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EZ News 09/16/26
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- Sep 16, 2026
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Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 35-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 45,546 on turnover of 4-billion N-T. The market closed lower yesterday, led by the electronics sector amid concerns over AI development after the heads of three U-S AI giants warned of risks and called for a slowdown in development. FM announces plans to open representative's office in Cebu Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung says the Lai administration is preparing to open a representative office (代表處) in Cebu Province in the Philippines. According to Lin, the office will be Taiwan's second in the country after Manila and will serve travelers and businesspeople in the central Philippines, which is a popular tourism destination (旅遊目的地). The statement comes after Nikkei Asia reported on the new office earlier this week. Lin has not said when the Cebu office will open. CDC warns that flu cases are expected to peak around Mid-Autumn Festival The Centers for Disease Control says the number of flu cases continued to rise last week. According to the C-D-C, a total of 136,796 outpatient (門診病患；門診的) and emergency visits for flu-like symptoms were recorded from September 6 through 12 and that's a 16.5-per cent increase from the previous week. The C-D-C's Epidemic Intelligence Center says the current flu epidemic is now expected to peak (達到高峰) around the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, when outpatient and emergency visits will likely reach between 150,000 and 160,000. Influenza A viruses remain dominant in the community, with the A-H-1-N-1 subtype accounting for 82.2-per cent of all detected cases. The first phase of the government's free flu vaccination program begins on October 1. Nikkei: China applies sweeping new entry and exit rules tied to nat…