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September 7, 2025

Taiwanese Cinema in Spotlight at Vancouver Film Festival

Vancouver: The annual Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival, held Friday and Saturday, screened 21 films under the theme “Perception and Reality — Through Taiwan’s Lens” to highlight the island’s cultural richness, according to the organizer. The

Taipei: Taiwan’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.6 percent in August, staying below the 2 percent alert level for the fourth straight month, but low-income households continued to feel sharper price pressures, according to the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). The uptick, from 1.53 percent in July, was mainly driven by typhoons and heavy rain that pushed up prices for vegetables, pork, and dining out, the agency said when it released August CPI data.

According to Focus Taiwan, while overall inflation pressure has eased, a breakdown by income groups showed that low-income households continued to shoulder a heavier burden, the data indicated. Their CPI rose 1.82 percent in August