With the Taipei Cultural Center’s support, the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is set to present a series of special screenings featuring fourteen Taiwanese films making their premiere from July 11 to 27. Six screenings will include a post-screening talk with talented filmmakers and actors from the films.
The Cabinet-level Overseas Community Affairs Council is holding a biennial International Summit on Mandarin Education in Taiwan through July 9, underscoring commitment to advancing Mandarin language teaching.
Three national parks overseen by agencies under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications’ Tourism Administration recently won Green Destinations Awards, highlighting the government’s commitment to sustainable development.
Dr. Larry Diamond and Dr. Kharis Templeman of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University visited the National Human Rights Commission today with a delegation of students in the Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) of Stanford University. The discussions focused on the rights and interests of migrant workers, humanitarian aid and support for migrant fishers, and the balance of environmental sustainability and economic development in the fishery industry.
On July 2, 2025 – The 2025 Taiwan International Ocean Forum (2025 TIOF), organized by the Ocean Affairs Council, was held from July 2 to July 3 in Hall 401 of the International Conference Center of National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH). With “maritime security” and “blue economy” as the two core axes, the forum aims to explore the increasingly complex global geopolitical situation and emerging security challenges, and to promote regional and global cooperation in ocean governance.
The historic Tour de France, the world’s best-known cycling event, launched the “L’Étape Series by Tour de France” to provide amateur cyclists an opportunity to experience the highest level of cycling events related to the Tour de France. In 2025, the “L’Étape Tour de France - Nutrilite Sun Moon Lake Station” will be held in Taiwan, the first Asian stop on the tour.
The National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) announced the selection results for its 2025 Writers-in-Residence selection of the Taiwan Literature Base on June 30. This year saw the highest number of applications and the greatest level of international participation since the program’s launch, with submissions from 70 writers across 21 countries—international applicants accounting for 65% of the total.
Taiwan’s state-run Taiwan Power Co. and CPC Corp. won the 2025 Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) presented June 27 in Bangkok, Thailand for commitment to social responsibility and sustainable operations.
The Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia, in collaboration with Blank Canvas, an art space in Penang, will present Taiwanese artist Charwei Tsai (蔡佳葳)’s solo exhibition from July 5 to Aug. 31.
In order to further reduce the power consumption of next-generation AI high-speed data links and expand the bandwidth of optical channels, with the support of the National Science Council's “Development of 400/800 Gbps SR-8 Optical Transceiver Modules for Next-Generation Data Communications” project, the research team of Professor Jin-Wei Shi of the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Central University has successfully developed a novel single-mode, ultra-high speed,
