President Tsai Ing-wen got vaccinated with Taiwan's first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, giving her personal stamp of approval as the island begins rolling out the contested shot ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Deaths Rise; Taiwan Rolls Out Homegrown Shots: Virus Update
U.S. average daily fatalities ticked over 1,000 on Saturday, apparently for the first time since March, at the tail of last winter’s surge. Average weekly cases now surpass 1 million as the delta ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Rolls Out First Homegrown Shots to Bypass Vaccine Woes
Taiwan begins administering its first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines Monday as it seeks to rely more on local options after struggling to secure sufficient supply of the major international ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to start contested roll out of first domestic COVID-19 shot
Taiwan will on Monday begin administering its first domestically-developed COVID-19 vaccine with President Tsai Ing-wen leading the way in getting the shot, as the government casts aside objections ... ( read original story ...)
Will America Fight to Save Taiwan? Will the Taiwanese?
The examples of Afghanistan and Vietnam aren’t encouraging. ( read original story ...)
Use tech to locate missing elderly: Lai
Authorities should make use of technological advances in searching for missing elderly people, Vice President William Lai (賴清德) said in a video posted online on Saturday. Lai’s video is to serve as ... ( read original story ...)
Notes from Central Taiwan: No place for official insularity
Taiwan’s art world has been roiled by a dispute over an exhibition by the artist Jun Yang (楊俊) at the Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). The handling of the controversy by the various ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan defense authority’s special missile budget futile to change status quo, to bring trouble on island: experts
The defense authority on the island of Taiwan is reportedly proposing a huge special budget for missile manufacturing capabilities with the aim of "coping with threats from the Chinese mainland" amid ... ( read original story ...)
Investment Analysis of Taiwanese Real Estate Market
An average household in Taipei needs to pay two-thirds of income for a mortgage loan, far above the affordable limit of 30%. Worries about mainland speculators peaked in early 2008 when residential ... ( read original story ...)
China wants to capture our country like Taliban: Taiwan
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said that China wants to occupy its country like the Taliban. China has long claimed Taiwan and is planning to annex it. Discussions have begun about whether China ... ( read original story ...)
Iron ore’s rout threatens surge in volatility to come
Iron ore’s most spectacular collapse on record portends more volatility to come as investors grapple with a complex policy backdrop in China and an uneven recovery in global demand. Once one of the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Escalates Afghanistan Tiff With Beijing: ‘China Dreams of Emulating the Taliban’
The barb comes after a state-run paper in China suggested the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was an "omen" of Taiwan's fate. ( read original story ...)
‘Let Me Be Blunt’: Taiwan Finance Minister Claims China ‘dreams Of Emulating’ Taliban
Taiwan's foreign minister on Friday lambasted the People’s Republic of China saying that President Xi Jinping's regime is motivated to "emulate" the Taliban. Taiwan’s Joseph Wu referred to Beijing’s ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan made innovation: TissueTech
TissueTech with its two subsidiaries, Bio-Tissue and Amniox Medical , are US-based organizations of innovative technologies using products derived from human amniotic and umbilical cord tissues. ( read original story ...)
Fact: China Wouldn’t Be Threatening Taiwan If Taipei Had Nuclear Weapons
What kind of bomb was Taiwan attempting to develop? Two possibilities are low-yield tactical nuclear weapons and a higher-yield city killer. A tactical nuclear weapon would be useful to target the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says sees ‘balance’ in auto chip supplies by Q4
Global supply and demand for auto chips should reach a "balance" by the fourth quarter of 2021, Taiwan's government said on Saturday, reiterating its commitment to doing its part to tackle a shortage ... ( read original story ...)