環保局統計，每天要清運六千噸淤泥、垃圾三千噸，載運負荷大。

昨天是教師節連假最後一天，災區仍有超過三萬名「鏟子超人」志工徒手幫忙災民清理家園，不少志工傍晚陸續回家準備今天上班，但仍陸續有志工湧入。連日出大太陽，部分街區淤泥開始變硬甚至結塊，清理難度加大。

「需要更多小山貓等大型機具幫忙才會快。」陳姓志工說，原以為拿鐵鏟就能挖，一鏟下去才發現淤泥硬到像水泥一樣，根本鏟不動，清一間民宅可能就花一整天，需要小山貓、挖土機等機具。

一輛輛山貓、斗車昨天陸續開進光復鄉市區，多數家戶清出的汙泥與廢棄物堆置在路邊形成一座座小山；昨天雖有不少機具進駐，尤其入夜後加大力度運走這些廢棄物，也有國軍在路旁指揮交通，但警方表示，光復鄉道路原就狹小，如今堆滿淤泥、垃圾與重型機具進出，導致多個路口「卡死」，形成進退兩難困境。警方已祭出分流管制，非救災車輛避開壅塞路段。

縣府持續徵求重型機具，提出需求包括三十輛夾子車、十輛怪手、多輛山貓及清溝車等，盼能加速災區復建效率，機具到位後，將分派到受災嚴重的區域清淤泥。

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taiwan-subdivisions: 花蓮 大同 光復 花蓮縣

title: 花蓮救災大挑戰！淤泥硬如水泥 災民苦盼山貓


taiwan-subdivisions: 西屯 桃園 中西

title: 涉吸金18億 房仲負責人羈押

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葉姓男子是台中西屯某不動產加盟店負責人，涉從5年前起以房產投資等理由，向顧客、親友邀約投資，承諾以月息2%回饋，吸引數十人投資，葉今年5、6月間周轉不靈神隱，被害人組自救會找律師提告。葉前天自泰國返回桃園機場時落網，檢方聲押禁見獲准。葉男前妻疑有涉案，檢警將通知到案說明。

42歲葉姓男子涉嫌從2020年9月至今年9月，以投資房地產、共組設計公司、高利放貸、代管房屋等理由，邀約親友、顧客挹注資金，承諾給予每月2％高額利息，年利息為24％，吸引大家投資。

葉男在鬧區經營店面，加上有10多年買賣經驗，被害人拿錢投資，被害金額從數十萬元至上億元都有，直至今年5、6月間，葉男周轉失靈，無法再付被害人高額利息後，被害人才驚覺有詐，組成自救會、找律師通報檢警介入。

目前檢警掌握，已有14名被害人報案，損失金額為上億元，另外還有30多人陸續到案製作筆錄，估計損失金額達18億元。

台中地檢署本月23日獲報後，由檢察官何建寬指揮重案支援中心檢察事務官、刑事局、台中市第六警分局等單位偵辦，發現葉男與前妻20日已潛逃出國。

檢警約談、傳訊被害人、證人，調取面交收據、匯款紀錄、對話截圖等證物後，26日廢止、註銷葉男護照，同日發布通緝，葉男經專案小組策動後，28日上午從泰國搭機返回桃園機場，警方當場逮捕。

檢方28日晚間以葉男涉犯詐欺取財、違反銀行法等罪，所犯為5年有期徒刑以上重罪，犯罪嫌疑重大，且有逃亡事實，勾串共犯、證人之虞，向台中地院聲請羈押禁見獲准。