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MOFA Announcement: Foreign Nationals Who Have Traveled to Mainland China, Hong Kong, or Macau Within 14 Days Are Temporarily Barred from Entering the Republic of China 🇹🇼
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MOFA Announcement: Foreign Nationals Who Have Traveled to Mainland China, Hong Kong, or Macau Within 14 Days Are Temporarily Barred from Entering the Republic of China 🇹🇼

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today (the 10th) that, effective February 7 of this year (2020), foreign nationals who have entered or resided in mainland China 🇨🇳, Hong Kong 🇭🇰, or Macau 🇲🇴 within the past 14 days are temporarily barred from entering the Republic of China 🇹🇼.

2020 Calendar: Taiwan's Long Weekends (National Holidays) and the 2020 Holiday Schedule

2020 Calendar: Taiwan's Long Weekends (National Holidays) and the 2020 Holiday Schedule

The Directorate-General of Personnel Administration of the Republic of China published the 2020 (ROC year 109) government office calendar, featuring the number sequence 7344433 representing the number of consecutive holiday days in each month of the Year of the Rat. In other words, people in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu will have 7 long weekends of at least three days each in 2020.

ROC Year 107 (2018) Taiwan-Penghu-Kinmen-Matsu Consecutive Holiday Calendar (Lunar New Year, Qingming, Dragon Boat, and Mid-Autumn Consecutive Holidays)

ROC Year 107 (2018) Taiwan-Penghu-Kinmen-Matsu Consecutive Holiday Calendar (Lunar New Year, Qingming, Dragon Boat, and Mid-Autumn Consecutive Holidays)

There are 6 consecutive holidays of 3 days or more: the ROC Founding Memorial Day and New Year's Day (3 days total), Lunar New Year's Eve and Spring Festival (6 days total), Children's Day and National Tomb-Sweeping Day (5 days total), Dragon Boat Festival (3 days total), Mid-Autumn Festival (3 days total), and the year-end New Year's Day countdown (4 days total).