White Wolf: Taiwan Aborigines are Chinese, and Confucian

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment aboriginal, amis, indigenous people, white-wolf

Chang An-lo, also known as the “White Wolf,” declared that Taiwan’s indigenous people are actually Chinese at an Amis “harvest festival” organised by the Chinese Unity Promotion Party in Hualian yesterday, September 9. The event was styled as “The Chinese Unity Year of Confucius 2568 Bumper Harvest Festival”. Making a speech as host of the event, the erudite gangster-turned-politician declared, “Everyone is Chinese; aboriginal people are Chinese.” Wearing a costume that resembled a traditional Chinese-style robe but with Amis aboriginal

Typhoon

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment typhoon, typhoon talim

The 18th typhoon of the 2017 season may affect Taiwan from Wednesday, according to the Central Weather Bureau. Tropical Typhoon Talim formed near Guam September 7. The storm is currently located 2,310km east-southeast of Point Eluanbi and moving west-northwest at 25kph. The CWB said that it may issue a sea alert as early as Tuesday September 12. According to CWB, warm sea surface temperatures and low wind-shear are conducive for intensification to moderate typhoon status. Storm herald, Frankie MacDonald issued

Traffic Accidents

September 9, 2017September 9, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cross-island highway, rockfall

[Cover picture: United Daily News] A Japanese cyclist and a two women on a scooter were injured when rocks tumbled onto the Central Cross Island Highway in the vicinity of The Tunnel of Nine Turns in Hualian County today. Hiroyuki Shirai, 35, from Shizuoka Prefecture, was taken to hospital unconscious and suffering head injuries after being hit by the falling rocks. A 24 year-old woman and her mother, both from Taipei, were also sent to hospital with injuries described as

Traffic Accidents

September 6, 2017September 6, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung

A 12 year-old boy has died of injuries sustained last Friday when the driver of an SUV smashed into vehicles stopped at a level crossing in Kaohsiung. Thirteen people were reported injured in the accident, but the boy, named Yang, was the only one to sustain serious injuries. At 7:26am Friday, September 1, a woman driving an SUV plowed through scooters stopped at a the level crossing, crashed through the crossing barriers, then continued for another 400 meters before crashing

Animals

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment formosan macaque, monkeys

[Cover Picture: United Daily News] A farmer in Yunlin’s Douliu District expressed frustration today that Formosan Macaques were running amok on farms, and not only damaging crops, but invading people’s homes and animal sheds. The farmer, Mr Wu, has personally witnessed monkeys take newborn piglets to use them as playthings. Farmers feel they have no way to effectively deal with the monkey problem. In the pictures associated with this story a piglet was taken by a juvenile macaque who sat

truck and other vehicles involved in crash

Traffic Accidents

September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Changhua County, runaway-truck

[Cover Picture: Liberty Times Network] Brake failure is the suspected cause of a multi-vehicle accident in Changhua County’s Tianzhong (Tienchung) Township this afternoon. At around 4:00pm, shortly after children were let out of school, a 48 year-old driver named Yu (余) lost control of his truck on a downhill section of Zhongnan Road. The speeding truck rear-ended a scooter and two cars traveling in the same direction, then careered into two on-coming cars before flipping over in front of a

Protest

September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment foreign workers, hsinchu, police shooting, TIWA

Taiwan International Worker’s Alliance (TIWA) members gathered outside the National Police Agency this morning to protest the killing of a Vietnamese man in Hsinchu August 31. The protestors handed over a petition calling for the release of video evidence of the shooting, and demanding a thorough investigation and report. The 27 year-old Vietnamese man named Nguyen was shot 9 times by police officers after a member of the public reported that a naked man was seen damaging a vehicle and

Traffic Accidents

September 1, 2017September 1, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drug-driving, Taichung

A man in Taichung City crashed into a total of six cars during a trip to buy a midnight snack this morning. Mr Chen, 64 first crashed into 3 parked cars in Guotai Street in the city’s northern district. Chen’s front right tire was ripped off the rim in the accident, but Chen continued driving for 5 kilometers with sparks flying off the bare rim, leaving visible marks on the road. In Taiping District, Chen hit another 3 parked cars.

Crime and Criminals

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment armed-robbery, Hsintien

A woman armed with a knife grabbed another woman as hostage and threatened to harm her if staff didn’t hand over the cash at a post office in Hsintien, New Taipei City, today. Post office staff complied and put NT$170,000 into a paper bag. Before the would-be robber could take the cash, however, members of the public surrounded her and overpowered the woman. Ms Zheng (鄭), 57, entered the post office on Anming (安民) Street at around 11:35am this morning

car damaged an abandoned by driver after hiting scooter and lamp post

Traffic Accidents

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment hit and run, Kaohsiung

[Cover Picture: Liberty Times Network] A driver in Kaohsiung left the scene of an accident this morning after slamming into a scooter at high speed and seriously injuring a woman before careering into a lamp post and seriously damaging his own car. At 4:15am police were called to the scene of the accident in Qianzhen District (前鎮區) where they found the injured woman named Lai. Ms Lai suffered head injuries and multiple fractures, including a fractured pelvis. Police found the

Stupid Stuff

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment failed suicide attempt

A man in Banciao District of New Taipei City yesterday ran and leapt into the path of a bus in an apparent suicide attempt. The 920 line bus was traveling in the inside lane of Wenhua Road en route from Linkou to Banciao when the 55 year-old man named Wu walked into the outside lane, then suddenly ran towards the bus and leapt at the windscreen. The bus driver slammed on the brakes, causing passengers to scream and fall over.

White Wolf: Taiwan Aborigines are Chinese, and Confucian

Typhoon Talim May Affect Taiwan Mid-Week

Three Injured by Falling Rocks on Cross-Island Highway

12 year-old Dies of Injuries After Driver Plows through Scooters

Farmers Frustrated as Monkeys Steal Piglets and Run Amok

Runaway Truck Smashes into Vehicles Causing After-School Traffic Chaos

Cops Petitioned Over Shooting of Vietnamese Man

Driver Leaves Trail of Destruction. Police: No Crime Committed

Armed Robber Taken Down by Post Office Customers

Driver Runs Away after High-Speed Collision

Man Attempts Suicide by Bus