Beijing is wary of undercutting the image it is trying to cultivate as a moderate alternative to U.S. global dominance, as well as a potential mediator in Ukraine.
Police to tackle organized crime
A designated police squad is to be set up to crack down on organized crime, Minister of the Interior Lin You-chang (林右昌) said yesterday. Lin was asked to brief lawmakers at a meeting of the ...
Why Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Slipped Today
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reported smaller ... sales miss implies for earnings at the semiconductor manufacturing giant. According to Yahoo! Finance figures, analysts were already ...
EU must not be ‘follower’ of US, China on Taiwan: Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron in an interview published on Sunday said that Europe must not be a “follower” of either the US or China on Taiwan, saying the bloc risks entanglement in “crises that ...
‘Europe mustn’t be a US, China follower on Taiwan’
PARIS: Europe must not be a "follower" of either the United States or China on Taiwan, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published on Sunday, adding that the bloc risked ...
Chinese mainland officials meet Taiwan business leaders, urge closer cross-Straits cooperation
Despite rising tension in the Taiwan Straits stirred up by the secessionist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities’ collusion with US politicians, senior Chinese officials have in recent days ...
City says dome turf meets international standards
Chiang had promised that his administration would complete the long-stalled Taipei Dome construction project within a year of him becoming mayor. New Taipei City Deputy Mayor Lee Ssu-chuan (李四川) on ...
Taipei’s grade-A office vacancy rate climbs to 2.7%
The vacancy rate for grade-A offices in Taipei last quarter climbed to 2.7 percent, as companies reduced space utilization and moved to less popular areas to save on operating costs amid economic ...
New Taipei to ban single-use plastic cups from May
Beverage shops in New Taipei City would from next month be banned from providing single-use plastic cups, to cut down on plastic waste, the city government said yesterday. The 2,704 beverage shops in ...
ASML applies for 2nm fab tool R&D subsidies in Taiwan, report says
ASML has filed to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs for R&D subsidies to fund the development and production of 2nm wafer optical measurement equipment, a report by Taiwan's quoted unspecified ...
U.S. Navy Strike Group Keeps Close Eye on China’s Carrier Near Taiwan
Chinese and American carrier groups were both on maneuvers in relative proximity in the Western Pacific on Monday as China concluded a three-day show of force around Taiwan. The Shandong, the second of China's three aircraft carriers, embarked on its first ...
China Brandishes Military Options in Exercises Around Taiwan
China sent fighter jets, naval ships and an aircraft carrier near Taiwan on Monday in the final day of military exercises choreographed to raise pressure on the island while stopping short of an escalation that could set off a conflict. China has said the ...
Should You Buy the Dip on Taiwan Semiconductor’s Stock?
What sets Taiwan Semiconductor apart from other foundries is its leading technology. Taiwan Semiconductor derives over half of its revenue from 5- and 7-nanometer (nm) chips, which are currently the ...
New Taiwan tension
Read on for the insights of IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva, who sat down with Global Insider to preview the week and share her thoughts on China’s new leadership. It’s a full week for the ...
Kremlin says China has every right to conduct Taiwan exercises, France cannot mediate in Ukraine
the country's finance... MOSCOW (Reuters) - Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, told Russia's defence minister on Monday that he wanted guarantees that Moscow would... TAIPEI (Reuters) - ...
Emmanuel Macron’s Taiwan remarks spark international backlash
Analysts found the comments particularly ill-timed with China carrying out large-scale military drills in the straits of Taiwan in response to the Taiwanese ... was accompanied by a big delegation of ...