Rain gear politics, DPP moves to deconstruct one-party state era legacy–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates: Taiwan reported no new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.A vaccine Taiwan’s National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) is developing for the coronavirus will enter human trials as early as this autumn, Vice President William Lai (賴清德) disclosed Friday.The new vice president has a Master’s degree in Public Health from Harvard. Unemployment up slightly The unemployment […]
Han anti-recall campaign gets dirty. Wu says what!? And PRC drops “peaceful”–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates One new case of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease was reported in Taiwan on Thursday, breaking a 13-day stretch of zero new confirmed infections in the country.He is a Taiwanese man who went to Mexico in January on a work trip and returned to Taiwan on Wednesday.There were no new cases on Friday.Meanwhile, the […]
Inauguration special: Tsai suggests country founded at the dawn of the 1950s — Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
President Tsai’s inauguration attendees President Tsai Ing-wen has been inaugurated for her second term, joined by William Lai inaugurated as Vice President for the first time. Due to the coronavirus, the event was low key. KMT chairman Johnny Chiang, ex-President Ma Ying-jeou, and Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu all skipped the event. New Taipei Mayor Hou […]
The TPP makes a pan-green move as DPP retreats–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates Taiwan confirmed no new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus for the 10th consecutive day on Sunday.It was also the 35th straight day with no domestically transmitted infections.If we reach 14 consecutive days with no new cases, collectively we’ll have reached the standard time length for quarantine.There are proposals for easing various things being […]
Han calls on supporters to NOT vote in recall. Seriously.–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Bill to remove “unification” with China dropped A bill to remove “unification” with China as a national goal, that had passed first reading and had moved to committee, has been pulled.Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tsai Yi-yu (蔡易餘) said with Tsai Ing-wen’s inauguration approaching, he did not want the proposals to be a source of […]
Sorry to pop your bubble, China–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates Taiwan confirmed no new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus for the eighth consecutive day on Friday.It was also the 33rd straight day with no domestically transmitted infections.A stricter set of quarantine measures for returning far-sea fishermen will go into effect on May 18.And some good news, the number of spectators allowed at CPBL […]
Trudeau won’t call Taiwan a country–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates Taiwan reported no new COVID-19 cases for seven days on Thursday, and was also the 32nd straight day that no domestically transmitted infections were recorded in Taiwan. So that’s what Apple is up to We now know what Apple’s huge investment in the Hsinchu Science Park is for.They are planning on investing over […]
DPP makes a power move–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates Taiwan confirmed no new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday.It was also the 30th straight day that no domestically transmitted infections had been recorded in Taiwan.Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said that Taiwan will reopen its borders to trade and business from Hong Kong and Macau first.Chen said […]
Han’s prospects looking grim and WHO saga grows–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates A seventh person has died of COVID-19 in Taiwan, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced Monday, but no new cases of the disease were reported.As the spread of COVID-19 appears to be slowing in Taiwan, the CECC is considering easing restrictions over indoor activities, such as allowing gatherings of up to 250 […]
Developments show how dramatically Taiwan’s political ground has shifted–Taiwan News Brief transcript
Coronavirus updates Taiwan confirmed no new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus for the third consecutive day on Sunday.It was also the 28th straight day with no domestically transmitted infections.The government will begin supplying face masks for children under the age of four, starting next week, via its online ordering system and at convenience stores, the […]
