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 ...)
Acer Reports May Consolidated Revenues of NT$20.18 Billion, Up 21.1% Year-on-year
Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353) announced its consolidated revenues for May at NT$20.18 billion, up 21.1% year-on-year (YoY) and by 2.2% ... ( read original story ...)
CFH developing EV IoT blockchain financing platform
Taiwan's Cathay Financial Holdings (CFH) has disclosed its technology center is developing an electric vehicle (EV) IoT blockchain financing platform through cooperation with EV charging service ... ( read original story ...)
Shoe-marking man likely has OCD, psychiatrist says
Police said that the man, surnamed Lin (林), faces charges of trespassing and damaging personal property. Lin, 23 ... to visit a psychiatrist or neurology specialist, Wen added. Taiwan respects other ... ( read original story ...)
Virus Outbreak: Taipei to offer half-price venue rentals until Dec. 6
Organizations and troupes wanting to book one of the more than 1,400 city-run public facilities in Taipei would be offered a 50 percent discount on venue fees over the next six months, as of Sunday, ... ( read original story ...)
ACLU sues over police force on White House protesters
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday sued US President Donald Trump’s administration Thursday, alleging officials breached the civil rights of protesters who were forcefully removed ... ( read original story ...)
President Trump’s New China Strategy is Just the Realism We Need
The great advance in the 2017 National Security Strategy was its recognition of the great-power competition between the U.S. and China. From that flows the assessments in the Strategic Approach about ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s New China Strategy Is a Deft Brand of Hard-Nosed Realism
In compliance with the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the Trump administration last week released the United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China. It’s an excellent ... ( read original story ...)
2 Solid 5G Stocks That Could Win Despite Losing Huawei Business
These chipmakers have reduced their reliance on the Chinese smartphone giant while having other tricks up their sleeve. ( read original story ...)
Prosecutors probe 92 arrested in Montenegro for fraud
The Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office is investigating 92 fraud suspects arrested in Montenegro early this year, including one who is believed to have been forced into cooperating with the alleged ... ( read original story ...)
Security Law Sends Hong Kong Residents Dashing for the Exit
Phyllis Lam has lived in Hong Kong for 42 years. It’s where she was born, went to school, met her husband and planned to raise her two children.But like a growing number of Hongkongers disillusioned ... ( read original story ...)
HK’s moment of truth; and China’s
For decades before the coronavirus emerged from Wuhan and exploded in the rest of the world, China has been waging a cold war against the US and the West on a number of fronts: trade and economics, ... ( read original story ...)
‘Never seen that before’: Some Hong Kong residents hit the panic button as security law revives rush for the emigration gates
From the biggest stock sell-off in almost five years to failed home sales, Hong Kong has turned into a pawn in the escalating rivalry between the US and China over trade, technology and capital ... ( read original story ...)
Entertainer gets 10 years in prison for vote-buying
The Taipei District Court on Wednesday sentenced Fanny Liu (劉樂妍), a former member of the now-disbanded female pop group Fantasy 4, to 10 years in prison for vote-buying. The court found Liu — who is ... ( read original story ...)