Asia Taiwan The 2022 Countdown to New Year event - among the most spectacular celebrations of its kind in the world - will display a 120’’ Home Run Taiwan animation on the Taipei 101 skyscraper; using 140.000 LEDs, it will send a message of love, hope and solidarity
Asia Taiwan Taiwan was named the only country in Asia with an open civic space for a fourth consecutive year by the Civicus report, as it consistently shows authorities are tolerant of criticism from civil society groups, which are able to form and operate freely
Asia Taiwan ON world AIDS day the country releases promising data, showing that reported HIV/AIDS cases have declined for four consecutive years; cases among those aged 30 or younger dropped 61% so far this year from 2017 - the biggest decline among all age groups
Asia Taiwan Amid growing demand for pet sitting, legal bases are needed for better management and the country is looking to enact an ordinance to regulate the burgeoning industry to ensure the rights of both owners and service providers
Asia Taiwan A recent Airbnb survey reports that around 57% of people in the country think that travel has become a lifestyle for them; the average in six other Asia-Pacific countries is around 40%
Asia Taiwan Microplastic contamination has been found in 100% of the water samples collected from Jiaming Lake in Taitung County, at 3.310 m the second-highest in the country and a main source of drinking water for the Formosan sambar deer, a protected species
Asia Taiwan The ‘Book & Host Project for Migrants’ learning kit, a package of educational materials designed for the migrant community by NPO One-Forty, emerged as one of the 20 Gold Award winners at the Japanese Good Design Award 2021
Asia Taiwan Harvard University will move its summer Mandarin programme from Beijing to National Taiwan University starting in summer 2022 and will then be renamed Harvard Taiwan Academy instead of Harvard Beijing Academy
Asia Taiwan The country has recorded 77 incursions by Chinese warplanes into its air defense zone for two consecutive days; it is the highest number of incursions since it began publicly reporting such activities last year
Asia Taiwan A Taiwanese environmental group has designed a marine hoover, dubbed the "Azure Fighter", to help in the island's fight against floating rubbish and collect floating marine trash around fishing ports and marinas
Asia Taiwan The Cabinet is expected to approve this week a special bill for missile production drafted by the Ministry of National Defense, with a projected budget cap of US$ 8,67 billion, as China allegedly increases warplane incursions
Asia Taiwan A helicopter was used to deliver iPads to a remote mountain community in Taoyuan District, as children prepare to return to school in villages left cut off after roads and bridges were destroyed by recent flooding
Asia Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen became the first to receive the domestic COVID-19 vaccine, thus officially opening to the public the campaign with Medigen vaccine