◆   New York times, 2022-1-19: China's Growing Menace Hardens Island's Identity...60+% identify as solely Taiwanese ◆ France24, NY Post, Daily Mail(UK), 2021-12-30: China warns US will pay 'unbearable price' for backing Taiwan ◆ NY Times, 2021-12-10: As China has built up its military presence, the U.S. has sought to widen its alliances in the region. A major potential flash point is Taiwan ◆ Financial Times (UK), 2021-12-5: US defence chief warns of China ‘rehearsals’ for attack on Taiwan; Lloyd Austin cites concern over scale and frequency of Beijing’s military sorties ◆ Reuters, 2021-12-3: Blinken says any move by China to invade Taiwan would have 'terrible consequences ◆ NY Times, 2021-11-29:  China is developing advanced weapons, leading U.S. officials to push for the first nuclear talks  ◆ The Hill, 2021-11-22:  as things currently stand, the U.S. can't deter Beijing ◆ NY Times, 2021-11-15: Biden and Xi meet amid tensions in an effort to keep “communication lines open” and avoid military action — American officials remain concerned that the chances of avoiding conflict may be diminishing.◆  CBS, 2021-11-16:  Biden's "respectful" virtual summit with China's Xi focuses on "managing strategic risks" like Taiwan...while there had been no major breakthroughs ◆ The Guardian, 2021-11-16: Biden-Xi virtual summit: leaders warn each other over future of Taiwan ...the US is increasingly nervous about the rapid development of Chinese conventional and nuclear military forces.◆ WSJ, FoxNews, 2021-10-25: the island's military is riven with internal problems...Among the most pressing concerns are poor preparation and low morale among the roughly 80,000 Taiwanese who are conscripted each year and the nearly 2.2 million reservists.  ◆ NY Times, 2021-10-22: American presidents have spent decades trying to sidestep the question of how forcefully the United States would come to the aid of Taiwan if China invaded it or, more likely, tried to slowly strangle the island in an effort to force it back under the control of the mainland. ◆ Reuters  2021-10-23 : analysts dismissed the president's remark (US has a commitment to defend Taiwan) as a gaffe. it was "patently not true". "A confused U.S. policy weakens deterrence"◆ DW (Germany), 2021-10-23: "In fiscal year 2020, Taiwan was  the largest customer of US arms... growing pressure from Congress to ... explicitly commit to defending Taiwan and thus to deterring Beijing....Washington is "slowly adjusting" its course. ◆ Daily Mail, 2021-10-22, POLITICO :Biden defies longstanding US policy by telling CNN town hall he WOULD defend Taiwan if it was attacked by China, forcing White House to issue 'clarification' contradicting president ◆ NY Times, 2021-10-9 : "starting a fire" : US and China enter dangerous territory over Taiwan... with potential to ignite military conflagration and reshape the regional order  ◆ Guardian, 2021-10-10 : Joe Biden’s wavering over what to do about China’s ambitions are fuelling its president’s dangerous swaggering ◆ BBC, 2021-10-6 :China-Taiwan military tensions 'worst in 40 years' ◆ WSJ, 2021-10-7 :U.S. Troops Have Been Deployed in Taiwan for at Least a Year ◆ Financial Times (UK), 2021-10-7 : US special forces secretly training Taiwan’s military; rotations had been occurring for at least a decade... the disclosure could further raise tensions. ◆  Hollywood Reporter, 2021-11-1: While China becomes increasingly reclusive and unwelcoming of Western content, Taiwan has thrown the door open to international co-productions with new incentive schemes ◆ Guardian, 2021-10-5 :The prevailing mood among Washington insiders is to fight if China attempts to conquer Taiwan. hard reality that fighting China over Taiwan risks an almost-certain military defeat – and gambles we won’t stumble into a nuclear war. ◆ Reuters, 2021-10-5 : experts say the island could likely only hold out for a few days in the event of a Chinese attack unless the United States quickly came to its aid  ◆ CNN, 2021-10-5 : latest PLA flights represent the largest concentration of Chinese military aircraft ever operating that far from their home bases ◆ Politico, 2021-10-5 : while a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is not imminent...We should think of China’s approach to Taiwan not as a bifurcated decision between war and peace but instead a continuous pressure campaign that can take various lethal and non-lethal forms ◆ New York Times, 2021-10-3 : Beijing sent a record number of planes near the island, ...a display of strength that underscored Chinese demands for unification ◆ Forbes, 2021-10-4 :Easton:“Deterrence could be failing already"  “That indicates something big is going on.”. Beijing might initiate an aerial battle in a deliberate way. ◆ The Hill, 2021-10-4 :Taiwan preparing for possible war with China  ◆ CNN, 2021-10-4 :professor in Switzerland: "As long as Taiwan doesn't take irreversible steps toward independence/greater autonomous presence on the international scene," combat is unlikely ◆ Financial Times (UK), 2021-9-16 :Taiwan is failing to reorient its military towards an asymmetric strategy, US defence experts are growing exasperated over the Taiwan military’s reluctance to decisively act on their instructions. ◆ 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.  ◆ for full text, pls. click cyber-link
　

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Taiwan's travel & tourism - 13th in Asia 　 STATISTA: Leading countries in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI)    Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 4, 2021 statista.com/statistics/186639/best-ranked-countries-in-the-travel-and-tourism-competetiveness-index/ Asia Rank country score world Rank 1 Japan 5.4 4 2 Australia 5.1 7 3 China 4.9 13 4 Korea Rep. 4.8 15 5 Hong Kong 4.8 16 6 Singapore 4.8 17 7 New Zealand 4.7 18 8 Malaysia 4.5 25 9 Thailand 4.5 29 10 UAE 4.4 33 11 India 4.4 34 12 Indonesia 4.3 36 13 Taiwan 4.3 37 　 Bloomberg CovID Resilience Ranking    2021-10-28 Quality of Life (Asia & Pacific ) Economy Rank community mobility% GDP growth forecast% universal health care UAE 3 -0.2 2.3 63 Saudi Arabia 15 -11.1 2.4 64 Singapore 39 -20.7 6.5 92 Hong Kong 21 -5.4 6.7 - mainland China 28 -7.8 8.2 70 S. Korea 14 3.6 4 89 Japan 16 -11.1 2.4 96 Australia 30 -19.2 3.8 89 New Zealand 32 -12.7 5.3 83 Taiwan 47 -10.9% 6 79 https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/ 　 Bloomberg, Nov. 25, 2021   "Winners and Losers" from a year of ranking Covid resilience  Pandemic MVPs - Only 7 places never fell into the bottom half of the ranking world rank country of Asia & Pacific Asia's rank 4/53 U.A.E. 1 6 S. Korea 2 8 Mainland China 3 9 Hong Kong 4 10 Saudi Arabia 5 12 Japan 6 13 Australia 7 17 New Zealand 8 20 Singapore 9 30 Pakistan 10 31 Taiwan 11 32 Bangladesh 12 moneyweb.co.za/news/international/winners-and-losers-from-a-year-of-ranking-covid-resilience/ Taiwan successfully eliminated and kept out Covid in the first year , now it is in the bottom half among 53 countries 　 Credit Suisse, Research Institute Global Wealth Databook 2021, June 2021  -   countries of Asia & pacific 　 GDP per adult 2020 Median wealth per adult 2020 Wealth per adult 2000 Wealth per adult 2020 Financial wealth per adult 2020 Non-Financial wealth per adult 2020 Total wealth (USD bn) share of world wealth Australia 69318 238072 108656 483755 246617 330565 9268 2.22 China 13394 24067 4247 67771 33102 41874 74884 17.9 Hong Kong 54245 173768 167949 503335 365478 195518 3167 0.76 Japan 46812 122980 191446 256596 179081 109795 26931 6.44 Korea 37340 89671 50503 211369 96543 158446 8981 2.15 Macau 96840 - 88546 271679 - - 146 0.03 Singapore 69049 86717 107007 332995 223443 158825 1627 0.39 Taiwan 32371 93044 92298 238862 184061 83761 4690 1.12 US 83265 79274 215146 505421 417248 152945 126340 30.20 credit-suisse.com/about-us/en/reports-research/global-wealth-report.html 　 Taiwanese people were asked if they agreed that "There will be war between China and Taiwan eventually"  / BBC, 2022-1-12, source: Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation, research at Oct. 2021 strongly agree 7% strongly disagree 23.7% partly agree 21.1% don't know/no opinion 7.6% partly disagree 40.6% news.yahoo.com/china-taiwan-really-simple-guide-142542268.html 　 Global Fire Power  /   globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.php?country_id=taiwan For 2022 China Taiwan world rank 3 of 140 21 of 140 　 Chinese and Taiwanese armed forces / BBC, 2022-1-12, source: TrendForce 2021 　 China Taiwan Active duty personnel 2,035,000 163,000 Ground Force 965,000 88,000 Navy 260,000 40,000 Air Force 395,000 35,000 Strategic missile Forces 120,000 0 Strategic Support Force 145,000 0 Other Forces 150,000 0 news.yahoo.com/china-taiwan-really-simple-guide-142542268.html 　  Taiwan dominates the global production of computer chips / BBC, 2022-1-12, source: The Military Balnce, IISS 2021 Taiwan S. Korea China Other 65% 18% 5% 12% news.yahoo.com/china-taiwan-really-simple-guide-142542268.html 　 Bloomberg CovID Resilience Ranking   2021-10-28 CovID status (Asia & Pacific  ) Economy (country) 3-month case fatality rate % people covered by vaccine % overall score Taiwan 7.7% (world worst) 47.2 53.7 Saudi Arabia 2.1 66.5 68.5 India 1.2 31.3 37.6 Malaysia 1.4 64.6 75.6 Thailand 1.1 33.1 50.6 HK 0.3 59.8 66.6 Australia 0.6 67.3 62.2 S. Korea 0.4 74.7 68.6 Japan 0.4 73.3 68.4 UAE 0.3 97.3 74.6 Singapore 0.3 87.8 57.5 New Zealand 0.1 67.4 61.5 mainland China 0 80.2 65.2 https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/ score and rank by indexes: lockdown severity,   flight capacity ,  vaccinated travel routes,  people covered by vaccines 　 Bloomberg CovID Resilience Ranking    2021-9-28 Quality of Life   https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/ Economy Rank community mobility% GDP growth forecast% universal health care UAE 6 -6.3 2.6 63 Saudi Arabia 17 5 2.2 64 Singapore 19 -15.4 6.5 92 Hong Kong 20 -1.1 6.6 - mainland China 23 -14.7 8.4 70 S. Korea 26 -0.8 4 89 Japan 29 -15.4 2.4 96 Australia 34 -22.2 4 89 New Zealand 38 -45.5 5.4 83 Taiwan 42 -16.6% 6 79 further details  CovID-19 in Taiwan 　 　 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 　 　 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 　 　 Taiwan's travel & tourism - not on top 10  Asian country list 　 The World Tourism rankings   are compiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organization  Most visited destinations by international tourist arrivals en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings  Asia Pacific Rank destination (country) int'l tourists arrivals '19 (million) int'l tourists arrivals '18 (million) 1 China 65.7 million 62.9 million 2 Thailand 39.8 38.2 3 Japan 32.2 31.2 4 Malaysia 26.1 25.8 5 Hong Kong 23.8 29.3 6 Macau 18.6 18.5 7 Vietnam 18.0 15.5 8 India 17.9 17.4 9 S. Korea 17.5 15.3 10 Indonesia 15.5 13.4 　  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 　 Adventure /  The best countries to fulfill your wanderlust US News : usnews.com/news/best-countries/adventure-rankings Asia Rank 2021 country of Asia-Pacific world rank 2021 world rank 2020 1 Thailand 5 5 2 New Zealand 7 7 3 Australia 8 10 4 Philippines 17 17 5 Singapore 18 25 6 Malaysia 25 29 7 Japan 28 34 8 Indonesia 32 35 9 Vietnam 40 38 10 India 41 40 a study by George Washington University placed adventure tourism into three categories: physical activity, cultural exchange and interaction with the environment. 　 Travel and Tourism Index by country in Asia worldatlas.com/articles/51-best-travel-and-tourism-countries-in-the-world.html Asia Rank country index score 1 Australia 4.98;  7th 2 Japan 4.94;  9th 3 Singapore 4.86  ; 11th 4 Hong Kong 4.68; 13 5 New Zealand 4.64; 16 6 China 4.54; 17 7 UAE 4.43;  24 8 S. Korea 4.37; 29 9 Taiwan 4.35; 32 10 Thailand 4.26; 35 factors: business environment, security, health and basic sanitation standards, labor and human resource, cultural heritage, natural resources, air transport infrastructure 　 International tourism receipts /  Asia-Pacific countries international tourism: data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.ARVL Asia Rank country of Asia-Pacific receipts  US$ million '19 1 Thailand 60521 2 Japan 46054 3 Australia 45709 4 Macau 40060 5 China 35832 6 India 30720 7 Hong Kong 29043 8 S. Korea 21628 9 Singapore 20052 10 Malaysia 19823 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings further more info.: worlddata.info/tourism.php 　     understanding Taiwanese -  from CovID-19 flare-up 　 ★ 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 　  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.