Starting in the early 2000s, Taiwan started to run large current account surpluses of 5- 7 per cent of GDP. That’s big. At the time it was only really dwarfed by China. And while China’s surplus fell ...
Taiwan says government departments should not use DeepSeek, citing security concerns
Taiwan's digital ministry said on Friday that government departments should not use Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence (AI) service, saying that as the product is from China it ...
Taiwan president tells Pope Francis global bodies should stop excluding island
Global bodies should stop excluding Taiwan for political reasons, President Lai Ching-te told Pope Francis in a letter, adding that he agrees war has no winners.
Taipei awards turnkey contract for Circle Line metro project
TAIPEI City government’s systemwide E&M project office (Sempo) has awarded a contract worth almost €720m to an Alstom-led consortium to deliver an integrated metro system. Alstom, working with ...
Taiwan’s MND detects 7 Chinese aircraft, 5 vessels around its territory
Five of the aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and Southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)
WEi fans to catch ‘The Feelings’ concerts in Taipei
Boy band WEi will hold fan concerts titled “The Feelings” in Taipei, Taiwan, on Feb. 15 and 16, its agency OUI Entertainment said Friday.
Taiwan Project Center – HUA
Taiwan packs a lot of punch. In land area, it measures about 1.3 times the size of Massachusetts, but has more than three times the population. The island, which sits just 100 miles off the coast of ...
Taiwan’s Economy Ministry responds to Trump’s threat of up to 100% tariffs on chips, including those from TSMC
Taiwan's government has been swift to respond to the talk of huge tariffs by the recently inaugurated 47th president of the United States.
Consumer tech prices will skyrocket if Trump imposes Taiwan tariffs
Taiwan is the world’s biggest producer of high-end computer processors and semiconductors. The newly-minted Trump administration has announced its latest series of tariff plans, including a “25 percent,
Why Taiwanese youth complain of becoming “housing slaves”
But Ms Jao is reluctant to become a wu nu, or “housing slave”, she says. That is slang for young homebuyers who feel trapped by their expensive mortgages. Taiwan’s youngsters are not exaggerating when ...
5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes buildings in Taiwan, series of temblors hits island
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future ...
Taiwan receipt lottery offers more prizes for year ahead
Consumers have more chances to win Taiwan’s receipt lottery this year, despite cuts to the finance ministry’s budget. According to an analysis by the Taiwan FactCheck Center published Friday, an ...
5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes buildings in Taiwan, as a series of temblors hits the island
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future ...
Who Is the Founder of the A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek?
The Chinese company DeepSeek seemed to have come out of nowhere this week when it upturned markets. Here’s what to know about Liang Wenfeng, the engineer who started it.
AI scare to boost Taipei-US ties: expert
The launch of low-cost AI model DeepSeek (深度求索) on Monday sent US tech stocks tumbling, with chipmaker Nvidia Corp losing 16 percent of its value and the NASDAQ falling 612.46 points, or 3.07 percent, ...
Who Is Liang Wenfeng, the Founder of A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek?
The Chinese company DeepSeek seemed to have come out of nowhere this week when it upturned markets. Here’s what to know about the engineer who started it.