The U.S. and Taiwan are extending their tech cooperation with a new agreement to bring more Taiwanese startups to the city of Phoenix, Arizona. With a wave of nurses leaving the profession in Taiwan, the local nurses' union is taking to the streets to protest low pay, long hours and poor working conditions. And a U.S. poll shows more than half of Americans support aiding Taiwan with military equipment, with 38% backing U.S. military intervention in the event of an attack by China.
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- Booming tourism is taking its toll on Taiwan's outlying Orchid Island, with its Indigenous population struggling to maintain the local environment and culture.
- Cosplayers and anime fans are flocking to the biannual Fancy Frontier convention in Taipei.
- Taiwan's team pitched a perfect game on their way to beating Canada 6-0 at the Little League Baseball World Series in the U.S.