A popular Chinese-manufactured phone has a built-in censorship tool that can blacklist search terms on the web, according to research by the Lithuanian government, which is urging owners of the phones ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s help needed to ease global chip shortage, Taiwan says
Malaysia is home to suppliers and factories serving semiconductor makers such as Europe's STMicroelectronics and Infineon, as well as major carmakers .. ( read original story ...)
Alstom-led Consortium to Provide Integrated Metro System for Taipei’s Fully Automated Metro Line
An Alstom-led consortium has been awarded a contract to provide an integrated metro system for Taipei Circular Line Phase Two. ( read original story ...)
Seven-story building collapses in E Taiwan region
A seven-story building collapsed on Friday afternoon in eastern Taiwan's Hualien County, local media reported. The incident happened at around 3:00 p.m. at an abandoned hotel, said the report. No ... ( read original story ...)
Evoking Mao, China likens Taiwan foreign minister to a ‘shrilling’ fly
China has launched a vituperative attack on Taiwan's foreign minister, evoking the words of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong to denounce him as a "shrilling" fly for his efforts to promote Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Questions China’s Suitability for Pacific Trade Pact, Fears ‘Obstruction’
China's restrictive practices present fundamental problems for its application to join a major pan-Pacific free trade pact, and if it joins before Taiwan there is a risk it could block their ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says resolving chip shortages needs Malaysia’s help
Resolving the global shortage of auto semiconductors needs Malaysia's help, especially when it comes to packaging, a sector affected by the country's COVID-19 curbs, Taiwan Economy Minister Wang ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s CPTPP Bid Will Test the Resolve of the Indo-Pacific
Taiwan’s application is a test case of how a high-stakes gambit in the Indo-Pacific can move forward without the United States. ( read original story ...)
Why Is Taiwan Bailing Out U.S. Electric Trucks?
Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, agreed to purchase Lordstown Motors, the Ohio electric truck manufacturer, for $280 million. ( read original story ...)
Apple supplier Foxconn to acquire its first EV plant in U.S.
Foxconn has struck a deal to acquire its first electric vehicle manufacturing plant in North America, part of $280 million in deals with U.S. electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors that also ... ( read original story ...)
Lordstown Motors may sell its plant to Taiwan’s Foxconn for $230M
Taiwan’s Foxconn would manufacture Lordstown Motors’ Endurance electric pickup truck under an agreement to buy the former GM assembly complex. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Foxconn has deal to buy former GM plant in Ohio
Foxconn Technology Group has struck a deal to buy a massive auto assembly plant in Ohio from a startup electric truck maker ... ( read original story ...)
Violence follows protest in Paraguay’s capital
Indigenous groups on Wednesday demonstrated in Paraguay’s capital against a law that makes it a crime to invade private property, and the protest escalated into violence that authorities said saw ... ( read original story ...)
Lordstown Motors in Talks to Sell its Ohio EV Factory to Foxconn
The company launched its U.S. IPO last October in a high profile merger with blank ... in talks to sell its Ohio EV factory that it acquired from General Motors to Taiwan contract manufacturer Foxconn ... ( read original story ...)
Low-cost houses for public ‘unfeasible’
Credit control measures have achieved the goal of maintaining the nation’s financial stability, but are unlikely to make houses more affordable, central bank Governor Yang Chin-long (楊金龍) said ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Military Aircraft Flights Near Taiwan Hit Monthly Record High
China's warplanes flew 117 sorties off southwest Taiwan in September—the most since public records began—but not every flight is a message for Taipei. ( read original story ...)