Category: BUSINESS

Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, who was sanctioned by China when he left office at the end of the Trump presidency, plans to make a visit to the island of Taiwan for a second time, according ... ( read original story ...)

Former secretary of state says Washington must engage ‘realistically and on our terms’ to prevent Xi Jinping’s dream of a ‘Chinese century’. ( read original story ...)

He is the latest in a recent string of Western politicians to visit the self-ruled island. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo told an audience in Taiwan on Tuesday that the era of "blind engagement" with China is ending, and that Beijing's increasingly aggressive behaviour has brought ... ( read original story ...)

Pompeo will address the Global Taiwan Business Forum in Kaohsiung, hosted by the Liberty Times newspaper. The forum brings together over 300 Taiwanese businessmen and major companies from around the ... ( read original story ...)

Pompeo, a top official in the Trump administration, is the latest in a recent spate of Western politicians to visit Taiwan. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

The Smiley Company puts smileys on things. Last year it sold US$486 million worth of products. Loufrani, 50, greets me with fast-talk and a French accent, steering me between desks to a small meeting ... ( read original story ...)

Donning a helmet and bulletproof vest for his announcement, the 75-year-old tech billionaire, who founded the chipmaker UMC, said: “They will have to come over my dead body before they can control ... ( read original story ...)

To cover up his covert cannabis business, a man in Taiwan told his wife he was planting a decorative maple tree. The man's ruse was uncovered ... ( read original story ...)

While financial services executives said they view the risk of armed conflict in North Asia as low, they see tit-for-tat sanctions between the US and China that disrupt the flow of finance and trade ... ( read original story ...)

Global financial firms, still smarting from multi-billion dollar losses in Russia, are now reassessing the risks of doing business in Greater China after an escalation of tensions over Taiwan.Most ... ( read original story ...)

Harris will confront controversy at nearly every turn as she visits Asia for the memorial honouring former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. ( read original story ...)

China underscored its commitment on Saturday to its claim on Taiwan, telling assembled world leaders that anyone who gets in the way would be crushed by the wheels of history ... ( read original story ...)

Any attempt to get in the way of Taiwan reunification will be ‘crushed by the wheels of history.’ Some Oregon parks officials say high demand for crowded campsites is leading to arguments, fistfights ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese leaders on Friday signed a letter of intent to buy about $2 billion of ... ( read original story ...)

The three largest American banks say if the U.S Government wants them to pull out of China, should China attack Taiwan, they will.  This comes a day after ... ( read original story ...)