Taiwan’s first Tesla police cars debut in Kaohsiung City

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment electric vehicles, Kaohsiung City, police, Tesla Motors, Tesla Taiwan

Police received two Tesla electric cars to be used as police cars at a handover ceremony in Kaohsiung City today, and they are the first Teslas to be used as police vehicles in Taiwan. Ching Chan Optical Technology and the Tianzhen Foundation donated the two Tesla Model 3 cars worth NT$3.3 million to help police with the work of detection and prevention of crime. One car will be used by the criminal investigation team in Hunei District, and the other

Evergreen Marine Ever Forward container ship aground on US east coast with US Coast Guard vessel and personnel in foreground

Marine and Fisheries

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Evergreen, ship aground, shipping, shipping accident

An Evergreen container ship is still stuck after several attempts to move it, including dredging the muddy bottom, since it ran aground more than two weeks ago. The 334-meter-long 12,000 TEU Ever Forward, owned by Evergreen Hong Kong, a subsidiary of Taiwanese shipping and transportation giant Evergreen Marine Corporation, became stranded after grounding in shallow water north of Chesapeake Bay, shortly after leaving the Port of Baltimore on March 13 bound for Norfolk, Virginia. The vessel and cargo did not

composite image showing alleged pet cull and order to kill pets

International

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment China, COVID-19, mass formation psychosis, virus mania

Municipal health authorities in a city in Hebei Province, China said that they have rescinded an order to cull the pets of people who test positive for COVID-19, after a copy of the order went viral on social media, sparking outrage among citizens. China’s Sina.com reported that the document titled “Urgent Notice on Rapidly Carrying Out the Work of Culling of Domestic Animals of Positive Patients” was issued by the “Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group Office” in Anci District,

composite image showing search party and missing hiker

Society

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment hiking, missing persons, New Taipei City, sanxia-district, search and rescue

Search and rescue personnel yesterday found the body of a retired tech company executive who went missing while hiking Saturday, March 26, and an autopsy today revealed that he had died after falling and breaking his neck. Search team members from the New Taipei Fire Department found the body of Tsai Chin-kuo at the bottom of a slope around 50 meters below a hiking trail in the Manyueyuan National Forest Recreation Area in Sanxia District, New Taipei City, at around

International

March 30, 2022April 4, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Ukraine

A Taiwanese man said that he plans to do humanitarian work helping Ukrainian refugees in Poland after being informed that his application to join the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine had been rejected. Wang Ruiti (王芮緹) went to Finland to apply to join the Ukrainian Foreign Volunteer Army recently. While waiting for his application, Wang traveled to Lithuania by boat and bicycle. After arriving in Lithuania, Wang inquired about his application at the Ukrainian Embassy, but was informed

Society

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment missing persons, New Taipei City, sanxia-district, search and rescue

133 search and rescue personnel gathered at a trailhead in New Taipei City this morning before dividing into search parties to cover 12 routes as a search for a missing hiker enters the third day today, Tuesday, March 29. Tsai Chin-kuo (蔡進國), the 64-year-old former senior vice-president of the Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company Pegatron, was reported missing Sunday, after failing to return from a one-day hike in the Manyueyuan National Forest Recreation Area in Sanxia District on Saturday, March 26.

composite image showing arrest and handgun

Crime and Criminals

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Linkou District, New Taipei City, police officer shot

A police officer was shot in the leg by a suspect, but made sure the shooter was handcuffed and arrested before he sought medical attention in New Taipei City last night, March 28. A group of seven police detectives from Tamsui Police Precinct went to Linkou District to arrest a 42-year-old man, named Chen, wanted on suspicion of fraud. When the officers approached Chen in the basement carpark of a residential community on Wenhua Road at around 8:30 pm, Chen

Wang Wenbin Ministry of Foreign Affairs China spokesperson

International Relations

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment China, USA-Taiwan

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin claimed today that some people in the United States are deliberately making an analogy between Taiwan and Ukraine with “sinister intentions” in an attempt to “create a new crisis” in the Taiwan Strait. The Financial Times reported on the 25th that Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral John Aquilino during a visit to Australia warned in an interview that as the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is gradually increasing pressure on Taiwan, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the

armed robber seen running away after bank robbery

Crime and Criminals

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment armed-robbery, bank robbery, Kaohsiung City

A man was arrested in Nantou County today in connection with an armed robbery in Kaohsiung City two days ago. At around 3:30 pm on Friday, March 25, a man dressed in a Food Panda uniform shirt, wearing a full-face motorcycle helmet, and armed with a pistol and a can of pepper spray, walked into a branch of Sanxin Bank on Chenggong South Road, Qiaotou District, as the bank was closing for business. The man pointed the pistol at a

Traffic Accidents

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment battery-fire, electric vehicles, New Taipei City, Tesla Motors

A drunk driver was pulled out of a Tesla by passersby before the car went up in flames, following a single-vehicle crash in New Taipei City in the early hours of this morning, Sunday, March 27. The 53-year-old driver, named Lee, is believed to have lost control of the vehicle in rainy conditions at the intersection of Wenshan Road and Xinguang Road in Shenkeng District at around 4:00 am. According to the investigation the car hit a traffic island and

art installation featuring phallic cactus and yonic shell

Events

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Yilan County

An art installation at this year’s Yilan Green Expo has drawn media attention due to resemblance to male and female genitalia, but organizers dismissed criticisms with the Taiwanese adage “don’t think too much.” The installation, titled “Made in Heaven” in the Orchid Corridor consists of a combination including dolls posing around a phallic cactus planted beside a yonic sea shell. The chairman of the Yilan County Orchid Art Association told Liberty Times that the special shape does leave room for

Author: Phillip Charlier

Taiwan’s first Tesla police cars debut in Kaohsiung City

Evergreen container ship “Ever Forward” hasn’t budged for 17 days since grounding on US east coast

Chinese city officials rescind order to cull COVID patients’ pets after public outrage

Body of former Pegatron VP found on fourth day of search: autopsy reveals fatal injuries

Taiwanese man will volunteer helping refugees after application to fight for Ukraine rejected

Search for missing retired Pegatron VP enters third day

Police officer shot: arrests suspect before going to hospital

China: The USA trying to create a Taiwan Strait crisis by comparing Taiwan to Ukraine

Suspect arrested two days after armed bank robbery

Drunk driver pulled out of Tesla before car consumed by fire

Art installation makes people blush? Expo organizer: “don’t think too much”