
Chinese analysts warn that the White House's push for a US 'golden age' of science should alert China, but remain skeptical about President Trump's alliance with Silicon Valley billionaires achieving this goal, following his awarding of top science honors to American tech leaders.
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The Trump administration is pursuing a vision of revitalizing American scientific leadership through closer ties with leading technology figures, following the awarding of top science honors to tech executives.
The White House’s bid for a US “golden age” of science should put China on alert, Chinese analysts have warned, but they remain sceptical as to whether President Donald Trump’s alliance with Silicon Valley billionaires can pull it off.
This comes as Trump, in another arguably unconventional move, handed the country’s highest science and engineering awards to top American tech bosses.

Legislative Yuan Hanguo-yu criticized Executive President Zhuo Rongtai for not countersigning and the ruling party's pretense of democracy and true dictatorship at the National Day Convention. Senior media person Huang Weihan pointed out that Hanguo-yu has the highest chance of being the KMT's presidential candidate in 2028 due to his high strategic position and pro-American stance.

The latest New Taipei City mayoral poll shows that blue camp candidate Li Sichuan is 13 percentage points behind Su Qiaohui, triggering worries within the blue camp. Election auxiliaries pointed out that local elections have always been dominated by spillover effects. If Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan cannot stop the spread of the "ocean current" of the green camp, it will affect the national election. They emphasized that this year's decisive battle will actually take place in Taipei, and it is necessary to increase the enthusiasm and expressions of supporters in the remaining 40 days to avoid the blue camp falling into a trough and achieving a reversal in the election.

The latest New Taipei City mayoral poll shows that blue camp candidate Li Sichuan is 13 percentage points behind Su Qiaohui, triggering worries within the blue camp. Election auxiliaries pointed out that the ocean current has given green camp supporters a voice. If Jiang Wanan cannot stop the spread of the ocean current, it will affect the election situation in other counties and cities, stressing that this year's decisive battle will be in Taipei.

Kana Liu, a Chinese Canadian living in the US on a work visa, submitted a public comment opposing a Department of Homeland Security proposal to charge up to $100,000 in fees for international students to work in the US after graduation under Optional Practical Training (OPT), citing concerns about barriers for students and institutions.

The People's Association released the latest poll for the mayor of New Taipei City. DPP candidate Su Qiaohui's support reached 43.1%, leading KMT candidate Li Sichuan's 30.0%, with a gap of 13.1 percentage points. Polls show that Su Qiaohui is leading in terms of support, optimism and estimated vote share. Dai Lian, who is in charge of the polls, pointed out that the "ocean current" effect has turned into a tsunami.

The medical, academic and social workers held a press conference to accuse Chiang Wanan's camp of spreading rumors for the election and describing the drug control and harm reduction policy as "community drug poisoning." Shen Boyang, a Taipei mayoral candidate from the Democratic Progressive Party, said that he had encountered many intermediate voters who were dissatisfied with the rumors and were determined to go out to vote, and reminded the blue camp that continuing to spread rumors would be detrimental to them. DPP spokesperson Lin Chuyin criticized Jiang Wanan’s campaign spokesperson Li Yanxiu for attacking social workers’ unions for “distributing poison to drug addicts” and pointed out that Jiang Wanan apologized eight times for a piece of sugar cane, but together with Li Yanxiu refused to apologize to the humiliated social workers.