Travel agencies have seen an uptick in bookings, and airlines are adding flights to accommodate the soaring demand to and from Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Base Food, offering complete nutritional foods, files for IPO
Base Food Tokyo-based Base Food, developing and selling nutritionally complete food products, announced on Wednesday that its IPO application to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC cuts capex on inflation worries after posting 80% profit jump
TSMC's dominance in making some of the world's most advanced chips for high-end customers such as Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc had shielded it from the .. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says quarterly profit $8.8 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips for smartphones and other products, said Thursday that its quarterly profit rose 79.7% over a year earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan government warns that «the island will not be the only victim» of a blockade by China
Taiwan’s Finance Minister Wang Mei Hua warned Thursday that a Chinese blockade of the island would hurt other nations in the region, including Beijing, he told Bloomberg. «Taiwan would not […] ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Metro takes lead from Tokyo, Seoul in offering free sanitary products to fight period poverty in Asia
Starting on November 1, the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation will provide menstrual products on request at 20 of its busiest stations. ( read original story ...)
How to Avoid a War Over Taiwan
Avoiding war in the Taiwan Strait requires all sides to be deterred. At a minimum, Taiwan must be deterred from declaring formal independence, Washington must be deterred from recognizing Taiwan as an ... ( read original story ...)
Senate tees up billions in military aid to Taiwan to counter Chinese aggression
The Senate hopes to pass a defense policy bill later this year, and that bill now includes significant military aid to Taiwan despite warnings from China. ( read original story ...)
EV Charging Firm First to Tap Peachtree Corners Through Taiwan Innovation Partnership
Noodoe, which offers electric-vehicle charging stations and a software “operating system” for those deploying the assets, has become the first tech firm to take advantage of a Peachtree Corners ... ( read original story ...)
China-Taiwan: Can a tech billionaire create a civilian fighting force?
In September this year a retired tech billionaire in Taipei, white-haired and bespectacled, called the island's media to a press conference to tell them he was pledging one billion Taiwan dollars ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Won’t Be Only Victim Of a Chinese Blockade, Minister Says
Taiwan’s economy minister warned that a Chinese blockade of the island would harm other nations in the region, including China itself, while stressing that Taipei has made plans for such a scenario. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Urges Calm on TSMC, Downplays Impact of Biden Chip Rules
Taiwan’s economic affairs minister downplayed the impact of new chip curbs on the island’s economy while urging investors to stay calm and believe in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan banks’ bad loans dropped to $1.86b
NPL ratio remained at 0.16%. Taiwan’s 39 banks’ non-performing loans (NPLs) totalled $1.86b in August, a decrease of $5.2m from the previous month according to the latest statistics by the Financial ... ( read original story ...)
Senators seek billions more in military aid for Taiwan
Senators are looking to shore up Taiwan’s defenses amid heightened tensions with China, and are poised to green-light billions more in military aid to the island to make it happen. Defense policy ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan opens borders to tourists as restrictions eased after 2.5 years
Entry rules to island lifted to allow unfettered access, while mainland China remains one of the few places keeping borders closed ... ( read original story ...)
‘Unrealistic’: Taiwan rules out proposal to blow up key tech facility should China invade
The island's national security chief said that China would not be able to make use of its prized semiconductor industry in the event of its capture. ( read original story ...)