Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te is on his way home after his trip to Paraguay, with a transit stop in San Francisco on the way where he met members of the local Taiwanese community. The country's military is testing a suspected counterstrike cruise missile with the range to hit targets in China. And questions are being asked about a "paperwork mistake" that allowed a high-profile criminal with a homicide conviction to be transferred to a minimum-security prison. Also:
- Nantou County in central Taiwan is looking to its neighbors to help dispose of some 200,000 metric tons of garbage.
- Sundance Film Festival Asia launches its first ever edition in Taipei this weekend.
- The new Taiwanese supernatural-mystery-thriller-comedy "Marry My Dead Body" is proving a hit with Netflix subscribers in Asia.