Taiwan, won the Tall Buildings category at MIPIM/The Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2018; while Andrew Bromberg at Aedas-designed Chengdu City Music Hall in Chengdu, China, received a commendation in the Cultural Regeneration category. ( read original story ...)
Is Beijing planning to take Taiwan back … by force?
... Affairs Office’s February announcement of 31 policies smoothing the way for greater Taiwan-mainland integration, including 12 measures related to business and 19 to social and employment issues. Unlike the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Star expects positive EBITDA in 2018
Taiwan Star Telecom expects its EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) to become positive in 2018 as the number of its mobile service subscribers and ARPU (average return per user) have continued to increase, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom : Tata Com ink deal for global IoT connectivity
Tata Communications is joining forces with Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom to bring global connectivity to consumer electronics and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) devices. In a joint statement, the companies said the partnership will enable Chunghwa ... ( read original story ...)
Negative real interest rates could impact policy decisions: Taiwan central bank
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s negative real interest rates could affect decision-making on whether to raise interest rates, its newly-appointed governor Yang Chin-long told parliament on Thursday. Yang told parliamentarians the central bank’s rate ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei’s Le Palais given three stars in first-ever Michelin guide to Taiwan’s capital
A total of 20 restaurants in Taipei, including five that serve Japanese food, received accolades in the inaugural edition of the Michelin guide for Taipei released on Wednesday. Touting the launch of the guide as a “truly historic event,” Michael Ellis ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei is using a blockchain alternative to transform into a smart city
The initial project is to put in place a digital identification system based on IOTA’s TangleID technology. As Taipei’s Smart City Living Lab initiative enters its proof-of-concept phase, the city will soon roll out a new identification system—the Di ... ( read original story ...)
Forget Trade Wars. Trump’s ‘Taiwan Card’ Is China’s Real Worry
Forget steel and intellectual property. The biggest potential flash point between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is an island of 23 million people sitting off China’s coast. Even as global investors shift from worrying ... ( read original story ...)
Win Streak May End For Taiwan Stock Market
For the day, the index collected 93.53 points or 0.85 percent to finish at the daily high of 11,095.63 after moving as low as 11,014.87 on turnover of 130.46 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Cathay Financial skidded 1.10 percent, while Fubon ... ( read original story ...)
Phone fraud worsen Beijing-Taiwan tensions
Liu Tai-ting was hoping to make money to support his child when he moved to Kenya from Taiwan and joined in what Chinese authorities say was a telephone fraud scheme, posing as a government official to demand bogus payments and gain control of his victims ... ( read original story ...)
“I Am Here!” Venture Dialogue, Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan promotes Social Business
Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan (FYSBT) co-sponsored "I Am Here!" Venture Dialogue to create a brand new deal for young entrepreneurship platform with Yunus Social Business Center (YSBC) in Taiwan. (Start from left) Prof. Kung-Hsiung Chang from ... ( read original story ...)
No terms limits could give Xi more sway on Hong Kong, Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China's move to scrap term limits and allow Xi Jinping to serve as president indefinitely puts him on track to deal with some of the country's weightiest long-term sovereignty challenges, especially the fates of Hong Kong and Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Official uniform invoice app to be launched in 2019
Taipei, March 13 (CNA) The Ministry of Finance will launch an official mobile app next year that will allow winners of the bi-monthly uniform invoice lottery managed by the ministry to claim their prizes through electronic transactions and have their prize ... ( read original story ...)
No term limit could allow Xi to be bold on Hong Kong, Taiwan
Since passing from British to Chinese rule in 1997, the financial hub has operated as a "special administrative ... into just another Chinese city," he said. Self-governing Taiwan, however, is quite a different story, posing a direct challenge to the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan high court upholds acquittal of ‘Sunflower’ activists
Taiwan's high court on Tuesday upheld the acquittal of anti-China activists who occupied the island's parliament in 2014, with the judge describing the protests as "an expression of democracy". Jubilant activists praised the decision which they said was a ... ( read original story ...)
No term limits could give Xi more sway on Hong Kong, Taiwan
BEIJING — China’s move to scrap term limits and allow Xi Jinping to serve as president indefinitely puts him on track to deal with some of the country’s weightiest long-term sovereignty challenges, especially the fates of Hong Kong and Taiwan. ( read original story ...)