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President Tsai eyes enhanced malaria-fighting efforts

President Tsai Ing-wen said June 15 that Taiwan is willing and able to share its considerable...

Taiwan occupies an important position in the global economy. It is a top player in the world’s information and communication technology (ICT) industry, as well as a major supplier of goods across the industrial spectrum.

In April 2014, the National Science Council—the government’s dedicated agency charged with advancing national science and technology development, supporting academic research and promoting the nation’s three science parks—was reorganized and renamed as the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

The Republic of China (Taiwan) is situated in the West Pacific between Japan and the Philippines. Its jurisdiction extends to the archipelagoes of Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, as well as numerous other islets. The total area of Taiwan proper and its outlying islands is around 36,197 square kilometers. At about the size of the Netherlands, but with a population of some 23 million, Taiwan is more populous than three-quarters of the world’s nations. Taiwan proper has more than its share of natural splendor.