During the Taiwanese election, a Beijing-backed group was notably active, Microsoft said. New Delhi: Microsoft has warned that China is gearing up to disrupt the upcoming elections in India, the United States and South Korea by using artificial intelligence-generated content. The warning comes after China conducted a trial run during Taiwan’s presidential election, employing AI … Read more
Voting began at 8:00 am (0000 GMT) at the nearly 18,000 polling stations across Taiwan. Taipei: Millions of Taiwanese headed to the polls Saturday for a presidential election, following threats from China that choosing the wrong leader could set the stage for war on the self-ruled island. Beijing slammed frontrunner Lai Ching-te, the current vice … Read more
Journalists of non-mainland background from the same organisation, however, were not affected. It also does not affect mainland reporters based in Taiwan, who are allowed to cover the election. The reporting restriction, which appears to target mainland citizens, comes against the backdrop of a spike in distrust and hostility between Taipei and Beijing in the … Read more
Lai – who told foreign media last year that he had no plan to declare independence – said on Sunday that the comments about a “sacred mountain” were referring to the ROC constitution and not the republic itself. Speaking after delivering her final new year’s address as president on Monday, Tsai stressed that as the … Read more
In response to questions about Taiwan keeping tabs on the PLA, Wu said: “As for the Taiwan military’s capabilities, the PLA is in absolute full control. As always, we will adopt all necessary measures to resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.” In recent weeks, Taiwan has accused Beijing of interfering in the elections by … Read more
Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said the decision was based on “a comprehensive assessment of relevant corrective measures”, after Taiwanese industry representatives to the mainland had provided information about measures taken to address the problem and expressed the “strong hope” that imports could resume, according to state news agency Xinhua. … Read more
The lawsuit was lodged by Taiwan Republic Office, a hardline pro-independence group wary of a possible opposition win. It alleged the agreement included an “illicit deal” over the allocation of government positions if they gained power. The prosecutor’s office said its investigation was proceeding, despite the KMT-TPP agreement falling apart when the two sides failed … Read more
