The deputy chair of Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang has met with the head of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, discussing the fallout from the deaths of two Chinese nationals in an encounter with Taiwan's coast guard. Plans to develop a stretch of coast on Taiwan's east coast into a tourist destination have proved divisive for the local Indigenous community. And Taiwan's government is considering making it easier for foreign nationals from certain countries to become naturalized citizens. Also:
- Despite efforts to improve road safety in Taiwan, the number of traffic accidents and people killed or injured on the country's roads continued to rise last year.
- Taiwan has been ranked second in Asia for political freedom by the NGO Freedom House, behind only Japan.
- Popular Taipei-based bookstore Nowhere has opened a branch in Thailand as a safe space for Chinese-speaking readers to gather.
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