The Taiwanese government has recently promoted the adoption of cloud services in its government agencies since the Executive Yuan approved its “Cloud Computing Industrial Development Plan” in 2010. Among the twelve government’s proposed cloud service schemes, the “Health Cloud Project”, which has been initiated and funded by the Ministry of Health and Welfare since 2015, aims at applying cloud computing techniques to the National Health Insurance Database to help improve health care delivery.

The global financial crisis of 2008 brought to light many shortcomings of banking supervision in the EU, in particular, the general limitation of banking supervision to the national level and failure to effectively cover trans-national banking activities.

In the 21st Century where “the world is flat”, it is more or less a universal phenomenon that democracy is faced with great challenges. Whatever the causes of this conundrum are, the evolution of democracy has encountered a unique intervening variable in Europe, namely, deeper economic and political integration. What role does the EU play in the evolution of democracy in Europe? Has the existence of the EU reinforced or undermined the goal of “government by the people”?

Climate change is a contemporary global issue that has profound and far-reaching implications and challenges to mankind, ecology, and global environment. In addition to environment, climate change is often associated with issues related to energy shortage, food safety, nuclear safety, alternative energy, drinking water, biodiversity, public health, environmental refugees, and sustainable development, which includes energy, technology, industry, economy, society, health, law, politics, human rights, international negotiation, global governance, etc. Climate change has both domestic and international implications, as well as theoretical and practical significance.

Since the 1990s, Europe and Taiwan have been hit with massive food scandals, which ascertained the importance of food safety regulation. A sound food safety system is not only essential for regulating and ensuring food safety, but it is also necessary in protecting consumer rights, public health, and other public interests. As early as 2002, the EU has adopted the division of authority and responsibility for risk evaluation and risk management. The EU has also established a fairly comprehensive food safety system that covers the entire food chain, which has raised the objectivity and credibility of food safety governance, and has provided high-standard protection toward EU citizens’ consumer rights and health rights. In order to fully understand policy changes, mainstream trends, and international standards related to food safety regulation in Europe and the US, this paper will explore the aspects of EU food safety jurisprudence in depth. Consequently, the findings will serve as references for Taiwan to reform its food safety system and to promote national well-being of its citizens.

In Taiwan, following information technology, biotechnology is considered the next star industry, capable of putting the country on the map. However, within Taiwan, understanding of the developments in biotechnology is limited, and the amount of academic research under way in this emerging industry is relatively small.

According to the European Union and the WTO, in 2011, Mainland China became the EU’s primary trading partner, the biggest source of imports (17.3%), and the second-largest export market (8.9%).

Promoted by the "cross-strait relations with China Research Communications" top university-based center plans: "cross-strait relations with China research" on a regular basis of the results of the whole exchange, this program will

In recent years, the European debt crisis seems to have come to a temporary halt. However, is the cocktail therapy of austerity measures and bailouts a passive attempt to keep the struggling European Monetary Union alive, or is it an aggressive attempt to cure the symptoms of the EMU for good? The answer depends on identifying the real root cause of the European debt crisis.

The concept of “competitive liberalization” may seem like something that had only emerged recently; however, competition for trade liberalization between the EC/EU and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) had been around since the end of World War II. In the past, the main focus had been on “competitive liberalization” between the EC/EU and the United States, but very little attention was paid to the competitive pressure the EC/EU trade liberalization had given the EFTA. What exactly are the prominent characteristics that increased the likelihood of the EFTA signing free trade agreements (FTA) with other countries? Is the phenomenon of competitive pressure an occurrence after the 1990s? Are there external and internal factors that pushed the EFTA to seek bilateral FTAs with third countries?

A series of food safety scandals such as adulterated cooking oil, toxic starch, plasticizer, and expired and fake ingredients, which occurred in recent years had brought to light the increasing importance of establishing a solid food safety system in Taiwan.