#TaiwanCanHelp curb anti-Asian sentiment: stop saying "Wuhan pneumonia"
The term "Wuhan pneumonia" once served a purpose. Taiwan needed a way to refer to an unknown disease from Wuhan upon its discovery late in 2019. However, with the WHO's naming of COVID-19, this excuse has expired.
Talks between Taoyuan & International Cities: Post-pandemic Cooperation
Looking back on 2020, it was a year full of challenges and difficulties. The COVID-19 pressed a pause button of the globe. In this difficult situation, Taoyuan City is still struggling to progress and moving forward, while giving full play to our gatekeeper responsibilities as the nation’s premier airport of entry, and ensuring border control measures implemented on the front line. Meanwhile, we have adopted multiple measures of revitalization and economic relief. We also keep invigorating the city’s economy, continuing international exchanges, and dialoguing with seven prominent international cities around the world to share successful experiences in epidemic prevention, revitalization and relief measures, while focusing on new opportunities in the post-epidemic era driving the bright outlook for urban diplomacy in 2021
Taiwan’s stellar performance during COVID-19 helps Swiss company to continue supporting the global medical industry
Lucy Chung, the Director of AMSD department at SHL Medical, credits the effective pandemic management exercised by the Taiwan government to the company’s ability to keep business as usual during global health threat.
Taiwan stands out for the world to see
"Taiwan actually has a functioning democratic government run by sensible people". But in India, the policy decisions made by the government appear to be swayed more heavily by political than public health priorities...
Healing through homecoming
My identity has always been clouded with confusion and rejection. Due to the Covid-19, I went back from Boston to Taiwan in mid-July. This time I didn’t want to once again be the girl who only knows how to hurt and be hurt.
Being in Taiwan has been a blessing
My family moved to Taipei from the United States in the summer of 2018 to help start a healthcare leadership training program. “It was one of the best decisions of my life.”
Follow Your Brain, Heart, and Taste Buds
Over time, Taiwan became the best choice. Because it has the open economy, the amazing food, and the press freedom.
Every Taiwanese is the Real Hero
As individuals and as a society, our response to the pandemic now will shape our futures. We have a unique opportunity to emphasize the needs of people as a whole over the needs of each and every individual. Are we brave enough to grasp this opportunity?
“Don’t be sad.” A Warm Moment in Taiwan During the Pandemic
Like many foreign teachers, I had hoped to return home over the summer. But, of course, that didn’t happen. Instead, from the other side of the world, I watched as the number of cases rose. Little did I know, it would involve my family members.
Hoping for a Way out of the Pandemic
How likely is it to be at a safe place during a worldwide pandemic? Where you don’t have to worry about catching a dangerous virus? My family and I have been lucky enough to live in Taiwan temporarily since 2018. We come from Leipzig, Germany, where the Covid cases rise to concern numbers...
Taiwan should Host more World-class Sporting Events in the Post-pandemic World
Taiwan impressed the world in May with the first large sports event since the pandemic. Sir Keith Mills, Deputy Chairman of the 2012 London Olympic Games organizing committee, believes that Taiwan should grasp the opportunity and host more world-class sporting events in the post-pandemic world.
The global pandemic has brought the unique chance for Taiwan… to truly go global!
The pandemic is driving talents from all over the world into Taiwan to take refuge, taking the quality and expertise of Taiwan’s foreign professional community to levels not known in decades, if ever. But is Taiwan ready to take advantage of this opportunity?
2020 An Emotional Roller Coaster
Liesbeth Cole, a graphic designer and illustrator from Ghent, Belgium, has been living in Taiwan since mid-March. In this extraordinary year defined by the pandemic, she has decided to take to the drawing board to express how she feels in her new adopted home.
Taipei's Survival Story: Our Battle Against COVID-19
On January 22nd, 2020, an emergency meeting was summoned in Taipei City Government in response to the viral outbreak in China when Taiwan confirmed our first imported case. By then, this unknown virus has caused severe anxiety among our citizens...
Taiwan’s Impressive Response to COVID-19: A Personal View
The threat of COVID was made personal for me very early on, before the word “pandemic” was being used, and even before there was automatic testing and quarantining for people arriving from China...
How Taiwan's COVID Battle is Different
The factors behind Taiwan's success in handling COVID-19 include quarantine policies, contact tracing, medical equipment management, and more, but western pundits ignorantly attribute East Asian countries' success in battling COVID to a nebulous set of "Confucian Values"...
The Pandemic is a Reminder We Should Learn to Do Better with Less
Taiwanses are very lucky not to experience a lockdown. However, for many people, the lockdown was crucial to understand that our complex societies are actually fragile and could collapse. Although Taiwan has prevented the epidemic successfully, there are many challenges to face in the future.
Taiwan’s Health Tech success lies in Global South Collaboration
Even though Taiwan’s health tech has prevented the pandemic, MedTech regulations specialist Hasnaa points out that establishing a closer connection with the global south is the key to make Taiwan a leader in innovation of health tech.
Pandemic in a Willingly Prepared Society
“It’s so amazing to see real people gathering in the same place, even shoulder to shoulder,” this is just one example of how Representative Mr. Guido Tielman of the Netherlands Office Taipei (NLOT) is usually greeted by Dutch participants on the other side of the globe during video conferencing when they see the image from his side in Taiwan.