Israel beats Taiwan 15-7 at World Baseball Classic

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Ryan Lavarnway hit a two-run homer in the third inning and Nate Freiman added a three-run shot in the ninth to help Israel beat Taiwan 15-7 Tuesday and improve to 2-0 in the World Baseball Classic. Israel's batters chased ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan working with India to promote tourism back home

"Taiwan had witnessed an exponential growth of Indian tourists in the year 2016," a statement by Taiwan Tourism department said. MUMBAI: Taiwan is working with the Indian travel industry to bolster tourism between the two countries, its tourism department ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese fund managers to restructure IPO commission models

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has called for local asset managers to restructure their commission models for new initial public offering (IPO) listings in a bid to stem capital outflows. The move comes as the redemption rate for IPOs ... ( read original story ...)

Israel uses early outburst to crush Chinese Taipei at WBC

Team Israel scored early and often en route to an overwhelming 15-7 victory over Chinese Taipei at the World Baseball Classic. Nate Freiman led the way with four RBI for Israel, which ran out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Tyler Krieger drove in three ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Taipei pitcher commits embarrassing error vs. Israel

A Chinese Taipei pitcher committed an embarrassing blooper on Monday during a first round game against Israel in the World Baseball Classic. With Israel ahead 8-3 in the top of the seventh and the bases load, Chinese Taipei brought in Chen-Hua Lin out of ... ( read original story ...)

APEC Green Energy Finance Initiative

1 2015/EWG49/016 Agenda Item: 9 APEC Green Energy Finance Initiative Purpose: Information Submitted by: Chinese Taipei 49 th Energy Working Group Meeting Gyeongju, Korea June 2015 2 APEC Green Energy Finance Initiative (draft for discussion) Proposed by ... ( read original story ...)

Have a 4K TV? Chunghwa unveils 4K content to go with it

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Chunghwa Telecom said its MOD 4K digital media player was available to preorder by customers on its 300M broadband plan. The telecommunications giant announced its MOD 4K service on Monday at an event that saw government officials and ... ( read original story ...)

China to resist Taiwan, HK independence

China will resolutely oppose and contain Taiwan independence, Premier Li Keqiang has said in remarks prepared for delivery at the opening of the annual meeting of parliament. China is deeply suspicious of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, whose ruling ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan stocks rise as tech, financials lend support

TAIPEI, March 6 Taiwan stocks rose on Monday, supported by technology and financial shares, as markets viewed a U.S. interest rate hike this month as a near certainty. The main TAIEX index rose 0.1 percent to 9,659.90 points as of 0123 GMT, after closing ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese official urges more contacts with Taiwan politicians

A top Chinese official called for more contacts between politicians in mainland China and Taiwan despite Beijing's ongoing refusal to engage with the self-governing island's president. The head of China's legislative advisory body, Yu Zhengsheng, said ... ( read original story ...)

High-tech giants to launch major recruitment drives

Taipei, March 4 (CNA) Several major high-tech firms in Taiwan are set to launch hiring campaigns to each recruit thousands of new employees this year for an upgrade in production technology and capacity expansion. Among these companies are Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan stocks rise in line with overseas markets

The financial subindex gained 1.2 percent, while the electronics subindex rose 0.6 percent. Among actively traded shares, Pegatron and Largan Precision , suppliers to Apple Inc , saw gains of more than 1 percent. The Taiwan dollar firmed by T$0.025 against ... ( read original story ...)