The 2019 Premier 12 baseball tournament, organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, served as a qualifying event for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Though initially not favored to do well, Taiwan’s national team, Chinese Taipei, played with discipline, intelligence, and indomitable willpower, turning in a performance that brought the entire nation to a fever pitch. The squad now once again ranks among the world’s top five, and is on the march toward competing at the Tokyo Games.
In his 1952 book Formosa Industrial Art, Yan Shui-long, dubbed “the father of Taiwanese crafts,” proposed the creative utilization of Taiwan’s indigenous materials in the design of craft products that would conform to a contemporary lifestyle. By fusing artistic design with craftsmanship, not only could these goods be exported, they could preserve artisanal skills and nurture society’s cultural awareness, while also benefiting the national economy.
“Daddy, I can finally ride my bike to school!” Dancing with excitement, the 13-year-old girl, Loan, just fulfilled a dream she had had since she was little. Seeing Loan’s joy, A-De, Loan’s father, had complex feelings. “Being poor with four children to raise, I could not afford the medical expenses for Loan’s treatment,” A-De said.
The World Health Organization has for years urged Member States to take action to achieve universal health coverage by 2030. Although not a WHO member, Taiwan has offered universal health coverage to our island’s 23 million citizens since 1995.
World Health Security Needs Taiwan, Taiwan Needs the WHO.
The death of filmmaker Chi Po-lin, director of acclaimed aerial documentary “Beyond Beauty—Taiwan from Above,” in a helicopter crash June 10 in eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County sparked outpourings of grief around the country, with President Tsai Ing-wen expressing her shock and sadness via her personal Facebook page.
Foreign students are benefiting from the nation’s vocational education expertise.
The Center for Southeast Asia Research was launched Jan. 18 at the National University of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan with the goal of advancing implementation of the government’s New Southbound Policy.
Direct flights between Taichung City and Ho Chi Minh City operated by Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet Air officially launched Jan. 15, marking a major milestone in the central Taiwan city’s efforts toward becoming a major gateway for international tourists.
Taiwan and India signed a letter of intent for cooperation on railway heritage Dec. 24 in southern Taiwan’s Chiayi City, the latest in a series of measures to forge closer collaboration between the two nations in line with the government’s New Southbound Policy, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
