TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, September 1, 2023

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Taiwan is bracing for the arrival of Typhoon Haikui while the south of the country is still cleaning up after Typhoon Saola, now heading toward China. The government has signed off on new rules on generative AI, aiming to get a grip on the rise of this fast-growing technology. China is expanding a policy that suppresses the language of ethnic Mongolians in the country, while its crackdown on Muslim Uyghurs in its far northwest Xinjiang region continues. And with Taiwan's elections now just months away, candidates are laying out their climate and renewable energy agendas. Plus: - Japan's defense ministry asks for a record-breaking US$52B in military funding. - Taiwan's government moves to lift rules discriminating against same-sex adoptive couples. - Tokyo cafe dreams up new way to let customers take naps.