Taiwan has taken delivery of a batch of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles from the U.S., part of a new US$500 million aid package. Super Typhoon Mawar is heading in a northwesterly direction towards the Philippines and Taiwan after battering the U.S. territory of Guam. And President Tsai Ing-wen has called for a bilateral investment pact between Taiwan and the European Union. Also:
- A group of activists disrupted an environmental assessment meeting concerning a power plant project in northern Taiwan.
- Taipei's metro system has introduced a chatbot helpline for passengers to call for assistance.
- In the last of this week's reports on Taiwan's outlying islands of Matsu, Andrew Ryan visits an island solely populated by sika deer and goes in search of the elusive "blue tears."