Taiwan – Page 50 – Prologue Journal

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Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/01/25/2003830794

India’s partnership with Taiwan

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/01/25/2003830792

Swinging the climate policy pendulum back

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/01/25/2003830796

CTBC Brothers renew shortstop Chiang Kun-yu’s contract in record deal

Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) The CTBC Brothers from Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) on Friday announced they reached an agreement with the team’s shortstop Chiang Kun-yu (江坤宇) to extend his contract by 10 years in a deal that could worth up to NT$147.88 million (US$4.5 million). https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202501240019

Cabinet asks for revote on bill tightening recall petition rules

Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) The Cabinet will ask the Legislature to hold a revote on legislation that tightened requirements for petitions used to initiate a recall of an elected official, it said in a press release Friday evening. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202501240018

Heavy traffic forecast Jan. 29-Feb. 2 during Lunar New Year holiday

Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) Heavy traffic on Taiwan’s freeway system is forecast from Jan. 29-Feb. 2 during the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, although the holiday officially starts on Saturday, according to the Freeway Bureau. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202501240017

Coffee businesses set to post NT$40 billion sales for 2nd year in 2024

Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) Coffee sales were expected to exceed NT$40 billion (US$1.22 billion) in Taiwan for a second consecutive year in 2024, reflecting the growing thirst for coffee in Taiwan and the lifestyle it represents. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202501240016

Taiwan’s GDP growth hits 3-year high of 4.30 percent in 2024

Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) Taiwan’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.30 percent in 2024, a three-year high, after the country reported the better-than-expected economic growth in the fourth quarter, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said Friday. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202501240015

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake jolts Tainan in southern Taiwan

Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Tainan at 7:18 p.m. Friday, another aftershock following the magnitude 6.4 quake in southern Taiwan that occurred early in the morning on Jan. 21, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA). https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202501240014

E-Da Hospital announced as 4th medical center in Kaohsiung-Pingtung region

Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Friday formally announced E-Da Hospital in Kaohsiung’s Yanchao District as the fourth medical center — the top-level medical institution in Taiwan’s healthcare system — in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung region. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202501240013