2015 in Taiwan

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Events from the year 2015 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 104 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

• President - Ma Ying-jeou
• Vice President - Wu Den-yih
• Premier - Mao Chi-kuo
• Vice Premier - Chang San-cheng

Events

January

• 1 January
  • The Tuo Chiang class corvette was put into work during military drill in southwestern coast of Taiwan.^[1]
  • The end of hunger strike of Annette Lu over the release of former President Chen Shui-bian.^[2]
  • The new Chi Mei Museum opened in Tainan.^[3]
  • Mainland Chinese tourists can apply for Exit and Entry Permit upon arrival for visits to Kinmen, Penghu and Lienchiang Counties.^[4]
  • The maximum amount of cash that a traveler can carry into Taiwan increased from NT$60,000 to NT$100,000.^[5]
  • Labor insurance rate increased from 9.5% to 10%.^[5]
  • Singaporean singer JJ Lin was punched during an autograph session in Ximending, Taipei.^[6]
• 2 January - Singer Jody Chiang announced that she would end her singing career in 2015.^[7]
• 5 January
  • Former President Chen Shui-bian released from Taichung Prison on medical parole.^[8]
  • Body of a Taiwanese victim killed during the 2014 Shanghai stampede brought back to Taiwan.^[9]
  • 4.7 scale earthquake struck northeastern Taiwan.^[10]
• 6 January - Weekend traffic control measures to be implemented in Jiaoxi Township of Yilan County.^[11]
• 7 January - Minister of Transportation and Communications Yeh Kuang-shih tendered his resignation.^[12]
• 8 January - Statement from the American Institute in Taiwan spokesperson in Taipei regarding the raising of the Flag of the Republic of China in Twin Oaks, United States that it should never happen again.^[13]
• 9 January - The Executive Yuan approved the resignation of Yeh Kuang-shih and appointed Chen Jian-yu as acting Minister of Transportation and Communication.^[14]
• 13 January
  • The World Health Organization monitors an avian flu outbreak in Taiwan, as H5N8 avian flu virus infects nine farms.^[15]
  • Shooting at Ximending, Taipei killing two.^[16]
• 16 January - Magistrate Wei Ming-ku announced the new NT$30,000 baby bonus per birth in Changhua County.^[17]
• 17 January
  • 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship election.
  • India Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on tour around Hualien County.^[18]
• 18 January - Kinmen Marathon in Kinmen County.^[19]
• 19 January
  • Eric Chu inaugurated as Chairman of Kuomintang.
  • Shooting at Taichung Airport, Taichung killing one and injuring two.^[20][21]
  • Resignation of Taipei City Government Department of Sports head Jongher Yang (楊忠和).^[22]
  • The annual electricity rate increase in Taiwan would be kept maximum at 6% starting April 2015.^[23]
• 20 January
  • 60th anniversary of the Battle of Yijiangshan Islands.^[24]
  • Wistron Corporation opened a research center in Kaohsiung.^[25]
  • The assignment of Rafael Sierra Fernando Quesada as the ambassador of Honduras to the Republic of China.^[26]
  • Fire at a bowling center in Xinwu District, Taoyuan killing six firefighters.^[27]
• 21 January - The announcement of European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan board of members for 2015.^[28]
• 22 January - Nearly 1,000 China Airlines employees took to the street in Taipei to protest their year end bonus cut.^[29]
• 23 January
  • 2015 World Freedom Day celebration at Grand Hotel, Taipei.^[30]
  • Chen Jian-yu appointed as Minister of Transportation and Communications.^[31]
  • Hung Meng-chi appointed as Minister of Culture.^[32]
  • Shyu Jyuo-min appointed as Minister of Science and Technology.^[33]
• 24 January - 4.5 scale earthquake struck southern Taiwan.^[34]
• 25 January - The establishment of New Power Party (時代力量).^[35]
• 26-27 January - National Energy Conference at Taipei International Convention Center in Taipei.^[36]
• 27 January
  • Resignation of National Defense Minister Yen Ming.^[37]
  • The opening of a Muslim prayer room at Taipei Railway Station.^[38][39]
• 28 January - Republic of China Navy military drill in Kaohsiung.^[40]
• 29 January
  • Resignation of National Development Council Minister Kuan Chung-ming.^[41]
  • Scaffolding collapse accident killing one and injuring two at Chinese Culture and Movie Center in Taipei.^[42]
  • 7th regular meeting of Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Committee at Grand Hotel in Taipei.^[43]
  • Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je proposed Two Countries, One System for cross-strait relations.^[44]
• 30 January
  • Kao Kuang-chi took office as Minister of National Defense.^[45]
  • Yen Teh-fa took office as Chief of the General Staffs of the Republic of China Armed Forces.^[46]

February

• 4 February
  • TransAsia Airways Flight 235 crash landed in Taipei.^[47]
  • 4.5 scale earthquake struck northeastern Taiwan.^[48]
  • Woody Duh took office as Minister of National Development Council.^[49]
• 6 February
  • Resignation of National Security Council Secretary-General King Pu-tsung.^[50]
  • Resignation of Presidential Office Secretary-General Timothy Yang.^[50]
• 7 February
  • 2015 Republic of China legislative bi-election for five vacant seats.^[51][52]
  • The opening of 2015 Yangmingshan Flower Festival at Yangming Park and Floriculture Experiment Center at Yangmingshan, Taipei.^[53]
  • Two stranded on a Ferris wheel at Dream Mall, Kaohsiung.^[54]
• 8 February - Taipei Charity Marathon held in Taipei.^[55]
• 9 February - The price increase of gas and diesel fuel by NT$1.9 and NT$2.0 respectively.^[56]
• 10 February
  • ROC flags flew half-mast to commemorate the victims of TransAsia Airways Flight 235 crash.^[57]
  • Resignation of Mainland Affairs Council Minister Wang Yu-chi.^[58]
  • The opening of Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival in Taipei.^[59]
• 11 February
  • Six armed inmates took hostages at Kaohsiung Prison in Kaohsiung.^[60]
  • Kao Koong-lian appointed as director of Mainland Affairs Department of Kuomintang.^[61]
• 11-16 February - The 2015 Taipei International Book Exhibition at Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei.^[62]
• 12 February - Saint Lucia planned to open its embassy in Taipei.^[63]
• 13 February - The opening of the first H&M store in Taiwan located in Taipei.^[64]
• 14 February
  • 6.1 scale earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan.^[65]
  • Tsai Ing-wen announced her intention to join Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) primary for 2016 presidential election.^[66]
• 16 February - Andrew Hsia appointed as Minister of Mainland Affairs Council replacing Wang Yu-chi.^[67]
• 23 February - Food poisoning affected 120 tourists at Wuling Farm in Taichung.^[68]

March

• 5 March - Food poisoning affected 80 students from New Taipei Ankang High School during graduation trip to Kaohsiung.^[69]
• 9 March - Resignation of DPP spokesperson Hsu Chia-ching (徐佳青).^[70]
• 16 March - Two killed after a light aircraft plunged into Dapeng Bay in Pingtung County.^[71]
• 18 March - Demonstration marking one year anniversary of Sunflower Student Movement outside Legislative Yuan in Taipei.^[72]
• 20 March
  • New uniform for Chunghwa Post staffs unveiled in Taipei.^[73]
  • The opening of exhibitions on Kinmen, Matsu and Penghu in Taipei.^[74]
  • 4.2 scale earthquake struck eastern offshore of Hualien County.^[75]
• 21 March - The removal of Chiang Kai-shek's statues from 14 elementary and junior high schools in Tainan.^[76]
• 23 March - 6.0 scale earthquake struck eastern offshore of Hualien County.^[77]
• 28 March - The wrong use of People's Liberation Army picture for Republic of China Armed Forces recruitment promotion posters during family visit day at 206 Army Infantry Brigade's Third Battalion in Guanxi Township, Hsinchu County.^[78]
• 29 March - Civil Aeronautics Administration announced the minimum of two flight crew members in airplane cockpit at all times during flight.^[79]

April

• 1 April - Two McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet of United States landed at Tainan Air Force Base due to emergency.^[80]
• 2 April - Tigerair Taiwan first flight to Japan.^[81]
• 9 April - 100th anniversary of Dafen Incident (大分事件) commemorated in Zhuoxi Township, Hualien County.^[82]
• 10 April
  • Accident at Taichung Metro construction site killing 4 in Taichung.^[83]
  • The discovery of a new snake species named Pareas Atayal.^[84]
• 15 April - Tsai Ing-wen elected as candidate of Democratic Progressive Party for 2016 Republic of China presidential election.^[85]
• 20 April
  • 6.3 scale earthquake struck northeastern coast of Taiwan, killing 1.^[86]
  • The car of Labor Minister Chen Hsiung-wen stolen from Ministry of Labor car park area.^[87]

Deaths

• 18 January
  • Yasuaki Taiho, 51, Taiwanese baseball player.^[88]
  • Lai Bixia , 83, Taiwanese singer.^[89]
• 15 February – Wang Hsuan-yi , 59, Taiwanese food critic, heart attack.^[90]
• 24 February – Tyzen Hsiao, 77, Taiwanese composer.^[91]
• 3 March – Lucille Han 57, Taiwanese food critic, uterine sarcoma.^[92]
• 6 March – Oung Ta-ming , 64, Taiwanese businessman (Hualon Group) and politician.^[93]
• 18 March – Chiang Chung-ling, 92, Defense Minister (1994–1999).^[94]
• 27 March – George Wang , 96, Taiwanese actor.^[95][96]
• 21 April – Cindy Yang, 24, Taiwanese actress, inert gas asphyxiation.^[97]

References

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