Taiwan opened its Tokyo Olympics campaign in fine fashion with silver and bronze medals in the men’s 60-kilogram judo and women’s 57-kilogram taekwondo July 24 and 25, respectively.
Taiwan opened its Tokyo Olympics campaign in fine fashion with silver and bronze medals in the men’s 60-kilogram judo and women’s 57-kilogram taekwondo July 24 and 25, respectively.
The 4th Taiwan Film Festival Berlin (柏林台灣影展) organized by the Impression Taiwan (映像台灣), and sponsored by the Ministry Culture and Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany, will select 16 pieces of work for screening from August 20 to 29 this year.
To encourage Taiwan’s ICT industry to participate in the Precision Health industry's cross-disciplinary collaborations and international partnerships, on the noon of July 22, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has invited representatives with cross-disciplinary collaborative experiences from various industries, including manufacturing, government, universities, institutes, and medical professions,
The Ministry of Culture held an online press conference for the upcoming “2021 National Language Development Conference (國家語言發展會議)” on July 21, inviting the Ministry of Education, the Hakka Affairs Council, and the Council of Indigenous Peoples. The MOC hoped to discuss issues related to national language development through public participation to come up with measures that will help revitalize endangered national languages.
The 2021 Global Muslim Tourism Index (GMTI) released on July 14th ranked Taiwan 2nd among all non-Organization for Islamic Cooperation (non-OIC) countries in terms of Muslim-friendly travel, up from 3rd place in 2019. The GMTI is jointly published by MasterCard-CrescentRating. Taiwan tied for 2nd place with the United Kingdom, and trailed only Singapore. This was Taiwan’s highest ranking in the GMTI to date, and it maintained Taiwan’s position as the highest-ranked destination among its nearest
The recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Taiwan has highlighted the important roles that collective wisdom and action have played in battles against epidemics throughout history. Following Academia Sinica’s launch of the “Reflections on COVID-19” website this year (2021), its companion result is being published today (July 15), a book entitled Reflections on COVID-19.
The International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have cooperated for the first time to host the online training on Health Workforce Management and Data Systems: A Focus on Pacific Island Countries and Health System Resilience. The training was officially launched on July 13, 2021 at 09:00 Taipei Time, with a total of 40 participants from 10 countries.
Taiwanese films have received worldwide acclaim during the pandemic period, with best feature film by director Chen Yu-hsun (陳玉勳) “My Missing Valentine (消失的情人節)” at the 57th Golden Horse Awards winning Crystal Mulberry Award (Gelso di Cristallo) and Black Dragon Award at Italy’s 23rd Far East Film Festival (FEFF). Chosen out of 46 films from 11 countries, “My Missing Valentine” became the only film to win two awards at the same time. Culture Minister Lee Yung-te congratulated director Chen Yu-hs
Taiwan retained Tier 1 status for the 12th consecutive year in the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report released July 1 by the U.S. Department of State.
Despite facing a more severe pandemic challenge this year, Taiwan’s long-term accumulated art and cultural works have become popular in the world recently, from receiving awards for pictures, illustrations, films to participating in important film festivals, performing arts and architectural exhibitions.
