TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, June 23, 2023

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Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he told a visiting Chinese delegation that his government firmly opposes any unilateral change to the status quo in the East and South China seas, in particular with regard to Taiwan. The first stage of a new trade agreement between Taiwan and the United States has passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now moves on to the Senate. And President Tsai Ing-wen says the government will do more to promote the culture and language of the country's Hakka minority. - How Taiwan hopes to position itself at the forefront of next-generation quantum computing. - Herel Hughes reports on the female activists in China who are being detained under the spurious charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble." - Lukang in central Taiwan has welcomed the return of its tradition of night-time dragon boat races for the first time since the pandemic.