Tributes that were removed from public spaces after the end of his brutal rule in 1975 now crowd a site west of Taipei ...
Financial firms’ overseas exposure reaches NT$27.38tn
Taiwanese financial holding companies increased their overall overseas exposure — including lending, investments and interbank transactions — to NT$27.38 trillion (US$845.69 billion) in the first ...
Taiwan’s everywhere war
Night was falling when sergeant Pa Wen-shan rode his motorcycle up the steep, narrow road that leads home. It had been a long journey. Four hours on the train from Chiayi, then another 45 minutes on ...
Taiwan’s Foxconn reiterates Q2 revenue to grow, posts record April sales
Foxconn said in a statement that this year's second quarter "remains a traditional off-peak season, and major products are entering a period of transition between old and new products" ...
Notes from Central Taiwan: Wealth inequality
Is it only to help their big business supporters that the KMT pushes bills like this? Notes from Central Taiwan is a column written by long-term resident Michael Turton, who provides incisive ...
Analyzing Rental Prices in Major Asian Cities: A Financial Perspective
Renting a place can be a big deal, especially in a big city where prices are high. Experts say you shouldn’t spend more than about 30% of what you earn before taxes on rent. A study gathered data from ...
Taipei 2nd most expensive city in Asia to buy property
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The price of purchasing and renting property in Taipei remains a serious problem for the residents living in Taipei, or those hoping to move to Taiwan’s capital city. Based on ...
‘Ghostly’: the Taiwan park keeping 700 statues of late dictator Chiang Kai-shek as row rages over their fate
Tributes that were removed from public spaces after the end of his brutal rule in 1975 now crowd a site west of Taipei ...
Taiwan pursues homegrown satellite network amid tensions with China
Once operational, this system promises to emulate the functionality of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite constellation, albeit on a smaller scale, according to Wu, who has been at the helm of Taiwan's ...
Taiwan pursues homegrown satellite network amid rising tensions with China
With Beijing's persistent claims over Taiwan and threats of military action, the need for an autonomous communication infrastructure is paramount ...
Why Taiwan is pulling down statues of Chiang Kai-shek
While the West obsesses about whether or not China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping, is going to invade Taiwan, the Taiwanese seemingly have other concerns. Today the hot issue is statues. To be ...
Soldier’s experience underscores rising Chinese threat towards Taiwan
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Financial Times report on Thursday (May 2) highlighted the increasing Chinese threat towards Taiwan through the military experience of an Indigenous soldier.
Taipei MRT catches brothers using fake NT$50 coins
Taipei Police Rapid Transit Division caught a pair of brothers surnamed Tsai (蔡) who used counterfeit NT$50 (US$1.50) coins at EasyCard machines in Taipei MRT stations. Fake coins had been received ...
5,000 runners race up Taipei 101
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei 101 Run Up on Saturday (May 4) attracted nearly 5,000 runners from 34 countries.
Taiwan detects 7 Chinese military aircraft, 5 naval vessels around island
According to Taiwan's MND, one of the seven Chinese military aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's Southwest Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) ...
Developing Taiwan’s own ‘Starlink’ crucial for island-wide emergency, space agency says
Taiwan’s leaders are working on an ambitious new satellite system to keep the island online in case of disaster, as it deals with the constant threat of hostilities with China.