2021/05/27 |
Anger in Tokyo Over the Summer Olympics Is Just the Latest Example of How Unpopular Hosting the Games Has Become
Tokyo’s predicament is only the latest and most extreme example of the way host cities of international events tend to lose interest by the time they happen.
2021/05/25 |
Taiwan’s Level 3 Covid-19 Alert Extended Until June 14
Taiwan's nationwide Level 3 alert for Covid-19 has been extended to June 14.
2021/05/25 |
Taiwan Criticizes WHO “Indifference” After Summit Snub
Taiwan was not invited to world health body’s annual meeting and says it is because the WHO has given into pressure from China.
2021/05/21 |
The Case for Snap Lockdowns in Taiwan
The growing outbreak of community transmission in Taiwan requires a different approach from current practices.
2021/05/19 |
Taiwan’s Level 3 Covid-19 Alert Expanded Nationwide
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said the alert for the entire country will be in place until next Friday.
2021/05/18 |
Abandoning Anthropology, From Virginia to Taipei
In the traditional model, anthropologists venture off to their field sites, do their research, and then go back to their home institutions to write up and share their findings. What might a different kind of relationship to Taiwan look like?
2021/05/18 |
Asia Pacific Travel Bubbles and the Covid-19 ‘Diseasescape’
New arrangements like travel bubbles have re-arranged the globe into spheres of mobility.
2021/05/17 |
Non-Resident Foreign Nationals Banned Entry to Taiwan as Surge in Infections Continues
Health minister Chen Shih-chung said Taiwan will ban entry to foreign nationals without a residence permit from May 19 to June 18, with exceptions for emergency and humanitarian purposes.
2021/05/14 |
Make Vaccines Accessible
Taiwan’s government has made vaccination financially available. It’s time to make it accessible.
2021/05/12 |
16 Domestic Cases Reported; Taipei, New Taipei, Yilan Affected
10 domestically-acquired Covid-19 infections appeared in New Taipei City, with others in Taipei’s Wanhua District and in Yilan County. Though Chen said a move to tighter restrictions on gatherings is possible this week, no new lockdown-like rules were released today.
2021/05/11 |
Taiwan Grapples With Community Transmission as a Cluster in Yilan County Emerges
A cluster of five domestic cases is linked to a baccarat game hall in Yilan’s Luodong Township.
2021/05/05 |
Largely Spared Since 2020, Taiwan Now Grapples With Small Covid Cluster
Health officials say 26 people have been infected in a cluster that apparently began with inbound cargo aircraft pilots and spread into an airport hotel.
2021/05/04 |
Covid in India: The Deep-Rooted Issues Behind the Current Crisis
Jingoism, overconfidence, and false reassurance from the political elite negated hard-won progress against Covid in India.
2021/05/03 |
Covid-19 Infections Linked to Airport Hotel
Since Thursday, a total of 16 domestic cases have been reported to have links with a quarantine hotel at Taoyuan International Airport.
2021/04/29 |
Covid: Japanese Frustrated At Slow Vaccine Rollout
With Japan marking the unwelcome milestone of 10,000 Covid-19 deaths on Monday, there are growing indications that the public is becoming impatient at the government’s slow rollout of the vaccine.
2021/04/28 |
Three Locally Acquired Covid-19 Cases, International School Closes for Week
Three domestically acquired cases of Covid-19 have led to a school closure in New Taipei City and the partial closure of a school in Taoyuan.
2021/04/20 |
Thailand: Third Covid Wave Threatens Plans To Reopen Tourism
A new surge in coronavirus infections and a sluggish vaccine rollout could postpone plans to resume Thailand’s foreign tourism sector. People working in the travel industry are struggling to make ends meet.
