Nine members of the US House of Representatives have called on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to make a stopover in Taipei on his trip to Beijing tomorrow and Monday in keeping with the spirit ...
Business monitor signals recession
The business climate monitor in December signaled “blue” for a second straight month, as exports, industrial output and other economic indicators contracted, while consumer spending gained traction, ...
Italian parliamentarians prepare visit to Taipei
Italian parliamentarians are preparing a visit to Taiwan, Senator Lucio Malan, chairman of the Italy-Taiwan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, revealed to AsiaNews. Over the past two years, trips ...
Slow Ratcheting Up of Ukraine Aid Lays Out Welcome Mat to China in Taiwan | Opinion
While the critically important decision to supply main battle tanks has rightly been lauded, we ought not be fooled into thinking that our efforts in Ukraine have been a triumph.
Flagship Vivo X90 series of smartphones goes global
Vivo has announced that its flagship X90 smartphones are now global. The company announced two global variants, the Vivo X90 and Vivo X90 Pro. The Vivo ...
China says it is looking the into report of a spy balloon over U.S. airspace
The balloon's appearance adds to national security concerns among lawmakers over China's influence in the U.S., ranging from the prevalence of the hugely popular smartphone app TikTok ... ranging from ...
A Balloon Is Spying on the U.S. From the Sky. Here’s Why China May Be Using Old-Fashioned Surveillance Technology When Satellites Exist
On Wednesday, a Chinese surveillance balloon was spotted floating above Montana, even though China has an extensive satellite network. Here’s why.
Taiwan expects a million mainland Chinese tourists in 2023 after 3-year freeze-out
A resumption of travel stands to lift the tourism sector in Taiwan, which saw strong business from 2008 during a thaw in cross-Strait relations, and could rekindle a deeper level of contact between ...
Chunghwa Telecom sets aside 2023 capital expenditure budget of over NT$35 billion
Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set aside a capital expenditure budget of NT$35.31 billion (US$1.18 billion) for 2023 mainly for expanding IDC (Internet data center) capacity, investment in ...
Three Steps to Strengthen the U.S. Treasury’s Foreign Exchange Report
The analytics used in the U.S. Treasury's Foreign Exchange Report should be updated to better capture the significant state flows that no longer appear as part of many country's disclosed foreign ...
Taiwan-based listed electronics firms record US$953 billion in total 2022 sales
All firms with considerable business scales in Taiwan's electronics industry are publicly traded. When they release their tentative annual financial indicators, we can already grasp the growth ...
Taiwan Legislator Criticizes China Response to Possible Taipei Visit by US Official
Because former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in August triggered China’s large-scale military drill focused on Taiwan, planning for McCarthy’s visit would need to consider China's possible ...
Video of child swept up by kite was filmed in Taiwan, not India
A video showing a child swept into the air by a kite has been viewed hundreds of times in social media posts falsely claiming the accident happened in India. But the clip was filmed at a kite festival ...
Chinese military aircraft enter Taiwan’s airspace as US tracks surveillance balloon
Defense officials in Taiwan said that 14 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels were detected around the island in the early hours of Friday morning.
Taiwan activates defenses in response to Chinese incursions as U.S. general’s leaked memo warns of armed conflict with China by 2025
Taiwan's Defense Ministry said 20 Chinese aircraft on Tuesday crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that has long been an unofficial buffer ...
Taiwan’s CPC Corp plans mid-year overhaul of Talin crude unit
SINGAPORE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan's state-owned refiner, CPC Corp, plans to shut its No. 11 crude distillation unit (CDU) in June for scheduled maintenance, company spokesperson Chang Ray-chung said ...