U.S. and Taiwanese officials have held talks on expanding Taiwan's international participation including "opportunities" for the island to attend a major World Health Organization meeting next month. ( read original story ...)
Amid rising COVID-19 cases, Taiwan shuts 39 schools
Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, Taiwan on Friday declared the closure of 39 schools. School closures and class cancellations were announced in 10 counties in cities due to COVID infections, reported ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong calls for status quo in Taiwan Strait
Amid increasing Chinese military activities, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday spoke out against the use of military force in the Taiwan Strait. Lee during a visit to the United ... ( read original story ...)
Tufton Capital Management Sells 543 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM)
Tufton Capital Management lessened its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM – Get Rating) by 1.1% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese embassy in US protests against Washington Post’s Taiwan-related op-ed
WASHINGTON - The Chinese Embassy in the United States has sent a letter to the editorial board of The Washington Post in protest of an op-ed carried recently by the newspaper that absurdly related the ... ( read original story ...)
The Cold War History Behind Nicaragua’s Break With Taiwan
The saga of Nicaragua-Taiwan relations – and their eventual end in December 2021 – stretches back to the Cold War heyday of Taipei’s anti-communist obsession. We touched down in Managua ... ( read original story ...)
Fabric Innovation and Fun Are the Two Major Takeaways From Taipei Fashion Week
Taipei Fashion Week opened with a conscious focus on sustainable fashion but Taiwan's emerging designers also know how to have some fun. ( read original story ...)
Historical U.N. Documents Altered to Reflect Chinese Position on Taiwan: Think Tank
Chinese officials also pressured independent think tanks to use their preferred language, a new German Marshall Fund report says. ( read original story ...)
NVIDIA in Partnership to Build Taiwan’s 1st HPC System for Medical Research
NVIDIA and Taiwan-based Asustek Computer have announced a partnership with Taiwan’s National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) to develop Taiwan’s first AI biomedical research supercomputer. According ... ( read original story ...)
US trade chief declines to say if Taiwan in IPEF
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai (戴琪) on Thursday declined to say if Taiwan would be invited to join the Indo-Pacific economic plan of US President Joe Biden’s administration, spurring US Senate ... ( read original story ...)
USTR criticizes Taiwan over its pork regulations
The US government expressed its concerns over Taiwan’s mandatory country-of-origin labeling for US pork imports and maximum ractopamine content restrictions for some pork products in a report released ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei signs partnership agreements with Paraguay
Taiwan and Paraguay on Thursday signed memorandums of understanding on African swine fever prevention and the promotion of bilateral trade, as well as a letter of intent on industrial policy ... ( read original story ...)
What’s behind Taiwan’s willingness to extend compulsory military service?
After Russian forces invaded Ukraine in late February, talk in Taiwan of extending the conscription period of its citizens — from four months to one year — became elevated in official discourse. ( read original story ...)
The KMT’s Defense Policy: Toward a Symmetric Posture
Taiwan’s main opposition party, since their landslide defeat in the 2016 presidential election. Their lack of presence in Washington, D.C., during the past six years raises questions about how the ... ( read original story ...)
US has ‘privately accepted fate’ China will take Taiwan after allowing ‘build-up of weapons for decades,’ expert says
THE US privately accepts that China will take Taiwan after allowing a build-up of weapons in the region for decades, an ex US Air Force officer warns. Brigadier-General Robert Spalding III (Ret.) ... ( read original story ...)
Survey Shows Young Taiwanese Lack Savings, Are Highly Indebted
More than 20% of Taiwanese under the age of 40 say they lack savings and 65% report they are in debt, according to new survey findings from a Taiwanese job site, highlighting the growing generational ... ( read original story ...)