Annual passenger traffic at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport topped 40 million Dec. 13 for the first time in the facility’s 37-year history, with the figure expected to rise 9.09 percent year on year to 42 million by the end of 2016, according to airport officials.

The India-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Forum, founded Dec. 16 in New Delhi, will play a key role in promoting mutually beneficial collaboration and exchanges between the two sides, according to the Republic of China (Taiwan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Taiwan and Australia amended the bilateral Air Services Annex Dec. 15 in Taipei City, a significant step forward in opening up the skies between the two sides, according to the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

Foreign scholars presented their research results Dec. 13 at the National Central Library in Taipei City as part of the 2016 Taiwan Fellowship program, a public diplomacy initiative intended to facilitate connections with overseas academics and opinion makers.