The PLA have also carried out multiple naval and military drills in and around the Taiwan Strait. The US has responded to Beijing's aggressive military actions by increasing naval patrols in the ... ( read original story ...)
Overlooked IPO markets are booming, as Beijing cracks down on tech firms
China’s crackdown on technology companies is prompting global investors to ... Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei Times. ( read original story ...)
Notes from Central Taiwan: China’s policy of ‘being provoked’
Photo: AP Official Washington: Taiwan! Do more to defend yourself! Also official Washington: But not that way! It is true that a rocket launch capability could be weaponized. Indeed, we’re already ... ( read original story ...)
PC market to grow this year, but slowly, firm says
A model holds an Acer Inc laptop computer at a news conference in Taipei on April 9. Photo courtesy of Acer ... we believe the vast majority of PC demand is nonperishable, especially from the business ... ( read original story ...)
Ian Easton On Taiwan: The wrong way to peace
Ian Easton is a senior director at the Project 2049 Institute and author of The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan’s Defense and American Strategy ... premier Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) in New York City. In ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese contractor for airport MRT to be fined
More than NT$700 million (US$25.06 million) is to be deducted from a payment to Marubeni Corp, after the Japanese firm failed to meet several criteria set in the contract for the electromechanical ... ( read original story ...)
Gilas women drawn with China, Australia, Chinese Taipei; WNBL vows support for national team
The national women's basketball team will be pooled with world no. 3 Australia, no. 7 China, and no. 34 Chinese Taipei in the group phase of the tournament's Division A. According to reports, the ... ( read original story ...)
Countries condemn Beijing’s move to build pressure on Lithuania to cut ties with Taiwan
Taipei [Taiwan] August 29 (ANI): Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez along with a group of pro-Taiwan legislators from Europe strongly condemned China's political, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan faces slow vaccination amid sporadic local vaccination deaths
China's Taiwan has welcomed good news in fighting against COVID-19 as no local transmission cases reported since Friday. However the news was shrouded with several suspicious deaths after local ... ( read original story ...)
US’s Indo-Pacific allies maintain trust in Biden despite Afghanistan exit
US allies in Asia have drawn a distinction between President Joe Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and Washington’s commitment to its partners in the region, rejecting claims that the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and US wrestle over Kioxia and future of chip security
Semiconductors are the cornerstone of the data society, and both countries are eager to bolster their respective chip industries. The deal is likely to be a test case of what the U.S.-Japan alliance ... ( read original story ...)
US warship transits Taiwan Strait after Chinese assault drills
China called the move ‘provocative’, saying the Eastern Theater Command of People’s Liberation Army organised troops to follow, monitor and guard the course of the US ships operations A US warship and ... ( read original story ...)
US warship, cutter transit Taiwan Strait
A US warship and a US Coast Guard cutter on Friday sailed through the Taiwan Strait, making the eighth transit under the administration of US President Joe Biden since he took office in January. The ... ( read original story ...)
Selling a home with a dark secret can be tricky
In Little Italy in Boston, Massachusetts, where tourists juggle coffee and cannoli, there is a 3m-wide monument to revenge on the market that could be yours for US$1.2 million. It is a spite house. An ... ( read original story ...)
Registration for AstraZenaca jab to begin today
People who are eligible for inoculation in the seventh round of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations can book an appointment from 10am today, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday as ... ( read original story ...)
EDITORIAL: Balancing talent retention, liberty
China has set its sights in particular on Taiwanese engineers over the past year as demand has increased for computer chips, seeking to close the gap with Taiwan on semiconductor technology ... might ... ( read original story ...)