The backing of the U.S. Mission in Geneva for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly is sincerely appreciated by the government and people, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Nov. 7.

The five-minute video titled “Never Give Up” documents the work of Taiwan’s government and medical staffers in helping a young mother from Vietnam find a lifesaving liver transplant for her daughter during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taiwan is seeking to deepen friendship and expand trade and cultural exchanges with New Southbound Policy target country India, according to Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu Oct. 21.

During the opening of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly held this year, the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) continued to seek international support through diverse channels, effectively raising worldwide awareness of Taiwan's UN campaign and the aspiration of Taiwan's 23.5 million people to participate in the UN system.

Support from the global community for Taiwan’s bid to participate in the activities, mechanisms and meetings of the U.N. is sincerely appreciated by the government and people, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oct. 2.

President Tsai Ing-wen met with US Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar on the morning of August 10. The president stated that we look forward to making substantial progress on joint efforts to develop and produce vaccines and drugs. She also emphasized once again that political considerations should not override the human right to health.

We are living in a “post-truth” era. In 2016, the Oxford English Dictionary named “post-truth” its word of the year, defining it as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” In recent years, the words and ideas of leading figures in political or social movements have drawn more public attention than the social issues themselves.