WELLINGTON, 07 MAY 2020 (NZ HERALD) — Foreign Minister Winston Peters is courting fresh problems in New Zealand’s diplomatic relationship with China by publicly backing Taiwan’s bid to participate again in the World Health Organisation. Speaking to reporters at Parliament, he was asked if he supported Taiwan rejoining the WHO as championed by the United […]
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Travel bubble between Taiwan and Palau?
The travel bubble between Palau and Taiwan is possible, Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism (MNRET) Umiich Sengebau said. Inspired by the planned trans-Tasman COVID-safe travel zone between Australia and New Zealand, Sengebau said, the travel bubble “ is an ingenious idea that we must consider for a country like Taiwan.” Sengebau said whether Palau should […]
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Global Health Security—A Call for Taiwan’s Inclusion
The threat of emerging infectious diseases to global health and the economy, trade, and tourism has never abated. Pandemics can spread rapidly around the world because of the ease of international transportation. Among the most salient examples are the Spanish flu of 1918, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003, and the H1N1 […]
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Taiwan delivers stimulus grant of $ 750,000
Ambassador Wallace Chow of the ROC (Taiwan) presented one stimulus grant check of 750,000 US dollars to Minister of Finance Elbuchel Sadang on Tuesday, April 21. Aquaculture Project(AP) and Animal Production Project(APP) are funded in this action. In 2019, AP and APP worked with most of local farms and produced over 30,000 fish fries, 110 […]
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Palau capacity boosted by pre donated supplies
Taiwan government along with Shin Kong Hospital, Mackay Memorial Hospital and Chengpei Rotary Club District 3482 made their donation to the Belau National to help boost Palau’s emergency preparedness, especially in addressing COVID-19. The donation is the second part of a donation package that arrived this week said Ambassador Wallace Chow. The first set arrived […]
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Charter flight returns stranded patients
The special charter flight arriving today from Taiwan carrying more medical supplies for Palau and taking back Shin Kong’s medical experts will also bring 7 Palauans, patients, and escorts, that were under medical referral to Taiwan but got stuck there when flights between the two countries were suspended due to COVID-19. “This is killing four […]