Flights CI069/CI070 will depart every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, offering 32 business lass seats, 31 in premium economy and another 243 in economy. The airline will also be increasing its Taipei-Sydney route to two daily services from ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan offers cancer treatment to China dissident Liu Xiaobo
TAIPEI: Taiwan said Wednesday that it was willing to offer cancer-stricken Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo treatment after prison officials granted him medical parole, in a move likely to rile Beijing. The offer came a day after China rejected criticism over ... ( read original story ...)
Discount to shrink to 10% on bullet train business class
TAIPEI -- Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) will cut the discount for business class seats by half to 10 percent starting August 1, the company said Tuesday. The lower discount means that one-way business class fare between Taipei and Kaohsiung will go ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn founder: ‘Still a chance’ to buy Toshiba chip arm
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The chairman of Foxconn says there is “still a chance” the Taiwanese electronics giant might be able to buy Toshiba’s memory chip business despite the Japanese company’s choice of another bidder as its preferred buyer. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Officials Eyeing Republican Plan for Tax Code Overhaul
Taiwanese business leaders and administration officials met this week amid uneasy circumstances between the U.S. government and its partners and counterparts in East Asia. Trump has taken Taiwan — a longtime friend of the U.S. but a country it does not ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s export orders up for 10th straight month in May
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan reported a year-on-year increase in its May export orders for the 10th consecutive month, at a time when global demand remained strong, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Tuesday. In May, the country's export orders rose ... ( read original story ...)
Travelers Say EVA’s Business Amenities Best, Cabins Cleanest
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 20, 2017 /CNW/ -- EVA Air is continuing its winning ways by taking the top spot in two categories of SKYTRAX's annual World Airline Awards, Best Business Class Comfort Amenities and Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness. SKYTRAX has also ... ( read original story ...)
Swisscom Starts Deployment of BBF Certified Metanoia Gfast Solution
HSINSHU, Taipei--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Metanoia Communications Inc. (Metanoia), a leading developer of very high-speed xDSL and Gfast PHY chipsets for the wireline broadband market, announced the successful completion of two important milestones today in its ... ( read original story ...)
Tour helps build KK-Taipei rapport
She also chairs Perwakilan Taipei which consists of lady officers and wives of ... and International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International), Taiwan-Taoyuan Club (or BPW International, Taiwan-Taoyuan Club) which share the same ... ( read original story ...)
China, Panama diplomatic drive puts business first
Taipei said it would evacuate its official staff and end cooperation ... Panama and China said there were no investment commitments tied to the move, though they noted business should benefit. Announcing the decision, Varela said he had told his cabinet ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan: Beijing wants Taiwan trade offices’ names changed
Taiwan says China has been pressuring the governments of five countries in the Middle East, Africa and South America to force the island to change the names of its unofficial representative offices. The foreign ministry says Beijing has pressured Nigeria ... ( read original story ...)
Trade top of list for business delegation to Taipei
Building trading contacts is at the top of the list for a delegation of businesses that arrives today in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, for a five-day visit. The delegation consists of six companies, and is being led by Wellington Chamber of Commerce Chief ... ( read original story ...)
Air Canada returns to Taipei after 15 years
This means 30 lie-flat pod suites (1-2-1) will be available in business class along with 21 premium economy (2-3-2) and 247 economy class (3-3-3) seats. “Air Canada is very pleased to return to Taipei, an important and significant economic centre ... ( read original story ...)
China reasserts hard line on Taiwan after Panama’s switch
China reasserted its hard line on Taiwan on Wednesday following Panama's switching of diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. Spokesman for the Cabinet's Taiwan Affairs Office Ma Xiaoguang told reporters that there could be no deviation from Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
Panama’s business chiefs hope for big return from new ties to Beijing
PANAMA CITY Panama's business community on Tuesday cheered the Central American country's decision to establish full diplomatic ties with China and ditch Taiwan, hoping to deepen links with a key customer of the nation's shipping canal. Although there was ... ( read original story ...)
Panama’s switch from Taiwan to China hammered out quickly
PANAMA CITY — Panamanian officials say the decision to break diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favour of China was put in motion nearly a month ago — though the roots go back years. Two Panamanian officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because ... ( read original story ...)