Taiwan - Revision history

ArifDailyPost: /* April 16 */

2025-04-29T14:04:02Z

‎April 16

ArifDailyPost: /* October 16 */

2024-10-23T13:10:27Z

‎October 16

ArifDailyPost: /* December 7 */

2021-12-16T18:18:26Z

‎December 7

ArifDailyPost: /* August 5 */

2020-09-04T14:18:16Z

‎August 5

ArifDailyPost: /* June 26 */

2020-06-29T14:02:29Z

‎June 26

ArifDailyPost: /* March 16 */

2020-03-29T13:07:13Z

‎March 16

ArifDailyPost: /* March 16 */

2020-03-29T13:05:57Z

‎March 16

ArifDailyPost: /* August 7 */

2019-08-29T14:05:37Z

‎August 7

ArifDailyPost: /* June 18 */

2019-07-01T14:10:31Z

‎June 18

ArifDailyPost at 12:28, 19 May 2019

2019-05-19T12:28:47Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:04, 29 April 2025
Line 424:		Line 424:

	----		----
		+	* Doctors at the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) has successfully performed the world’s first heart transplant in which the donor organ never stopped beating, as revealed on 16 April 2025.<ref>https://www.ntuh.gov.tw/ntuh/News.action?q_type=-1&q_itemCode=16761&agroup=a</ref>
		+
	===='''April 17'''====		===='''April 17'''====

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:10, 23 October 2024
Line 1,097:		Line 1,097:

	----		----
		+	* A research team led by National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan has developed Taiwan’s first and the world’s smallest quantum computer, using a single photon, is the size of a desktop PC and can work at room temperature, the university revealed on 16 October 2024.
		+
	===='''October 17'''====		===='''October 17'''====

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:18, 16 December 2021
Line 1,283:		Line 1,283:

	----		----
		+	* The first female leader of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen was ranked 9th on 2021 Forbes' list of the Most Powerful Women in the World.
		+
	===='''December 8'''====		===='''December 8'''====

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:18, 4 September 2020
Line 835:		Line 835:

	----		----
		+	* Papua New Guinea has the highest plant diversity of any island in the world, botanists from Taiwan and their international colleagues have discovered. Their findings were published on 5 August 2020 in the journal Nature.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2549-5</ref>
		+
	===='''August 6'''====		===='''August 6'''====

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:02, 29 June 2020
Line 672:		Line 672:

	----		----
		+	* Taiwan FactCheck Center was awarded the Best correction achieved award by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies' International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) on 26 June 2020 for debunking a video that falsely claimed to show vote rigging taking place during Taiwan's national elections.<ref>https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/these-are-the-winners-of-2020-global-fact-awards/</ref>
		+
	===='''June 27'''====		===='''June 27'''====

@@ Line 300: / Line 300: @@
 ----
-* Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying beat Chinese world number one Chen Yufei 21-19, 21-15 to win the All England women’s badminton Championship for the third time on 16 March 2020.<ref>https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2020/03/16/all-england-tai-tzu-ying-reigns-again/</ref>
+* Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying beat Chinese world number one Chen Yufei 21-19, 21-15 to win the All England Women’s Badminton Championship for the third time on 16 March 2020.<ref>https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2020/03/16/all-england-tai-tzu-ying-reigns-again/</ref>
 ===='''March 17'''====

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:05, 29 March 2020
Line 300:		Line 300:

	----		----
		+	* Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying beat Chinese world number one Chen Yufei 21-19, 21-15 to win the All England women’s badminton Championship for the third time on 16 March 2020.<ref>https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2020/03/16/all-england-tai-tzu-ying-reigns-again/</ref>
		+
	===='''March 17'''====		===='''March 17'''====

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:05, 29 August 2019
Line 837:		Line 837:

	----		----
		+	* A team of astronomers, including Taiwanese researchers, has uncovered a population of 39 massive ancient previously unknown galaxies — and they could inform our understanding of everything from the universe’s birth to the nature of dark matter. Their findings were published in the journal Nature on 7 August 2019.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1452-4</ref>
		+
	===='''August 8'''====		===='''August 8'''====

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:10, 1 July 2019
Line 642:		Line 642:

	----		----
		+	* Taiwanese airline EVA Air was voted the World’s Cleanest Airline at the 2019 Skytrax World Airline Awards.<ref>https://www.worldairlineawards.com/press/2019-world-airline-awards-announced/</ref>
		+
	===='''June 19'''====		===='''June 19'''====

@@ Line 80: / Line 80: @@
 ----
-* Kaohsiung National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the world's first solar-powered stadium which can generate its own electricity. The stadium has been constructed for The World Games, an international multi-sport event that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The construction of the stadium was completed in 2009 and on January 15, 2009 the lighting facilities were tested for the first time.<ref>http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/Venues_connect2.php</ref>
+* Kaohsiung National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the world's first solar-powered stadium which can generate its own electricity. The stadium has been constructed for The World Games, an international multi-sport event that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The construction of the stadium was completed in 2009 and on January 15, 2009 the lighting facilities were tested for the first time.
 ===='''January 16'''====
@@ Line 96: / Line 96: @@
 ----
-* Japanese budget airline Peach Aviation launched its new daily service between Osaka-Kaohsiung of Taiwan on 18 January 2014.<ref>https://www.flypeach.com/Portals/0/PressReleases/2013/131025-Press-Release-E.pdf</ref>
+* Japanese budget airline Peach Aviation launched its new daily service between Osaka-Kaohsiung of Taiwan on 18 January 2014.
 ===='''January 19'''====
@@ Line 113: / Line 113: @@
 ----
-* Taiwan was ranked as the tenth most innovative country for 2014, with a total score of 83.52, according to the rankings released by Bloomberg on 23 January 2015.<ref>http://images.businessweek.com/bloomberg/pdfs/most_innovative_countries_2014_011714.pdf</ref>
+* Taiwan was ranked as the tenth most innovative country for 2014, with a total score of 83.52, according to the rankings released by Bloomberg on 23 January 2015.
 ===='''January 24'''====
@@ Line 312: / Line 312: @@
 ----
 * Taiwan and Saint Lucia on 19 March 2014 signed a cooperation agreement in the area of information and communication technology.<ref>http://www.caribjournal.com/2014/03/20/st-lucia-taiwan-sign-cooperation-agreement-on-ict/</ref>
-* Taiwanese actor Lawrence KO won the Best Supporting Actor honor at the 6th Asian Film Awards for his role in the movie Jump! Ashin. The awards ceremony took place on 19 March 2012 in Hong Kong.<ref>http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/2012/6th-nominees-and-winners/6th-afa-nominees-winners-by-nom/#supportingactor1</ref>
+* Taiwanese actor Lawrence KO won the Best Supporting Actor honor at the 6th Asian Film Awards for his role in the movie Jump! Ashin. The awards ceremony took place on 19 March 2012 in Hong Kong.
 ===='''March 20'''====
@@ Line 321: / Line 321: @@
 ----
 * Taiwan Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan was voted for the World's Best Airport Immigration by air travellers at the 2018 Skytrax World Airport Awards.<ref>http://www.worldairportawards.com/main/2018_airportawards_announced.html</ref>
-* Taiwanese actor Mark Chao Yu-Ting won the Best Newcomer award for his performance in "Monga", a Taiwanese film, at the 5th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on March 21, 2011.<ref>http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/2011/5th-nominees-and-winners/5th-afa-nominees-winners-by-nom/#newcomer1</ref>
+* Taiwanese actor Mark Chao Yu-Ting won the Best Newcomer award for his performance in "Monga", a Taiwanese film, at the 5th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on March 21, 2011.
 ===='''March 22'''====
@@ Line 343: / Line 343: @@
 ----
-* Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 8th Asian Film Awards in Macau on 27 March 2014.<ref>http://www.asianfilmawards.asia/nominees-and-winners/8th-afa-nominees-and-winners/8th-afa-nominees-and-winners/#specialawards1</ref>
+* Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 8th Asian Film Awards in Macau on 27 March 2014.
 ===='''March 28'''====
@@ Line 541: / Line 541: @@
 ----
-* The Taiwanese team of students and company representatives won 124 medals in the 22nd International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) in Malaysia, according to the official results released on May 21, 2011.<ref>http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1104&MainCatID=&id=20110522000081</ref>
+* The Taiwanese team of students and company representatives won 124 medals in the 22nd International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) in Malaysia, according to the official results released on May 21, 2011.
 ===='''May 22'''====
@@ Line 725: / Line 725: @@
 ----
-* Taiwan signed a free trade agreement with New Zealand on 10 July 2013 aimed at boosting mutual economic gains. It was Taiwan's first free trade agreement with a developed country.<ref>http://bigstory.ap.org/article/new-zealand-taiwan-sign-free-trade-deal</ref>
+* Taiwan signed a free trade agreement with New Zealand on 10 July 2013 aimed at boosting mutual economic gains. It was Taiwan's first free trade agreement with a developed country.
 ===='''July 11'''====
@@ Line 900: / Line 900: @@
 ----
-* Tzuying Tai of Taiwan won Women's Singles Badminton gold at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 28 August 2018.<ref>https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/badminton/event/badminton-women-singles/</ref>
+* Tzuying Tai of Taiwan won Women's Singles Badminton gold at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 28 August 2018.
 ===='''August 29'''====
@@ Line 908: / Line 908: @@
 ----
-* Kaiwen Yu and Chuling Cheng of Taiwan won Mixed Doubles Soft Tennis gold at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 30 August 2018.<ref>https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/soft-tennis/event/soft-tennis-mixed-double/</ref>
+* Kaiwen Yu and Chuling Cheng of Taiwan won Mixed Doubles Soft Tennis gold at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 30 August 2018.
 ===='''August 31'''====
@@ Line 1,001: / Line 1,001: @@
 ----
-* Taiwan’s Lin Tzu-chi won gold in the women’s 63-kilogram weightlifting competition at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon with a world-record combined weight of 261 kg.<ref>http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/WL/Result?RSC=WLW063A01&lang=en</ref>
+* Taiwan’s Lin Tzu-chi won gold in the women’s 63-kilogram weightlifting competition at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon with a world-record combined weight of 261 kg.
 ===='''September 24'''====
@@ Line 1,285: / Line 1,285: @@
 ----
-* Taiwan won two prizes at the 2014 Asia Television Awards in Singapore, with one going to actress Hsieh Chiung-hsuan for best actress in a supporting role in the drama Lonely River. The other award went to Taiwan Public Television Service for its animated show Spiny Shiny Grocery Store.<ref>http://ata.onscreenasia.com/ata/ata-2014-winner-list.asp</ref>
+* Taiwan won two prizes at the 2014 Asia Television Awards in Singapore, with one going to actress Hsieh Chiung-hsuan for best actress in a supporting role in the drama Lonely River. The other award went to Taiwan Public Television Service for its animated show Spiny Shiny Grocery Store.
 ===='''December 12'''====