TaiwanPlus News – News at 18:00, December 16, 2024

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Taiwan's main political parties are trading barbs ahead of the Taipei-Shanghai Twin Cities Forum, one of the last venues for communication between China and Taiwan, while pro-unification and pro-independence protests take to the streets. Opposition KMT lawmakers move fast to push forward controversial amendments that would make it harder to recall public officials in Taiwan. And Taiwan receives a batch of U.S.-made advanced tanks. Plus: - The biggest cyclone in nearly a century ravages a French territory in the Indian Ocean. - The leader of South Korea's ruling party resigns after the parliament voted to impeach the president over the weekend. - Indonesia releases remaining "Bali Nine" to return to Australia after nearly 20 years in prison.