The recent decision to legalize gay marriage in Taiwan – the first place in Asia to do so – caused a stampede of people to rush to registry offices across the island. It may open the way to more LGBT ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s ‘Your Name Engraved Herein’ Moves With Changing Times
The recent decision to legalize gay marriage in Taiwan – the first place in the Chinese world to do so – caused a stampede of people to rush to registry offices across the island. It may open ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s iPhone Tycoon Walks a Fraught U.S.-China Line in His Presidential Run
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Like other presidential hopefuls in Taiwan, Terry Gou has spent the past few weeks working on his public image by carrying toddlers, wrapping dumplings and helping farmers. Unlike the ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn’s Billionaire Founder Urges Apple to Invest in Taiwan
Hannity to Manafort: 'We r all on the same team' (Bloomberg) -- The billionaire founder of Apple Inc.’s largest supplier asked the U.S. company to move from China to neighboring Taiwan. Load Error ... ( read original story ...)
WELL Project Profile: Metropole Head Office in Taipei, Taiwan
21 /CSRwire/ - Metropole Industrial Co. Ltd., an innovative leader of the HVAC industry, is the company behind Taiwan’s first WELL Certified interiors project at the Gold level. Their new 6,867 sq ft ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s iPhone Tycoon Walks a Fraught U.S.-China Line in Presidential Run
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Like other presidential hopefuls in Taiwan, Terry Gou has spent the past few weeks working on his public image by carrying toddlers, wrapping dumplings and helping farmers. Unlike the ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn Picks Chip-Unit Head for Chairman, as Gou Seeks Taiwan Presidency
TAIPEI — Foxconn chose chip-unit boss Liu Young-way as chairman of the world's biggest electronics contract manufacturer to succeed Terry Gou, who is preparing to contest Taiwan's presidential ... ( read original story ...)
EVA Air Attendants Strike Halts Flights for 1,000s in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A strike by flight attendants at EVA Air, Taiwan's second-largest airline, has left thousands of passengers scrambling for alternative transport. Dozens of flights had been canceled ... ( read original story ...)
Southeast Asia looks to Taiwan as recycling pioneer
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once dubbed “garbage island” for its overflowing landfills and filthy streets, Taiwan now has Asia’s highest rate of recycling and is a role model for the region ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan c.bank stands pat, cuts GDP forecast as export orders drop
TAIPEI, June 20 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s central bank again cut its 2019 economic growth forecast on Thursday after export orders fell for a seventh straight month, but it kept rates unchanged near record ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Unlikely to Join Other Asian Central Banks in Easing Monetary Policy
Taiwan is seen as unlikely to join several neighboring countries in cutting borrowing costs even as the trade war pushes Asian economies into a new monetary-easing cycle. Taiwan’s central bank is ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian warship sails through Taiwan Strait
Canada has sailed a frigate through the Taiwan Strait in what officials in Taipei called a freedom of navigation operation, the first since the arrest of a Huawei executive set off a deepening dispute ... ( read original story ...)
Amid Int’l Espionage Concerns, Mandalay to Embrace Huawei for ‘Safe City’ Project
As a part of the smart city scheme, a Safe City project designed in cooperation with Huawei was ... Canada, South Korea and Taiwan—have distanced themselves from the company over concerns of espionage ... ( read original story ...)
Smart Cities — Our Experience in Taipei and East Asia
The visits included companies and NGOs like Greenpeace East Asia (which later resulted in an ongoing project), YouBike and the Taipei Smart City Project Management Office, but also the German ... ( read original story ...)
BiiLabs Launches the Open-Source GDPR-Compliant Identity System
It has already adopted by Taipei City Digital Citizen Cards project. To access the system, please go to the portal site at https://tangleid.github.io. Yichen Chu, aka Lman, co-founder and CEO of ... ( read original story ...)
Many in Hong Kong, Fearful of China’s Grasp, Look Longingly Toward Taiwan
TAIPEI/HONG KONG — For Hong Kong resident Yung Xiu Kwan, 67, a proposed extradition law that would allow people in the former British colony to be sent to mainland China for trial was the final straw. ... ( read original story ...)