# EZ News 07/23/26 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-07-23-26 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-07-23-26.md Podcast: [EZ News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909) Published: 2026-07-23T07:54:07+00:00 Episode link: https://player.soundon.fm/p/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/episodes/b84f3251-ce5a-43eb-9af8-2fe0ec401f11 Audio file: https://rss.soundon.fm/rssf/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/feedurl/b84f3251-ce5a-43eb-9af8-2fe0ec401f11/rssFileVip.mp3?timestamp=1784834152197 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ez-news-1063909/episodes/ez-news-07-23-26 Duration seconds: 439 ## Resource Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened 73 points higher this morning at 44,899. Turnover reached 7.3 billion N-T dollars. The market bounced back on Wednesday, led by chip and technology shares. The gains came after the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 5.21 percent overnight, as major chipmakers (晶片製造商) and other A-I-related companies gained in the U-S. Foreign minister repeats South China Sea position Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung has repeated Taiwan's claims in the South China Sea. However, he said the Lai administration is not actively pushing those claims. His comments come as tensions continue between China and the Philippines in the disputed waters (爭議海域). Speaking at a legislative hearing on the government's South China Sea policy, Lin said Taiwan's claims over islands in the area have not changed. He said Taiwan's position is based on four principles (原則). These include solving disputes peacefully under international law, including Taiwan in international talks, protecting freedom of navigation (航行自由) and air travel, and sharing regional resources. Possible tropical storm could affect Taiwan this weekend The Central Weather Administration says a tropical depression (熱帶性低氣壓) east of the Philippines could become a tropical storm as early as today. The weather system could reach waters near Taiwan this weekend. A sea warning (海上警報) may be issued as it moves through the Bashi Channel and into the South China Sea. The tropical depression is about 1,400 kilometers east-southeast of Eluanbi, Taiwan's southernmost point. It is moving northwest at 27 kilometers per hour. If it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Noul. It would be the 12th named storm of this year's Pacific typhoon season. US signs agreement w… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ez-news-1063909/episodes/ez-news-07-23-26/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-07-23-26.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.