Ten members of a Chinese delegation planning to come to Taiwan for the Taipei-Shanghai City Forum, including one official and nine journalists, have been barred from entering the country. Local media reporting says the first batch of Abrams tanks ordered from the U.S. has arrived in Taiwan. And the Taiwan AIDS Foundation seeks to highlight the social stigma still experienced by people living with HIV in the country. Also:
- Members of the public stop to watch practice drops by special operations paratroopers in southern Taiwan.
- Taiwan and Poland have signed an agreement to advance cooperation on space technology.
- Handmade Christmas ornaments travel from the Himalayan mountains to trees around the world.