Chinese satellite launch triggers emergency alert across Taiwan

A Chinese satellite launch triggered a nationwide emergency alert in Taiwan on Tuesday days before its presidential election, prompting some alarm and confusion as the English portion of the message erroneously translated satellite to "missile". The bilingual air raid alert blasted over loudspeakers and was sent to every mobile phone in Taiwan shortly after 3pm local time (0700 GMT), warning people to "be aware". The message said in Chinese that China had launched a satellite at 3.04pm and it had flown over the southern part of Taiwan. The English portion said "[air raid alert] missile flyover Taiwan airspace". At about…