KAOHSIUNG (Kyodo) -- The first Taiwan-U.S. Defense Business Forum was held in Taiwan on Thursday amid tensions between China and Taiwan and between the two contending superpowers. The forum, co-hosted by the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council and the Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan-U.S. Defense Business Forum focuses on Taiwan’s self-defense
Francis J. Wiercinski, former commander of the United States Army Pacific, at the Taiwan-United States Defense Business Forum (Photo courtesy of CNA, 2018.5.10) Kaohsiung, May 10 (CNA) The inaugural Taiwan-United States Defense Business Forum took place ... ( read original story ...)
China wants to dictate how foreign airlines refer to Taiwan and the US is having none of it — this is how every major airline is responding
Keep scrolling to see how major airlines are dealing with China's attempts to get foreign countries to comply with its view that Taiwan is part of China: American Airlines confirmed to Business Insider it received the letter from China's Civil Aviation ... ( read original story ...)
The compromises that companies make to do business in China
Doing business in China comes with a long list of demands. More than 30 global airlines — including some US carriers like American Airlines (AAL) — were recently told by the Chinese government to remove any information that could suggest Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan deepening defense cooperation with US dangerous, say Chinese experts
The US-Taiwan Business Council and the Taiwan Defense Industry Development Association will be hosting the Taiwan-US Defense Business Forum in Kaohsiung, Taiwan island on Thursday. This event is said to "bring together US and Taiwan companies to discuss ... ( read original story ...)
Review: China Airlines Airbus A350 business class, Brisbane-Taipei-London
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EVA offers Taipei bargain
The best fare in business class under the promotion is THB 16,535 ... to book one-stop travel to North America with a single change of plane in the airline’s Taipei home-base. EVA’s flight from Chiang Mai to Taipei will offer passengers a convenient ... ( read original story ...)
China Dismisses U.S. Criticism Of Its ‘Orwellian’ Demand About Taiwan
Taiwan's independence-leaning president ... "There should be no pressure from governments, whether ours or others, that threatens the ordinary operations of business." Bishop said she hoped the current understanding with China could continue and that ... ( read original story ...)
SUEZ NWS pursues its development in Taiwan
Present in Taiwan since 1995, SUEZ provides water treatment processes ... In 2002, the Group extended its business portfolio to municipal water treatment when it won a DBO contract to design, build and operate the Chengcing Lake water treatment plant ... ( read original story ...)
‘Orwellian Nonsense’? China Says That’s the Price of Doing Business
Macau and Taiwan regions are inseparable parts of Chinese territory,” a spokesman, Geng Shuang, said on the ministry’s website. He added, “It must be pointed out that foreign firms doing business in China should respect China’s sovereignty and ... ( read original story ...)
China slams US criticism of its ‘Orwellian’ Taiwan demand
Taiwan’s independence-leaning president ... “There should be no pressure from governments, whether ours or others, that threatens the ordinary operations of business.” Bishop said she hoped the current understanding with China could continue and ... ( read original story ...)
Kafnu Taipei Achieves Growth Milestone
Kafnu Taipei, a full-service lifestyle space designed for creators in the heart of Taipei, has successfully reached 100% occupancy for its private offices since opening in January 2018. With a rapidly-growing member ecosystem, Kafnu is expanding its ... ( read original story ...)
StarLux receives approval for airline business operation
Taipei, April 27 (CNA) StarLux Investment Co., established ... an operating license from the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) to launch an airline business operation and StarLux Airlines company will be officially registered in Taiwan within one ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC to invest $14 billion in R&D at Hsinchu facility
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, is planning a T$400 billion ($13.50 billion) investment to expand its research and development capacity for future technologies, a company ... ( read original story ...)
China is getting increasingly aggressive with Taiwan — but war would be disastrous for both sides
"Xi Jinping has essentially linked rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation to the retaking of Taiwan," Bonnie Glaser, the director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Business Insider. "We were in a period of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Caught in the Middle of the U.S.-China Trade Tiff
Taiwanese business executives and government officials are deeply worried as the United States and China, its two largest trading partners, tee off in a tit-for-tat trade tiff. Taiwan finds itself caught in the middle. Taiwan is not unduly troubled by ... ( read original story ...)