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pic.: the website-group was
ranked No.1 "understand Taiwan" on
Yandex of Russia, 2024-2-28, 2024-1-23, 2024-1-1, 2023-12-24, 2023-11-11, 2023-11-1, 2023-10-10, 2023-9-22, 2023-8-22, 2023-8-8, 2023-7-25, 2023-7-10, 2023-6-24, 2023-6-1, 2023-4-30, 2023-3-23, 2023-3-4, 2023-2-28, 2023-2-19, 2023-1-21, 2023-1-15, 2023-1-1, 2022-12-24, 2022-11-29, 2022-11-1, 2022-10-31, 2022-10-10, 2022-10-4, 2022-9-20, 2022-9-13, 2022-8-20, 2022-7-21, 2022-7-1, 2022-6-24, 2022-6-15, 2022-6-2, 2022-5-25, 2022-5-14, 2022-4-30, 2022-4-21, 2022-4-9, 2022-3-25, 2022-3-20, 2022-2-22, 2022-2-14, 2022-1-29, 2022-1-4, 2021-12-27, 2021-12-10, 2021-12-4, 2021-11-10, 2021-10-28, 2021-10-22, 2021-10-8,
2021-6-16,
2021-6-2
pic.:
The websites group was ranked
No.1 "understand Taiwan" on Microsoft Bing,
2024-2-28, 2024-1-23, 2024-1-1, 2023-12-24, 2023-11-11, 2023-11-1, 2023-10-10, 2023-9-22, 2023-8-22, 2023-8-8, 2023-7-25, 2023-7-10, 2023-6-24, 2023-4-30, 2023-3-4, 2023-2-28, 2023-2-19, 2023-1-22, 2023-1-15, 2023-1-1, 2022-12-24, 2022-11-29, 2022-11-1, 2022-10-10, 2022-10-4, 2022-9-20, 2022-9-13, 2022-7-21, 2022-6-15, 2022-6-2, 2022-5-25,
2022-5-14, 2022-4-30, 2022-4-21, 2022-4-9,
2022-3-25, 2022-3-20, 2022-2-22,
2022-2-14, 2022-1-29, 2022-1-4, 2021-12-27,
2021-12-10,
2021-12-4, 2021-11-10, 2021-10-28, 2021-10-25, 2021-10-22,
2021-10-8, 2021-10-5, 2021-9-30,
2021-8-22,
2021-6-30, 2021-6-16, 2021-6-2, 2021-5-15,
2021-4-17,
3-5-2021, 2-12-2021, 1-20-2021,
1-1-2021, 11-29-2020, 10-10-2020, 8-5-20208-17-2020, 6-21-2020, 5-13-2020, 4-3-2020,
2-26-2020, 2-5-2020, 12-31-2019, 12-10-2019;
No.2 "understand Taiwan"
on Bing, 2022-8-21
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Taiwan's chips vs. Trump's new tariffs |
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◆
New York Times, 2025-2-13 |
Taiwan is adjusting to a shift in
its relationship with the United States, its primary backer — one that
does not focus on shared democratic ideals, and that is more uncertain
and transactional. Taiwanese officials have traveled to Washington to float energy deals and defend the
island's semiconductors. |
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◆
Bloomberg, 2025-2-15 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is
considering taking a controlling stake in Intel Corp.'s factories at the request
of Trump administration officials, as
the president looks to boost American manufacturing and maintain US leadership
in critical technologies. |
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◆
Washington Post, 2025-1-28 |
the vast majority of chip
production happens overseas, particularly in Taiwan
── Trump said he wanted the
manufacturers of semiconductors and chips — which are used in many
high-end consumer electronics and sophisticated AI-powered technology
and research — to open factories in the United States and would use the
threat of high taxes and tariffs to force them to relocate. |
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◆
Politico (EU),
2025-1-30 |
Trump threatened to impose tariffs of up to 100
percent on Taiwanese semiconductor imports in a bid to “return
production of these essential goods to the United States of
America.” Taipei will convene “emergency discussions” to determine
countermeasures... |
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◆
Reuters,
2025-1-28 |
Taiwan Economy Minister said he
only expected a small impact from any tariffs imposed by Trump on semiconductor
exports given their technological superiority.
In another potential challenge for Taiwan,
Trump last week directed federal agencies to investigate persistent U.S.
trade deficits and unfair trade practices and alleged currency
manipulation by other countries |
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◆
Business Insider, 2025-1-28 |
US tariffs on Taiwan's semiconductors could result in a steep
increase in costs to Nvidia and other significant customers, such as Apple and
AMD. Chip manufacturing efforts in the US are less developed and more expensive
than those in Taiwan. the US's chip
manufacturing sector could take years to develop the
same capacity as Taiwan's. |
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◆
CNN, 2024-12-15 |
Trump's
remarks have prompted jitters that Taiwan would need to move more of its
critical chip supply chain to the US at a faster pace,
that could affect the island's economic security and
dismantle the very “silicon shield”
... |
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Taiwan
Travel & Tourism |
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◆
CNN , 2024-11-14 |
Taiwan
boasts 10 national parks and 19 national
forest recreation areas covering a wide
range of terrain;
More than 260 peaks over 3,000 meters (9,800 feet), hiking trails blazed by
Indigenous people thousands of years ago, for outdoor adventure and wellness
fansmsn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/taiwan-is-fast-becoming-a-top-destination-for-outdoor-adventure-and-wellness-fans-it-s-easy-to-see-why/ar-AA1u7c09?ocid=BingNewsVerp |
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◆
New York Times , 2023-1-12 |
In
the Times Travel section's 52
places to go in 2023,
Taipei ranks No. 36, other Asia's
selections include
No.2 Morioka Japan, No. 5 Auckland NZ, 7 kangaroo island Australia, 12
Bhutan, 13 Kerala India, 19 Fukuoka Japan, 20
Flores Indonesia, 25 Ha Giang Vietnam, 27 U-K Tjuta National Park,
Australia
nytimes.com/interactive/2023/travel/52-places-travel-2023.html?campaign_id=7&emc=edit_mbae_20230113&instance_id=82548&nl=morning-briefing%3A-asia-pacific-edition®i_id=93861781&segment_id=122347&te=1&user_id=4a9594d616730fc2c1567d65a316b5f1 |
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◆
Daily
Telegraph, 2024-9-14 |
Taiwan has historically been a rare stop
on the tourist trail– its appeal long limited by an association with
geopolitical tension.
telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/taiwan/taiwan-deserves-place-on-your-wish-list/ |
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◆
CNN , 2022-12-6 |
Taiwan's 'living hell' traffic is a
tourism problem. Taiwan is
notorious for its dangerous roads.
Multiple countries, including Australia,
Canada, Japan and the US, have
specifically called out Taiwan's road
conditions.
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◆
STATISTA: Leading
countries in the
Travel
& Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI),
2021-2-4 |
Taiwan ranks No.13 in Asia.
No.1 Japan, No.2 Australia, No.3 China, No.4 Korea Rep., No.5 Hong Kong,
No.6 Singapore, No.7 New Zealand, No.8 Malaysia, No.9 Thailand , No.10 UAE, No.11 India, No.12 Indonesia |
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Taiwan's
military - in the stage of infancy |
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◆
Washington Times , 2024-12-27 |
visible signs of societal and
governmental preparedness are lacking. Unlike Israel, where civil
and military readiness is a national ethos, Taiwan appears
complacent, Taiwan must cultivate a culture of
national defense akin to Israel's |
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National Interest
, 2024-7-30 |
On top of that, Taiwan does not
have a strong draft... whether Taiwan is serious about
resisting a Chinese invasion or even if it takes such threats
seriously. Taiwan's politicians likely realize better than Washington
that Taiwanese voters may not be as inclined to make the kind of heavy
sacrifices that are necessary to defend their freedom as the Ukrainians,
Israelis, Finns, or Swiss.
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|
◆
Economist
(UK),
2024-9-5 |
polls suggest Taiwanese will to
resist rests on whether Taiwanese think America will defend them.
Taiwan can do much to strengthen its defences but, alas,
it can do little to influence American politics |
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♦
Financial Times (UK),
2024-7-21 |
“People don't realise the stage of infancy the military
is in".
|
|
◆
National
Interest (2023-7-16) |
Taiwanese President announced a
plan to extend the compulsory conscription program but received backlash from
younger Taiwanese. Roll Call (2022-9-28): Most people do not want to
join the military... |
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Taiwan's
surface-level democracy |
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◆
Country Reports (USA) on Human Rights Practices
, 2024-4-22 |
In the most
recent presidential and legislative elections,
there were allegations of vote buying by candidates and supporters
of both major political parties. |
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◆
WSWS.org,
2025-1-6 |
TPP (2nd
largest opposition) chair & founder Ko:
“Does Taiwan have democracy?”─
"Taiwanese politics was
dominated by corporations and political parties". |
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◆ Denmark's Democracy Perception Index 2021
( DPI )
|
democracy in
Taiwan was threatened by US: 58%, Russia: 20%,China : 65%, Foreign election interference - agree 55%, unfair
elections and/or election fraud - Agree 46%. |
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◆
N.Y. Times, 12-1-2019 |
the
soft underbelly of
Taiwanese politics: patronage networks.
They continue to
allow
community leaders, farmers’ associations and even
organized-crime figures to buy votes |
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◆
National
Interest, 2022-7-9 |
Taiwan is a young democratic country that is
vulnerable to demagoguery by politicians trying to win elections
... |
|
◆
New
York Times, 6-28-2020 |
Taiwan’s democracy is boisterous with
fights and protests a common occurrence
inside the parliament building...
|
|
◆Global Times,
2022-8-11: |
under the guise of "democracy", the DPP authorities are practicing
"green terror".
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◆
Lowy
Institute Asia Power Index |
| |
Taiwan |
China |
Japan |
Korea |
Singapore |
|
Comprehensive Power |
No.14 , 15.2
points |
2nd |
3rd |
7th |
8th |
|
Economic capability |
8th, 13.0 |
2nd 87.0 |
3rd |
5th |
6th |
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Military Capability |
11th, 21.7 |
2nd 68.1 |
6th 27.4 |
5th |
9th |
|
Resilience |
18th, 24.7 |
3rd 70.4 |
11th |
10th |
14th |
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Future Resources |
12th, 6.5 |
2nd 72.9 |
5th |
7th |
11th |
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Diplomatic Influence |
22th , 19.4 |
1st 91.5 |
3rd |
6th |
10th |
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Economic Relationships
|
12th, 11.1 |
1st 98.3 |
3rd |
5th |
4th |
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Cultural Influence
|
13th, 12.6 |
2nd 47.4 |
3rd |
7th |
9th |
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Defense Networks |
16th, 11.8 |
7th 23.7 |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
Asia's
Comprehensive Power
rankings:
1.US
2.Chn 3.Japan
4.India 5. Rus 6. Aus 7. S. Korea 8.
Singapore
9.Indonesia
10.Thailand 11.Malaysia 12.
Vietnam 13. NZ 14. Taiwan (ROC) |
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power.lowyinstitute.org/countries/taiwan/
2023 Edition |
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Comparison -
The number of best universities of Asian countries in world best indexes |
|
index |
world ranks |
China |
Singapore |
Japan |
H K |
Australia |
S. Korea |
Taiwan |
|
|
Nature |
1-100 |
37 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
US News |
1-100 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
QS |
1-25 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
25-60 |
3 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
60-100 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
CWUR |
1-100 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
Times |
1-70 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
70-100 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
Mar. 17, 2024
total |
59 |
9 |
13 |
15 |
25 |
11 |
1 |
|
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☉
National Taiwan University (NTU) has been ranked the 172nd-best
university in the world in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) rankings, down
20 spots from 2024.
☉
Nature / after No.100 -
Taiwan
(NTU
台灣大學) ranks 208, behind
Hong Kong (103. City U HK 108 Chinese U. HK
122. HKUST
207. HK Poly.),
Australia (no. 112, 113, 134, 148), Israel (no.
86, 140, 176, 196), Saudi Arabia (145. KAUST),
India
(149 India U.,
189. India Institute of
Science) etc
☉
QS /
Taiwan
(NTU ranks no. 69) is behind Malaysia (no. 65 U. Malaya)
☉
CWUR /
Taiwan
(NTU no. 102) is behind Israel (no. 70, 87) |
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Taiwan's
economy
-
compared
with
Asian
countries |
|
★ |
Hong Kong |
Taiwan |
|
Median wealth per adult
(Credit
Suisse, Research Institute, 2023
) |
US$ 202,410 (world No.3) |
US$
108,250 |
|
Mean wealth per adult
(Credit
Suisse, Research Institute,
2023
) |
US$ 551,190 |
US$
273,790 |
|
The average salary
(Morgan
McKinley,
Business Insider, 2023) |
HK$ 36,583 (about
TWD147,204) |
TWD 48,032
(plus overtime etc TWD 57,045)
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storm.mg/lifestyle/4851897 |
|
Median salary (UDN, 2023-12-14) |
about TWD 84,000 |
about TWD 43,000 |
|
Market Capitalization
(UDN,
2023-12-14) |
more than double of Taiwan's |
about USD 1.7 trillion |
|
★ At the end of 2022, Taiwan's
per capita GDP amounted to
$32,756 while Singapore's was $82,808,
Japan and South Korea were at $33,815 and $32,255, respectively,
according
to the World Bank. |
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World's Best
Smart Hospitals 2025
by Newsweek |
|
Asia's rank |
country |
number of top
100 hospitals |
|
1 |
S. Korea |
6 (No. 18, 60, 65, 94, 96,98) |
|
2 |
Singapore |
4 (No.22, 30, 45, 77) |
|
3 |
Japan |
3 (No. 23, 57, 85) |
|
4 |
Israel |
1 (No.10) |
|
5 |
India |
1 (No. 39) |
|
6 |
Taiwan |
1
(No.99) |
|
World's Best
Smart Hospitals 2024
by Newsweek, Statista
comparison among Asian countries |
|
Country/Ranks |
No.1~100 |
No.101~200 |
No.201~250 |
Total |
|
Japan
|
7 |
5 |
3 |
15 |
|
S. Korea
|
6 |
6 |
5 |
17 |
|
Israel
|
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
Singapore
|
2 |
4 |
|
6 |
|
Australia
|
2 |
4 |
|
6 |
|
India
|
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Thailand
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
UAE |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Malaysia
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
Taiwan
台灣 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Saudi Arabia
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
19 |
24 |
13 |
56 |
China, HK not included
in survey
in total, 11 Asian countries are
under survey |
|
Pew Research
Center , 2021-11-18 "Where People find Meaning in Life ? " |
|
country |
Family |
Material well-being |
occupation |
|
Australia |
56% |
22% |
29% |
|
NZ |
55 |
19 |
29 |
|
Greece |
54 |
13 |
25 |
|
US |
49 |
18 |
17 |
|
UK |
46 |
12 |
20 |
|
Sweden |
45 |
22 |
37 |
|
Canada |
42 |
22 |
26 |
|
Singapore |
29 |
22 |
25 |
|
Japan |
26 |
16 |
15 |
|
S. Korea |
16 |
19 |
6 |
|
Taiwan |
15% |
19% |
9% |
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