**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened down 40-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

17,233 on turnover of 5.9-billion N-T.

The market moved slightly lower on Monday after rebounding from an early low,

as technical support was seen at around the 17,200 point mark.

The bellwether electronics sector came under pressure, but rotational buying

remained active, with a focus on tourism, aviation and financial stocks, to

help the broader market recoup its early losses.

**Premier Seeks to Reassure in US-China Talks **

Premier Chen Chien-jen says Washington has been keeping the government

informed about the meeting between U-S Secretary of State Antony Blinken and

China's Xi Jin-ping.

According to the premier, the government here has been informed of details of

those talks in regards Taiwan and communications channels on matter between

the two sides are "running smoothly."

However, Chen says the government will not be releasing details concerning

its knowledge of the talks between Blinken and Xi based on "bilateral

practices, mutual trust and longstanding tacit understandings."

**Tainan Opens Dengue Fever Screening Station **

The Tainan City Health Bureau has established (成立) a dengue fever screening

station in the city's Rende District.

The move comes after health authorities in Tainan reported the city's 14th

dengue fever infection.

All of the cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been linked to the Rende

District and city officials are advising residents showing symptoms of the

disease to visit the screening station, which is located in the activity

center in Cheng-Cong Village.

City officials are also urging people to clean up possible mosquitoe breeding

sites to prevent the further spread of the disease.

The Kaohsiung City Government is taking similar action and has opened a

dengue fever command center that covers six districts that border Tainan.

**US Blinken on China Trip **

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States remains "clear

eyed" about the challenges posed by China, but insists there is agreement on

both sides to stabilise the bilateral relationship.

He was speaking off the back of a trip to Beijing, where he met with Chinese

President Xi Jinping, a sign of potentially thawing (解凍) ties between the

two superpowers following months of tensions.

Benji Hyer reports from Washington DC.

**UAE Qatar Reopen Embassies **

The United Arab Emirates and Qatar have reopened their embassies following a

yearslong rift.

The two countries issued statements on Monday saying the Qatari Embassy in

Abu Dhabi and a Qatari Consulate in Dubai, as well as an Emirati Embassy in

Qatar’s capital, Doha, had resumed (恢復) operations.

The UAE joined Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt in imposing a boycott and

blockade of Qatar in 2017 in large part over its support for Islamist groups

across the Middle East that the other Arab countries consider terrorist

organizations.

The boycott was officially lifted in January 2021.

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