Wave of migration comes amid worsening crackdown on freedoms following the introduction of Beijing’s national security law ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan extends mask mandate at large gatherings
People who attend large gatherings in Taiwan will continue to be required to wear masks and forbidden from eating or drinking anything other than water, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said ... ( read original story ...)
Flowery rhetoric dominates Taiwan-China exchange on cross-strait ties
In his inaugural speech as director of the MAC, former Justice Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) on Tuesday pledged to do his best to improve relations between Taiwan and China, saying the two sides ... ( read original story ...)
Navy sends another guided-missile destroyer through contentious Taiwan Strait
The USS Curtis Wilbur sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the second time this month the Navy has sent a warship through the contentious waterway. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan January export orders rise almost 50% on year
Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$52.72 billion in January 2021, decreasing 12.9% sequentially but increasing 49.3% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). ( read original story ...)
DFI and Canonical offer risk-free system updates and reduced software lead times for the IoT ecosystem
DFI and Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, signed the IoT Hardware Certification Partner Program. DFI is the world's first industrial computer manufacturer to offer Ubuntu-certified IoT hardware ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan eases travel restrictions
Taiwan will partly lift border restrictions to allow entry of some foreign visitors. However, it isn't yet allowing general tourism. From 1 March, Taiwan will open up to foreign nationals without ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s chip industry under threat as drought turns critical
Taiwan's tech manufacturers fear their output is under threat from the island's worst drought in decades, risking more turmoil for global supply chains already strained by shortages of semiconductors ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC Prepares to Sell Bonds in Taiwan Amid Major Expansion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is set to sell local currency bonds Thursday, as it prepares for a spending blitz amid a global chip shortage.The world’s largest maker of chips for other ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Foxconn Shares Rise More Than 4% After EV Deal With Fisker
Shares of Taiwan's Foxconn rose as much as 4.5% on Thursday, after the company said it will work with Fisker Inc to produce more than 250,000 electric vehicles a year beginning in late 2023. Foxconn, ... ( read original story ...)
Can America Defend Taiwan Without Fighting China?
A prominent Chinese researcher and military expert connected to the People’s Liberation Army is saying that a potential war with the United States over Taiwan independence essentially relies upon ... ( read original story ...)
Central bank in India warns over cryptocurrencies
The head of the Indian central bank yesterday said he is concerned that cryptocurrencies might affect financial stability in Asia’s third-largest economy, a view that could shape regulations on the ... ( read original story ...)
Moody’s lifts Taiwan’s credit outlook to ‘positive’
Moody’s Investors Service yesterday affirmed Taiwan’s sovereign credit rating of “Aa3” and changed its credit outlook for the nation to “positive” from “stable,” the first time the ratings agency has ... ( read original story ...)
GE Debuts Giant 9HA.02 Gas Turbines at 1.4-GW Plant in Malaysia
Two GE 9HA.02 gas turbines—the largest model of GE’s second-generation H-class heavy-duty gas turbine fleet and one of the largest gas turbine models on ... ( read original story ...)
Fisker and Foxconn Team Up to Make ‘Personal Electric Vehicle’
Fisker reveals it has teamed up with Apple iPhone parts maker Foxconn to make, not an electric car or truck, but a 'personal electric vehicle.' ... ( read original story ...)
Apple supplier Foxconn to build first electric vehicle with Fisker
Apple supplier Foxconn plans to build cars by 2023 in the US after reaching an early stage deal with Fisker, an electric-vehicle startup. Foxconn, which trades as Hon Hai Precision Industry, on ... ( read original story ...)