Taoyuan collabs with PEANUTS for 9-day long Halloween celebration

2026-10-27

It’s spooky season and Taoyuan has once again pulled out all the stops for the celebration. For the first time ever, the Halloween City is collaborating with PEANUTS and spans across Taoyuan Arts Plaza, Green 1 Park, and Green 2 Park. The grand opening concert on Monday evening featured a star-studded cast including Wayne Huang and Patrick Brasca, all gathering to celebrate the holiday!

Globally-loved Snoopy and Charlie are going on spooky adventures on Taoyuan’s Lala Mountain, what will they get up to? Well, this year’s Halloween City, although delayed a little due to Typhoon Champi, kicked off on Monday evening at Taoyuan Arts Plaza, Green 1 Park, and Green 2 Park. Huge crowds of locals and visitors gathered to have some spooky ooky fun with Snoopy.

Chang San-cheng
Taoyuan Mayor
This year’s theme is everyone’s favorite Snoopy! This cartoon is over 70-years-old and is much-loved across the world.

This year’s Halloween City marks the first collaboration with Snoopy and PEANUTS. The 9 art installations combine the imagery of the urban wonders of the city including, Daxi Old Street, Taoyuan Airport, Yong’an Fishing Port, Taoyuan Public Library, Lala Mountain, and the Xiaowulai Skywalk. Everyone is invited to join Snoopy in a wondrous adventure across Taoyuan. The Halloween City even features a special meet-and-greet with Snoopy, and various programs including family-friendly theater performances and youth showcases, ensuring there is something to enjoy for every age.

Chang San-cheng
Taoyuan Mayor
Every day there will be a show for children, there’s a costume contest and even a meet-and-greet with Snoopy. I think everyone who likes Snoopy will love the event, so we want to invite everyone to our attractions every day before Nov. 1 to interact with Snoopy.

In true Halloween fashion, Mayor Chang and his team donned capes, transforming into vampires, joining Snoopy in a costume change and sincerely invite everyone to enjoy spooky season in Taoyuan.

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#halloweencity #taoyuan #snoopy #peanuts #halloween #taiwan

桃園萬聖城登場! 史努比見面會.9座藝術裝置超吸睛

2026-10-27

「2026桃園萬聖城」週一在桃園藝文廣場、綠一公園及綠二公園，熱鬧登場。今年萬聖城首次攜手全球人氣角色，史努比一起變裝。週一晚間舉辦開城演唱會，有黃偉晉、派偉峻等，重磅卡司齊聚桃園，一起歡過萬聖。

全球超人氣角色，Snoopy與查理，一起走進桃園拉拉山，一人一狗會遇到什麼冒險奇遇呢？這是2026桃園萬聖城，因薔琵颱風來襲，順延到週一晚上，在桃園藝文廣場、綠一公園及綠二公園，邀請大家與Snoopy一起，展開一場充滿驚喜的萬聖節冒險。

[[桃園市長(國) 張善政]]
“今年的主題是大家最喜歡的Snoopy，這個主題已經是七十幾年，全世界家喻戶曉，最喜歡的一個卡通人物。”

今年的萬聖城，首次攜手知名IP Snoopy，設計了九座藝術裝置，結合大溪老街、桃園機場、永安漁港、桃園市立圖書館總館、拉拉山及小烏來天空步道等限定城市意象，讓民眾跟隨Snoopy的腳步，走進桃園。活動期間還安排Snoopy見面會、親子劇場及青年展演等多元節目，打造不同年齡層的節慶體驗。

[[桃園市長(國) 張善政]]
“每天都會有親子秀、有變裝秀，還有Snoopy的見面會。我想大家喜歡Snoopy的，會喜歡到不行，所以邀請大家，在11月1號以前，每天都可以到我們幾個景點去跟我們Snoopy接觸。”

Snoopy一起變裝，桃園市長張善政和議員們通通披上披風，化身吸血鬼，邀請大家來到桃園，歡過萬聖。

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Former Intel CEO brings six AI startups to Taiwan

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is bringing Silicon Valley’s AI ambitions to Taiwan. Leading a delegation of six AI startups, Gelsinger says Taiwan is playing a central role in what could be a two-decade-long technology supercycle. With AI demand surging worldwide, companies are looking to Taiwan to strengthen partnerships and tackle critical challenges, from computing efficiency to power supply.

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is in Taiwan. As a general partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Playground Global, he’s come with representatives from six AI startups hoping to connect with the local tech ecosystem.

Pat Gelsinger
Playground Global General Partner
We thought it was extraordinarily fast last year, but we’ve seen it accelerate. 90% of the world’s AI comes through Taiwan. We think we’re in maybe a two-decade-long super cycle. We’re… clearly we’ll have some ups and downs. We’re in maybe the greatest technological, economic build-out in human history, and Taiwan plays a central role.

Ayar Labs, a silicon photonics startup backed by NVIDIA and AMD, has announced plans to establish a presence in Taiwan. The company has opened a new office in Hsinchu to strengthen collaboration with MediaTek, TSMC and Wiwynn.

Mark Wade
Ayar Labs CEO
We’ve deeply with our manufacturing partners, our ecosystem partners, here throughout Taiwan.

Though AI demand continues to surge, Gelsinger noted that resources remain limited. He said improving efficiency will require a complete overhaul of the system, supported by industry players working on power, memory, co-packaging and silicon photonics.

Pat Gelsinger
Playground Global General Partner
Now we see more aggressive build out of the world’s energy supply. In the digital AI world energy capacity equals economic capacity. But every industry that wants to participate in digital AI needs more energy. Across the world we need more energy capacity.

Gelsinger is set to co-host a dinner with Hon Hai Chair Young Liu to strengthen exchanges between Silicon Valley companies and Taiwan’s tech industry and snap up opportunities in the booming AI market.

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Secret husband suspected of arranging Japan murder for payout

A Taiwanese woman who went on a trip to Japan never returned to Taiwan, after being stabbed to death, allegedly by a fellow traveler in the same tour group. The murder happened at a hot springs hotel in the popular Lake Kawaguchiko on Monday. Local police arrested a suspect, a woman called Yang Min-han. Now, reports have surfaced that the murder may have been orchestrated by the victim’s husband, who is suspected of marriage fraud for a potential insurance payout. Let’s hear more.

Wang Sheng-hao
Prosecutor in case
The preliminary findings suggest that Mr. Lee entered a sham marriage with the victim, Ms. Ching. He encouraged her to go on a solo trip to Japan and took out a high-value insurance policy on her.

Kao Ta-cheng
Forensic scientist
The victim was taken to a developed country, a country with good public safety, to be murdered there. That’s really rare, it’s the first time I’ve seen anything like it. I think the victim must have known that she was going to be murdered. But to be tricked so far… he must be incredible at deception.

Voice of victim’s friend (Anonymized)
Was suspicious of marriage
For as long as I knew her, she had always been single. So I was shocked when she told me out of the blue that she had a husband. I heard her arguing on the phone, but she said it was nothing, that it was just something to do with her husband. I asked what happened. She shrugged it off and said she might be getting divorced.

The victim, Ching Yun-jung, met her husband, Mr. Lee, in May this year, after she applied to work as his assistant. Shortly after, he proposed getting married, saying he would give her NT$4 -5 million if she bore him a baby. They eloped in July. According to a report, she had previously contacted a reporter asking for help, saying she had been involved in a scam and that she feared for her life. The reporter tried to persuade her to get divorced as quickly as possible, and to change the beneficiary on the insurance policy. On Sept. 21, Mr. Lee arranged for the victim to travel to Japan alone as part of a tour group. The trip was postponed, after an incident in which Ms. Ching fell onto the tracks on the High Speed Rail in Taiwan. Mr. Lee signed her up to another tour group four days later and purchased a high-value insurance policy. The victim had previously said she feared she might not live to see the end of the year, and tragically, her fears became a chilling reality.

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