2021 in Taiwan

• January 6 - Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, Slovenian Prime Minister and acting Minister of Health Janez Janša, hold a virtual meeting.[1]
• January 10 - United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lifts all restrictions on Taiwan-U.S. official exchanges.[2]
• January 12 - President Tsai Ing-wen talks with Palauan President-elect Whipps via video call[3]
• January 13 - Ministry of the Interior National Immigration Agency announces the 7th automatic 30-Day visa extensions for foreigners who have legally stayed in Taiwan for 180 days or more.[4]
• January 14 - President Tsai Ing-wen meets with US U.N. envoy Kelly Craft via videoconference.[5]
• January 18 - Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu accepts copy of credentials from Haiti ambassador Hervé Denis.[6]
• January 19 - President Tsai meets British Office Taipei Representative John Dennis[7]
• January 20 - Head of TECRO Hsiao Bi-khim represents Taiwan at the inauguration of the 46th U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.[8]
• January 21
  • Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu attends Palau presidential inauguration.[9]
  • The EP passes three resolutions calling for expanded partnership with Taiwan and support for Taiwan's participation in international organizations.[10]
• January 23 - Taiwan-Japan friendship event at Taipei 101.[11]
• January 24
  • 2 Taiwanese satellites are launched, in collaboration with SpaceX. The Flying Squirrel and Yushan.[12]
  • CECC continues to monitor the new domestic COVID-19 cluster in Taoyuan and quarantines an estimated 5,000 individuals.[13][14]
• January 27
  • President Tsai Ing-wen launches a campaign regarding book reading in support of Taiwanese book publishers.[15]
  • TECO Prague representative, Ke Liang-ruey, meets with Prague mayor Zdeněk Hřib and announces that Prague and Taiwan will have increased cooperation in science and education.[16]
• January 28
  • Number of international students in Taiwan surpass 130,000.[17]
  • Taiwan and UK ink a memorandum of understanding on agricultural cooperation.[18]
  • Taiwan is ranked at 2nd place by The Economist in Asia-Pacific personalized health index.[19]
• January 29
  • The Ministry of the Interior begins a study to change the national emblem due to its similarity with the Kuomintang party symbol.[20]
  • Tainan begins self-driving bus test with passengers.[21]
  • Taiwan has their 8th COVID-19 fatality.[22]
• January 31 - Andrzej Duda signs law regarding legal cooperation in criminal matters between Taiwan and Poland.[23]

• February 1
  • MOTC bans all eating and drinking on the THSR, on all TRA trains, on long-distance buses, on domestic flights, on ferries, and in post offices.[24]
  • Artworks by late Taiwanese artist Hong Rui-lin are donated to the MOC.[25]
  • A survey by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found that the majority of opinion leaders in the United States, supported sending US troops to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, while most of the American public opposes doing so, both regardless of partisan affiliation.[26]
• February 4
  • Taiwan establishes a trade office in Guyana.[27]
  • The first American naval vessel enters the Taiwan Strait under Biden.[28]
  • Semiconductor chip shortages, and Taiwan, which has one of the world's largest chipmaking industries, is at the center of efforts to resolve the shortage.[29]
  • Taiwan plans to increase childcare subsides and tax deductions, have more benefits for parents, and expand the number of spots at affordable preschools and day care facilites in an effort to lift the country's birthrates.[30][31]
• February 5
  • Taiwanese film director Ang Lee receives the Legion of Honour.[32]
  • Guyana caves in from Beijing's pressure and cancels representative office deal with Taiwan.[33]
  • Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua meets with what is described as "“very senior U.S. officials,” and is the first high-level exchange between the Biden Administration and Taiwan.[34] It was also hinted that chip shortages will not be the only topics discussed.[35]
  • Ministry of the Interior National Immigration Agency announces the 8th automatic 30-Day visa extensions for foreigners who have legally stayed in Taiwan for 180 days or more.[36]
  • Taiwan moves to enhance the performance of their water storage facilites.[37]
• February 6 -

• 2021 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
• February-June. Taiwan will receive 1,303,200 AstraZeneca vaccine doses as a non U.N. member state from the COVAX program.

• January 13 - US U.N. envoy Kelly Craft was planned to visit Taiwan for two days, but canceled due to the upcoming presidential transition United States Department of State.[39]
• Jan 26 - Jan 31, All physical components of the 2021 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TiBE), canceled due to COVID-19. Online parts will be held as scheduled.[40]
• February 26 - March 7, 2021 Taiwan Lantern Festival to be held in Hsinchu, canceled due to COVID-19.[41]

• January 9 – Rong Zi, 98, Chinese-born Taiwanese writer and poet.[42]

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