You may also offer additional support with your subscription, or donate. Taiwan will not be allowed to participate in the World Health Assembly (WHA) this year as an observer, the WHA has decided on its opening day. Some hours earlier today, Taiwan’s ... ( read original story ...)
HTC: behind the scenes of its Taiwanese smartphone factory
Chances are, you pick up your smartphone dozens of times each day without sparing a thought for how it’s made. Just as phones have gone from a useful accessory a device the vast majority of us would struggle to get through the day without in the past 15 ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan dollar rallies as foreigners snap up local shares
TAIPEI May 22 The Taiwan dollar posted its strongest gains ... but that it will maintain order in the market if excessive volatility is not beneficial to economic and financial stability. Taiwan shares closed up 0.5 percent at 9,997.26 points, fueled ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s MediaTek stakes future on IoT, Indian market
TAIPEI -- Taiwanese computer chip designer MediaTek is seeking to reinvent its future as its bottom line is sagging due to intensifying competition. Under growing pressure to reduce its dependence on Chinese smartphone makers, the company is racing to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks rise; T$ at strongest level vs US$ in 2 1/2 weeks
TAIPEI May 22 Taiwan stocks rose along with other regional ... The electronics subindex rose 0.5 percent, while the financials subindex was unchanged. Among the most actively traded, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) and Hon Hai Precision ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan prosecutors say won’t indict Mega Fin for violating anti-money laundering rules
TAIPEI Taiwan prosecutors said on Monday they will not indict Mega Financial Holding or any Taiwan citizen for violating anti-money laundering rules, following an investigation into whether state-run Mega had breached U.S. anti money laundering rules. ( read original story ...)
Draft Amendment on Taiwan Trade Secrets Act
In 2017, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) proposed further draft amendments (the Draft) to the current Act. Set below are the main points covered by the amendments: Prosecution for trade secrets misappropriation in a foreign jurisdiction ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s financial watchdog to draft strategic plan
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) will draft a strategic plan that will guide the financial sector in these dire times of enormous challenges, especially due to the prevailing low interest rates at home and in other major markets across the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan's opposition Nationalists pick former VP Wu as party chief
TAIPEI Taiwan's biggest opposition group, the China-friendly Nationalists, on Saturday picked as its chief the island's former vice president Wu Den-yih, an advocate of improved and stable cross-strait relations. In his acceptance speech, Wu, 69 ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan's Tsai keeps domestic focus amid China's isolation
Yet, the island's first female president seems focused on policy initiatives at home as well as maintaining robust relations with the United States, Taiwan's most important source of arms and political support. "I am expecting the leaders on the other side ... ( read original story ...)
Game over? Taiwan's struggling Kuomintang
The Kuomintang party dominated Taiwan for decades with its wealth and an iron fist -- but now it is battling to keep a foothold in the island's shifting political landscape. Founded by Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen and later led by nationalist Chiang ... ( read original story ...)
HTC unveils U11 4G smartphone, to launch mid-level VoLTE devices soon
TAIPEI: Mobile phone maker HTC Tuesday introduced this year’s flagship HTC U11 4G-LTE smartphone based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system (OS), and it plans to launch mid-level VoLTE devices priced above Rs 10,000 under the Desire range in the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks fall on profit-taking; Trump worries weigh on market
TAIPEI, May 19 Taiwan stocks fell on Friday as investors booked ... The electronics subindex was flat, while the financials subindex dropped 0.3 percent. Big-cap electronics companies Hon Hai Precision and TSMC were both down. The Taiwan dollar softened ... ( read original story ...)
iPhone-maker Foxconn seeks 13 acre land at JNPT SEZ: Gadkari
road transport and highways minister said the details of the project are not immediately available. Foxconn Technology Group is one of the world’s largest electronic manufacturing contractors, headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is the third ... ( read original story ...)
A year in office, Taiwan's Tsai seeks Beijing's goodwill to help curb anti-China sentiment
TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is signaling she needs more give and take from China to rein in hardliners on an island China considers its own, officials say, but Beijing is unlikely to budge months before its five-yearly Communist Party Congress. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Failure to Face the Threat From China
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s aggression in the Asia-Pacific region has been met with little tangible response from the United States and other countries. China’s neighbors have acquiesced to Beijing’s claims to the airspace above the East China Sea and ... ( read original story ...)