Taiwan plans to spend billions of dollars on seven more submarines in the next 14 years. Its first domestically built submarine was unveiled last fall and will undergo sea trials soon. Taiwan hopes to ...
Business climate monitor cools down
The government’s business climate monitor last month turned “yellow-red ... Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei Times.
Exclusive: China spent $15.3 bln on Pacific exercises in 2023, internal Taiwan estimates show
Taiwan's defence ministry compiled the reports in May based ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals ...
Telegram Founder’s Arrest Part of Broad Investigation, French Prosecutors Say
A case was opened last month to investigate child pornography, drug sales, fraud and other criminal activities on the platform. The app’s founder, Pavel Durov, was detained over the weekend near Paris ...
Donovan’s Deep Dives: TPP trainwreck continues with multiple investigations
On the morning of Aug. 14, TPP spokesperson Celina Wu (吳怡萱) said that Investigation Bureau agents led by Taipei prosecutors searched Ko’s workplace in the Taiwan Glass Building, but strangely this was ...
Three charged over spy network
Three Taiwanese affiliated with the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP) were yesterday charged with developing a spy network to infiltrate the Taiwanese military, contravening the National ...
Shells to Sweaters: Sustainable ‘Sea Wool’ Earns Millions for Taiwan Business Spinning Oyster Shells into Yarn
According to the Taiwanese Department of Agriculture, 160,000 metric tons of mollusk shells are discarded annually from local businesses.
Taiwanese driver told by New Zealand staff to say she’s from Thailand
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An employee at a driver and vehicle licensing agency in Auckland, New Zealand, reportedly told a Taiwanese woman to list her country of origin as Thailand when she applied for a ...
Taiwan manufacturing and construction industries saw decline in July
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) reported Taiwan’s manufacturing and construction sectors experienced declines in July, while its service sector saw a slight increase. According to the ...
US calls for expanding engagement with Taiwan after Palau reports Chinese economic coercion
WASHINGTON: A US State Department official has stated that America encourages all nations to deepen their engagement with Taiwan after Palau's President recently revealed that the Micronesian nation ...
The Pentagon wants to use special operators in new ways to train Taiwan and others for a different kind of fight
There's a push to get special operations forces involved in training partners to fight more than terrorism, drugs, and border threats.
Taiwan protests against China amid flag row for using economic pressure to interfere in politics
BEIJING: Taiwan has launched a strong protest against Beijing for using economic pressure to interfere in politics of the self-governed island after a Taipei-based hotel chain apologised for excluding ...
Taiwan detects 12 Chinese aircraft, 8 naval vessels around its territory
China has increased its military activities around Taiwan, including regular air and naval incursions into Taiwan's ADIZ ...
In Taiwan, former Trump rival Nikki Haley urges support for US allies, spurns isolationism
We don’t want to see Communist China win,’ says Donald Trump’s former UN envoy, who later ran against him for Republican presidential nod.
Here are 3 ways analysts say China could blockade Taiwan
A Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be risky, but it is a possibility. China experts at CSIS assessed three possible blockade scenarios and how they'd play out. One of the biggest challenges China ...
Taiwan boosts defense spending in face of Chinese military prodding
Asked whether the envisioned 2025 spending would be sufficient, Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President of the US-Taiwan Business Council, told Defense News: “Answering this question is highly subjective.