Wrestler and actor John Cena offered one "very important" apology to China and the Chinese people after he called Taiwan a "country" during a recent interview in Mandarin. ( read original story ...)
Vonovia upends German apartment market
German residential property firm Vonovia SE has agreed to acquire rival Deutsche Wohnen SE for about 19 billion euros (US$23 billion) in the biggest-ever takeover in European real estate, a deal that ... ( read original story ...)
Environmental Impact Assessment: Cleaning up Taiwan’s contaminated soil
Taiwan’s extraordinary natural diversity extends to its soils. The US Department of Agriculture divides soils into 12 orders, and Taiwan is the only place in the world where a researcher can collect ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan denied access to WHA observer role
The 74th World Health Assembly, or WHA, approved on Monday a recommendation by its general committee not to include the proposal by a few countries for China's Taiwan to be an observer in the WHA ... ( read original story ...)
Global supply of computer chips in danger unless Taiwan gets vaccines
Having successfully sidestepped the first Covid wave, the Taiwanese government now faces a health emergency — only about 1% of its population is ... ( read original story ...)
Global supply of chips is in danger unless Taiwan gets vaccines
Taiwan is paying the price for a lack of vaccines, with a surge in virus cases that threatens to trigger a lockdown. Having successfully sidestepped the first Covid wave, the government now faces a ... ( read original story ...)
US, S. Korea agree to cooperate on Taiwan Strait issue
The United States and South Korea have agreed to cooperate on the Taiwan Strait issue, amid rising tensions in the 180-km wide waterways. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan – Introduction Of The Draft Amendments To The Patent Law – Review And Dispute Trial.
The Patent Law of Taiwan was amended in its entirety on January 1, 2013, following by its partial amendments in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019. The Ministry of Economic Affairs released the draft partial ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says freezing assets of HK mogul is warning to global investors
Taiwan said on May 15 that Hong Kong freezing the assets of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai was a sign that doing business in the Chinese-controlled city was increasingly risky ... ( read original story ...)
For Taiwan, Jimmy Lai’s assets freeze means it is risky to invest in Hong Kong
China’s national security law threatens the property of residents and investors in the former British colony. Assets worth US$ 64 million that belong to the media mogul were frozen yesterday. Ab ... ( read original story ...)
Commercial property sales surge 60% in Q1
Taiwan started off this year with the fastest increase in commercial property sales, which soared 60 percent from a year earlier to US$1.3 billion last quarter, a report by Real Capital Analytics (RCA ... ( read original story ...)
How a Taiwanese realty firm tackled young people’s fear to get married and became the most viewed local ad
What made Sinyi Realty's brand campaign, designed to encourage young people to overcome their fear of commitment, emerge as the most shared and liked Taiwanese ad. The Drum finds out ... ( read original story ...)
Central bank urges lenders to reduce risk
The central bank said that some officials have suggested more drastic steps to rein in the property market, while others believe ... Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei Times. ( read original story ...)
Property market in TSMC’s hometown in Taiwan boosted by semiconductor demand | Video
There's a property boom in Taiwan's Silicon Valley as tech workers buy up homes in the area. Led by TSMC, the world's biggest chip maker, tech companies in Taiwan are seeing unprecedented levels of ... ( read original story ...)
US greenlights flights by Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines
Plans by Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) for long-haul flights to Los Angeles Int'l have been given the thumbs up by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) which has granted the ... ( read original story ...)
Copper’s surge toward record high hits Chinese industry as plants idle units
Copper’s surge toward a record high is starting to cause stress for industrial consumers in China, the world’s largest market for the metal. Some Chinese manufacturers of electric wire have idled ... ( read original story ...)