Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 3, 2021

Taiwan has received its first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines at Taoyuan International Airport from the COVAX allocation program. Today, Wednesday March 3rd, is the first day without headlines featuring Jaw Shaw-kong in weeks appearing on my feed of local news reports.While I don’t think it is happening quite yet, I will be watching to see […]

ICRT’s Weekly Central Taiwan News Report, Mar. 3–transcript

Matsu pilgrimage gets go-ahead The largest religious procession in Taiwan, the Dajia Jenn Lann Matsu pilgrimage, will go ahead this year in spite of pandemic worries.It will begin on April 9 and conclude on April 18.The dates were set after Jenn Lann Temple Chair Yen Ching-piao (顏清標) performed a ritual to seek instructions from Matsu, […]