Tough and early intervention measures appears to have spared much of the region from the debilitating impact of the pandemic seen elsewhere ... ( read original story ...)
As oil dives, Kurds return to sidelined farms
Iraq’s Kurdish region has for decades lived off its oil wealth, but plummeting energy prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic and financial mismanagement are forcing locals to return to long abandoned farms ... ( read original story ...)
New weapons the US is selling Taiwan can reach mainland China, but they’re ‘just a deterrent’
The package includes the first meaningful offensive systems sold to Taiwan since US switched its diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1979. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Plans to Become Solid Middle-Class Nation by 2025
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Vietnam's top leaders have resolved to become ... leaving hotels and guides with little business. The resort investors are banking on an eventual tourism rebound. Business shutdowns ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Industrial Production Rises Sharply; Retail Sales Grow
Taiwan's industrial production rose sharply in September and retail sales increased, data from the Ministry of Economic Affairs showed on Friday. Industrial production rose 10.73 percent year-on-year ... ( read original story ...)
How Trump Is Winning Hearts And Minds In Taiwan — Risking China’s Wrath
President Trump's administration has deepened ties with Taiwan, as tensions with China intensify. That could be why more Taiwanese favor him to win the U.S. election, according to a poll. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s UMC hopes to conclude US trade-secret lawsuit soon with US$60 million settlement
UMC says it has submitted a proposal for a business espionage lawsuit against it to be resolved, sending its shares closing up 5.3 per cent on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
China vows retaliation if US proceeds with Taiwan arms sale
BEIJING (AP) — China has vowed to retaliate if the U.S. proceeds with the sale of advanced weaponry to Taiwan worth more than a billion dollars. The statement from China’s defense ministry gave no ... ( read original story ...)
US approves $1.8bn in potential arms sales to Taiwan
Taiwan welcomes sale of missiles, artillery and sensors to modernise military but stresses not in arms race with China. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s U.S. Friendship Comes With Benefits — And China’s Wrath
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Undersecretary of State Keith Krach were the highest-ranking U.S. officials to travel to Taiwan on business since 1979, when Washington cut relations ... ( read original story ...)
US urged to strengthen military and economic ties with Taiwan by a prominent think tank
Others analysts said that a Biden administration was likely to face specific Taiwan challenges: forging a free-trade agreement with Taipei would be more difficult politically given its labour union ... ( read original story ...)
Is China Preparing for War in the Taiwan Strait?
Although Beijing is undoubtedly committed to further widening the military imbalance in the Taiwan Strait and to deploying assets that can delay or even prevent a U.S. intervention, China’s ability to ... ( read original story ...)
Crowdsourced Private Investigations Platform gotEM Launches its Live Beta
EM Technological, the startup responsible for gotEM--a decentralized crowdsourced investigations platform--announces the official launch of its beta platform for Oct 27th, 2020. Their beta allows both ... ( read original story ...)
COVID and economic growth not a problem for Taiwan
which sits next door and does not believe Taiwan should exist. In this strategically fraught corner of the globe, where COVID-19 was first detected and contained, business is rebounding as the world ... ( read original story ...)
TLC Announces the Appointment of Thomas H. Bliss, Jr., MBA, as Chief Business Officer
TLC (Nasdaq: TLC, TWO: 4152), a clinical-stage, specialty pharmaceutical company developing novel nanomedicines to target areas of unmet medical need, today announced the appointment of Thomas H. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Shares Set To Bounce Higher Again On Wednesday
The Taiwan stock market turned lower again on Tuesday, one session after halting the four-day losing streak in which it had lost more than 200 points or 1.7 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now ... ( read original story ...)