said transforming Taipei into a smart city is a top priority. He said IoT technology will be used to construct intelligent communities in the city within two years. Taipei will be pleased to share its ideas with other cities in Taiwan and across the world ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan-funded companies remain big players in Dongguan
Taiwan-funded companies that have invested in Guangdong province's city of Dongguan, a major manufacturing center in the Pearl River Delta, have maintained sustainable business growth there and many of them have been introducing smart solutions to cope ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan not South China Sea could trigger war with China
THE chance of a major war breaking out in the Asian Pacific between the super powers remains a latent possibility. Instead there’s one main trigger point for conflict — Taiwan. Recent strategic shocks in the region show that the chance of military ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan parliamentary delegation visits India, China sees red
NEW DELHI: Two days after a parliamentary delegation from Taiwan visited India, China lodged a diplomatic protest with New Delhi asking it to deal "prudently" with Taipei-related issues so as to maintain sound Sino-Indian ties. That this might happen was ... ( read original story ...)
Tour bus crashes in Taiwan, killing at least 32
TAIPEI At least 32 people were killed when a tour bus crashed near Taipei on Monday night, with television footage showing the bus careening toward a road barrier before flipping on its side. Of 44 people on the bus, 30 were pronounced dead at the scene ... ( read original story ...)
India is playing with fire by challenging China over Taiwan: Chinese media
BEIJING: China's official media today warned India against playing the 'Taiwan card', saying New Delhi will suffer losses by challenging Beijing over the sensitive issue. The warning came after a Taiwanese women Parliamentary delegation visited India. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan raises GDP forecast to 1.92% for 2017
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's statistics bureau on Wednesday raised its full-year forecast for economic growth, buoyed by strong demand for the island's advanced semiconductor products and other electronics and despite concerns over rising protectionism around the globe. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan bird flu culls reach nearly 130,000 as H5N6 cases confirmed
TAIPEI Taiwan has culled nearly 130,000 poultry since the start of this year as authorities on Tuesday reported a fresh strain of bird flu cases on the island. The highly pathogenic H5N6 avian flu has been confirmed in three cities and counties, the Bureau ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan-US FTA hinges on island's agriculture stance: experts
Washington think tank experts said Monday that any future free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan hinged on the island's resolve on agricultural trade issues. At a workshop hosted by the Council for Foreign Relations (CFR) titled ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan lifts 2017 economic growth forecast
Taiwan took a slightly more optimistic view of its economy's trajectory over the coming months, raising its growth forecast for 2017, and revising up some of its quarterly growth figures as strength in overseas demand for tech components and improved ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s HTC posts seventh consecutive quarterly loss
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s HTC on Tuesday announced worse than expected fourth-quarter results and analysts said its much-hyped virtual reality products had failed significantly to boost the struggling smartphone maker. Revenue from October to December was down 13 ... ( read original story ...)
Which Are The World's Largest Technology Companies?
Technology companies are those organizations that primarily ... Its headquarters are located in New Taipei City, Taiwan and it employees 1.3 million individuals on a full time basis. Foxconn is a contract manufacturer, meaning that it produces electronic ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: Oppo aims to sell 800,000-1,000,000 smartphones in 2017
China-based vendor Oppo aims to ramp up shipments of its smartphones in the Taiwan market to 800,000-1,000,000 units in 2017, up from 400,000 units shipped a year earlier, according to an internal estimate by the vendor. Oppo currently ranks as the sixth ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks flat on caution after hitting 20-month high
It hit an intraday high of 9,760.01, highest since May 2015. The electronics subindex rose 0.1 percent, while the financials subindex lost 0.2 percent. Taiwan's statistics agency is scheduled on Wednesday to issue its latest outlook for this year's ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Inc. moving to invest even more in Japan
TAIPEI/TOKYO -- Taiwan is turning into a high-powered financial backer of corporate Japan, with industrial computer maker Advantech seeking big buys in a continuation of a trend that kicked into gear with the 2016 acquisition of Sharp by Hon Hai Precision ... ( read original story ...)
Speed a possible factor in Taiwan bus crash that killed 32
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Investigators were looking into excessive speed as the possible cause of a bus crash in Taiwan that killed 32 people and injured several others in the island's worst road accident in more than three decades, an official said Tuesday. ( read original story ...)