“Last autumn I was invited to join the NSO on its four-city tour of China. As we flew from Taipei to Xiamen via Hong Kong, then Xiamen back to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Shanghai, train from there to Beijing, and then home to Taipei … The musicians ... ( read original story ...)
Trump era has Beijing on edge
Last week, the US President-elect Donald Trump accepted a phone call from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and discussed common economic and security interests with Taipei. The phone call also offered Tsai an opportunity to congratulate Trump on his ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Headline News
Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Thursday are as follows (clockwise from top left): @The United Daily News: Save our poverty-stricken generation. @Apple Daily: Law amended to block Uber; firm could be shut down in worst ... ( read original story ...)
Aloft Taipei Beitou Set To Open in January 2017 New Aloft Hotel will soon bring cutting edge style to Beitou, Taipei
The heart of Taipei will soon beat a little faster with the upcoming opening of Aloft Taipei Beitou. The second Aloft hotel in Taiwan, Aloft Taipei Beitou will be Beitou’s newest hotspot. The 292-room Aloft Taipei Beitou hotel is just steps from ... ( read original story ...)
Nightmarket tour in Taipei
One of the greatest things to do in Taipei is to visit one of the many crazy night markets. Sure, there are night markets in other countries, but nothing comes close to the intensity of the Taiwanese night markets. It’s a phenomenon one has to experience ... ( read original story ...)
Micron Technology (MU) Closes Buyout of Inotera Memories
Semiconductor solution provider Micron Technology Inc. MU recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining stake in Taiwan’s Inotera Memories Inc. for approximately $4 billion. Micron had signed an agreement in Dec 2015 to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan's TSMC to build $16bn advanced chip facility
TSMC's announcement about the plant came a day after Yang Hung-duen, Taiwan's minister of science and technology, told local media on the sidelines of a government meeting on technology that the company will build the facility and launch production there ... ( read original story ...)
Technology, innovation to be industrial growth engines: premier
Taipei, Dec. 7 (CNA) Premier Lin Chuan (林全) said Wednesday that Taiwan is striving to stay on top of the latest trends in industrial development and is aiming to achieve industrial growth through the use of technology and innovation. Speaking at the ... ( read original story ...)
Trump's Taiwan phone call was a calculated message to Beijing
Western media reaction ranged from ridiculing Mr. Trump for his diplomatic naiveté and carelessness to linking the call with Trump family business interests in Taiwan. Beijing, long accustomed to being the “scapegoat” during U.S. presidential election ... ( read original story ...)
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODM smartphone shipments to decline in 4Q16
Combined smartphone shipments by Taiwan-based brand handset vendors and ODMs will reach 13.82 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 11.8% sequentially but down 23% on year, according to data compiled by Digitimes Research. ODMs Compal Electronics ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan call 'end of wishful thinking' about U.S.-China relations under Trump
Saša Petricic is the CBC's Asia correspondent, based in Beijing. He previously covered the Middle East, from Jerusalem, through the Arab Spring and the Syrian civil war. He has filed stories from every continent for CBC News. Instagram: @sasapetricic The ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks gain tracking overseas markets
TAIPEI, Dec 6 Taiwan stocks rose on Tuesday taking its cues from gains ... The electronics subindex rose 1.4 percent, while the financials subindex gained 0.8 percent. Among big-cap actively traded tech shares, contract chipmaker TSMC was up nearly 2 ... ( read original story ...)
Technology minister denies government disregarding industrial sector
Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) Minister of Science and Technology Yang Hung-duen (楊弘敦) on Tuesday rejected a criticism by one of Taiwan's top industrialists that government policymakers were ignoring the views of the industrial sector. Yang said that contrary ... ( read original story ...)
Micron Technology Completes Acquisition of Inotera Memories of Taiwan
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 06, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Inotera Memories, Inc. Micron acquired all of Inotera’s outstanding shares for consideration worth 30 New Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Donald Trump ‘Taiwan phone call was planned’
THE controversial phone call between Donald Trump and the leader of Taiwan had been planned for weeks as part of an intentionally provocative move to take a tougher line with China. The protocol-breaking call, the first between the country’s leaders ... ( read original story ...)
Trump's Taiwan call could disrupt 'very calibrated dance' between U.S., China
Matt Kwong is a Washington-based correspondent for CBC News. He previously reported for CBC News as an online journalist in New York and Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter at: A phone call and a diplomatic reset? It's not ever quite that simple when it ... ( read original story ...)