China warned Taiwan separatists to stop taking advantage of the situation in Hong Kong to undermine the city's prosperity and stability, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan GDP To Grow At Slowest Pace In 5 Years
Taiwan's economy is forecast to grow at the slowest pace in five years in 2020 as coronavirus, or Covid-19, pandemic has weighed on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Unrest: China sounding ‘call to battle’ in HK
China cold war by proposing a national security law for Hong Kong while the West is preoccupied with the COVID-19 pandemic, an academic said yesterday. Academia Sinica Institute of Taiwan History ... ( read original story ...)
Juwai IQI Launches Juwai.asia, the First Global Real Estate Portal for Asian Buyers
Juwai IQI today announced the launch of Juwai.asia, the first global portal for non-China Asian consumers who want to purchase real estate almost anywhere in the world. Chinese buyers are already ... ( read original story ...)
Asian Century Began In May 2020
Economic historians may date the start of the Asian century to May 2020, when most Asian economies bounced back to full employment while the West languished in coronavirus lockdown. Asia has emerged ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s “Uncreative Destruction” of the US/China Relationship
Economists like to think of the wreckage caused by stock market downturns, widespread bankruptcies, and corporate downsizing as “creative destruction.” As it destroys the old and the dysfunctional, ... ( read original story ...)
Risks mounting for HK stock market
Risks are mounting for Hong Kong’s stock market, the world’s fourth-largest, after the biggest plunge for the benchmark gauge in five years. China’s shock decision last week to impose a law cracking ... ( read original story ...)
Is TSMC Becoming a Pawn in the Trade War Between the U.S. and China?
TSMC , the world's largest contract chipmaker, recently announced plans to build a new $12 billion plant in Arizona by 2024. The facility will hire 1,600 people and produce up to ... ( read original story ...)
White House Rebukes China Over Trade, Military Moves in Report
The White House issued a broad critique of China’s economic and military policies in a report to Congress as the two nations face off over issues ranging from trade to the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
US – China Relations: Chinese Officials Critical Of Mike Pompeo Congratulating Taiwanese President
The U.S. Secretary of State's recent comments congratulating the president of Taiwan on her reelection have drawn the ire of the Chinese government. ( read original story ...)
Personal Genomics, Inc. Files Patent Infringement Complaint Against Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. in China
Personal Genomics Taiwan, Inc. ("PGI"), today announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint in the Wuhan People's Court in China against Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. ("PacBio" ... ( read original story ...)
Asian buyers buy houses worth US$250 mln in G7 countries in 2019 — Juwai IQI
Cross-border buyers, mostly from Asia sought out 500,000 houses in the G7 countries with an aggregate value of US$250 million in 2019, according to Juwai IQI. The Chinese international property portal ... ( read original story ...)
A new $12 billion US chip plant sounds like a win for Trump. Not quite.
On Friday, May 15, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, announced that it will build a $12 billion plant in Arizona, to open by 2024. It expects ... ( read original story ...)
Who hijacked the WHO and can it impact the Covid-19 whodunnit?
Taiwan’s exclusion from this week’s annual meeting of the World Health Organization’s governing body highlighted China’s power grab of multilateral institutions. But with Beijing’s renewed ... ( read original story ...)
Mayor Erick Cañosa
Gingoog City’s mayor, Erick G. Cañosa, is faced with the formidable task that had not been poised upon his predecessors – of shielding his city from the possible incursion of the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Film Review: A grotesque, inglorious look at Al Capone
Al Capone lived out his final years on a grand estate in Palm Island, Florida, with his wife, Mae, by his side and grandchildren running around the property. It sounds like a pretty nice end for the ... ( read original story ...)