Why have some Asian countries controlled their outbreaks so well? It's because authorities have earned their citizens' confidence. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s house prices continue to rise, but demand is now falling
House prices up by 2.7% y-o-y in Q1 2020. Nationwide house prices rose by 2.7% in Q1 2020 from a year earlier, following a y-o-y decline of 1.13% in Q4 2019 and annual rises of 2. ( read original story ...)
Civic group to buy 228 victim Tang Te-chang’s house
The Tainan Cultural Heritage Protection Association has raised more than NT$20 million (US$671,998) from about 8,000 donors to purchase the former residence of 228 Incident victim Tang Te-chang (湯德章) ... ( read original story ...)
Engineers Found Guilty of Stealing Micron Secrets for China
A Taiwanese court ruled Friday that current and former engineers from United Microelectronics Corp. stole trade secrets from U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. and shared them with a ... ( read original story ...)
Could Donald Trump’s War Against Huawei Trigger a Real War With China?
As relations between the United States and China worsen over the months ahead, could Beijing decide to try to make Taiwan the solution to its advanced semiconductor problem? ( read original story ...)
SoftBank-backed Arm’s spat with China unit over CEO heats up
TAIPEI -- Tensions between Softbank-owned Arm Limited and its Chinese unit escalated ... Arm Limited is a crucial player in the global chip industry, providing intellectual property used in 90% of the ... ( read original story ...)
Protester who fled to Taiwan: ‘Tell my family I’m sorry for the trouble I’ve caused. I will never return to Hong Kong’
Jack Chan left Hong Kong when police started looking for him over his involvement in a serious offence during the protests. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s Arm fires China head but unit says otherwise
TOKYO/TAIPEI -- SoftBank Group-owned U.K. chip designer Arm and its Chinese joint venture ... Arm is viewed as one of the world's most important chip design blueprint providers as its intellectual ... ( read original story ...)
Hedge Fund Manager Who Nailed 2015 China Crash Is Hoarding Cash
The Hong Kong arm of China’s biggest asset manager is amassing cash and building up short positions in a bet that the U.S.-China power games will escalate ahead of the American election later this ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s Arm in boardroom fight with China unit over CEO
TOKYO/TAIPEI -- SoftBank Group-owned U.K. chip designer Arm and its Chinese joint venture ... Arm is viewed as one of the world's most important chip design blueprint providers as its intellectual ... ( read original story ...)
Vivos Inc Expands its Intellectual Property Protection
Dr. Korenko stated “It is important to keep strengthening our intellectual property protection to protect the investment and progress over the last several years.” Vivos Inc. has developed an ... ( read original story ...)
Kimpton Da An Hotel by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
When Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Shanghai-based Neri&Hu Design and Research Office were commissioned to design a hotel in Taipei, they were presented with something between an adaptive-reuse project ... ( read original story ...)
Virus Outbreak: MOFA thanks Paraguay, US for evacuation help
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday thanked the Paraguayan and US governments for helping arrange a charter flight to evacuate 21 Taiwanese who had been stranded in the nation due to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan eyes $1.8 billion in foreign tech investment under new scheme
TAIPEI (REUTERS) - Taiwan hopes a new programme will attract T$40 billion (S$1.87 billion) of research and development investment by foreign tech companies, creating more than 6,300 jobs a year ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei will offer rescue plan to Hong Kongers, ‘not give up’ on territory
Taipei will launch a humanitarian programme providing assistance to Hong Kongers who decide to come to Taiwan following Beijing's approval of a proposal for new national security legislation in ... ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong protests erupted and what lies ahead for movement marking anniversary on June 9
As the bleak year of 2020 plays out under the spectre of a pandemic, it remains to be seen where the movement will head with a new normal. ( read original story ...)