The Ministry of Environment (MOENV), together with 15 governmental units, 20 academic institutes, and more than 40 academics and specialists, will conduct a high-definition 3D air quality experiment starting on February 1, 2024, to investigate the relationships between air pollutants, atmospheric circulation, and topography, as well as conduct an international joint measurement campaign.
A video aimed at promoting the Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning initiative to a new audience was launched by the Overseas Community Affairs Council Jan. 26.
Taiwan’s top male badminton player Chou Tien-chen (周天成) clinched his first title of the season by beating Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew (駱建佑) in the men’s singles final at the Thailand Masters on Sunday.
Taiwanese independent curator Fiona Hsu Yu-lun (許祐綸) was selected to join the Curatorial Intensive (CI) Indonesia 2024 program, an international art curators exchange and training program launched by the Independent Curators International (ICI). The program will take place from Feb. 26 to Mar. 6.
The Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre in India participated in the three-day 2023 Taiwan EXPO in Mumbai, India, from October 5 to October 7, 2023, with the theme Explore Taiwan in India. This is the first time that the Indo-Taiwan Educational Cooperation has participated in this B2B expo.
The General Association of Chinese Culture (GACC) revealed the Lunar New Year’s Eve Concert “We Are (WE ARE我們的除夕夜)”, scheduled to broadcast on Feb. 9, has been successfully recorded with sparkling designs and performances.
The 2024 International Youth Orchestra Camp organized by the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO) is scheduled to take place from Aug. 15 to 20. After the camp participants finish their intensive training, they will perform at four concerts, two of which will be staged in Taiwan on Aug. 21 and 23, and another two in Thailand on Aug. 25 and 26.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya and the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia (TECO) was signed at a ceremony held on October 30, 2023. The MOU supports a one-year Taiwan Studies Project at Universiti Malaya that will continue and deepen the bilateral professional training and education related cooperation between Taiwan and Malaysia.
To understand the causes of air pollution and the effects from atmospheric circulations on the air quality in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung (Kaoping) area, the Ministry of Environment, in cooperation with the Central Weather Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Central University, and other academic institutions will launch the Kao-Ping Experiment (KPEx) in the spring of 2024.
The 2024 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TiBE), titled “Catch the Reading Wave,” will take place from Feb. 20 to 25 at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC), with the Netherlands serving as the Guest of Honor.
