POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Ma kicks off Latin America tour
2015/07/13
President Ma Ying-jeou arrived July 13 in Dominican Republic at the beginning of an eight-day visit to the Caribbean nation and other ROC diplomatic allies Haiti and Nicaragua…
MAC holds cross-strait forum in Washington
2015/07/14
An international symposium on Taiwan-mainland China relations wrapped up July 13 at Brookings Institution in Washington, bringing experts and scholars from Taiwan and the U.S. together to exchange views on recent developments in cross-strait affairs…
Taiwan reiterates human rights calls as China nabs more activists
2015/07/12
Taiwan's top policymaking body on China, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), called on Beijing on Sunday to put into practice the universal concept of human rights protection in the wake of reports that scores of Chinese human rights activists have been detained by China's public security agencies…
France's outgoing envoy to Taiwan lauds growing bilateral ties
2015/07/14
France's outgoing representative to Taiwan said Tuesday in Taipei that relations between the two countries have been expanding, particularly in areas such as trade and people-to-people exchanges…
ECONOMY
Taiwan's investment in EU hits record high in 2014
2015/07/14
Taiwan's investment in the European Union reached a record high of US$783 million in 2014, making Europe one of the top destinations for Taiwanese foreign investment globally, the Taipei-based European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) said in a report released Tuesday…
Taiwan the 17th richest country in world: Global Finance
2015/07/14
Taiwan was the 17th richest country among 184 countries and territories in the world from 2009 to 2013, according to an analysis by Global Finance Magazine based on per capita income adjusted for purchasing power…
Taiwan's labor force forecast to decrease 180,000 annually
2015/07/14
The Ministry of Labor stressed on Tuesday the urgency of introducing more migrant workers to Taiwan in view of a continuing decline in the labor force, which is forecast to decrease by 180,000 annually in the coming years…
Promoting Made-In-Taiwan with pop up stores
2015/07/12
As part of its efforts to boost exports, Taiwan has come up with an innovative way to promote Made-In-Taiwan (MIT) products in emerging markets upon discovering that a sale within a limited period of time -- the increasingly popular "pop-up" model -- can rouse consumers' urge to shop…
CULTURE & HISTORY
Taiwan Culinary Exhibition ready to kick off
2015/07/14
The Taiwan Culinary Exhibition will unfold from July 17 to 20 in areas A and D of the Taipei World Trade Center's Hall 1, according to the organizer…
Taiwan fare gets thumbs-up from UK food guide
2015/07/8
A total of 20 Taiwan restaurants earned a nod of approval as go-to places for fine dining in the latest edition of U.K.-based food guide “Where Chefs Eat.”…
President: ROC gov’t played leading role in anti-Japanese struggle
2015/07/7
President Ma Ying-jeou said Tuesday that it is an unbreakable truth that the anti-Japanese struggle from 1937 to 1945 was led by the government of the Republic of China under the leadership of the former President Chiang Kai-shek, and that the Chinese communist fighting forces had limited participation.
Short videos about the Republic of China’s anti-Japanese struggle (Youtube)
1. Snapshots of the War of Resistance Against Japan
2. Without the Republic of China’s Contribution, WWII Would Have Taken a Different Course
3. Why the Republic of China is Owed a Debt of Gratitude
4. Three Overlooked Facts About WWII
5. Settlement, Colonialism and Modernity
