SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, carving a careful diplomatic path on her stopovers in the United States, visited the headquarters of micro-messaging service Twitter Inc and opened her official account on Saturday. A source with ... ( read original story ...)
‘CHEN CHIEN JUNG. 'Well-Lighted Rooms’ at Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei City
A solo exhibition entitled “Well-Lighted Rooms” showcasing works by Taiwanese artist CHEN CHIEN JUNG (b. 1972, Taipei), who is popularly known to use a palette of acrylic and mixed media on canvas, will be on view at Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Hypermarkets to extend business hours for year-end shoppers
TAIPEI -- Hypermarket chains in Taiwan will extend their business hours in the days leading up to the Lunar New Year to drive up sales during one of Taiwan's peak shopping seasons. One of the major hypermarket brands, Carrefour, plans to stay open around ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, Guatemala reaffirm bilateral ties during official visit by Tsai
GUATEMALA CITY -- President Tsai Ing-wen and her Guatemalan counterpart ... Tsai said that "we're pleased to have taken part in the first three phases of the project," adding that Taiwan will continue to provide assistance. The Republic of China embassy ... ( read original story ...)
How Noise Complaints Grew Into A 'State-Level' Problem In Taiwan
A Stanford University doctoral student found after a 16-month research project in Taiwan that noise was the environmental ... People who call a Taipei city hotline about noise may be grilled as if it’s their problem. The hyper-dense Taiwan capital ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Works to Keep Its Central America Friends (Among Its Few)
MEXICO CITY — President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan has been hopscotching across Central America ... tycoon’s $50 billion plan to build a canal across Nicaragua, an opaque project with uncertain funding that stalled before any work had begun. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks drop; TSMC falls on profit-taking, lower sales guidance
TAIPEI, Jan 13 Taiwan stocks fell on Friday on profit-taking ... The electronics subindex fell as much as 0.6 percent, while the financials subindex lost up to 0.7 percent. Shares in TSMC dropped as much as 2.2 percent, after the company expected its ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei employees’ financial data leaked
An information security breach led to financial data concerning at least 2,000 Taipei City Government employees being leaked on Tuesday night, with city officials ascribing the incident to outdated and vulnerable data management software. The information ... ( read original story ...)
The Taiwan Strait: This is how accidental wars start
The world's most dangerous flashpoint got much more dangerous Thursday when China sent its lone aircraft carrier into the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan scrambled fighter jets in response. This is how ... Graham Taylor, the former England football manager ... ( read original story ...)
China scores new victories in Africa as Taiwan handed diplomatic blow
It was a dramatic lesson in China’s growing financial muscle. As a Chinese official dangled ... Nigeria this week hastily ordered the shutdown of a trade office by China’s rival, Taiwan. The result is another diplomatic blow to Taiwan and another ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese tech giant's Taiwan deals unravel as Powertech calls off share pact
TAIPEI Taiwan's Powertech Technology Inc (6239.TW) said Friday it was terminating a share agreement with China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd, unraveling more than $2 billion in deal-making that the state-run Chinese giant had hoped to seal on the island. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Dips On Cautious Q1 Guidance
Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), aka TSMC ... "Due to stronger demand for TSMC's 16-nanometer technology and a more favorable exchange rate than our original forecast, fourth-quarter revenue surpassed the high-end of our guidance ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says Nigeria wants it to move its trade office from Abuja
Taiwan has no diplomatic ties with Nigeria, but has an office for handling business affairs in Abuja. But Taiwan's foreign ministry said Nigeria has asked Taipei to move its office from Abuja to its former capital, Lagos. Taiwan called on Nigeria to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan's TSMC chief praises Trump's US jobs goal as Q4 profit sets record
TAIPEI: The chief of Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker ... a normally slower period for the technology sector, but remained conservative in their outlook. "It really comes from the seasonality of our customers in the mobile area ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks hit over 18-mth highs, TSMC up ahead of Q4 results
It had closed almost flat in the previous session. The electronics subindex rose 0.7 percent, while the financials subindex gained 0.5 percent. The Taiwan dollar was up T$0.185 at T$31.750 per U.S. dollar after rising to its strongest against the U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan slams Nigeria, Beijing over trade office snub
For years, China and Taiwan were locked in a bitter diplomatic tug-of-war, luring away each other's allies with generous financial packages in so-called "chequebook diplomacy". Diplomatic tussles between the two had eased under Taiwan's previous Beijing ... ( read original story ...)