Xi Jinping has a grand plan to turn China into the world's dominant superpower. Now US sanctions on Russia are spurring him to speed up his strategy. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan finalises field information and communications system deal with US
The Taiwan government has announced the finalisation of a deal worth TWD6.9 billion (USD245 million) to procure military field information and communications ... ( read original story ...)
Sheng Long Yu’s Next Big Move is to Open an Asiatown Food Hall Serving Street Foods from China, Japan and Taiwan
Sheng Long Yu has made a huge impression on the Cleveland dining scene. During that relatively short span, the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan power cut leaves millions in dark
The sudden shutdown of a power plant in southern Taiwan has caused power cuts that plunged 5.5 million households into darkness. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan general insurance industry growth slackens in 2022.
Gross written premiums’ annual growth rate peaked at 10.1% in 2021. Taiwan’s general insurance industry’s growth lulled after 2021, a report by data and analytics firm GlobalData revealed. Annual ... ( read original story ...)
China Sanctions Lockheed Martin, Raytheon for Weapons Sales to Taiwan
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said it is imposing sanctions on two American firms – Lockheed Martin and Raytheon – that acted as the main contractors in the latest U.S. arms sale to Taiwan ... and ... ( read original story ...)
Britain’s CPTPP progress holds few clues for outcome of Beijing, Taiwan bids, analysts say
subsidisation of state-owned enterprises and intellectual property rights, Chaise said. Australia needs to ‘sit down’ with China over regional trade pact application “I am not saying these will become ... ( read original story ...)
China vows to take countermeasures against Raytheon, Lockheed Martin for US’ arms sale plan to Taiwan
China will take countermeasures against Raytheon and Lockheed Martin after the two US defense firms acted as the main contractors in the latest US arms sale to the island of Taiwan, the Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Recognize how real Taiwan is at the Oly end
our government threw Taiwan under the bus and de-recognized it. With its manifest human rights abuses, its increasingly bellicose foreign policy, its complete tolerance of the theft of intellectual ... ( read original story ...)
Warning signs of a property bubble
Real-estate prices have continued to go through the roof, as the property market remains bullish. Statistics released by the Ministry of the Interior showed that 3.15 million properties exchanged ... ( read original story ...)
China’s big picture
Like many other analysts over the past 31 years, I suspected that a property-market collapse might be in the offing. But my clearest memory is of thinking that I had mistaken Beijing with Taipei, the ... ( read original story ...)
Property ladder too high for central Europe’s first-time buyers
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Somaliland has "huge" investment potential in untapped oil and gas reserves, the foreign minister of Somalia's breakaway region told... MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state RT ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan GDP growth fastest in decade in 2021 on strong exports
Taiwan's economy grew last year at its fastest pace in more than a decade, driven by strong tech exports during the COVID-19 pandemic to support people working and studying from home, as well as ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s housing market remains buoyant
The housing market slowed in recent years, after dramatic government measures to curb speculative house purchases. Demand continues to rise In the first ten months of 2021, housing transactions in ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan – FTC Penalized Agoda’s Use Of Competitor’s Name For Keyword Advertising.
The Fair Trade Commission (hereinafter, the “TFTC”) rendered the Gong-Chu-110075 Disposition of November 4, 2021, holding that Agoda’s use of the corporate name of its competitor Easytravel for its ... ( read original story ...)
US revives disused offices as homes
Blocks from the White House, an unassuming edifice in downtown Washington that once held offices used by the US Department of Justice is set to be converted into homes for hundreds of people. The ... ( read original story ...)