Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) held a press event Dec. 26 in Taipei City to unveil its 2025 development strategies in response to new geopolitical challenges and economic uncertainties.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will broadcast the 2024-2025 Taipei 101 New Year’s Eve fireworks live to the world via international satellite starting from 23:55 on December 31, Taipei time. The satellite broadcast information has been provided to download and play for local TV stations and online media through various ROC Taiwan missions around the world. It has also been provided to international media reporters based in Taiwan for broadcast.
Arriving in the Bunun village of Kamcing in Taitung’s Haiduan Township, we come across a group of young people crouching in a field of foxtail millet, weeding the soil. Greeted by Kaiana Workshop owner Hu Yuru (who goes by the name of Ibu), we squat down with her to learn how to distinguish between weeds and millet—the latter has red stems. Noticing how cautiously we approach the task, Ibu reassures us: “Don’t worry. If you pull up millet plants by mistake, just put them back in the soil.”
The Advantech Company is one of Taiwan’s hidden champions. It ranks first by global market share in industrial personal computers (IPCs), it has been deeply involved in the Indian market over the last 25 years, and its “embedded PCs” are to be found everywhere, from airports and mass transit systems to chain restaurants and big box stores.
On the afternoon of December 26, President Lai Ching-te presided over the second meeting of the Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee.
The Council of Indigenous Peoples wrapped up the 2024 international affairs competency development and training program Dec. 25 in southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City, highlighting government work to cultivate youth personnel to participate in global affairs.
A plan to encourage families to speak Taiwanese in the home was announced by the Ministry of Culture Dec. 25 in Taipei City, highlighting the government’s commitment to preserving the country’s multilingual heritage.
