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They hope more to follow their child's natural instincts, and relieve their stress through sports," "It's not the same as before. Parents nowadays wouldn't insist on tutoring at home on weekends.

Taiwan is a major producer of chips used in everything from cars and smartphones to data centres and fighter jets, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) is the world's largest contract chipmaker and Asia's most valuable listed firm.

To do so, the Hollywood Reporter reports, executives have already inked a deal with Microsoft to power its advertising technology and enlisted Snap chief business officer Jeremi Gorman and vice president of sales Peter Naylor to head the initative.

Beijing has exercised a more assertive paternal hand this year, from tacking the addiction of youngsters to online games, deemed a form of "spiritual opium", to clamping down on "blind" worship of internet celebrities.

Concerns about the scale of youngsters missing out on their education emerged last year when analysis of Department for Education figures by the CSJ found 93,514 pupils were mostly absent from school between September and December 2020.

In the draft of the family education promotion law, guardians will be reprimanded and ordered to go through family education guidance programmes if prosecutors find very bad or criminal behaviour in children under their care.

But, given further restrictions caused by the pandemic, the figure is likely to have climbed above 100,000 since then, with the most disadvantaged schools ten times more liable to have an entire class missing than more affluent schools.

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‘Severe absence is often a conveyor belt into the youth criminal justice system.

Ninety per cent of young offenders sentenced to custody have a previous record of being persistently absent from school, and of the prison population, over half reported that they regularly truanted.

While Liu did not make direct mention of it, the sweeping set of export controls announced by the United States this month, aimed at slowing China's progress in advanced chip manufacturing, is expected to also impact Taiwanese chipmakers.

TSMC's dominance in making some of the world's most advanced chips for high-end customers such as Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc has shielded it in recent quarters from the downturn flagged by chipmakers including Micron Technology Inc. (Reporting by Sarah Wu; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Himani Sarkar & Simon Cameron-Moore)

The new state emphasis on exercise -- schoolwork has been reduced, and targets such as a two-hour minimum of daily physical activity have been introduced -- has forced a scramble to find qualified

The Children's Commissioner, Dame Rachel De Souza, has also vowed to investigate. Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi last week pledged to end the postcode lottery on school absences and set out proposals for national rules on attendance.

"There are many reasons for adolescents to misbehave, and the lack of or inappropriate family education is the major cause," said Zang Tiewei, spokesman of the Legislative Affairs Commission under the National People's Congress (NPC).

ambassador said the proposed "non-U.N." mission would be limited in time and scope and be led by "a partner country" that was not named "with the deep, necessary experience required for such an effort to be effective." It would have a mandate to use military force if necessary.

Liu said he looked forward to Taiwan's industry, government and academia developing "more concrete, constructive measures" on industrial policies related to innovation, research, talent education and retention "to maintain Taiwan's most critical semiconductor industry advantages".

The gains come after Netflix released the final episodes of the fourth-season of its sci-fi hit Stranger Things, as well as its new serial-killer series Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which became one of Netflix's most-watched series of all time.

HSINCHU, Taiwan, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Rising Taiwan-China and U.S.-China tensions have brought "more serious" challenges for the semiconductor industry, the chairman of Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC said on Wednesday.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, said he was scrapping "almost all" of Truss' tax cuts, along with her flagship energy policy and her promise - repeated just last week - that there will be no public spending cuts.