Some Taiwan-Oriented Sites

URLs provided by Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Houston

September 2007

General Information

• Background Notes (U.S. Department of State): http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm
• CIA Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
• Country Study (Library of Congress): http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Taiwan.pdf
• Portal to the World (Library of congress): http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/taiwan/taiwan.html
• Taiwan Yearbook: http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/aboutroc/index.htm
• National Statistics: http://eng.stat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=5
• Government Information Office: http://www.gio.gov.tw
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: https://www.gio.gov
• International Participation: http://english.www.gov.tw/UN/index.jsp

Government and Politics

• E-Government: http://english.www.gov.tw/e-Gov/index.jsp
• Mainland Affairs Council: http://www.mac.gov.tw/english/index1-e.htm
• Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office in the United States: http://www.tecro.org
• Political Parties: KMT: http://www.kmt.org.tw/category_1/index.asp, DPP: http://www.dpp.org.tw/, NP: http://www.np.org.tw/index.asp, TSU: http://www.tsu.org.tw

The Economy

• Ministry of Economic Affiars: http://www.moea.gov.tw/
• Taiwan External Trade Development Council: http://www.taitra.com.tw
• Bureau of Foreign Trade: http://eweb.trade.gov.tw
• Intellectual Property Office, Minister of Economic Affairs:   http://www.tipo.gov.tw/eng/press/press.asp
• Taipei World Trade Center : http://www.twtc.org.tw/
• American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei: www.amcham.com.tw

Education

• Study in Taiwan: http://www.studyintaiwan.org/why_studying_in_taiwan/why-study-in-taiwan.htm
• Ministry of Education: http://english.moe.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=1
• Global Chinese Language and Culture Center: http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/home_en.htm
• Mandarin Training Center (National Taiwan Normal University): http://mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/indexe.html
• National Central Library-Online Catalog: http://lib.ncl.edu.tw/e_menu.htm
• Periodical Documents Information Net: http://www2.ncl.edu.tw/journal/journal%5Fdocu01.htm

Health Care

·          Department of Health: http://www.doh.gov.tw/EN2006/index_EN.aspx

·          Center for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov.tw/en/index.asp

·          National Health Command Center : http://nhcc.cdc.gov.tw/en/e_index_about.asp

·          The National Health Research Institutes http://www.nhri.org.tw/index/eindex.php3

·          Taiwan Think Tank Blog: http://nhcc.cdc.gov.tw/en/e_index_about.asp

·          Association of Clinical Research Professional: http://www.acrpnet.org/about/index.html

Newspapers and Periodicals

• Central News Agency: http://www.cna.com.tw/eng./
• Taipei Times: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News
• The China Post: http://www.chinapost.com.tw
• Taiwan Journal: http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=2
• Taiwan Review: http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=1
• Taiwan Panorama: http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/index.php
• Taiwan Headline: http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp

Tourism

• Tourism Bureau: http://www.taiwan.net.tw
• Youth Travel in Taiwan: http://youthtravel.tw/web
• Information for Foreigners: http://www.moi.gov.tw/english/PolicyRelease_meat.asp?Newsid=146
• National Palace Museum : http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm

Think Tanks:

·          Taiwan Foundation for Democracy: http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/index.php

·          Taiwan Thinktank: http://www.taiwanthinktank.org/ttt/servlet/OpenBlock?Template=Home&Ian=en

·          Chian Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange: http://www.cckf.org/index-e.htm

·          Taiwan Institute of Economic Research: http://www.tier.org.tw

·          Chung Hua Institution of Economic Research: http://www.cier.edu.tw/kmportal-deluxe/front/bin/cglist.phtml?Category=10071

·          Institute for National Policy Research: http://www.inpr.org.tw