Taiwan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesia to work together toward fair market competition, Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday. The signing of the agreement had been scheduled to occur in Taipei in February but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FTC said in a press release.
A further five high-level foreign professionals have been granted ROC (Taiwan) citizenship without having to relinquish their original nationalities, according to the Ministry of the Interior April 28. The five—specializing in arts, education, medicine and sports—include professionals from France, Italy, Malaysia and South Korea.
Taiwan’s Minister of Health and Welfare Shih-Chung Chen and Secretary Alex Azar II of the United States Department of Health and Human Services held a bilateral virtual meeting at 8:00 p.m. on April 27, Taiwan time (8:00 a.m. April 27, Eastern Standard Time).
Taiwan's representative to the Philippines on Monday argued in an op-ed that Taiwan can provide a model for successfully controlling COVID-19 without a lockdown, as the Philippines prepares for a phased re-opening of its economy this week. In the op-ed, which was published in the Philippine Star and Malaya Business Insight, Representative Michael Hsu (徐佩勇) detailed the public health and economic challenges the pandemic has posed to the international community.
