China-based smartphone vendor Oppo has launched its R9s smartphone in the Taiwan market, targeting the mid-range segment with a price tag of NT$14,990 (US$473) unlocked. The Oppo R9s comes with a 5.5-inch 1080 by 1920 pixels AMOLED display, Qualcomm octa ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, Philippines to boost cooperation in science, technology
Taipei, Dec. 9 (CNA) Taiwan and the Philippines held a meeting under their Joint Science and Technology Commission in Taipei Friday, in an effort to boost cooperation in natural disaster prevention and personnel exchanges, officials said. During the fifth ... ( read original story ...)
What Micron’s purchase of a Taiwan chipmaker means for the Boise company
Micron Technology Inc. says it will get leading-edge technology and financial benefits from its purchase this week of Taiwan-based memory chip manufacturer Inotera Memories Inc. Micron has had a piece of the company for eight years. It bought 36 percent of ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Calling
Thirty-seven years is a long time to wait for a phone call. That’s how it must have felt to the Taiwanese people when their president, Tsai Ing-wen, had a 10-minute talk with Donald Trump on December 2—the first direct conversation between a Taiwanese ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Canadians should be supporting Trump’s Taiwan phone call
I want to be clear from the outset that I am not a Donald Trump supporter … far from it. I dislike pretty much everything the U.S. president-elect says and represents. I find his personal behaviour and public belligerence disgraceful. But this past ... ( read original story ...)
Bob Dole's role in Trump's Taiwan call
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's most provocative foreign policy move since winning the presidency played out against the backdrop of a quintessential Washington activity: lobbying. Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and a former Senate ... ( read original story ...)
Behind Trump's Taiwan Phone Chat, A Veteran Washington Insider
President-elect Donald Trump's phone call with the president of Taiwan last week, initially characterized by Trump transition staffers and Taipei officials as just a small courtesy, has emerged as part of a lobbying strategy by a quintessential Washington ... ( read original story ...)