The 2022 Taiwan Lantern Festival is underway at two spectacular sites in the southern city of Kaohsiung, Weiwuying Metropolitan Park and Love River Bay, both of which are deeply connected to the evolution of the urban landscape while retaining their links to the recent and historic past.
Taiwan has been ranked as the No. 1 “full democracy” in Asia, jumping three places in the 2021 Democracy Index rankings from the previous year, according to a report released Thursday by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Taiwan, Singapore, and Poland jointly produced the film “Ci Xin Qie Gu (刺心切骨)” directed by a Singaporean director Nelicia Low (劉慧伶). The movie production has received subsidies from the Information Bureau, Taichung City Government and is about to start filming. Nelicia mentioned that through the film, the audience will rethink the definition of love.
The application for the 2022 TaiwanICDF Scholarship runs from January 1st to March 15th and offers 200 students this year. The program provides young talent from partner countries to pursue higher education in Taiwan.
In the 2020/2021 Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA Awards), the Taiwan delegation won four winner and 15 merit awards; ranking first among 260 teams and setting a record in Taiwan’s participation in the competition. The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) held an appreciation party on January 14th and invited Vice Minister Chuan-Neng Lin to commend and congratulate the teams.
An artwork by Filipina artist Patricia Eustaquio inspired by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his exploration of the Philippines is among the standouts at an exhibition of 25 artworks at Mind Set Art Center in Taipei, a contemporary art platform and gallery that showcases artworks by Taiwanese, Asian, and international artists.
Taiwan Excellence: Sharing is Caring is a global philanthropic scheme created and coordinated by Taiwan’s Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT), Ministry of Economic Affairs. The top three winning proposals were recently announced.
A Study in Taiwan Info Station website was launched by the Federation of Alumni Association of Taiwan Universities (FAATUM) on December 19, 2021 to promote the excellence of Taiwan’s higher education and provide Malaysian students who are keen to study in Taiwan with one-stop information.
Taiwan moved up three notches to 25th in the 2021 Corruption Perception Index, which ranks the least corrupt countries in the world, according to the list released Tuesday by Transparency International.
Taiwan has overtaken South Korea and climbed back to the No. 2 spot in the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC’s) world rankings for men’s baseball, just one spot behind Japan, which ranks No. 1.
