Chunghwa Telecom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Taipei city government for the development of 5G and smart city applications and services, DigiTimes reports. The project cover... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Doubles Down On U.S. LNG
Taiwan, which has seen increased military exercises off its coast by Chinese forces this year, has just inked a major energy deal with a U.S. energy firm. On Monday, Taiwan’s CPC Corp., a major LNG importer, announced a preliminary deal to buy liquefied ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan boy left dangling from fifth-floor balcony grille suffers minor injuries
Cell phone video shows a boy in Pingtung City, Taiwan hanging onto a balcony grille after he fell through it on June 23. According to Reuters, the four-year-old’s body was able to slip through the grilles except for his head, which got stuck. READ MORE ... ( read original story ...)
Struggling smartphone maker HTC to slash 1,500 jobs in Taiwan
Smartphone maker HTC plans to slash around a quarter of its global workforce through job cuts at its manufacturing unit in Taiwan, in a bid to better manage resources as the company continues to battle dwindling sales. The job cuts indicate fresh hiccups ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Technology Secrets Come Under Assault From China
HSINCHU, Taiwan—In late 2016, an engineer at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, received a call from a Chinese rival company asking if he would be interested in a job as chief engineer to advance ... ( read original story ...)
Is Taiwan Ready for an Aggressive China?
Is Taiwan Ready for an Aggressive China? Taipei has been lucky, having to contend with a regime in Beijing that is distracted. But that luck could run out--and soon. For all the harsh rhetoric coming out of China and growing frequency of exercises by the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan offers cooperation in fire service training with Philippines
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) Taiwan is in talks with the Philippines over a plan to help train firefighters from the Southeast Asian country at the National Fire Agency's training center in the central county of Nantou, John Deng (鄧振中), Taiwan's top trade ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei or Japan – who will make it to the second round?
TAIPEI (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers) - It's a do-or-die affair between Chinese Taipei and Japan, with the victor getting the last ride to the second round of the Asian Qualifiers. Chinese Taipei narrowly won their previous encounter, 70 ... ( read original story ...)
China warns Western firms over Taiwan
In recent months, many multinational companies, from airlines to clothing brands, have been getting on the wrong side of Beijing. They have done so by listing Taiwan under the title "country" in their website's drop down menus, or by suggesting the island ... ( read original story ...)
China says U.S. should tell airlines to change websites in Taiwan row
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Friday that the United States should tell its airlines to change their websites to refer to self-ruled Taiwan as Chinese territory, after the United States said China had rejected requests for talks on the matter. ( read original story ...)
Apartment in Taipei City by Taipei Base Design Center
Located in Paris, France, this modern industrial apartment was designed in 2017 by Sabo Project. Description by Sabo Project The apartment ... This contemporary two-story house located in India, was designed by GA design. Photography courtesy of GA design ... ( read original story ...)
State Department requests US Marines for Taiwan, in move that could anger China
In a move likely to irk Beijing, the State Department has requested that US Marines be sent to Taiwan to help safeguard America's de facto embassy there, two US officials tell CNN. One US official said that while the request for a Marine security guard was ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: China shuns U.S. request for talks on airline website dispute over Taiwan
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has rejected U.S. requests for talks over how U.S. airlines and their websites refer to Chinese-claimed Taiwan, according to sources, including a U.S. official, adding to tensions in a relationship already frayed by a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan bars China reporter for spreading of “fake news”
Taiwan authorities have barred a reporter for a television network in China from working on the island, accusing him of spreading "fake news" at a time of heightened cross-strait tensions. It is the first time a mainland Chinese reporter has been banned ... ( read original story ...)
Mapping the sounds of protest
The project has explored a variety of themes from sacred spaces ... all the way over to student protests in Taipei City, Taiwan. "It really spans not just a wide range of countries but a wide range of topics." Stuart believes that the sounds of protest ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s President Asks World: ‘Constrain China’
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen asked the world to help Taiwan “constrain China” in an interview with Agence-France Presse (AFP) on Monday, warning that the world’s “democracy, freedom and freedom to do business” were imperiled by the ... ( read original story ...)