The White House on March 11 issued the US president’s fiscal year 2025 budget request, which included an historic investment in Taiwan through foreign military financing (FMF) and other channels with the aim to further bolster Taiwan’s deterrence capabilities and maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

Thanks to globalization, there is a dazzling array of snack foods and sweets available to people today, and they come from all over the world. But are you curious about what snack foods and sweets were like in less prosperous days gone by? What did they taste like? And how did they evolve?

The TOCFL will be held in Chinese Taipei School Kuala Lumpur on 25 May 2024. Online registration will be closed on 19 April 2024.

On the morning of March 11, President Tsai Ing-wen met with a delegation of scholars from think tanks based in Washington, DC. In remarks, President Tsai thanked the scholars for their longstanding interest in the situation across the Taiwan Strait and for their research reports, which have given the international community a better understanding of Taiwan and the critical role it plays in the region.

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Sydney, Australia, collaborates with the Biennale of Sydney to present the Taiwan Spotlight Event. The inaugural ceremony took place at the University of New South Wales Galleries on Mar. 7.

With APEC approval, the Sports Administration (SA) annually hosts the 2024 ASPN Round Table Meeting through the APEC Sports Policy Network (ASPN) platform. A recent roundtable meeting took place in Taiwan on February 27th, followed by visits to the Taipei Dome and the Organizing Committee of the World Masters Games 2025 Taipei & New Taipei City (WMG2025 OC) on the 28th.