TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, November 6, 2023

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Taiwan's military is placing an order for 10,000 domestically made Kestrel rocket launchers and next year's intake of conscripts will be trained in using them. Indigenous Paiwan people have held a cleansing ritual for the remains of four of their warrior ancestors that have been returned to Taiwan after more than 100 years. And political parties are split over whether a naturalized Taiwanese citizen who was born in China should be able to run for a legislative seat. Also: - Taiwan has opened its first "brain bank" to collect tissue samples to advance neuroscience research. - Tech giant Micron has opened its fourth factory in Taichung, which will focus on making high-bandwidth memory to support the growing AI sector. - Conservationists are excited by the discovery of an entire family of vulnerable coconut crabs on Taiwan's Green Island.