Taiwan is shaped like a leaf that is narrow at both ends. It lies off the southeastern coast of mainland Asia, across the Taiwan Strait from China– an island on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. To the north lies Japan; to the south is the Philippines. Many airlines fly to Taiwan, helping make it the perfect travel destination. Taipei is located in the Taipei basin of northern Taiwan, and it is Taiwan’s capital. [...]

Source: JCI World | JCI.CC Imagine you have the ability to change the world. What would such a world look like? Few have the ability to change the course of history, but through a combination of courageous acts, we can all influence change. JCI members are young people who choose to influence change through identifying problems in their communities and by working with their peers, partners, civil society organizations and governments to find creative solutions to [...]

Let us congratulate JCI Member Tantin Yu for successfully chairing the Asia Pacific Conference in Singapore…a big congratulations also to all the winners of JCI Philippines!

Singapore may overtake China as Asia’s fastest-growing economy this year, increasing the attractiveness of the city state’s stocks and putting pressure on policy makers to check inflation with a stronger currency. Gross domestic product of the Southeast Asian island will rise 10.8 percent in 2010, according to the median of 13 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey before the July 14 second- quarter GDP report. By comparison, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., BNP Paribas and Macquarie [...]

The official logo for the 2010 JCI World Congress in Osaka is the Cherry Blossom, the National Flower of Japan. By way of a happy coincidence, the Cherry Tree is the official tree of the City of Osaka.