Located in Miaoli’s Zaoqiao Township, the Shangrila Paradise theme park was once a bustling place, filled with the hubbub of humanity. Many have fond memories of its carnival rides. But over the course of a decade, the park fell into decline. Then the CMP Group took over, and in 2016 launched the CMP Village plan, aiming to merge nature with an aesthetics of life. The sounds of bugs and frogs and people’s laughter have returned.
It is only after leaving home that we gradually understand what homesickness means.In 1996 calligrapher Chu Chen-nan was awarded a government scholarship to study in France. When he first arrived at the Cité Internationale des Arts, he looked around and saw only a camp bed and a simple desk. The rigors of actual life compared to the splendor of the capital of fine arts that Chu had imagined left him feeling somewhat at a loss.
The “Taiwan model” for fighting COVID-19 can be successfully adopted by democracies around the world, Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) told United States Deputy Health Secretary Eric Hargan on Friday.
A statement issued by trade ministers from the 21 member economies comprising the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation on COVID-19 was welcomed May 10 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Taiwan has been ranked as the third-best destination for investment in the latest U.S. Business Environment Risk Intelligence (BERI) report, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Monday. In Asia, Singapore tied South Korea in fifth place for overall POR, followed by Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia, which ranked 11th, 14th and 18th respectively. India and Vietnam tied for 20th, and China ranked 23rd.
At 9 AM on May 7 PST (12 AM on May 8 Taipei time), Vice President Chen Chien-jen delivered a speech entitled Taiwan and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the World at a videoconference hosted by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
