On Chinese social platforms, fans have joked that while other countries watch their national teams play, China watches its referee hand out cards. Another popular joke imagined Ma’s luggage for the World Cup packed not with clothes, but with red and yellow cards.

One current exhibition, running through May 10, 2026, explores how East Asia was represented in historical maps and images from the 14th to the 19th centuries, offering visitors a fascinating look at how the region understood the wider world.

Hsu said the problem was being driven by easy access to food and by exposed garbage. She argued that while the city has launched rodent-control efforts in shopping districts and traditional markets, parks risk becoming a neglected gap in those measures. She urged the city government to add parks to its priority pest-control areas, improve trash collection and management at hotspots, and consider adopting covered garbage containers similar to those used in other cities to reduce food access for rodents.

The Kaohsiung Medical University’s [高雄醫學大學] three-day international forum on artificial intelligence in medicine covered 13 tracks from ethics and telemedicine to precision sports and environmental health.