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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Belgium’s Elise Mertens won the women’s doubles title at the Australian Open Jan. 28 in Melbourne, making Hsieh the first woman to grab both the doubles and mixed doubles titles in the same tournament since 2000, according to the Ministry of Education.
Port of Keelung welcomed the arrival today (January 16th) of MSC Bellissima, the largest (at over 170k GT) cruise ship operating in the Asia-Pacific Region. For the next three months, MSC Bellissima is scheduled to make 13 homeport cruise journeys between Keelung and Naha (Okinawa).
The first-ever Asia Archipelago Cruise Alliance event was held Jan. 22 in Taipei City, underscoring the government’s commitment to revitalizing international tourism in Taiwan, Asia and beyond.
