Several big news items on the coronavirus, including a call for companies that cannot practice social distancing to shut, restaurants re-arrange their tables and chairs and baseball will start the season in empty stadiums. President Tsai goes big on aiding the world with much-needed supplies to combat the coronavirus crisis, making the PRC look bad in the process by not only donating and not selling items, but Taiwan is also providing far more than the PRC and unlike the PRC's dodgy and faulty products, Taiwan's donations so far appear to be top quality. USTR weighs in on trade with Taiwan with a mixed report. Premier Su calls a KMT lawmaker "unqualified to be a lawmaker" after she says "Taiwan is not a country", and the KMT demands an apology. Johnny Chiang's KMT lineup is starting to grow clearer. 

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