Taiwan's military has conducted anti-landing exercises on the country's east coast for the first time in 30 years in response to the evolving threat from China. Despite talk of a joint opposition camp ticket in January's presidential elections, there seems little sign that the candidates involved are on the same page. And female flight attendants have held a protest calling for greater protections against the sexual harassment they encounter in the course of their work.
- Last year, people in Taiwan ate more meat than rice and other grains for the first time.
- Tuvalu is Taiwan's oldest diplomatic ally in the Pacific. Louise Watt speaks to the country's parliamentary speaker about Beijing's attempts to entice the island nation to break ties.
- Environmental group Greenpeace has warned that fish populations and coral reefs are in decline off Taiwan's southern Xiaoliuqiu Island.