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‘Taiwanese’ office to open in Lithuania

Taipei Times

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis speaks at a news conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 4.
Photo: Reuters

Taiwan is to establish a “Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania,” the first office in Europe to be called Taiwanese, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday.

“It is an important diplomatic breakthrough,” President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) wrote on Facebook, thanking diplomatic personnel for the significant achievement.

First domestic vaccine approved for use

Taipei Times

Food and Drug Administration Director Wu Hsiu-mei speaks at a Central Epidemic Command Center news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo courtesy of the Central Epidemic Command Center

An emergency use authorization (EUA) for Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp’s (高端疫苗) COVID-19 vaccine — MVC-COV1901 — for people aged 20 and older was issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday.

KMT infected with ‘China disease’

Lee Min-yung 李敏勇

On July 1, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrated its centennial.

Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairs Lien Chan (連戰) and Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱), as well as People First Party Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) and New Party Chairman Wu Cherng-dean (吳成典), cosigned a telegram to Beijing to show support and congratulate Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and the CCP.

Lien and Hung led the KMT in the era following the death of former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國), and Soong has been called Chiang’s chosen heir.

Policies enhance Indo-Pacific ties

Sana Hashmi and Alan Yang 楊昊

During the five years of the New Southbound Policy, Taiwan’s flagship foreign policy initiative, the nation has been successfully nurturing ties with the countries within the policy’s framework. The new avatar of India’s Act East Policy has completed seven years, and includes countries from East Asia to the Pacific Islands, with ASEAN at its core.

There is synergy between India’s Act East Policy and Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy. Both were borne of their respective needs to engage the countries in their immediate and extended neighborhood. A careful analysis of the two policies shows that they evolved to meet needs in a regional context.

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