With facilities in the US and Europe, it also hopes to benefit from government investment programs from nations looking to reduce their reliance on Taiwan, and stay ahead of a rapidly advancing China. ( read original story ...)
News content should not be free on Facebook, Google: Taipei Newspapers Association
Taiwan government asked to draft law backing negotiations between news outlets and tech giants such as Facebook and Google ... ( read original story ...)
E.SUN Is Rated Best in Taiwan by Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating
Sustainalytics, a world leading ESG research institution, has assigned an ESG rating to E.SUN Financial Holding Co. (E.SUN). In the latest Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings, E.SUN is ranked first in ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan prioritises chips over food production, suspends irrigation across thousands of acres of farmland as drought continues
Taiwan's Water Resources Agency has reportedly shut off irrigation across tens of thousands of acres of farmland to ensure that the country's semiconductor industry continues to receive precious water ... ( read original story ...)
Top Chinese official admits vaccines have low effectiveness
China’s top disease control official, in a rare acknowledgement, said current vaccines offer low protection against the coronavirus and mixing them is among strategies ... ( read original story ...)
The Taiwan guessing game
Washington has long kept Beijing at bay over Taiwan with ambiguity over how it would react. Now it is being pressured from all sides into a perhaps risky change of policy. ( read original story ...)
US provocatively lifts restrictions on contact with Taiwan
According to the Financial Times, US officials will be able to regularly ... but has repeatedly warned that it will respond militarily to any unilateral declaration of independence by Taipei. In an ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Man Retrieves iPhone From Dried Lake, It Works Even After 1 Year
Taiwan is experiencing its worst drought in 56 years. The water level in several reservoirs and water bodies has hit a record low and parts of the Sun Moon Lake--one of Taiwan’s most iconic ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of America sees South Korea and Taiwan sustain their chip dominance
Kathleen Oh of Bank of America Securities expresses confidence that South Korea and Taiwan will "maintain their supremacy" in semiconductor manufacturing capacity. ( read original story ...)
Man finds iPhone one year after dropping in Taiwan lake
Taipei: A man in Taiwan has found an iPhone he had accidentally dropped in a lake about a year ago. Surprisingly, the recovered device was found to be working normally, according to media reports. The ... ( read original story ...)
“Most Beautiful Local Train” EMU 900 Enters TRA Commuter Service
Disclaimer | Commerce Policy | Made In NYC | Stock quotes by finanzen.net TAIPEI, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Taiwan Railways Administration's new EMU 900 series trains have undergone ... ( read original story ...)
A ‘challenging and long journey’ for U.S. tech firms to reduce reliance on Taiwan chipmakers
U.S. companies like Apple, Google, Amazon and others rely on Taiwanese chipmakers to manufacture as much as 90% of their semiconductors, says Sebastian Hou, CLSA's managing director and head of tech ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan March exports hit record
Taiwan recorded exports totaling US$35.89 billion in March ... growing 38.4% sequentially and 27.0% on year, according the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Electronic components had the largest exports at ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market Called Higher On Monday
The Taiwan stock market on Friday halted the four-day winning streak in which it had jumped almost 500 points or 3 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 16,850-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Effectiveness of Chinese vaccines ‘not high’ and needs improvement, top health official says
The comments from the head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention have since been mostly censored. ( read original story ...)
Drought in Taiwan Pits Chipmakers Against Farmers
It has built a seawater desalination plant in Hsinchu, home to TSMC’s headquarters, and a pipeline connecting the city with the rainier ... to TSMC’s involvement in a project to increase irrigation ... ( read original story ...)