President Tsai’s Pandemic Diplomacy In early April, President Tsai Ing-wen announced a new diplomatic initiative in an attempt to turn Taiwan’s success in battling the coronavirus into a geopolitical win, despite China’s efforts to isolate Taiwan politically. Noting that Taiwan had transformed from being an importer of facemasks to the world’s second largest producer, she…
As China’s industrial centers remain in a state of uncertainty due to coronavirus fears, Taiwanese and international companies that have come to rely on the PRC as a production base are now seeking alternative solutions while trying to maintain continuity of operations back home. When discussing the business and economic implications for Taiwan of the…
The oncological field is on the cusp of a dramatic paradigm shift. Treatment options are expanding, and the new ones on offer are safer, more effective, and capable of covering different tumor locations with a single drug. At the forefront of this new evolving paradigm is Bayer, the multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company. In…
The second annual U.S.-Taiwan Liver Health Forum, held November 15, 2019 at the Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, was a collaboration between AmCham Taipei and the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) as part of its AIT@40 campaign. The campaign’s theme for November was Innovation and Entrepreneurship Month, a fitting background for the forum, where a…
In 2018, Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior reported that 14% of the island’s population was over the age of 65. That rate is rapidly increasing and is expected to reach 20% or higher by 2026, which could make Taiwan the world’s first “super-aged society.” Such a prospect is alarming, given the vast amount of energy…
In its section of AmCham Taipei’s 2018 Taiwan White Paper, the Chamber’s Public Health Committee encouraged Taiwan to adopt the goal of developing itself into a “Liver Health Center of Excellence in Asia.” Taiwan, after all, has a strong background in combating diseases of the liver, which are particularly prevalent in the Asian region. As…
Republic of China Vice President Chen Chien-jen, an epidemiologist with a background in researching hepatitis B, was the keynote speaker at the Taiwan Liver Health Forum sponsored by AmCham Taipei together with the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW). The event, held at the Howard-Plaza Hotel on October…
Around the time the Mengjia Longshan Temple (艋舺龍山寺) was founded in 1738, a grim aphorism was circulating on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Cha̍p lâng lâi tâi saⁿ tī la̍k bông chi̍t hôe thâu (the Holo pronunciation of 十人來台 六亡三在一回頭) translates as: “Of every ten people who have reached Taiwan, just three remain; six…
The American Chamber of Commerce will host a liver health management forum on September 27 to discuss the opportunity for establishing Taiwan as a “Liver Health Center of Excellence” for the Asian region. Vice President of Taiwan Chen Chien-Jen has been invited to participate as a keynote speaker. In its position paper in the Chamber’s…
Having implemented a Hepatitis B (HBC) vaccination program for newborns in 1986, Taiwan was once a pioneer in vaccination efforts. However, Taiwan’s exclusion from participation in the World Health Organization (WHO), a tight budget, and a lack of coordination between immunization policy and healthy insurance policy have taken their toll. As a result, the development…
