There is a coming boom in tech financing and accelerated growth in semiconductor hardware and programming software, writes Neil Newman – who is off to learn Python. ( read original story ...)
World’s Supply of Chips Is in Danger Unless Taiwan Gets Vaccines
A Covid-19 outbreak is leaving Taiwan squeezed between the U.S. and China, and on the back foot on several fronts. ( read original story ...)
US considered nuclear strike on China over Taiwan in 1958
The documents were posted online by Daniel Ellsberg, inset; he is famous for his 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret on the Vietnam war. Nationalist Chinese soldiers in 1958 are main. ( read original story ...)
Marriage equality gains support
Attitudes toward gender equality have continued to improve, especially toward marriage equality, with more than 60 percent of people now agreeing that same-sex couples should have the right to marry, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan sees jump in virus-related deaths amid worst outbreak
Taiwan saw an unprecedented jump in its coronavirus-related death toll from 17 to 23 on Sunday, as the island continued to battle a domestic outbreak not seen since the start of the pandemic, the ... ( read original story ...)
InspirMed Highlights Encouraging Data on ISPM21 and ISPM19 – Inhalable Liposome Formulations of Antiviral Drugs for COVID-19
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InspirMed Inc., a subsidiary of TLC (Nasdaq: TLC, TWO: 4152) that specializes in the development of proprietary ... ( read original story ...)
Data Revisions Leave Taiwan Unsure Where Outbreak Is Heading
Taiwan reported a steady increase in Covid-19 cases over the weekend, as the government’s decision to revise up past daily totals dented confidence in official data at a time when soft lockdown ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Reports Another Rise in Domestic COVID-19 Cases
Taiwan reported 457 new domestic COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 170 cases added to the totals for days over the past week as it continues to readjust its infection numbers following delays in ... ( read original story ...)
Catcalls and Jokes After Taiwan’s COVID ‘Regression Calibration’
Taiwan's abrupt decision to add 400 new domestic COVID-19 cases has prompted catcalls from opposition politicians and jokes online about fishy statistics, putting the government on the back foot to ... ( read original story ...)
US, S. Korea agree to cooperate on Taiwan Strait issue
The United States and South Korea have agreed to cooperate on the Taiwan Strait issue, amid rising tensions in the 180-km wide waterways. ( read original story ...)
Phones also need to be disinfected
Taiwan’s number of COVID-19 cases has increased over the past week. The government’s prevention information strongly promotes masks and hand hygiene, and recommends that alcohol sanitizers or other ... ( read original story ...)
How Myanmar’s military took hold of the telecommunications sector to spy on citizens
In the months before the Myanmar military’s Feb. 1 coup, the country’s telecom and Internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the ... ( read original story ...)
China renews Fosun BioNTech vaccine offer to coronavirus-hit Taiwan
Beijing has renewed an offer from a mainland Chinese pharmaceutical firm to supply Taiwan with The offer from Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group chairman Wu Yifang was highlighted by state news ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Fosun says it is willing to provide BioNTech vaccines to Taiwan
China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd is willing to provide Taiwan with BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, its chairman Wu Yifang told ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Virus Cases Hold Near Peak as People Told to Stay Home
Taiwan’s new coronavirus cases exceeded 300 for a sixth day as authorities pleaded for people to stay at home to help contain an outbreak. ( read original story ...)
What does Taipei look like under the COVID-19 level-three alert?
Taiwan region is now under a level-three alert, its second-highest warning. The island reported 286 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, with the number of cases rising for a sixth day in a row. ( read original story ...)