TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan unveiled its largest defense spending increase in more than a decade on Thursday amid rising military tensions with its giant neighbor China, which considers the self-ruled ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Champion Huawei Under Fire for Calling Taiwan a Country
Yet another company is coming under fire for implying that Taiwan is independent from China. Only this time it’s Chinese national champion Huawei Technologies Co. People on the country’s Weibo ... ( read original story ...)
US Says Taiwan Defense Spending to Rise With China Threat
TAIPEI, Taiwan — America's top representative in Taiwan says Washington expects the island to continue increasing its defense spending as security threats to the U.S. ally continue to grow. W. Brent ... ( read original story ...)
The World’s Gadget Makers Are Splitting Along U.S.-Chinese Lines
Analysts including Kevin Chen of Taipei-based President Capital Management say Huawei is increasingly looking to Taiwan’s Win Semiconductors to manufacture radio frequency chips previously supplied by ... ( read original story ...)
Get Ready, China: Taiwan Is Developing “Suicide Drones”
Taiwan is developing at least two exploding ... at the August 2019 edition of the biennial Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition in the island country’s capital. ( read original story ...)
China’s online users lambast Huawei for Taiwan listing
Dozens of users on Wednesday complained that certain phone models made by Huawei -- the world's number two smartphone producer -- had "adopted double standards" when referring to Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Repatriated cash revs up Taiwan’s economic engine
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Taiwan has a $350 billion chance to rev up its stuttering economic engine. The self-ruled island has been battered by a U.S.-China trade war and stalled diplomatic ... ( read original story ...)
Is Taiwan Getting Ready to Build a New Fighter Jet?
Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp, or AIDC, built a model of the Blue Magpie for the 2019 Taipei Aerospace & Defence Technology Exhibition, photos reveal. The $2.2-billion Blue ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion: It’s time for Canada to support Taiwan’s place in the international community
Strains in Canada’s relations with China, including the arbitrary detention of Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, have led to unprecedented debate about how Canada should best ... ( read original story ...)
‘Very Painful’ Trade War Has Tech Suppliers Moving Out of China
To contact the reporters on this story: Debby Wu in Taipei at dwu278@bloomberg.net;Cindy Wang in Taipei at hwang61@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Peter Elstrom at ... ( read original story ...)
Fubon Financial most profitable in sector
Taipei, Aug. 13 (CNA) Fubon Financial Holding Co. has been the most profitable financial holding company, both in terms of total net income and earnings per share (EPS), of the 15 listed on the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan is fast in 5G deployments, says Ericsson executive
Taiwan's comprehensive supply chain for the telecommunication industry and consumer demand for fast network communication will help push local telecom service operators and end-market device makers to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan targets digital health and smart tech for exports
Taiwan, for years synonymous with hi-tech manufacturing of ... “Our aim is to change perceptions about the quality and innovation of Taiwanese medical technology exports,” James Huang, chair of Taitra ... ( read original story ...)
Egis Technology Inc. Reports EPS of NT$3.46 in 2Q19
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Egis Technology Inc. (6462.TWO) reported 2Q19 revenue of NT$1,899mn, up 36% QoQ, and up 28% YoY. 2Q19 GM declined 3 ppts QoQ to 38%. But on a pro forma ... ( read original story ...)
China’s tech firms to post slower June-quarter growth on sagging demand
different ways,” said Taipei-based technology analyst Sam Reynolds. “For the more business-to-consumer focused companies, this will be reflected in slower consumer spending; for the more ... ( read original story ...)
HTC to launch new smartphone in India soon, Desire 19+ anticipated
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC plans to re-enter India soon with a new smartphone. In fact, the company has already started teasing the device on Twitter. The teaser does not reveal much, except for a ... ( read original story ...)