Taiwan Weekly is a newsletter released every week by Fair Winds Foundation, Association of Foreign Relations and Taipei Forum that provides coverage and perspectives into the latest developments in Taiwan.
Judge Blew the Whistle：Text Message Registration System Abused, Used to Investigate Criminal Cases
After raising the epidemic alert to level 3, the government introduced a "text message registration system" to facilitate the epidemic investigation.
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No Privacy：Can Human Rights Be Compromised in the Name of Epidemic Prevention？
After the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the government in Taiwan has adopted many measures for epidemic control.
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This Week in Taiwan 0613-0620
June 14: The three-day Group of 7 summit ended June 13 in Cornwall of the United Kingdom. The joint communiqué issued mentioned for the first time the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Earlier when they met on June 12, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan and President Joe Biden of the United States also discussed issues including cross-strait stability. At the summit, Suga even expressed his support for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer.
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Taiwan's Medigen Successfully Unblinds Phase 2 Vaccine Clinical Trials, EUA Review as Early as July
Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp., a biopharmaceutical company based in Taiwan, unblinded the phase 2 clinical trials of its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
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With President's Interference, How Can Scientists Review Vaccines Impartially？
With Taiwan mired in a serious shortage of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen is forcefully promoting domestically developed vaccines and even purposely halting the import of foreign vaccines.
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Besides Vaccine Shortage, Taiwan Faces More Dangerous Pandemic Complications
The highly anticipated unblinding of the Phase II clinical trial of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine produced by Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corporation (MV) was successful on June 10.
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Is Taiwan's Democracy Also Critically Ill？
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has worsened; public grievances are boiling over; and President Tsai Ing-wen's approval ratings continue to falter.
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This Week in Taiwan 0606-0612
June 6: The rainy season and typhoon Caiyun brought abundant rainfall to Taiwan. Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua, who heads the Central Drought Disaster Response Center, announced that the mechanism in Miaoli, Taichung, and northern Changhua where water would be supplied for five days but suspended for two days per week would be lifted immediately. The red-light water-use restriction this time lasted some 61 days, breaking the previous historical record of 54 days in Taipei in 2002. It is expected that current water conditions will be stable until the end of July.
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Japan, U.S. Vaccines Aid Should Make Tsai Administration Ashamed
The 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Japan arrived in Taiwan June 4, while the United States committed to donate 7 million doses of vaccine to Asian countries including Taiwan.
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