What’s going on at China’s largest chipmaker? Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is trying to clarify the intentions of a top executive after reports he’d submitted his resignation, ... ( read original story ...)
China Charges H.K. Activists Over Attempted Flight to Taiwan
China has charged Hong Kong activists detained for more than three months over their attempt to flee to Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says United States has approved key submarine technology sale
The digital sonar system and an integrated combat system are two key components Taiwan needs to build its own modern submarines. Chang did not elaborate on the status of the combat system. ( read original story ...)
US-China rivalry and the row over Taiwan in the Pacific
The uproar over the recent fisticuffs between Chinese and Taiwanese diplomats in Fiji may have subsided, with the Fijian police declaring the case closed, but the incident has left analysts in the ... ( read original story ...)
US pork decision rankles and divides families in Taiwan’s pig country
Father and son pork farmers are in opposition over President Tsai Ing-wen’s decision to allow American pork containing ractopamine into the country. ( read original story ...)
Taipei moves up Asia-Pacific real-estate ranking
Taipei took 11th spot in the latest real-estate investment prospects rankings for the Asia-Pacific region, a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Urban Land Institute showed. In the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan sets 60% of population vaccination goal
Taiwan has set a goal to vaccinate 60% of its population with a COVID-19 vaccine, or 15 million people, a health official said Tuesday. Taiwan has signed an agreement with COVAX ... ( read original story ...)
Study traces ancient Taiwanese sailors
“This project is to highlight a part of interesting human histories ... The Bamboo Union gang’s Baoho Chapter is the most violent criminal group in the greater Taipei area, the New Taipei City mayor ... ( read original story ...)
How a small Taiwanese city transformed the global chip industry
HSINCHU, Taiwan -- When Hsieh Chi-chia returned from the U.S. nearly 40 years ago to start a satellite parts company in the southern Taiwanese city of Hsinchu, he wondered at first if he had made a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan suggests it could become an arms supplier for the West as it launches new warship
President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to stand up to China, focusing on high-tech, mobile weapons designed to make any Chinese attack as difficult as possible. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Sees Role as Arms Supplier for West as Launches New Warship
Taiwan may become a supplier of weapons to Western democracies, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, praising the island's ramped up weapons-design ability as she launched an advanced, ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Taiwan sets 60% of population vaccination goal
Taiwan has set a goal to vaccinate 60% of its population with a COVID-19 vaccine, or 15 million people, a health official said Tuesday.Taiwan has signed an agreement with COVAX to purchase a COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s opportunities and risks during the post-Trump, new Biden era
President-elect Biden’s “substance over symbolism” approach could return the international order closer to pre-Trump normalcy, a foreign policy move that could help further elevate the U.S.-Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Marines are Training Taiwanese Forces (and Beijing is Furious)
Despite the fact that Washington maintains no formal relations with Taiwan, which has a democratically-elected government, current U.S. law—the Taiwan Relations Act—requires that it ensures that ... ( read original story ...)
Taichung’s MRT launch postponed over safety
Commercial operations on Taichung’s first MRT rail line would not begin as scheduled on Saturday, Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said yesterday. The MRT system’s Green Line began trial runs on Nov. ( read original story ...)
Pound for Pound, Taiwan Is the Most Important Place in the World
Its excellence in the computer chip market puts it at the center of the battle for global technological supremacy. ( read original story ...)