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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Taipei, March 26 (CNA) The intensifying seasonal winds from China brought some rainfall to central and southern Taiwan on Sunday, but it was not enough to ease drought conditions in those areas.

WINTER HABITAT: About a quarter of the global population of the endangered species has sought refuge in Tainan, where they usually stay for eight monthsBy Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a warning after Taiwan on Monday reported this year’s first case of Japanese encephalitis. The case is a man in his 50s from Tainan’s Beimen District (北門), the CDC said. He on June 7 developed a fever, followed by limpness in the lower body two days later, the health agency said, adding that he was diagnosed on Monday. The man did not recently leave the country or travel within Taiwan, the CDC said. He mostly stayed near his residence, whi...

Images are projected onto salt mounds at the 200-year-old Jingzaijiao salt field in Tainan’s Beimen District during a rehearsal yesterday for the Salt Sculpture Art Festival, which is scheduled to open on Saturday next week and run for two months.

It’s been a frustrating year for anyone who loves to travel. Throughout 2021, the risk of catching COVID-19 in another country, combined with strict quarantine requirements for those returning to Taiwan, deterred all but a few people from traveling overseas for fun. And just as Taiwanese were beginning to make plans for the summer, a domestic outbreak forced the government to raise the epidemic alert to level 3. The situation is now much better. Taiwanese are once again able to enjoy all sort...

J&V Energy Technology Co (雲豹能源) on Thursday said that it has secured a NT$6.22 billion (US$223.9 million) syndicated loan to fund an aquavoltaic project in Tainan. Bank SinoPac (永豐銀行) is the lead manager in the deal, with many other financial institutions, including E.Sun Commercial Bank (玉山銀行) and Mega Bills Finance Co (兆豐票券), also taking part, a company statement said. The renewable energy firm in March announced that it had purchased a site for the aquavol...