Hanoi, Dec. 31 (CNA) The number of travelers allowed to visit Taiwan will likely be reduced following the country's suspension of visas for groups of Vietnamese tourists, Ho Chi Minh City-based ... ( read original story ...)
A look inside the Taipei 101 New Year’s Eve fireworks show as it goes green
One of the tallest buildings in the world, Taipei 101’s New Year’s Eve fireworks have become an iconic celebration since the first show at the end of 2004. But despite being a major tourism ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan 2020 presidential race begins to heat up
They want more jobs, higher wages, and lower property prices. Latest estimates say that GDP growth in 2019 will fall to 2.18 percent from 2.62 percent, in part because of the intensifying Sino-US trad... ( read original story ...)
China to kick off year of sensitive anniversaries with major speech on Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China’s most sensitive issue. In 2019 China will celebrate ... ( read original story ...)
16 Vietnamese, 3 Taiwanese arrested for telecom scam in Taiwan
The Taiwan News reported Saturday that of the 16 Vietnamese, 14 were runaway immigrant workers while two were fake tourists. A Wednesday raid on two locations in Taiping and Shalu districts in Taichun... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft, Taiwan AI Labs collaborate for genetic analysis
The model uses a patient's genetic analysis and relies heavily on technology such as the AI and Machine Learning (ML) algorithm," the report added. Ethan Tu, founder of Taiwan AI Labs, said that TaiGe... ( read original story ...)
Government-assessed land values in Taiwan stay flat in 2019
The current assessed land value is important because capital gains taxes on property transactions in Taiwan -- the land value increment tax -- are based on these appraised values rather than ... ( read original story ...)
Micron Technology : to hire 1,000 in Taiwan, raise starting wage
U.S. electronics giant Micron Technology is set to bolster its presence in Taiwan by recruiting 1,000 new staff next year. The company will also increase its base monthly wage for graduate engineers w... ( read original story ...)
16 Vietnamese nationals nabbed in alleged telecom fraud in Taiwan
Taipei, Dec. 29 (CNA) Sixteen Vietnamese nationals were arrested along with three Taiwanese in central Taiwan earlier this week on suspicion of telecommunications fraud that targeted people in ... ( read original story ...)
ECB’s Iconic First Home in Frankfurt Sold to Taiwan’s Fubon Life
An illuminated euro symbol still stands outside the property, even though the ECB has since moved most of its operations to the city’s east. Patrizia Immobilien AG, which carried out the acquisition o... ( read original story ...)
Patrizia picks up Frankfurt tower for Taiwan investor
German-listed property firm Patrizia has acquired the Eurotower office building in Frankfurt for Taiwan-based insurance firm Fubon Life. Would you like to read more? Log in first (top right of the scr... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market Draws Another Green Light
For the day, the index soared 162.57 points or 1.72 percent to finish at 9,641.56 after trading between 9,555.01 and 9,670.97 on turnover of 81.32 billion Taiwan dollars. Among the actives, Cathay Fin... ( read original story ...)
Malton’s share price rises 15% on Taipei project win
Acocrding to the group's filing on Oct 2, the project involves the development of a landmark ... This complex will have direct access to the Taipei City station of the express rail service to the Taoy... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Overbanked Market Is Trying to Consolidate. Again
Regulators in Taiwan are taking another shot at consolidating a fractured financial system that’s scaring off foreign investors. The island’s authorities last month made it easier for lenders to merge ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands of Taiwanese protest taxes with nod to yellow vest movement
Wearing yellow vests, they shouted slogans and blared air horns outside the Ministry of Finance in Taipei, the capital city, and waved banners calling Taiwan’s tax collection policies illegal. Some wo... ( read original story ...)
France’s ‘yellow vest’ movement hopscotches to Taiwan. ‘We’re pleading with the government’
“They don’t follow their own rules.” Chien and thousands of others donned yellow vests on a rainy Thursday morning to protest outside the Ministry of Finance, the architect of Taiwan’s tax system, aft... ( read original story ...)