EDITORIAL: Improving Taiwan’s ties with France

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) and French Office in Taipei Director Jean-Francois Casabonne-Masonnave on Tuesday signed an agreement to promote cooperation on virtual reality (VR), augmented ... ( read original story ...)

Samsung considering plant in Texas

Samsung Electronics Co is considering spending more than US$10 billion building its most advanced logic chipmaking plant in the US, a major investment that it hopes would win more US clients and help ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s importance for US tech

As Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US president on Wednesday, many people were asking whether the turbulent US-China technology dispute that has been going on for the past few years will be ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s semiconductor success

In terms of the economic outlook for the semiconductor industry, Taiwan has outperformed the rest of the world for three consecutive years. This is quite rare. In addition, Taiwan has been playing an ... ( read original story ...)

POCO M3 smartphone to launch in Taiwan tomorrow

POCO, which started off as a sub-brand of Xiaomi, has today confirmed that the company will be hosting a launch event on 21st January which will be broadcast online. At the event, the company will ... ( read original story ...)

NCC’s 5G plan draws criticism

A National Communications Commission (NCC) proposal to appropriate about NT$15.5 billion (US$544.41 million) from funds allocated for the Executive Yuan’s Forward-looking Infrastructure Development ... ( read original story ...)

Building a Robust U.S.-Taiwan Economic Dialogue

Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue launches on November 20. In these uncertain times, such discussions, in which friends explore ways to build mutually beneficial economic ties, are more ... ( read original story ...)

US halting Intel shipments to Huawei

US President Donald Trump’s administration notified Huawei Technologies Co (華為) suppliers, including chipmaker Intel Corp, that it is revoking certain licenses to sell to the Chinese company and ... ( read original story ...)