Taiwan-based mobile telecom operator Taiwan Mobile (TWM) expects its revenues to grow 2% on year to NT$118.85 billion (US$3.793 billion) in 2017, while operating income will decline 7% to NT$18.56 billion. Net profits for 2017 will drop 6% to NT$14.38 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore-Taiwan defence ties ‘to fall over time’
Military exchanges between Taiwan and Singapore are likely to fall over time, but this is more due to the city-state needing more training areas overseas provided by other allies than pressure from China, according to analysts. Hong Kong’s decision to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan: Back to the Homeland
Taiwan, that small island east of China where stuff used to be made, was the first - and only - Asian country I'd ever visited. As a child, I'd pored over photos of Mum's trip to Beijing in the early 1990s, but as a young adult the idea of backpacking ... ( read original story ...
Taiwan ATM hack: Three jailed over $2.6m theft
Three Eastern European men have been jailed in Taiwan over the theft of $2.6m (£2.1m) from cash machines around the country. They are part of a network of criminals who used malware to hack into 41 First Commercial Bank machines in three different cities ... ( read original story ...)
Visits to B.C. surge, particularly from Taiwan
On June 8, there will be a lot more capacity on the route when Air Canada launches inaugural non-stop daily flights between Taipei and Vancouver. Business in Vancouver explored the growth in non-stop flights between Vancouver and Greater China (Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Three foreigners jailed in Taiwan over ATM heist
Latvian Andrejs Peregudovs, together with Mihail Colibaba from Romania and Niklae Penkov from Moldova, were convicted of causing damage to the public by breaching computer security, said the Taipei district court. They were also each fined Tw$600,000 ($19 ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Billions Fail to Sway Taiwan’s Last Allies in Africa (2)
(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s last two African allies have no plans to switch allegiances and break ties with Taipei as Beijing tries to woo the self-ruled island’s diplomatic partners. Burkina Faso won’t cut relations with Taiwan despite people and ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa posts 4Q profit
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) _ Chunghwa Telecom Co. (CHT) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $242.6 million. On a per-share basis, the Taipei, Taiwan-based company said it had profit of 31 cents. The telecommunications company posted revenue of $1.83 ... ( read original story ...)
Visitation to B.C. surges, particularly from Taiwan
On June 8, there will be a lot more capacity on the route when Air Canada launches inaugural non-stop daily flights between Taipei and Vancouver. Business in Vancouver explored the growth in non-stop flights between Vancouver and Greater China (Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom : posts 4Q profit
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) _ Chunghwa Telecom Co. (CHT) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $242.6 million. On a per-share basis, the Taipei, Taiwan-based company said it had profit of 31 cents. The telecommunications company posted revenue of $1.83 ... ( read original story ...)
Wuxi Biologics files IPO prospectus aiming to be gateway to China
The initial public offering (IPO) prospectus does not set an expected value or date ... It also revealed that is works with Taiwan-based TaiMed Biologics, Israel’s OPKO Biologics, Hong Kong’s CStone Pharmaceutical. Wuxi Biologics manufacturing and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan economy rallies thanks to electronics demand
Taiwan's economy notched up its best performance in almost two years in the final quarter of 2016, with strong demand for electronics offsetting a plunge in mainland tourists, according to official data released Wednesday. Growth was 2.58 percent year-on ... ( read original story ...)
Aslan Pharma Approved to List Shares on Taiwan's Main Board
Aslan Pharma of Singapore was approved to list on Taiwan's Taipei Stock Exchange ... Founded in 2010, Aslan raised $23 million in pre-IPO venture capital last July, bringing its total VC funding to more than $100 million. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to continue to pursue closer ties with regional partners
Taiwan will continue to pursue and strengthen economic cooperation with its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Presidential Office said Tuesday. Officials ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Economic Crisis Acute, Needs Reforms
He believed Taiwan could leverage its financial services sector, calling it a critical factor in boosting economic growth in places like Hong Kong and Singapore. But he warned that “research shows that Taiwan’s service sector lacks a competitive edge”. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan looks forward to advancing cooperation with U.K.
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Tuesday that Taiwan has launched a series of initiatives to promote emerging economic sectors and looks forward to cooperating with the United Kingdom in those areas. During a meeting with the U.K ... ( read original story ...)