City diplomacy offers Taiwan a strategic solution to stay in the game, by creating a subnational platform that allows foreign countries to circumvent the concerns of formally recognizing Taiwan’s statehood. Such efforts by the city of Kaohsiung provide a great example as to why Taiwan should leverage city diplomacy to advance its foreign policy goals.
Structural work and exterior walls are largely complete, and the store is scheduled to open in mid-2026, replacing Costco’s existing Kaohsiung founding location.
The exhibition, titled “Sacred Waters: Cultural Beliefs and Folklore in the Gaoping River Basin” (這條河很神！高屏溪流域的信仰故事), opened Monday at the Kaohsiung Museum of History.
The detained workers revealed that one of their colleagues, another Indonesian worker, was hiding inside the plant’s -6°C freezer. Then the cops were told that another migrant worker, a man from mainland China, was still hiding inside the freezer.
Hengchun Industrial & Commercial Vocational High School’s AI robotics team has once again defeated university competitors, capturing a record-setting fourth consecutive gold medal. (Photo courtesy of school)
