3--The second series of "Taiwan to the World," including documentaries titled "Super Pigs," "The Black Dragon," "Black Bears Unleashed," "Space Crab" and "Kung Fu Secrets," starts broadcasting on the National Geographic Channel.
4--Seventy-four Taiwanese designs win awards at the 2008 iF product design awards held in Hanover, Germany.
9--The Red Line of Kaohsiung's mass-rapid-transit system--the city's first--opens after more than six years of construction.
12--Taiwan's national baseball team earns the right to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
13--Larry Chen wins the Grand Prize and US$16,300 at the International Bicycle Design Competition held in Taipei.
15--The ROC government blasts China for its response to demonstrations that took place in Tibet starting March 10.
19--Five students from the National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences win two gold medals, two silver medals and eight special awards at an international robot contest in Japan.
22--Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang is elected to be the next ROC president, with his inauguration scheduled for May 20.
--Both referendums dealing with representation in the United Nations fail to reach the threshold of 50 percent of eligible voters required by the Referendum Act.
25--The National Museum of Prehistory in Taitung expresses its thanks to Japanese scholar Iwasu Yashichika for donating his entire collection of over 4,000 Austronesian artifacts.
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