Regarding the three imported cases, Case #15468 is an American male in his 50s. He traveled to Taiwan from the US for work on July 2. Case #15472 is a Taiwanese girl under the age of 10. She returned to Taiwan from the US on July 2. Case #15480 is an over 30-year-old male fisherman from the Philippines. He arrived in Taiwan from the Philippines on April 30.
The fourth European Union (EU) – Taiwan Human Rights Consultation took place on 15th July 2021 by video conference. The consultation, formally opened by EEAS Deputy Managing Director for Human Rights, Global & Multilateral Issues Kristin De Peyron, was co-chaired on the EU side by Luisa Ragher, Head of Human Rights Division, and Jonathan Hatwell, Head of Division for China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Mongolia, and on Taiwan side by Ping-Cheng Lo, Minister without Portfolio.
Leader’s Representative Dr. Morris Chang (張忠謀) successfully attended the entirety of the closed-door 2021 APEC Informal Leaders’ Retreat, which was held by videoconference from 7:00 pm to 9:40 pm on July 16 (Taipei time). This marked the first time since APEC’s founding in 1989 that the host has convened an additional mid-year leaders’ meeting.
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 fabulous global success of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry has depended in no small part on a comprehensive and well-balanced industrial supply chain whose members cooperate closely on everything from devices to technologies. Hitoshi Mizunuma is associate general manager of the Discrete Marketing Department in the Sales Management & Semiconductor Division of Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan. A native of Japan, Mizunuma found his life’s mission in Taiwan.
Regarding the four new imported cases, Case #15437 is an over 40-year-old male from Afghanistan. Case#15446 and Case #15447 are two Indonesian male fishermen, and they took the same flight to Taiwan from their home country on May 12. Case #15452 is a Dutch male in his 40s. He traveled to Taiwan from United Arab Emirates (Dubai) for work on July 13.
In response to the arrival of a third shipment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines donated by Japan, Presidential Office Spokesperson Xavier Chang (張惇涵) said the Presidential Office is again sincerely grateful to the Japanese government for its timely assistance, and noted that this shipment of approximately 1 million doses, which arrived in Taiwan on the afternoon of July 15, has brought the total number of doses donated to Taiwan by the Japanese government to over 3.3 million.
