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Taiwan handset sales to be affected by rising COVID cases
Smartphone shipments to the Taiwan market could hit a record low in May due to a spike of local COVID-19 infections, according to sources from local retail chains. ( read original story ...)
Restrictions reimposed as virus resurges in much of Asia
Taxi drivers are starved for customers, weddings are suddenly canceled, schools are closed, and restaurant service is restricted across much of Asia as the coronavirus makes a resurgence in countries ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Calls for Fair Access to Vaccines Amid COVID Spike
Taiwan's government has called for fair access to COVID-19 vaccines during a meeting with senior Western diplomats, as it faces a dwindling supply of shots during a spike in domestic infections. ( read original story ...)
Amid drought, Taiwan plans more water curbs for chip hub Hsinchu
Taiwan will step up water usage curbs from June 1 for the major chip making hub of Hsinchu in a battle on islandwide drought, should there be no significant rain by month-end, the government said on ... ( read original story ...)
China Has No Intention of Walking Away from Its Claims on Taiwan
Xi Jinping has pledged to invest $1.4 trillion through 2025 in key technologies including semiconductors. Of course, another way of leveling the playing field would be to invade Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
China says U.S. threatening peace as warship transits Taiwan Strait
China accused the United States on Wednesday of threatening the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait after a U.S. warship again sailed through the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan from its ... ( read original story ...)
Roller Coaster Ride Likely To Continue For Taiwan Shares
With some volatility, the Taiwan stock market has finished higher in two of three trading days since the end of the four-day losing streak in which it had plummeted almost 1,630 points or 10 percent. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Acacia’s Commercial Evolution
Taiwan acacia is traditionally used as firewood, but Taiwan’s king of carton packaging, Caho Chen, and a team of innovative young people have developed ... ( read original story ...)
Crédit Agricole CIB issues innovative solidarity-based green bond
This is the first ever bond in the global sustainable market where investors, joint lead managers and the issuer team up to financially contribute to an environmentally and socially-friendly project. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan ETF Surges Off Rebound in Tech
A Taiwan country-specific exchange traded fund surged Tuesday, with Taiwanese equities enjoying their best day since March last year, as a rebound in technology stocks helped lift the island country's ... ( read original story ...)
Complacency Let Covid Break Down Taiwan’s Only Line of Defense
All the virus had to do was get through the border.Until this week, Taiwan’s Covid-19 containment appeared to be so effective that virtually no other defenses were put in place: few tests, no local ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong suspends operations of its Taiwan office
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, which handles relations with China, said it "deeply regrets the Hong Kong government's unilateral decision" and vowed to keep its own office in the financial hub ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Aims to Keep Chip Production Humming as Covid Spreads
TSMC, which dominates advanced chip production, yesterday said its workers are operating in separate teams. Face-to-face meetings have been curbed, and non-essential vendors were banned from its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong suspends operations at representative office in Taiwan as tensions rise
Hong Kong's government suspended operations at its representative office in Taiwan on Tuesday (May 18), in a sign of escalating ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Fauci: Reasonable for businesses to keep masks
BERLIN — Health officials say they have quarantined the residents of two high-rise buildings in the western German town of Velbert after several people tested positive with the coronavirus variant ... ( read original story ...)