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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, led a Congressional delegation to visit Taiwan for 24 hours.
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DetailsApparently, the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen has changed its elimination strategy to co-existence with the coronavirus (COVID-19).
DetailsApril 11: What is the focus of the next wave of United States arms sales to Taiwan? The Ministry of National Defense described in the Legislative Yuan "four nos" on arms procurement from the United States, including no second long-range early warning radars, no Apache helicopters, no U.S. military de-commissioned warships, and no Black Hawk helicopters.
DetailsJapan's Fuji News Network exclusively reported on April 7 that Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the United States House of Representatives was scheduled to lead a Congressional delegation to fly from the United States to Japan on April 8 and meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on April 10.
DetailsSpeaker Nancy Pelosi of the United States House of Representatives who was scheduled to visit Taiwan on April 10 has suddenly announced that her visit has been postponed due to her positive test for the coronavirus (COVID-19).
DetailsFormer President Chen Shui-bian once again stepped on the red line of medical parole rule to challenge the Judicial Yuan and the Ministry of Justice.
DetailsApril 6: Chairman Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) announced that Director Alexander Huang of the Department of International Affairs will serve as representative to the United States, and Deputy Director Eric Huang will serve as deputy representative permanently stationed in the United States. Chu is expected to visit the United States in late May, accompanied by Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia. The tentative itinerary includes visits to five major cities (Boston, Washington, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles), where he will publicly deliver remarks.
DetailsThe National Development Council (NDC) released on March 30 a roadmap for Taiwan’s realizing net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, in which the share of renewable energy in the composition of energy structure will come from 20 percent in 2025 to 70 percent in 2050.
DetailsBefore the end of March, the National Development Council (NDC) hastened to unveil a roadmap for Taiwan to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, revealing various items of ideal goals but lacking feasible measures.
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