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Taiwan has become a global leader in recycling, with one of the highest recycling rates in the world! The country manages to recycle more than 50% of it’s municipal waste and is thereby only a ...
Legally, Taiwan is a piece of territory that was "never returned" properly. What roles have Japan and the United States played historically?
Before Taiwan's 2020 elections, get to know these fun facts about these Taiwanese politicians' nicknames to add to your election chit-chat.
On Tuesday, the New York Times ran an ad funded by a grassroots campaign to highlight Taiwan's success in the Covid-19 pandemic despite exclusion from the WHO. Here's the background on how this ...
Pingtung offers some of the most secluded and unexplored hiking trails in Taiwan. How many of them have you been to?
It is time for Taiwan to restore balance in the economy by lifting the minimum wage significantly. If the government does not do so, it is like asking workers to sacrifice as they struggle to ...
Taiwan's inadequate minimum wage has led to a multitude of social problems, including high injury death rates, mental health issues, and increasing suicide rates.
Taiwan’s housing prices are one of the highest in the world, but policymakers don’t seem to understand the gravity of the situation, nor have they taken urgent steps to resolve the crisis ...
A successful crowdfunding campaign has delivered ‘Nine Sols’, a new title from Taiwanese game developer Red Candle. Its Taoist-cyberpunk imagery and action gameplay is a major break from ...
Taiwan (Sinyi) The housing prices again escalated after the 2008 economic crisis, when Ma Ying-jeou’s administration cut gift and estate taxes from 50% to 10% in 2009, and lowered the corporate ...
A slurry of protests, policies and payments eliminated Taiwan’s waste problems.
Japan’s general election is arriving just after the likely accession of a new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida. But there’s much more going on this year.