2022/10/02-2022/10/08
10/3
中國信託商銀取得第五屆公益彩券發行機構資格後，上周公告電腦技術廠商招標，由於牽涉為期十年、高達上兆元的商機，全球前三大廠商都表達競標意願。美國在台協會（ＡＩＴ）官員為此拜會主管彩券的財政部國庫署，「介紹」其中一家有美商背景的ＩＧＴ，國庫署事後把資料轉給中信銀「參考」，消息曝光，引來非議。
October 3:
After CTBC Bank obtained lottery issuer qualification, last week, it announced invitation of tenders from technology firms. This is a 10-year business opportunity involving billions, and three leading companies expressed willingness to submit tenders. Officials of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) visited the National Treasury Administration (NTA), Ministry of Finance, the competent authority of lottery, to "introduce" a company IGT with an American background, and the NTA forwarded the information to CTBC bank for "reference." Related reports have generated criticism.
10/3
國境13日即將解封，中央疫情指揮中心卻未跟著解編。根據衛福部官網，指揮中心自2020年1月成立至今有關人員加班與水電費，已花費5.1億元，每天午後直播記者會、拍攝防疫大作戰等防疫宣導，燒掉7.9億元，相較之下，攸關國人確診之後的救命藥物「中藥清冠一號」研發經費僅用2億元。在野黨要求審計部積極調查防疫宣傳預算有無獨厚特定綠色媒體。
October 3:
Taiwan's border restrictions will be listed on October 13, but the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) is not following suit to be dissolved. According to the CECC's website, since the establishment of the command center in January 2020, relevant personnel have spent NT$510 million (about US$16 million) in overtime and water and electricity bills. Every afternoon, live broadcast press conferences, filming of epidemic prevention campaign videos, and other propaganda have consumed NT$790 million (about US$24.8 million). As a result, only NT$200 million (about US$6.3 million) has been spent on the research and development of the life-saving Chinese medicine, Qingguan No. 1. Opposition parties demanded that the National Audit Office, Control Yuan, actively investigate whether the budget for epidemic prevention propaganda has been used exclusively to media friendly to the ruling party.
10/3
今年以來台股大幅下跌超過百分之廿五，不只散戶荷包縮水，政府基金投資績效也慘不忍睹。勞動基金運用局公布最新統計，勞動基金今年截至八月底累計虧損三二○四點六億元，收益率負百分之六點二，虧損規模擴大。
October 3:
Since the beginning of this year, Taiwan stocks have fallen sharply by more than 25 percent. Not only have the wallets of amateur investors shrunk, the investment performance of public funds has also been appalling. According to the latest statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor Funds, Ministry of Labor, the labor fund has accumulated a loss of NT$320.4 billion (about US$10 billion) as of the end of August this year, with a negative rate of return of 6.2 percent. The scale of losses has expanded.
10/5
國防部長邱國正在立法院表示，兩岸海峽中線的默契已被中共毀掉，現狀已被改變。國軍現已調整經常戰備時期突發狀況處理規定，「只要（共軍）航空器、航海器飛越領空，就算第一擊，不等它是否有第一擊，就要把它擊毀」。
October 5:
At the Legislative Yuan, Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng stated that the tacit understanding of the median line in the Taiwan Strait has been destroyed by China, and the status quo has been changed. The Armed Forces has now adjusted the rules for handling emergencies during the regular combat readiness period. As long as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft fly over Taiwan's airspace, Taiwan will destroy it regardless of whether the aircraft has made a first strike.
10/5
有線電視系統近期申請將55頻位的TVBS新聞台移到149跟158頻位，改讓鏡電視在55頻位上架，引發外界關注。國家通訊傳播委員會（NCC）5日做出不予許可的決議。NCC表示，TVBS新聞台在55頻道播出多年，若大幅調整可能影響消費者收視權益。
October 5:
The cable television system recently applied to move the TVBS News station on channel 55 to channels 149 and 158 and placed Mirror TV to channel 55, attracting scrutiny. The National Communications Commission (NCC) decided on October 5 not to approve the change. The NCC stated that TVBS News has been broadcast on channel 55 for many years. If there is a major adjustment, it may affect consumer viewing rights.
10/6
高端疫苗去年未完成二期臨床試驗，即獲准通過緊急使用授權（ＥＵＡ），普遭質疑，國人打氣低迷，衛福部長薛瑞元指出，指揮中心向高端採購五百萬劑疫苗，已銷毀一二○萬劑，即將於十一月屆效的高端疫苗還有五十多萬劑，預估最高銷毀量達一七○萬劑，占高端整體採購量的三分之一。目前新冠疫苗包含高端已銷毀四百多萬劑。
October 6:
Medigen vaccine did not complete the Phase II clinical trials last year but was given emergency use authorization (EUA), attracting scrutiny which has discouraged public inoculation. According to Minister of Health and Welfare Hsueh Jueh-yuan, the CECC procured 5 million doses of the Medigen vaccine and has destroyed 1.2 million doses. There are still more than 500,000 Medigen doses that will expire in November, so the estimated destruction quantity is up to 1.7 million doses, accounting for one-third of the overall Medigen vaccine procurement volume. At present, more than 4 million doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines have been destroyed.
10/7
台海危機升溫，經濟部次長陳正祺接受英國「泰晤士報」採訪證實，台灣正儲備糧食、礦產、化學製品、能源等關鍵物資，並每月著手盤點。行政院長蘇貞昌在立法院備詢時表示，如果發生戰爭，台灣要做足準備，包括防衛武器、糧食、醫療藥物，政府都有相關層次準備。
October 7:
Crisis in the Taiwan Strait is heating up. In an interview, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Chen Cheng-chi confirmed with the Times that Taiwan is stockpiling key materials such as grain, minerals, chemicals, and energy and counts inventory every month. During interpellation in the Legislative Yuan, Premier Su Tseng-chang stated that if there is war, Taiwan must adequately prepare arms, food, and medicinal drugs. The government will make relevant preparation.
10/7
紐約時報報導，美國前任及現任官員指出，研究過中共解放軍近來進行環台海、空軍演習後，美國正加緊努力在台灣建立龐大武器庫存，成為「刺蝟之島」，碰到中國大陸封鎖台海並侵略時，也能撐到美國等國決定介入，但前提是其他國家願意派兵。
October 7:
According to current and former American officials, the New York Times cites, the United States is intensifying efforts to build a giant stockpile of weapons in Taiwan after studying recent naval and air force exercise by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) around Taiwan. The intention to build Taiwan into "a porcupine island" is meant to make Taiwan hold out on its own until countries like the United States decide to intervene when the PLA blockades and invades Taiwan. However, this is preconditioned on the willingness of other countries to send troops.
10/9
全球首富、美國電動車大廠特斯拉執行長馬斯克7日接受金融時報採訪時，提議讓台灣成為大陸的「特別行政區」以防止戰火發生。對此陸委會回應，馬斯克提出將一個民主國家變成另一個專制國家的特別行政區建議，台灣或任何國家人民都不會接受。大陸外交部重申，台灣問題是中國內政，大陸官媒更批馬斯克「妄議中國台灣問題」。但大陸外交部9日改口稱，「台灣可以作為特別行政區實行高度自治」，「台灣民眾的社會制度和生活方式等將得到充分尊重、合法權益將得到充分保障。」
October 9:
In an interview with Financial Times on October 7, Elon Musk, the world's richest man and chief executive of Tesla, proposed to make Taiwan a "special administrative region" of China to avoid war. In response, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) responded that Musk's proposal to turn a democracy into a special administrative region of an autocracy will not be accepted by the people of Taiwan or any country. Mainland China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated that the Taiwan issue is a matter of China's internal affairs, and mainland Chinese official media even criticized Musk for arbitrarily discussing China’s Taiwan issue. However, on October 9, China's Foreign Ministry changed its tone, stating that Taiwan can exercise a high degree of autonomy as a special administrative region and that the social system and way of life of Taiwan people will be fully respected and their legitimate rights and interests fully guaranteed.