Taiwan’s government proposed on Thursday an extra T$210 billion ($7.52 billion) in spending to help the economy deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, as it reported 13 new domestic cases amid a rare spike ... ( read original story ...)
STARLUX Airlines First Flight landing in Ho Chi Minh City
Taiwan's newly founded airline STARLUX Airlines, with its very first flights to Macau, Penang and Danang on 23 January last year, officially launched its inaugural flight flying between Ho Chi Minh ... ( read original story ...)
Outbreak of Just 23 Cases Sees Rush on Vaccines in Taiwan
A rising number of Covid-19 infections is prompting thousands of members of the hesitant Taiwanese public to get vaccinated. ( read original story ...)
Scott Morrison denies his ‘one country two systems’ reference to Taiwan was an error
The Australian prime minister has denied he spoke in error when he answered a question about support for Taiwan by referencing “one country two systems” – a policy that actually governs Hong Kong. In ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks plummet on virus restrictions, tech selloff
Taiwan has been hailed as a global leader in containing the coronavirus with just 1,210 confirmed cases, 12 deaths. The island's economy recorded 3.1 per cent growth last year, the highest in Asia and ... ( read original story ...)
Rampant fishing industry abuses dull Taiwan’s rights record
Taiwan's lucrative fishing industry has come under fire for subjecting its migrant workforce to forced labour and other abuses, contrasting with the government's promotion of the democratic island as ... ( read original story ...)
Oversold Taiwan Shares Called Lower Again On Thursday
The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, plunging almost 1,400 points or 8.3 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 15,900-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Stock Crash Deepens as Traders Unwind Leveraged Bets
That takes the two-day drop in leverage to NT$25.6 billion, showing traders faced margin calls by brokers to cover losses in their stock accounts. The worry is that falling share prices will trigger a ... ( read original story ...)
E-Commerce Grows Steadily in Taiwan Amid Pandemic
COVID-19 has given a modest boost to online shopping in Taiwan, with platforms such as Momo, PChome, and Shopee strengthening their market positions. In a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwanese Cities Tighten Restrictions After COVID-19 Cases Rise
Taiwanese cities are tightening restrictions on access to public venues like gyms and libraries after a rare rise in domestic COVID-19 infections that has spooked the stock market and unnerved the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan reports record 16 new domestic cases, may raise COVID-19 alert level
TAIPEI: Taiwan reported its largest daily rise in domestic COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (May 12), while the stock market tanked after the health ... ( read original story ...)
Is archaeology conceivable within the degrowth movement?
Since the 1980s, archaeology has been further embedded in a reinforced and accelerating capitalist ideology, namely neo-liberalism. Most archaeologists had no alternative but to adapt to it through ... ( read original story ...)
Commercial property sales surge 60% in Q1
Taiwan started off this year with the fastest increase in commercial property sales, which soared 60 percent from a year earlier to US$1.3 billion last quarter, a report by Real Capital Analytics (RCA ... ( read original story ...)
Will Taiwan’s allies switch allegiance to Beijing to obtain vaccines?
The coronavirus is testing Taiwan's relations with its formal allies as Taipei struggles to help them with urgently needed vaccines and medical supplies, observers say. Several of Taipei's allies had ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stock crash shows world dangers of too much leverage
The trading day started out quiet in Taipeis $2 trillion stock bourse. But before the morning was over, the local benchmark index had plummeted almost 9 per cent in the worst one-day performance in ... ( read original story ...)
As Taiwan stocks plunge, this asset manager reveals how to play the tech-heavy market
With Taiwan's benchmark stock index plunging, Jian Shi Cortesi, an investment director at GAM, gives her tips on how to select the right tech investments. ( read original story ...)