Taipei, July 26 (CNA) Zookeepers at Taipei Zoo have launched an ice-making project to keep their animals cool in the sultry hot summer weather, with daytime temperatures regularly exceeding 36 degrees Celsius since early July. Taipei Zoo spokesman Tsao ... ( read original story ...)
Canada sends delegation of 393 to Taipei City
Tuesday 393 Canadians will be heading to the 2017 Summer Universiade, Aug. 19-30 in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, the Canadian delegation includes five teams selected and managed exclusively in-house by U SPORTS, while all remaining teams are managed by ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Excellence side by side with IoT revolution at Taiwan Expo 2017
Taiwan Excellence Experiencing Zoneis one of the main attractions. Here, products are on display by 66 leading Taiwanese brands covering multifaceted categories including information communication technology (ICT), home appliances, health care equipment ... ( read original story ...)
AIT: Taiwan-U.S. dialogue will help bilateral ties
according to a spokeswoman for the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). Sonia Urbom said that the dialogue, which is expected to run through Friday, will cover a wide range of topics, such as intellectual property rights protection, pharmaceuticals ... ( read original story ...)
Learning from Nature: Moth Eyes Inspire Nonreflective Screen Coating
When light moves from one medium to another, it bends and changes speed as the result of differences in a material property called refractive index ... Wu and his colleagues at National Taiwan University created a silicon dioxide mold that resembles ... ( read original story ...)
Bangkok’s property market picking up slightly
The major attraction to Bangkok property has been price ... with buyers from Singapore, Taiwan and Japan also making an impact. However, sales to Thai nationals are not anticipated to grow much more than the Bt28bn recorded in 2016, and experts are ... ( read original story ...)
‘Long live the king’: Thais release 1,066 turtles into sea ahead of new monarch’s birthday
The military government this month amended a royal property law to formally give the new king direct ... Extradited Thai monk known for lavish lifestyle faces rape and fraud charges Taiwan responds strongly to recent Chinese patrols: We 'will not back ... ( read original story ...)
Deciphering China’s Economic Resilience
From Thailand and Indonesia to South Korea and Taiwan, China was widely thought to be next ... focused on the twin headwinds of deleveraging and a related tightening of the property market – in essence, a Japanese-like stagnation. Once more, the Western ... ( read original story ...)
Daily Technical Summary Reports on Semiconductor Stocks — Taiwan …
Additionally, shares of Skyworks Solutions, which together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary semiconductor products, including intellectual property worldwide, have an RSI of 60.33. Daily Stock Tracker (DST ... ( read original story ...)
3 Things This Struggling Apple Inc. Supplier Wants You to Know
Back in April, longtime Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) supplier Imagination Technologies (NASDAQOTH: IGNMF) disclosed to investors that Apple -- Imagination's largest customer, by far -- that it would no longer use Imagination's graphics intellectual property in its ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei foreign labor office sees 775 disputes in first 6 months
The number of labor disputes recorded by the Taipei City Foreign and Disabled Labor Office increased to 775 during the first six months of this year from 637 in the same period of last year, with migrant workers complaining that their rights and privacies ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. dollar closes higher on Taipei forex (update)
Taipei, July 26 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Wednesday, gaining NT$0.042 to close at NT$30.402 as traders here took cues from the weakness of other regional currencies to cut their holdings in the local unit, dealers said. ( read original story ...)
Watch: Thousands protest call to curb incense burning in Taiwan
Taipei (Taiwan): The sound of clanging cymbals and blaring horns filled downtown Taipei on Sunday as thousands marched in a colourful Taoist procession, protesting a government call to cut back on the burning of incense sticks. About 100 temples took part ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to host WCIT 2017
World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2017 will take place in Taipei during September 10-13, organized jointly by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA). At a press conference ... ( read original story ...)
One year after IPO, Japanese chat app Line reports drop in user numbers
underscoring the messaging app operator's struggles to grow outside its home country since last year's high-profile IPO. While Line's messaging app, known for electronic stickers of a brown bear and his rabbit girlfriend, is popular in Japan, Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan taken off Asia-Pacific money-laundering watchlist
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has been dropped from a watchlist of Asia-Pacific jurisdictions deemed to have inadequate anti-money laundering controls, a senior official said on Wednesday, adding that the move reflects the island's determination to tighten its ... ( read original story ...)