The Taiwan stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, sinking more than 100 points or 0.6 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 16,040-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Key Areas Traders Watch Out for as Taiwan Lockdown Risk Looms
Taiwan’s collapse from one of the world’s most successful Covid-19 containment stories rattled investors last week. Now, as new daily infections remain elevated and the island extends pandemic-linked ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan firm to set up plant to make oxygen concentrators
Currently, the Centre is in the process of importing Zeolite from different parts of the world, for use in Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) plants to boost oxygen supplies in the country. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s April export orders surge again, outlook shadowed by COVID outbreak
Taiwan's April export orders rose for the 14th month in a row and far exceeded expectations, boosted by sustained demand for telecommuting ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Says U.S. Vaccine Aid Would Help Shield Chip Industry
A senior Taiwan official said U.S. assistance securing more Covid-19 vaccines could serve to protect the critical semiconductor industry at a time of tight chip supplies globally and a rising number ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan facing surge in new COVID infections
Watch "Taiwan facing surge in new COVID-19 infections; sees highest case numbers since pandemic began", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring ... ( read original story ...)
Be the zeitgeist in Bangkok exhibition fusing events, fashion, pop culture
Bangkok can step inside the 21st century’s events and pop culture moments, from the 9/11 attacks and stormtroopers to Trump-era sexual politics A massive project years in the making by Spanish fashion ... ( read original story ...)
Alone Together in Taipei
In 1997 the Taiwanese film and theater director Tsai Ming-liang premiered a movie called The River. It starred Lee Kang-sheng, who has had major parts in ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan seeing rise in COVID-19 infections after being largely spared in 2020
Taiwan is seeing a steep rise in daily confirmed COVID-19 cases as the virus surges across the island. Taiwan was hailed as a shining example of how to handle the pandemic last year, after going 253 ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Covid Success Hid a Very Traditional Workplace Culture
While much of the world spent the better part of the past year in some form of lockdown, Taiwan’s 23 million residents lived almost virus-free. They went to baseball games and navigated crowded night ... ( read original story ...)
‘This Day Was Bound to Come’: Taiwan Confronts a Covid Flare-Up
The island’s border controls had shielded it from the worst of the pandemic. But new variants and a slow vaccine rollout gave the virus an opening. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan President Tests Negative for COVID-19
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has tested negative for COVID-19, after a worker at her residence tested positive, the presidential office said on Thursday. "The president is healthy and safe," it added ... ( read original story ...)
Why You Should Never Say Thanks To Siri
The British are famously indirect to a fault and say “please” when they give orders and “sorry” when they are blame-less. But ought this politeness extend to machines? Read on to explore this question ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Once Blistering Economy at Risk From Covid, Drought
Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Taiwan is facing major threats from a surge in coronavirus cases and drought-triggered power outages, ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan’s April export orders surge again, outlook shadowed by COVID outbreak
Taiwan's April export orders rose for the 14th month in a row and far exceeded expectations, boosted by sustained demand for telecommuting products during strict lockdowns worldwide to contain the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Once Blistering Economy Is Now Battered From All Sides
If cases remain high, Taiwan may be forced into a full lockdown, which would spread the pain from the retail sector to exports in an economy heavily reliant on trade. On top of that, a drought has ... ( read original story ...)