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News: ◆ New York Times, 2021-8-4:  Xi declared China would “strive to achieve the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.  It would undo the hundred years of national humiliation China had been subjected to by foreign powers.  “Hong Kong today, Taiwan tomorrow” had turned from a chant to a harbinger ◆  New York Times, 2021-7-13: Japan, while still wary of being drawn into the rivalry between the United States and China, ...as Washington and Beijing have ramped up both their rhetoric and military presence around Taiwan, Japanese white paper warned that China’s rapid expansion of its military threatened to ... undermine peace in the region ◆  Economist, 2021-5-1: Taiwan - The most dangerous place on Earth.  America and China must work harder to avoid war over the future of Taiwan ◆ New York Times, 2021-4-9: "military conflicts often seem unlikely until the moment they begin", The Atlantic : a Chinese invasion “could happen at any moment” and that Biden should be prepared ◆ New York Times, 2021-4-8: the Biden administration might manage to deter China without provoking it through more forceful warnings  that stop short of an explicit promise to defend Taiwan  ◆  Washington Post, 2021-3-26: Xi might be in favor of a risky push for reunification — especially if China continues to believe that a weakened America isn’t ready to fight back ◆  Washington Post, 1-28-2021: Taiwan Is the Biggest Risk for a U.S.-China Clash ◆  Reuters, FoxNews, 1-28-2021: China warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’  ◆ Wall Street Journal, 1-21-2021 :  Biden Sends Important Foreign-Policy Signal With Taiwan Inauguration Invite ◆ Foreign Policy, 1-22-2021 : The U.S.-Taiwan relationship is likely to remain more low-key ◆ WSJ, 12-28-2020: The loss of democratic Taiwan’s independence against its will would be a geopolitical earthquake. The Pacific balance of power would shift decisively in China’s favor ◆ NY Times, 12-14-2020: Pound for Pound, Taiwan at the center of the battle for global technological supremacy is the most important place in the world, As the Cold War between China and the United States intensifies, that importance will only continue to grow  ◆ Reuters , 12-10-2020: Taiwan is suffering a serious and worsening decay in the readiness and training of its troops, particularly its army units... ◆ NY Times, 11-24-2020: Biden Faces Pressure from Democrats and Republicans to Stand Up to China by Embracing Taiwan, He will continue to support a peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues ... won't use Taiwan to poke Xi Jinping in the eye and make him look weak ◆ Economist, 11-19-2020: :  Why commercial ties between Taiwan and China are beginning to fray?   geopolitical, competition, and generational change. ◆ New York Times, 10-1-2020 :   As China and the U.S. vie for tech dominance, Taiwan’s chip companies are feeling the heat. They are forced to heed American tech policy, but many of their customers — and their customers’ customers — are in China. ◆  Hudson.org, 9-23-2020:  Senator Marco Rubio : Helping Taiwan to win an all-out conflict against China would not be a way to reach that goal,  “That’s not possible.” Instead, Washington should assist Taipei “to have the capability to raise the cost of military adventurism there to a level that China’s not willing to pay...". ◆ National Interest , 9-12-2020:  Washington would establish “a new bilateral economic dialogue” with Taipei to “explore the full spectrum of our economic relationship—semiconductors, healthcare, energy, and beyond, with technology at the core.” . ◆  Financial Times (UK), 8-28-2020: Taiwan has removed a hurdle to a bilateral trade deal with the US, pledging to ease restrictions on American pork and beef imports as it aligns itself more closely with Washington in the face of the growing military threat from China.  ◆ N.Y. Times, 8-17-2020:  U.S. Tries to Bolster Taiwan’s Status, Short of Recognizing Sovereignty.  ◆ New York Times, 8-15-2020: Beijing continues to take a tough stance on Taiwan, but is dialing down its belligerence to avoid provocative moves that might give President Trump more opportunities to attack.  ◆CNN, 8-14-2020: What Taiwan needs form the US is a strong stable marriage not a hot passionate romance ...  a long-term antagonistic relationship between the US and China wasn't sustainable after November... Taiwan needs to think about it.  ◆ MirageNews (Australia) 8-11-2020:  Q:  red line for the U.S. in terms of us going in and defending Taiwan?   Pompeo: We thoroughly intend to uphold our obligations and commitments with respect to the historical understandings between the United States and China on Taiwan.
　

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★ Benefit above human lives / Taiwanese patients in serious situation waiting for one week but failed to get Remdesivir,  because the government placed obstacles on their applications for using the specific remedy for curing coronavirus, which increased Taiwan's death rate ―  double global average. ★ Politicians first,  Elders the last  / Taiwan's CDC says 90 per cent of those who died of Covid-19 were over 60 (TTV news, 2021-7-4), The CDC USA noted at Jun. 9, 2021 that The risk increases for people in their 50s and increases in 60s, 70s, and 80s... However, Taiwan once eliminated elders aged 65-75 from vaccination list, and later gave those aged 60+  and with chronic disease 10th ~ 6th low priorities to get vaccinated, instead, top officers (a huge number , and is expanding "unlimitedly" ) got 2nd priority, in spite of WHO advice : government leaders and admin. personnel should be narrowly interpreted to "a very small number of individuals".  ★ human lives do not matter /   Taiwan's government deliberately to place obstacles (Foxconn says "invisible power") on civil organizations to purchase western vaccines.  Guardian (UK) :  it still seemed “in the DPP’s electoral interest " not to get any Pfizer BNT vaccines from Chinese agents.  (ps: Taiwan's gov is unable to get enough vaccines, which is far from needed)   for full details :  Taiwanese personality,   CovID-19 in Taiwan

　

Bloomberg, 2021-8-26, Quality of Life bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/ country community mobility 2021 GDP growth forecast universal health care human development index Singapore -24.5% 6.5% 92 0.94 UAE -14.6 2.5 63 0.89 Hong Kong -4.7 6.7 - 0.95 Saudi Arabia -3.6 2.3 64 0.85 China -16.4 8.5 70 0.76 S Korea -5.2 4.1 89 0.92 New Zealand 9 5.5 83 0.93 Australia -22.2 4.8 89 0.94 Japan -16.6 2.5 96 0.92 Taiwan -25.6 5.7 79 0.92 　 　 2021  Michelin stars comparisons among Asian countries  Michelin cities number of 3 stars num. of 2 stars number of 1 star total num. Tokyo (Japan) 12 42 158 212 Hong Kong 10 18 59 87 Kyoto (Japan) 7 19 84 110 Osaka (Japan) 3 12 81 96 Singapore 3 5 41 49 Seoul (Korea) 2 7 34 43 Shanghai (China) 1 10 32 43 Taipei (Taiwan) 1 7 21 29 　 　 Times Higher Education ,  World University Rank 2022 Rank Taiwan China Korea Hong Kong, Macau Singapore Japan 1~70 　 　 　 16  Peking University Beijing 　 　 　 16   Tsinghua University Beijing 　 　 　 60   Fudan University Shanghai 　 　  54  Seoul National University Seoul 　   　 30  University of Hong Kong 　 49  Chinese University of Hong Kong 　 　 66  The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 　 21   National University of Singapore 　 　 46   Nanyang Technological University 　 35  University of Tokyo 　 　 　 61  Kyoto University 　 70~100 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 75   Zhejiang University Zhejiang 　 84   Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 　 　 88  University of Science and Technology of China Anhui 　 　 　 99  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 　 91  Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ.  　 　 　 　 PS:    National Taiwan University (台灣大學) only got No. 113 Times Higher Education ,  World University Rank 2022  timeshighereducation.com 　 　 Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2021,   2021-3-25  rankings     theworlds50best.com/stories/News/asias-50-best-restaurants-2021-the-list-in-pictures.html ● top 10 restaurants :  No. 1.  The Chairman, HK, China   2. Odette, Singapore  3. Den, Japan  4. Le Du, Thailand  5. Gaggan A. , Thailand 6. Suhring, Thailand   7.  Florilege , Japan   8. La Cime, Japan   9.  Narisawa, Japan   10. Mingles, S. Korea ●  number of top 40 in each Asian country:  China  9,    Japan  9,    Singapore  6,   Thailand  5,   Taiwan 4,   S.  Korea 3,   India 2 　 　  US News & World Report 2021,  Asian countries' world influence top 30 rankings   Cultural Influence No.5  Japan   No. 7  S Korea   11. China  12. UAE   15. Singapore  16. Australia   19. NZ  22. Thailand    25. India Cutting-edge centers of art, entertainment and fashion Quality of Life 6. Australia   10. NZ   13. Japan  16. Singapore  18. S Korea   23. China   24. UAE    28. Malaysia   29. Thailand Through all phases of life, these countries treat their citizens well Heritage 6. India   7. Thailand    10. Japan   12 China   23. Australia  25. Vietnam  26. Indonesia   28. NZ A deep vein of history courses through these countries Adventure 5. Thailand   7. NZ   8. Australia  17. Philippines   18. Singapore  25. Malaysia  28. Japan popular travel destinations to fulfill your wanderlust Agility 2. Australia   5. Singapore  6. S Korea   7. Japan   9. NZ  13. China  21. UAE   27. Qatar  30. India adaptable, dynamic, modern, progressive, responsive Open for business 6. NZ   11. Malaysia  12. Australia   14. Singapore   17. Thailand   20. Sri Lanka   21. Vietnam   22. Indonesia   25. Philippines  26. Japan market-oriented countries Social Purpose 1. Canada  2. Denmark  3. NZ   4. Sweden  5 Nederland  6. Norway   7. Finland  8. Australia  9 Swisss   10. Austria   11. Germany  12. Belgium   13. Ireland  14. UK  15. France  16. Portugal  17. Italy  18. Spain   19. US   20. Japan Residents of certain countries can often come together to support certain causes they feel strongly about: human rights, the environment and  freedom www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/influence-rankings 　 　Economist, E.I.U. Safe City Index 2021 The CovID-19 pandemic and the understanding of health security The need to focus better on what works Asian cities' ranking 　 1. Tokyo (87.7)   2. Singapore (84.1)   3. Hong Kong (84.0)   4. Melbourne (81.9)    5. Osaka (81.8)    6. Seoul (81.1)   10. Sydney   12. Abu Dhabi   13. Dubai   19. Beijing  19  Shanghai    21. Taipei (73.5)    22. Bangkok 　 　Economist, E.I.U. Safe City Index 2021 Asian cities' ranking    https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/global-liveability-index-2021/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_name=liveability21&utm_term=liveability_definition&utm_content=general&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6aq_iY3V8gIVwtaWCh15cwBrEAAYASAAEgJaRPD_BwE ● Infrastructure security :  No.1 Hong Kong  2. Singapore 5. Tokyo   7. Osaka  9. Sydney  12. Wellington   15. Melbourne  20. Seoul   25. Taipei ● Digital security: No.1 Sydney     2 Singapore   8.  Melbourne   9. Wellington  20. Tokyo    21 HK  24. Dubai   27. Osaka   30. Taipei   31.  Seoul  ● Health security:  No.1  Tokyo  2.  Singapore  3. Hong Kong  4.  Melbourne  5. Osaka  6. Seoul  10. Sydney  13. Dubai   19. Beijing   19. Shanghai   21. Taipei  22. Bangkok ● personal security : No.7. Wellington   11. Sydney   13  Singapore  16. Tokyo     17. Osaka  19. Taipei  　 World's Best Hospitals 2021, Newsweek, Statista www.newsweek.com/best-hospitals-2021 rank country hospital No.8 Singapore Singapore General Hospital No.16 Japan The University of Tokyo Hospital 18 Japan St. Luke's International Hospital 34 S. Korea Asan Medical Center 42 S. Korea Seoul National University Hospital 43 Japan Kameda Medical Center 62 Japan  Kyushu University Hospital 71 Japan Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine 73 S. Korea Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine 76 S. Korea Severance Hospital - Yonsei University 84 Japan Kyoto University Hospital 87 S. Korea Seoul National University - Bundang Hospital 91 Japan Kurashiki Central Hospital 97 S. Korea Korea University - Anam Hospital number of selected hospitals - Japan: 7 ;  S. Korea : 6; Singapore: 1 101-200 S. Korea 6  101-200 India 2  All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Delhi, Medanta The Medicity 101-200 Thailand 1   Bumrungrad International Hospital 101-200 Singapore 2   Gleneagles Hospital,  National University Hospital 101-200 Japan 10 total number of selected hospitals - Japan: 17 ;  S. Korea : 12 ; Singapore: 3; India: 2; Thai: 1 PS:  There's no any Taiwan's hospital was selected in 2020 and 2021 　  pic.: While typing in Taiwan's big rotten case ― "Formosa TV news, 1-19-2021: Taiwan's biggest judiciary scandal of the century",  "Apple Daily, 1-19-2021: rotten & stinky judiciary shakes Taiwan to the core" and "China Times, 1-19-2021: Taiwan judiciary crashes" etc, pro. hacker's attacks came, therefore, there's no other choices but to paste hard-copy jpg as above instead of typing in all of them.

★  pic.: No.1 "comment Taiwan" on AOL, 2021-6-27, 2021-5-1, 3-8-2021, 2-20-2021,1-18-2020,  12-05-2019

★   No. 1  "comment Taiwan" on DuckDuckGo , 2021-6-27

●  pic.:  No.1 "comment Taiwan" on Yandex of Russia , 2021-6-27, 8-13-2020, 8-5-2020, 6-12-2020,  5-21-2020, 2-28-2020, 1-17-2020, 1-11-2020,
12-18-2019,  12-1-2019, 11-26-2019, 11-7-2019

★   No. 1  "comment Taiwan" on US Yahoo search engine , 2021-6-27, 2021-5-1, 3-8-2021, 2-20-2021, 1-19-2021, 1-1-2021, 12-6-2020, 11-9-2020

               
★   No. 1  "Taiwan cultural creativity" on Google, 2021-6-26, 2021-5-9, 2021-5-4, 2-18-2021, 1-1-2021, 12-3-2020

● pic.:  No.1 "Taiwan cultural creativity" on Yahoo search engine ,  2021-6-26, 2021-5-9, 12-3-2020, 4-26-2020, Oct. 23, 2019, Oct. 1, 2018

       
pic. left.:  No.1 "Taiwan cultural creativity" on Baidu of China ,  2021-6-26, 2021-5-9, , 12-3-2020
pic. right: No.1 "Taiwan cultural creativity" on Microsoft Bing  ,  2021-6-26, 2021-5-9, 12-3-2020

★   No. 1  "comment Taiwan" on Dogpile, 2021-6-27, 2021-5-5, 10-1-2020, 8-13-2020, 8-2-2020, 6-12-2020, 5-19-2020

★   No. 1  "comment Taiwan" on Yandex of Russia, 2021-6-26, 6-12-2020, 4-26-2020

             
★ pic.t:   No. 1  "comment Taiwan" on Baidu ( largest search engine in China  ), 8-13-2020

　

　

Taiwan's soft power  vs.  Asia's soft power Till 2019-2020, Taiwan has not been included in Portland or USC Soft Power survey ranking list ,  Taiwan's soft power is behind Asian's "world top 20" nations , including Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, China, India, UAE.     for details : click Soft Power world best surveys Taiwan's rankings in top 25~30 list comparison with other Asia & Pacific countries Brand Finance -  Global soft power Index 2020, top 60 n/c https://brandirectory.com  2019/2020  Top 30 SOFT POWER by Portland  failed No. 8 Japan, No.9  Australia, No. 17 New Zealand,  No. 19  S Korea, No. 21 Singapore, No. 27 China US News: 2020 Best Countries Overall The Best Countries in the World  not included No.3 Japan, No.5  Australia, No. 11 New Zealand, No. 15 China, No. 16 Singapore , No. 20  Korea, No.22 UAE , No.25  India,  No. 26  Thailand, No. 30  Qatar 2018/2019 Monocle's Soft Power survey  failed No. 3 Japan, No.8  Australia, No. 11 New Zealand, No.15 Korea, No. 19 China,  No. 21  Singapore,  No. 25 India 2018/2019 Soft Power 30 Study by USC Center on Public Diplomacy  failed No.5 Japan, No. 10 Australia, No. 18 NZ, No. 20 S. Korea, No. 21 Singapore, No. 27 China 2017/2018 Monocle's Soft Power survey  failed No. 4 Japan, No.9 Australia, No. 13 New Zealand, No.17 Korea, No. 19 China,  No. 22 Singapore, No. 24 India 2017/2018 Soft Power 30 Study by USC Center on Public Diplomacy  failed No.6. Japan,  No. 8. Australia,  18. NZ,  No. 20 Singapore, No. 21 S. Korea,  No. 25.  China 2016/2017 Monocle's Soft Power survey  failed No. 3 Japan, No.6 Australia, No. 13 New Zealand, No.17 Korea, No. 20 China,  No. 23 Singapore, No. 24 India 2015/2016 Monocle's  Soft Power survey  failed No. 4 Japan, No.6 Australia, No. 13 New Zealand, No.15 Korea, No. 21 China,  No. 23 Singapore  Monocle's  Soft Power survey 2010 ~ 2015  failed Japan,  Australia,  New Zealand,   S. Korea,  Singapore,  China,  UAE , India, etc, were in the top 25 list 　 　 　 ★  According to a survey of 2020, Singapore ranks No.1, Japan No.7, Korea No. 9 on "enterprise",  Japan ranks No. 5, China No.10 on "engagement", Korea ranks No. 5 on "digital", Japan ranks No.6, China No. 8 on "culture", No any Asian country ranks top 10 on "education" and "govt." 　 ★ Best Countries overall in 2020:  1 Swiss 2 Canada 3 Japan  4 Germany  5  Australia  6  UK  7 USA  8 Sweden  9 Nederland  10  Norway  11 NZ  12 France  13 Denmark  14  Finland  15 China  16 Singapore  17  Italy  18  Austria  19 Spain  20  Korea  21  Luxembourg   22 UAE  23  Russia  24 Portugal  25  India  26  Thailand  27  Greece  28  Brazil  29  Israel  30  Qatar  31  Saudi Arabia   32 Malaysia   33 Mexico  34  Poland  35  Turkey

　

　

Taiwan's travel & tourism - 10th in Asia World Economic Forum (WEF)  <Travel and tourism competitiveness report> released at 9-4-2019 shows Taiwan had the sub-region's largest decline in competitiveness from 30th down to 37th.    Taiwan ranks No.10 among Asian countries.   for details : click tourism 　 WEF travel & tourism category Taiwan's rankings and/or score comparison prioritization of travel and tourism   No75  Singapore No.6 ,  Hong Kong No. 11 Natural & cultural resources No.58  score 2.6 China  No.1, score 6.0 , France No.2,  5.0,  Spain  No.3, 5.7,   Japan No.7, 5.3,   Indonesia No.18,  Thailand No.21,  Korea No.24,  Vietnam No.26,  Malaysia No.31,  HK No.40,  Philippines No.46,  Sri Lanka No.52,  Nepal No.56 Natural resources  No. 87 Hong Kong No. 42, Singapore No.120 　 cultural resources & business travel No. 36  score 2.6 China No1, score 7.0 price competitiveness No. 78 China 5.7 Health & Hygiene  No.43,  score 6 score worse than Korea, Japan, Mongolia international openness No. 60 only better than China, Mongolia Safety & security No. 26 human resource & labor market: Taiwan No.18  ps: Compared to the report of 2017,  Taiwan significantly tightened visa requirements (37th down to 119th), waning cultural resources and business travel (26th to 36th) and recalibrated figures showing a drastic reduction in protected areas (20th to 118th). For full details :  http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TTCR_2019.pdf 　 According to  World Economic Forum (WEF)  <Travel and tourism competitiveness report> (released at 4-6-2017), Taiwan's most important indexes for promoting tourism, like "Attractiveness of Natural Assets" (parks, beaches, mountains, wildlife, etc) ranks world No.87, "Natural Resources" ranks No.55,   "Environmental Sustainability" ranks No.75 (No.69 in 2015), "Price Competitiveness" ranks No. 46, "Hotel Price Index" ranks No. 89 (82 in 2015), Taiwan got "n/a" on China's world top 5 indexes such as "World heritage natural sites" as well as "World heritage cultural sites". comment Taiwan travel and tourism, No.1 on internet, pls. click for details 　  ●   UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage  /    https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists Taiwan us at the end ranks Asian country heritage items selected 1 China 40 2 Korea 24 3 Japan 20 4 Mongolia 15 5 India 13 6 Indonesia 10 7 Saudi Arabia 8 8 Cambodia 5 9 Philippines 4 10 Qatar 3 10 Malaysia 3 10 Pakistan 3 13  Thai 2 14 Singapore 1 14 Sri Lanka 1 14 Vietnam 1 14 UAE 1 18~2X Myanmar, Laos, Nepal 0 　 Taiwan 0  ◆  Taiwan is doing De-sinicization (getting rid of Chinese culture) for political reason.  ◆  sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-hawker-culture-gets-nod-included-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-list-140941296.html  12-16-2020: Singapore’s hawker culture was officially approved on Wednesday (16 December) to be inscribed into UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.  The biggest thanks must go to the generations of hawkers for nourishing a nation’s stomach and spirits.   Taiwan is proud of its night market culture, but was not selected.

　

　

US News & World Report 2020,  Asian countries' world influence rankings
Cultural Influence	No. 6 Japan,  No. 8 Australia,  No. 9 Singapore,  No. 16 China,  17. NZ,  18. Thailand,   20. Korea,  22. UAE,   30. India,   35. Qatar,  39. Malaysia,  40. Saudi Arabia,   41. Phil	Cutting-edge centers of art, entertainment and fashion
Quality of Life	No.5 Australia,   No. 8 nz,   14. Japan,  15. US,  19. China, 20. Singapore,  23. Korea,    25. UAE, 27. Malaysia,  28. Thai.,  30. India,  31. Philippines,  32. Indonesia,  33. Vietnam,   36. Qatar	Through all phases of life, these countries treat their citizens well
Heritage	No.6 India,  No. 9 Thailand, 10. Japan,  11. China, 18. USA,  21. Vietnam,  22. Singapore,  27. Australia,  29.  Indonesia,  30. Korea,  32. Malaysia,   37. NZ	A deep vein of history courses through these countries
Adventure	No.5 Thailand  No.7 Nrw Zealand,  10. Australia,  17. Philippines,   25. Singapore,   29. Malaysia,   33. USA,  34. Japan,   38. Vietnam,   40. India	The best countries to fulfill your wanderlust
www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/influence-rankings

　

　

Taiwan "judicial Independence" was ranked No. 13 among Asia & Pacific countries

	WEF (World Economic Forum)  Judicial independence 2019 rankings ,  The Global Competitiveness Report
Asian country rankings	No.1 New Zealand  89.2(score)  2(world rank),  No.2 Japan  86.5  5,  No.3  Hong Kong  84.1  8, No.4  Australia  82.9  10,  No.5  Singapore  77.4  14,  No.6  Saudi Arabia  77.1  16, No. 7  UAE  75.4  20,  No.8  Qatar  73.3  23,  No.9   US  70.4  25,  No.10  Jordan  69,  No. 11  Malaysia  68.7,  No. 12 Kuwait  59.5 , No.13  Taiwan 59.4 ,  No. 14 China 58.2
link	www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TheGlobalCompetitivenessReport2019.pdf
ps	WEF Judicial independence 2017/2018 rankings : China's rank was better than Taiwan's, both are at about same level

　

　

●  Public trust on Taiwan's judges is about the lowest, compared with OECD member countries 　 ● The Liberty Times, 2-23-2019 : National Chung-Cheng University survey shows about 80% Taiwanese people do not trust judges, only 32% are satisfied with Taiwanese prosecutors. (https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/paper/1269488) The percentage is about as low as that of Korea  ― the worst judicial system country in OECD ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ) in 2019. ●  Korea Times, 7-2-2020 (www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2020/07/162_292043.html): OECD surveyed 37 member countries by asking how many of every  1,000 people trust their own court systems. The result shows Korea had the lowest numbers of all countries surveyed.  Various surveys in Korea also show that two out of three Koreans do not trust the courts. ●  Taiwan Judicial Reform Committee (司改會) survey 7-18-2020:  64% Taiwanese people do not trust judges.  (https://www.storm.mg/article/2861744)

　

　

pic. below: Formosa TV news, 1-19-2021 3:00pm: The biggest Taiwan's  judicial scandal of the century, it's an international joke !
	Apple Daily, editorial, 1-19-2021: Rotten & stinky judiciary shakes the nation to its core.  Today is the darkest day in Taiwan judiciary, so called judicial reform and jury system etc are nothing but slogans and lies.  Real horrible darkness is ahead if not to investigate the very-top-position officials. China Times, editorial, 1-19-2021: Taiwan judiciary crashes.  law officials fawn on the richness, and yield to the power. SETN news, 1-19-2021 (3:40pm) : more than 100 law-enforcement officials (judiciary, prosecutor, police, investigation) were engaged, including president of Supreme Admin. Court, chief judges of Supreme Court, chief prosecutors, etc.  Apple Daily, 1-19-2021: Too many law officials involved to be punished severely ― 40 former and current top officials in total engaged the case include grand justice,  president and chief judges of the Court of Final Appeal , chief prosecutors, Member of the Control Yuan, etc.
https://www.chinatimes.com/opinion/20210118004848-262103?chdtv    https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/20210119/JTHJCNBJNJG2NC3FM3L4ITBNDQ/    https://tw.appledaily.com/forum/20210119/4LULE24OC5GO7NX7OUI52R7LE4/ ( root it out !)   https://talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1426700 (The root of legal system is rotten ) tw.appledaily.com/forum/20210120/SRI46KOPCRHETKV5XYOXOO7DIE/   https://www.chinatimes.com/opinion/20210119005784-262110?chdtv

　

　

	Index of judiciary	Asian countries
	2020 Economic Freedom Index	Judicial Effectiveness, Asian countries scores: Singapore 92.9,  Australia 86.1,  UAE 84.6,  New Zealand 79.1,   Hong Kong 76.8,   China 76.3,    Malaysia 74.6,   Saudi Arabia  72.3 ,    Japan 71.4  ,  Taiwan  70.1,   ●  worse than China's
	Rule of Law Index 2020	No. 7  New Zealand,  No. 11  Australia,  No. 12 Singapore,  15. Japan,  16. Gong Kong,  17. R.Korea,   21. USA,  47. Malaysia,   59.  Indonesia,   69. India worldjusticeproject.org/sites/default/files/documents/WJP-ROLI-2020-Online_0.pdf

　

　

《Economist》UK , EIU 「The Safe Cities Index 2019  」 https://safecities.economist.com/safe-cities-index-2019/   Taiwan is worse than its neighbors Singapore, Japan, China, Korea, Australia, NZ ...    Taiwan's "personal security" dropped 14 places compared with the previous report
● personal security :	No.1 Singapore  3 HK  4 Tokyo  5 Wellington  7 Osaka  10 Sydney  12 Dubai  15 Seoul  16 Melbourne 20 Taipei
● Infrastructure security :	No.1 Singapore 2 Osaka 4 Tokyo  7 Sydney  7 Melbourne  9 Wellington 14 Seoul  18 HK  24 Taipei
● Digital security:	No.1 Tokyo  2 Singapore 11 Osaka 11 Sydney  11 Melbourne 17  Seoul  22 HK  23 Taipei
● Health security:	No.1  Osaka  2 Tokyo  3 Seoul  8  Singapore  10 Taipei
★ World Economic Forum (WEF)  <Travel and tourism competitiveness report> released at 9-4-2019 shows Taiwan's "safety & security" got an Eastern Asia-pacific average score 6.0, and is worse than Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Singapore. ★ 《 China Times 》, 11-11-2020 , editorial:  Malaysian newspaper thinks Taiwan apparently an extremely unsafe place because two Malaysian ladies were murdered (one was cut-to-pieces) in Taiwan within one year.   A poll by KMT shows 48.9% Taiwanese thinks social security is worse than before. ★ 《Liberty Times 》, 11-12-2020:  Crimes of violence kept worsening  ―  in recent 5 years, the number of four major crimes（恐嚇取財、傷害、妨害自由、刀械槍枝）gradually increases from 20732 in 2015 to 24638 in 2019 in all six major cities, according to statistics.

　

　

world's most livable cities  ... include Taiwan's ? Till 2020, Taiwan has not been included in the top ranking list of the world's most livable cities   　 world's most livable cities world best surveys Taiwan's rankings in top list comparison with other Asia & Pacific countries  The EIU's Global Livability Index Ranking   2019  failed in the top 50 No.2  Melbourne,  No.3  Sydney,  No.4 Osaka (Japan), No. 7 Tokyo,  No.10  Adelaide,  No.12 Auckland (NZ),   No.15 Wellington (NZ),   18 Brisbane  (Aus) ,    No. 38 Hong Kong,  No. 40 Singapore,   No.57  Seoul (Korea),  Taipei behind    Monocle's Quality of Life survey 2019 failed in the top list https://monocle.com/film/affairs/quality-of-life-survey-top-25-cities-2019/ No.2 Tokyo (Japan),  No.11 Melbourne (Australia), No.13 Sydney,  No.16 Hong Kong,  No.17 Kyoto (Japan),  No.21 Auckland (NZ), No.22 Fukuoka (Japan),  23 Brisbane  25 Singapore Deutsche Bank Liveability Survey 　 failed in the list https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/RPS_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000494405/Mapping_the_world%27s_prices_2019.pdf 　 No. 2 Wellington (NZ),    No. 7 Melbourne ( Australia ),  No.10 Sydney,   No.14 Tokyo  No.16 Auckland (NZ),  No.17 Dubai (UAE), No. 23 Singapore,   No. 26 Saudi Arabia Riyadh,  No. 29 Seoul (Korea),  No. 33 India Bangalore,  No. 39 Malaysia  Kuala Lumpur,   44 Hong Kong,   46 India Delhi,  No. 48   Shanghai (China), No. 55 Beijing Safe Cities Index (SCI)  2019,   EIU (Economist UK), NEC failed in the top 20 No.1  Tokyo, No.2  Singapore, No.3 Osaka (Japan),  No.5 Sydney (Aus), No. 8 Seoul (Korea), No10 Melbourne, No. 20 Hong Kong 　 ArchDaily / The World's Most Livable Cities in 2019 failed in the top 20 No. 3. Auckland, New Zealand, 11. Sydney, Australia,  No.15. Wellington, New Zealand , No.17. Melbourne, Australia    Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI ) , Z/Yen.  Mar 26, 2020 No.75 top 7:  NY, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, HK, Beijing; Taipei No.34 in 2019  The EIU's Global Livability Index Ranking   2018  failed in the top 50 No.2 Melbourne (Australia),  No.3  Osaka (Japan),  No. 7  Tokyo (Japan) ,  No.10       Adelaide  (Australia),   No.12 Auckland (NZ)    Wellington (NZ) ... ... (omitted),  Taipei 58  The EIU's Global Liveability Index Ranking   2017  failed in the top 50  No.1  Melbourne,  No. 5  Adelaide,  No. 7  Perth, No. 8 Auckland (NZ),  No.11 Sydney,  No.13  Tokyo,  No.  14  Osaka,  No.16 Brisbane,   No. 20 Wellington (NZ),  No. 35 Singapore,  No.45  Hong Kong,  No.58  Seoul (Korea),  No.60   Taipei   　 　 　 EIU (Economist UK)'s  Global Liveability Index evaluates stability, healthcare, culture&environment,  education,   Infrastructure

　

　

pic.: In World's Best Restaurants list, In Asia area, Australia, Singapore, Japan, India, Thailand, China, Korea are winners 

　

　

 pic.: In Asia's Best Restaurants, Singapore, China (HK), Japan, Thailand are big winners

　

　

pic. above: Taiwan's restaurants were loser or behind in EATER's "world best restaurants awards",  CNN "world's best new restaurants" and Economists EIU "Global Food Security Index".

　

　

●  Taiwan's university rankings in Asia, Quacquarelli Symonds，QS  UK,  2021 　 　 ranks Taiwan Malaysia China Korea Hong Kong, Macau Singapore 　 Japan  　 1~15 　 　 　 15.  Tsinghua University Beijing 　 　 23.   Peking University Beijing 　   　   　 22.    University of Hong Kong 　 　 　 No. 11.   National University of Singapore 　 　 No.13 Nanyang  Tech. Univ. Singapore 　 24  University of Tokyo 　 　 　 26~50 　 　 34.   Fudan University,  Shanghai 　 　 47.    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 37.   Seoul National University, Seoul 　 　 　 39.  KAIST  Korea 　 27 Hong Kong Univ. Science & Tech. 　 　 43 Chinese Univ HK 　 　 48. City University of Hong Kong 　 　 38.  Kyoto University 　 51~60 　 No. 59 Universiti Malaysia 53.  ZheJiang Univ.  　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 56. Tokyo Institute Tech.  　 　 60~80 66.   National Taiwan University (台灣大學)　　 　 　 69. Korea Univ. 　 　 77  Pohang U Science Tech 75.  Hong Kong Polytechnic University 　 72. Osaka U  Japan 　  79. Tohoku U Japan 　 80~100 　 　 　 93.  U Science & Tech China 　 85. Yonsei U   Korea 　 88. SKKU Korea 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2021 QS  Quacquarelli Symonds，QS  UK QS 2020 Asia universities, top 15 rankings : subtotal number : Singapore ( 2 ), Hong Kong ( 3 ), Japan ( 2 ),  Korea ( 3 ), China ( 4 ), Malaysia ( 1 ), Taiwan ( 0 )  ★  In <Nature Index> ,  "2019 Tables: Institutions,  about 32 universities in China, 8 universities in Korea, 6 Hong Kong universities, 9 univ. in Japan, 2 universities in India, 2 in Singapore, one in Saudi Arabia ranked higher than all Taiwan's Taiwan's higher education

　

　

	●  Taiwan's hard power ●  Financial Times, 2021-8-23: Anti-Beijing sentiment is growing but the government has done little to prepare the public for war... ●  Defense One, 2021-8-18: Taiwan proposed sale is stark proof that far from undertaking long overdue defense reforms with a sense of existential urgency, Taiwan is acting like it is business as usual. American analysts and think tanks have instead tried to get Taiwan to adopt an asymmetric force posture —weapons like drones, coastal defense missiles, naval mines, portable air defenses, and mobile ground forces ● Diplomat, 3-20-2021:Taiwan’s government, however, has met entrenched opposition to these reforms from some senior commanders. Moreover, military effectiveness is limited by unmet recruiting targets, insufficient training of both conscripts and reserves, and ammunition and spare parts shortages thediplomat.com/2021/03/rumors-of-war-in-the-taiwan-strait/ ● Bloomberg, 3-14-2021: Taipei’s current capabilities do not offer a credible deterrent to a surprise assault from the mainland ● Forbes, 3-8-2021:Taiwan Aims To Sink Half Of A Chinese Invasion Fleet—It Could Take Years To Buy Enough Missiles ●  DefenseNewss , 3-1-2021: Taiwan’s military is not yet “optimally manned, trained, equipped and motivated to defend against an attack” by China...efforts at defense reform face obstacles from institutional opposition from senior officers ( symmetric response, expensive and high-end platforms are limited utility in an actual conflict, they also against full conscription ) and a lack of time (weapons acquisition and development plans years away from delivery).  the current administration seemingly “unwilling or unable” to compel the ministry to implement it, partly due  politically sensitive moves, such as full conscription. defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2021/03/01/whats-preventing-taiwan-from-preparing-for-potential-war/ ●  Diplomat , 2-26-2021: evolution of Taiwan’s military was being hindered by bureaucracy and inefficient procedures. The army’s military preparedness has come into question from both domestic and international experts ● Foreign Policy, 10-19-2020: Taiwan needs huge arsenals of mobile missile launchers, armed drones, and mines; developing an army that  can surge tens of thousands of troops to any beach in an hour backed by a million-strong reserve force trained to fight guerrilla-style in Taiwan’s cities and jungles.  it could take a decade to retool the Taiwanese and U.S. militaries to mount an effective defense of the island.  With China’s rapid military buildup, that may be time that Taiwan does not have ● New York times,  8-30-2020:  Taiwan's Lawmaker said Taiwan’s military needs to improve a lot  ● Forbes, 8-30-2020: Taiwan simply does not have enough firepower to  defeat a Chinese invasion without the help of the U.S. military
	Taiwanese military	opinions
	personnel ( soldiers, officials )	◆  Taiwan’s Military Is a Hollow Shell.  US Defense Department officials have privately expressed dismal assessments regarding Taiwan's current force level and reserve system. ◆  armor, mechanized infantry, and artillery units are always in desperate shortage of enlisted soldiers ◆  few front-line units have more than 80 percent of their positions filled  /  Foreign Policy, 2-15-2020; https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/15/china-threat-invasion-conscription-taiwans-military-is-a-hollow-shell/ ◆ Taiwan's active force down to under 200,000 (the exact number is classified). The nearly two million reservists exist in name only... /  New York times,  5-18-2017 ◆  The ROC (Taiwan) Armed Forces number approximately 300,000, and reserves reportedly total 3,870,000.   /  Wikipedia, May 2020 ◆  Taiwan began to phase out mandatory conscription for all young men, which was deeply unpopular, in favor of an all-volunteer force; 4 months of compulsory service ... training is "insufficient to meet the challenges posed by the increasing threat (RAND, '17)  /  New York times,  8-30-2020  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/world/asia/taiwan-china-military.html ◆   Any political party advocating full conscription will loss election /  寰宇全視界 2021-5-1 ◆   Only 310 thousands out of 770 thousands of qualified reservists were called up for short-term military training, from 2015 to 2017, 61 thousands of those escaped the duty  / Formosa TV news, 8-3-2018, storm.mg 10-15-2019 ◆  only 84,000 are demobilised volunteer force soldiers, the best-trained and most motivated group  /   Financial Times, 7-12-2020 ◆  Taiwan’s military is also not in the most optimal state.  For instance, Taiwanese males serve only four months of conscripted military service, in comparison to over 20 months for Singaporean men and at least 18 months for South Korean men.  /   Hong Kong Free Press 7-15-2020 ◆  Reserve force is short of both officers and sergeants, their speciality far match the position  /  United Daily, 10-2-2020
	strategy	◆  To against the threats of cyber warfare, cognitive warfare, and ‘unrestricted’ warfare from China , Taiwan we work to bolster our defense capabilities, future combat capacity development will also emphasize mobility, countermeasures, and non-traditional, asymmetrical capabilities (unconventional arms)” /  Taiwan president inauguration speech, Voice of American, 5-20-2020 ◆  so called asymmetrical capabilities in Taiwan is only skin-deep    /   United Daily , editorial,  6-6-2020 ◆  Taiwan's weird strategy:  Facing PLA's attacks, Taiwan's warplanes stay inside tunnels, warships leave Taiwan, await till the US military comes to rescue, they will return and join the war  / Apple Daily, 8-14-2020 tw.appledaily.com/headline/20200814/KDQ5JJAYQUR5JLE6EIIXK5VJM4/
	firepower	◆  China could wipe out Taiwan’s navy and air force ...  Many insiders are accordingly pessimistic about its ability to hold out.  /  Economist,10-9-2020 ◆  the PLA could, without invading, destroy Taiwanese military, power and telecom facilities, embargo oil imports, cut cyber connectivity, then take advantage of the psychological impact on Taiwan to press for negotiations   /  Politico,10-8-2020 ◆ France forced Taiwan to withdraw its request to upgrade 20-year-old Mirage fighters ...  F-16 A/B and  F-CK-1 fighters are  growing tired; 60 or 70 new fighters and a few missiles won’t really change the balance of power. And heavy tanks – especially if they lack trained crews – won’t do much to stop a Chinese invasion / Forbes, 8-30-2020 ◆   A whole lot of Taiwan’s weapons don’t work.   /  Forbes, 9-4-2020  forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/09/04/which-of-taiwans-old-weapons-still-work/#340d2ee156a2 ◆   Three Taiwanese presidents Lee (李登輝後期)、Chen(陳水扁)、Tsai(蔡英文)  squandering those "bonus for peace" military budget and underestimating the demand of national defense, lead to shortage of arms-deal budget.  /   United Daily , editorial,  6-6-2020 ◆  Today China has more and better conventional forces than Taiwan.   /  Forbes, 6-3-2020    China has ｎｕｃｌｅａｒ　ｂｏｍｂ ，Neutron bomb， hydrogen bomb, Taiwan has none of those. / Next TV news, 5-8-2020 ◆  A major obstacle is that countries that might sell it the most sophisticated weaponry are increasingly reluctant to do so for fear of provoking China, ... /  New York times,  11-4-2017 ◆  Taiwan military strength is ranked No. 26 ,  China PLA No. 3  /  Global FirePower, 2020
	military logistics system	◆   The logistics inside the military remain so abysmal ... The army likely has no clue how many tanks or guns actually mission-capable ...      /  Foreign Policy, 8-20-2020  ◆  Taiwan  lacks enough supplement of all items of military equipments /   United Daily (聯合報 社評), opinion,   5- 7- 2020
	morale	◆  Taiwan's famous politician : “Taiwan can’t face the might of China alone, We can’t fight China on our own".  in spite of Economist , NY Times (8-30-2020) advised Taiwan not to rely on the US military ... / NY Times, 11-24-2020 ◆  As China Threatens War, Nearly Everyone in Taiwan Wants Peace: Poll  / Newsweek, 10-28-2020 ◆  Taiwan’s preparedness and its will to fight both look shaky /  Economist,10-9-2020 ◆  “Their underlying thinking is that PLA has grown to be too strong for us to fight militarily anyway... Taiwan should just focus on putting up a good show of being tough, buy enough U.S. weapons for display, and pray that Americans come to our rescue /  Foreign Policy, 8-20-2020  https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/20/taiwan-military-flashy-american-weapons-no-ammo/ ◆  Policies put forward by the Kuomintang and the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party have left the military understaffed and in a state of low morale... /  New York times,  5-18-2017 ◆ Taiwan fears uptick in military threat from China in wake of coronavirus epidemic ... / Financial Times  5-19-2020
	combat experience	◆ Taiwan’s army has trouble with training across the board. Many insiders are accordingly pessimistic about its ability to hold out.  /  Economist,10-9-2020 ◆  The military combines 4 drills to one per year for battle and propaganda-show, affecting training effect ,  high percentage of military officers hence are not familiar with combat mission. /  ref to China Times, 7-7-2020, opinion   www.chinatimes.com/opinion/20200707004603-262105?chdtv 蘭寧利》; https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20200707006231-260417?chdtv

	discipline	◆  The practice of judicial system has proved not as good as military criminal code to educate and train the military discipline.  A soldier's 洪仲丘 'torture to death" sparks massive protest around 2013,  the military court was hence no longer to judge the troops .   /  The China Times, 7-17-2020, editorial
	budget	◆  High personnel expense pushes aside the logistics and maintenance budget,   the govt. needs to plan special budge to purchase arms. /  The China Times, 7-17-2020, editorial ◆ Taiwan would increase Taiwan’s defense budget by 10 percent, on top of a 5 percent increase the year before. That would raise military spending to more than 2 percent of gross domestic product   /  New York times,  8-30-2020
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The People’s Daily, 10-15-2020 , Global Times, 10-15-2020:  “Don’t say we didn’t warn you"  (「勿謂言之不預」)...
http://www.nexttv.com.tw/NextTV/News/Home/LatestNews/2020-10-17/275597.html Taiwan,  Next TV, 壹新聞, 10-17-2020The People’s Daily《告台灣情治部門書》full text : http://js.people.com.cn/BIG5/n2/2020/1015/c359574-34350271.html	● Economist,10-22-2020: The People’s Daily, (CCP’s mouthpiece《人民日報》), carried a commentary... using a phrase—“Don’t say we didn’t warn you (ps: Taiwan intelligence)” — that has preceded Chinese military action against other countries in the past ●  Washington Post, 10-26-2020: ... jingoistic editorials in China's state-run press — have raised concerns in the West that Xi is readying China for a new war. The target in this case would be Taiwan ●  After China's mouthpiece, People's Daily or XinHua editorial issued a severe warning "Don’t say we didn’t warn you" in 1962、1967、1978，Chinese PLA started military operations against Indian and Vietnamese troops respectively. ●  The People's Daily in Nov. 2019 sent a warning  "Don’t say we didn’t warn you" to Hong Kongers, in the next year China cracked down HK, and passed a national security law on Hong Kong. ●  This time the People’s Daily put its warning to Taiwan's intelligence in "opinion/commentary" , instead of "editorial" column as before, and on "7th edition" instead of 1st~4th edition as before, ...  therefore, it's serious but not as severe as before, probably a warning for coercion or "gray zone" actions such as blockage or economic intervenes, or pressuring Taiwan into giving up ... those sort of psychological war. ●  SCMP (HK), 10-20-2020: ... unusually strong language in a recent commentary in People's Daily invoking the phrase “don’t say we didn’t warn you”, serves as a reminder, which was targeting a big rise in the number of Taiwanese intelligence agents active on the mainland, but was aimed at a much wider audience. ●  Washington Post (7-22-2020) :  In 2019, Xi (Chinese president) offered an ultimatum to Taiwan to come to the table for unification talks or face annexation by force.  Soon later PLA's warplanes crossed the Taiwan Strait "median line" ( "the de facto cease-fire line") first time ever since 1949, according to Newsweek 8-12-2020, and the PRC deliberately ratcheted up tensions till now.