President Joe Biden may have wanted to model his presidency on FDR’s and the New Deal, but history may give him no choice but to model it on Harry Truman’s and containment. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Steps Up Military Exercises And Arms Purchases To Deter China Attack
Soon after China held military drills in the waters around Taiwan, the latter retaliated by holding military exercises with all the three wings of its armed forces and the coast guard. The Taiwanese ... ( read original story ...)
Scuffles over Taiwan law change to clear former president Chen Shui-bian of state fund corruption charges
Taiwan’s legislature has paved the way for corruption charges against a former president to be dropped, passing an amendment to a bill amid scuffles among lawmakers on Monday. Lawmakers from the ... ( read original story ...)
Europe, US firms keen to headhunt Taiwan IC design talent
IC design talent poaching in Taiwan has changed drastically, with US and European firms replacing Chinese ones as major rivals in headhunting, according to industry sources. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s insurers brace for over US$1 billion in Covid-related claims amid outbreak
Taiwan’s worst Covid-19 outbreak has left the island’s insurers bracing for more than US$1 billion in claims that the financial regulator is urging them to honour. The head of the Financial ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan legislature erupts in violence over ‘secret expenses’ bill
KMT lawmakers try to block bill they say could be used to overturn ex-President Chen Shui-bian’s corruption conviction. ( read original story ...)
Family history a burden or asset? Chiang Kai-shek’s great grandson to run for Taipei mayor
Kuomintang legislator Wayne Chiang Wan-an, 43, currently serves as a legislator in Taiwan’s parliament. His great grandfather is seen as a ‘dictator’ by some & a ‘hero’ by others. ( read original story ...)
Brian Mast calls out Biden’s foreign policy on Taiwan: It is ‘just uncertainty’
Florida lawmaker Rep. Brian Mast slammed President Biden’s Taiwan comments and the White House's subsequent cleanup of the comments. ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 in Taiwan: Insurers brace for over $1 bn in payout amid outbreak
Insurers are looking to limit their losses on policies after underestimating the extent of the Convid-19 cases in Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Wages rise across sectors in 2021
About 32 percent of companies in the industrial and service sectors raised wages last year thanks to growing revenue amid a stable global economy, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei digital school soon to open for applications
The Taipei City Government’s first digital experimental high school would soon begin taking applications for the 2022-2023 academic year, the Taipei Department of Education said on Saturday. An online ... ( read original story ...)
Excluding Taiwan from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is a mistake
What, then, is IPEF? The answer largely rests on whether the U.S. continues to exclude Taiwan from joining. First, the background. IPEF debuted with 13 members, including the U.S., Australia ... ( read original story ...)
To deter China on Taiwan, Biden needs to reassure
Biden changed U.S. policy, seemingly off the cuff. But deterring China from invading Taiwan will take more than what he's done so far. ( read original story ...)
GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney: President Biden Is Right Than U.S. Needs To Be Really Clear That We Will Defend Taiwan
Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney talks to FNC's "Sunday Morning Futures" about President Biden pledging out loud this week in Japan that the U.S. intends to defend Taiwan more directly than ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan drops GDP prediction for current year
Taiwan dropped its GDP expansion prediction for 2022 by 0.51 percentage points to 3.91 percent against its earlier prediction. Based on ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s consumer confidence plunges in May
The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) of Taiwan declined by 7.07 points year on year to 67.81 points in May, a two-year low, according to a latest survey released by the Research Center for Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)