1.54% one of highest growth rates in world during coronavirus pandemic

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/05/28
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Despite the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Taiwan registered 1.54 percent economic growth during the first quarter, the highest of any of Asia's Four Dragons and one of the highest in the world, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said Thursday (May 28).

The government is well prepared for the onslaught of the virus and therefore managed to reduce its impact on the economy, CNA quoted the premier as saying at a briefing by the National Development Council (NDC).    [FULL  STORY]