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Facing China’s absurd installment of a Cairo Declaration monument in Egypt to claim the sovereignty of Taiwan, many Pro-Taiwan’s Citizen Groups and Taiwan Nation Alliance held press conferences on August 27 and 28 respectively to stress Cairo Declaration is only a press brief document with special political interests.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the mission, the Lay Missionary Training Centre (now name-changed as Chuan Shuo Cheh Iban Methodist Training Centre), which was established by Rev Biaz Takihunang on August 28, 2006 at Ng. Matop, Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia, held a thanksgiving service on August 21.

The seventh month of lunar calendar is commonly known as the Ghost Month in Taiwan. During this month, the Ghost Month Festival(aka Chongyuan Pudu) will be held to host the wandering ghosts with incense and offerings for the peace and well-being of the people alive. On August 15, Taiwan Rebels Culture Movement held the "Cultural Chongyuan Pudu: Commemorating the dead sacrificed in Taiwan’s dark hours" on Ching-Dao East Road to pay tributes to the dead sacrificed or massacred in Taiwan’s colonial past. Rev Huang Chun-sheng, chief pastor of Chi-Nan Church of Chi-Hsin Presbytery, Daoist Master Chen Bor-yu and His Eminence Geshe Thrinley Gyatso Rinpoche of Tibetan Buddhist were invited to co-host the memorial event. Rev Huang led the audience to offer the prayer.

Changhua Christian Hospital(CCH) celebrated its 130th anniversary of medical mission in the thanksgiving service, named “Glory to God for walking with us in a centenary medical mission”, held in the David Landsborough International Conference Hall in the evening on August 7. In addition to the choirs from various CCH branch hospitals, many local church choirs of Changhua Presbytery were also invited to praise and celebrate the significant event.

In the eve of Indigenous Peoples' Day, designated on Aug 1, the Executive Yuan held the ceremony called “Siraya Indigenous People’s Name-Rectification and Recognition” on July 30 to announce the Siraya plains ethnos as the 17th indigenous people in Taiwan.