[Is the additive as dangerous as people say it is?]

After the government announced that Taiwan will allow imported US pork containing traces of ractopamine, many voiced their concerns about consuming food with the feed additive. Today, we explain what the drug is, and which countries allow it.

[Presidential Office under water]

Greenpeace is warning about some of the places that could be under water in Taiwan by 2050. In today’s Taiwan Explained, Katherine Wei explains that while phasing out nuclear energy might not help, Taiwan is doing its best to combat climate change in other ways.

[Taiwan’s biggest Ghost Festival dates back to the Qing Dynasty]

Keelung’s Ghost Festival has a bloody past and has been observed for 166 years to appease the ghosts roaming the land of the living.

[Only 6 visits in 41 years!]

US Secretary of Health Alex Azar was the highest ranking US official to visit Taiwan since 1979. Find out which other top US officials have visited Taiwan during that four-decade period.

[Typhoons aren’t all bad...]

Usually when we think of typhoons, we think of terrible losses. But scientists say there’s a flipside, too. They may actually bring something that Taiwan desperately needs. Katherine Wei has the story in today’s Taiwan Explained.

Hint: Food names work well]

In 2008, Beijing gave the Taipei City Zoo a pair of pandas. When they arrived, they already had names. But the people of Taiwan have been responsible for choosing the names of the panda pair’s progeny. Andrew Ryan has the story in today’s Taiwan Explained.

[Island hopping, hot air balloons, cruises and more]

With the domestic COVID-19 outbreak contained, people can travel but only in Taiwan. Find out how people are rediscovering all that Taiwan has to offer!

[Who can enter Taiwan in the age of COVID-19?]

Taiwan is slowly opening its borders to visitors coming for certain purposes. Find out exactly who is allowed to enter Taiwan now and why in this segment!

[We thought they were extinct… ]

It turns out that some of the volcanoes that created the island of Taiwan are dormant, not extinct. Researchers recently discovered clues that point to an eruption about 6,000 years ago. Now, seismologists are developing a warning system to alert people in the event of an eruption.

LINKS:

Taiwan to Launch Volcano Warning System by Year’s End: CWB (Focus Taiwan): 

https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202007060011

Learn more about the Datun (Tatun) Volcano Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatun_Volcano_Group

[Lifehacks: Working from Home]

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