TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, November 17, 2023

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The government is denying international media reports that it intends to open Taiwan to up to 100,000 migrant workers from India, reporting that has already prompted a local backlash. Having agreed to field a joint ticket in Taiwan's upcoming presidential election, the opposition KMT and TPP are now set to look to recent polling to decide which of their candidates should get top billing. And an Atayal man has become the first person in Taiwan to use only his Romanized Indigenous name on his national ID card following a landmark legal victory. Also: - Taiwan's Supreme Court has rejected an inmate's suit to be allowed to vote from prison in January's general election. - National Taiwan University is targeting an intake of international students as it launches the country's first undergraduate degree in semiconductor science taught in English. - Scientists in Taiwan have successfully edited the genome of seabream fish to make them meatier.