Category: BUSINESS

Following my trip to Bangkok over Xmas, I made another trip over the New Year holidays, to Taipei to witness the Taipei 101 New Year Fireworks. This was of course coupled with some shopping as well as eating. Having checked-in online earlier, we proceeded ... ( read original story ...)

Currently, WeChat's payment service is unavailable to Taiwan residents. Mobile payment services, including WeChat payment, are cooperating with local banks for cross-border payment business certifications. "Based on the sellers' feedback, WeChat payment ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING, China - China has reiterated its opposition to any contacts between U.S. officials and Taiwan's government following a meeting between Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott and the self-governing island's President Tsai Ing-wen. Cruz and Abbot ... ( read original story ...)

Aloft Taipei Beitou opened its doors on Thursday (January 5), marking ... allowing guests to access their rooms using their mobile device. “Taiwan draws both business and leisure travellers, and we look forward to bringing the Aloft brand’s tech ... ( read original story ...)

The mayor of Taipei recently hosted an official delegation from Shanghai ... Attwell is a political risk analyst at S-RM, an international business intelligence and risk management consultancy and a research affiliate of the Centre for Chinese Studies ( read original story ...)

The Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco) has described Solly Msimanga’s recent Taipei trip as "highly regrettable"‚ saying it was undertaken against its advice. Dirco spokesperson Clayson Monyela said on Monday that the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and Taiwan have extensive business ties and also share concern about an increasingly assertive mainland China. But Japan, like most of the world's countries, maintains only informal relations with Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade province. ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, TAIWAN -- (Marketwired) -- 01/03/17 -- Taipei has been paying greater attention to both the use of building materials and night time lighting, causing Taipei to become more and more beautiful. Using the theme "Adaptive City" from the 2016 World ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei: Taiwan will spur domestic demand with a mid- to long-term infrastructure development plan, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said, augmenting a more conservative spending proposal released this year. “Next March, the cabinet will unveil a ... ( read original story ...)

[Photo/Xinhua] Around 200 years ago, Hsu Chien-fu's ancestors from Hsinchu in northwest Taiwan were among the first to plant tea in the island's fertile soil. Now the family business sells tea to most of Taiwan and half of the mainland. Hsu recently ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen waves her hand as she boards the nation's first domestically built 500-ton Tuo Jiang twin-hull stealth missile corvette at Suao Naval Base in Yilan, Taiwan June 4, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu BEIJING (Reuters) - Quoting a poem ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan warned on Tuesday that "the threat of our enemies is growing day by day", as Chinese warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier sailed towards the island province of Hainan through the South China Sea on a routine drill. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan, claimed by China as its own ... It has very good conditions for developing trade and business and cooperating with Chinese companies." Sao Tome has beautiful scenery for tourists, a strategic location in the Gulf of Guinea and potential for ... ( read original story ...)

... of luxury residential housing in Taipei for 2016 are expected to fall more than 50 percent from the previous year amid lingering caution over the local property market, according to H&B Business Group (住商不動產). H&B said that so far this year ... ( read original story ...)

A dispute panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) largely ruled in favour of Taiwan on Wednesday on its complaint over anti-dumping duties imposed by Canada on some of its steel goods. The ruling, related to certain carbon steel welded pipes and ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI: Johor is going all out to strengthen bilateral relationship with the Taiwanese government to attract more investors into the state, timely with the latter’s new Southbound policy. Johor Domestic Trade, Tourism and Consumerism Committee chairman ... ( read original story ...)