2022/07/31-2022/08/09

8/1
民進黨桃園市長參選人林智堅深陷論文抄襲風波 ,被指其碩士論文和早他一年畢業的余正煌論文雷同度甚高。曾任其指導教授的國安局長陳明通再度出手相救,31日發聲明強調,先協助林智堅進行論文修正後,才交給余正煌參考。對此,余的委任律師回應,「考慮用司法訴訟的方式解決雙方紛爭。」前民進黨立委沈富雄1日在臉書痛批陳明通是「國恥」,台大應予解聘,國安局長一職應予解職。

August 1: 
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taoyuan mayoral candidate Lin Chih-chien remains caught up in allegations of thesis plagiarism. Director-General Chen Ming-tong of the National Security Bureau (NSB) once again came to the rescue. On July 31, he issued a statement emphasizing that he first assisted Lin in revising his thesis before handing it over to Yu Cheng-huang for reference. In response, Yu's attorney stated that his client is considering using judicial proceedings to resolve the disputes between the parties. Former DPP legislator Shen Fu-hsiung criticized Chen on Facebook on August 1 as "national shame." He argues that National Taiwan University should dismiss Chen's professorship, and he should be removed from the post of director-general of the NSB.


8/1
美國有線電視新聞網(CNN)一日播出台積電董事長劉德音專訪。被問到中國大陸可能武力犯台的問題,劉德音表示,這會是各方皆輸的情況,就算大陸控制台積電的工廠,也無法再繼續運作。

August 1: 
CNN broadcast an exclusive interview with Chairman Mark Liu of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. When asked about the possibility of mainland China invading Taiwan by force, Liu stated that this would be a situation where all parties would lose, and even TSMC plants controlled by the mainland will be unable to operate.


8/1
勞動部勞動基金運用局公布,受全球股災影響,勞動基金今年上半年累積虧損高達四四五五點九億元,收益率為負的百分之八點六九。其中勞保基金今年上半年就賠了七二七億元,外界憂心恐加劇勞保虧空速度。

August 1: 
The Bureau of Labor Funds, Ministry of Labor, announced that affected by the global stock market crash, the labor fund accumulated losses of NT$445.5 billion (about US$14.8 billion) in the first half of the year, with a negative return rate of 8.69 percent. Notably, the labor insurance fund lost NT$72.7 billion (about US$2.4 billion) in the first half of this year. Observers are worried that the deficit situation of labor insurance will be exacerbated.


8/2
美國眾議院議長裴洛西(Nancy Pelosi)專機2日晚上10時44分日降落台北松山機場,但在落地前台美雙方皆未正式公布訪台行程,數十萬人在網路追蹤專機動向,一度造成飛航網站Flightradar24系統癱瘓。
Flightradar24指出,裴洛西專機2日下午3時42分自吉隆坡起飛後,線上追蹤人數一直維持在20萬以上,當班機降落台北松山機場時,追蹤人數更衝破70.8萬人,成為史上最多人線上追蹤動向的飛機。

August 2: 
The special flight carrying Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the United States of House of Representatives landed 10:44 PM at Taipei Songshan Airport, but neither Taiwan nor the United States officially announced visiting Taiwan as part of her itinerary. Tens of thousands tracked the flight on the Internet, paralyzing the website Flightradar24 at one point. According to Flightradar24, Pelosi's special flight took off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3:42 PM on August 2, and the number of users tracking the flight remained at more than 200,000. When the flight landed at Taipei Songshan Airport, the number of people tracking exceeded 708,000, making it the largest number of people tracking airplane movement in history.


8/3
美國眾議院議長裴洛西訪台停留19小時,3日拜會立法院,總統府,獲蔡英文總統頒贈「特種大綬卿雲勳章」,接受媒體訪問。下午在人權博物館會晤民運人士,晚上六時離台。其間總統府、國防部、外交部等部會網站皆遭網路攻擊 ,7-ELEVEN統一超商及台鐵的螢幕看板3日出現詆毀裴洛西的文字。行政院發言人羅秉成表示,八月二日攻擊量是平常單日最高廿三倍,已經啟動加強防護機制,幸未發生資安危害情形。

August 3: 
Speaker Pelosi visited Taiwan and stayed for 19 hours. She visited the Legislative Yuan and Office of the President, received the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon presented by President Tsai Ing-wen, was interviewed by the media, and met with pro-democracy activists at a human rights museum, before departing Taiwan at 6 PM. During her visit, the websites of the Office of the President, Ministry of National Defense, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) saw cyber-attacks. Content defaming Pelosi appeared on the screen boards of 7-Eleven and Taiwan Railways. Spokesman Luo Ping-cheng of the Executive Yuan stated that the number of attacks on August 2 was up to 23 times that of a normal single day. Strengthened protection mechanisms have been activated, but fortunately no information security hazards have occurred. 

 

8/4
美國眾議院議長裴洛西旋風訪台19小時,北京大動作反制,從軍事、外交、經濟等層面全方位對台灣實施制裁。在裴洛西離台後,從8月4日起,一連三天在台灣周邊六個區域展開軍演實彈射擊,發射十餘枚東風導彈,其中四枚穿越台灣。六日又宣布繼續在黃海南部、渤海海域,實施十日到一個月不等長期軍演。

August 4:
The whirlwind visit by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the United States House of Representatives to Taiwan provoked Beijing’s stringent countermeasures including sanctions in military, diplomatic, economic, and other aspects against Taiwan. After Pelosi left Taiwan, live-fire military exercises were conducted in six designated ocean areas surrounding Taiwan for three consecutive days from August 4, launching more than ten Dongfeng missiles, four of which flying through Taiwan’s airspace. On August 6, Beijing further announced long-term military exercises ranging from 10 days to a month in the southern part of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea.


8/4
社群網路盛傳有人在美國司法部網站查到一間名為「Gephardt Group Government Affairs」的政治公關公司,自2018年起有16次我駐美單位付費記錄,為遊說裴洛西來訪,我國一共付費314萬9,377.58美元。
外交部反駁,指此說純屬憑空捏造,絕非事實。
外交部解釋,我國駐美代表處聘用公關公司,是我國政府長年一貫作法,
協助推動政務工作,是全面性的努力,而非針對單一目標或個案。
裴洛西訪問團到訪,是美國政府公費支應,在台行程統一由美國在台協會台北辦事處(AIT)洽排。

August 4: 
Reports on social media cite the website of the U.S. Department of Justice pointing to Gephardt Group Government Affairs, a political public relations company, for receiving 16 payments made by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the United States to lobby Speaker Pelosi to visit. A total of US$3.14 million was paid. 
MOFA retorted, stating that the allegation is purely fabricated and not true. MOFA explained TECRO's retaining public relations companies is consistent with long-standing government practice. It is a comprehensive effort and not for a single target or individual case. 
The visit by Pelosi's delegation was funded by the U.S. government, and its itinerary in Taiwan was arranged by the American Institute in Taiwan.


8/5
中國軍演加大對台恫嚇力道,聯電創辦人曹興誠5日宣布捐出新台幣30億元推動全民國防教育,出版認知作戰方面的專書,盼喚醒台灣人為維護自由民主而戰鬥。行政院對曹興誠捐助國防表達感謝,並說相關部會可與他討論及配合。

August 5: 
Mainland China has intensified its intimidation tactics against Taiwan. Robert Tsao, founder of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), announced that he would donate NT$3 billion (about US$100 million) to promote national defense education and publish a book on cognitive warfare, in order to help awaken Taiwanese to fight for freedom and democracy. The Executive Yuan expressed its gratitude to Tsao for his donation to national defense and stated that relevant ministries will discuss and work with him.


8/6
交通部6日表示,共軍環台軍演,5日國際航班起飛及降落影響不大,但過境航班為避開臨時危險區改走其他飛航情報區,4日中午12時以後及5日的過境航班大幅減少。

August 6: 
According to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, military exercises surrounding Taiwan held by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had little impact on the takeoff and landing of international flights, but transit flights were diverted to other flight information areas to avoid temporary danger zones. Flights were significantly reduced after 12 PM on August 4 and on August 5.

 

8/9
民進黨籍桃園市長參選人林智堅論文涉嫌抄襲案,台大8月9日公布學術倫理審定會審定結果,認定林智堅抄襲余正煌碩士論文,情節嚴重,決議撤銷林智堅碩士學位及論文。
當初向台大檢舉抄襲案的北市議員王鴻薇表示,林智堅應退選,蔡英文護航也應向國人道歉。

August 9: 
DPP Taoyuan mayoral candidate Lin Chih-chien has been mired in a thesis plagiarism scandal. On August 9, the academic ethics review committee of National Taiwan University (NTU) found that Lin plagiarized Yu Cheng-huang's master thesis. Because the circumstances are serious, the committee decided to revoke Lin's master degree and thesis. 
Taipei City Councilwoman Wang Hung-wei, who reported the plagiarism incident to NTU, stated that Lin should withdraw his campaign, and President Tsai Ing-wen should apologize to the people.