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 ...)
Taiwan Government Meme Mocking China Goes Viral
A meme poking fun at China created by Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry went viral on Facebook this week, as nearly 2,000 accounts shared the March 25 post. The meme shows a cartoon Formosan black ... ( read original story ...)
Asus and Nvidia to build Taiwan supercomputer for medical research
Back in 2017, Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology partnered with Nvidia to set up four AI research centers and build a four petaflops supercomputer, with plans to grow to 10 petaflops over ... ( read original story ...)
‘From Our Heart’: Taiwan Rejects China’s Criticism Over Ukraine Aid
Taiwan's foreign minister on Friday strongly rejected criticism of its relief efforts for Ukraine from China, saying the aid came "from our heart" and was not an exercise in political manipulation. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s ‘silicon shield’: Why island may not be the next Ukraine
Self-ruled island’s dominance in semiconductors is seen by some analysts as a deterrent against an invasion by Beijing. ( read original story ...)
PH-US ‘Balikatan’ amphibious war games held facing China, Taiwan
In a simulated drill, Philippine and U.S. soldiers perform troop insertions using amphibious assault vehicles and helicopters to carry out a mock mission of either recapturing a territory from the ... ( read original story ...)
The US will continue to strengthen Taiwan’s role as a regional security partner and its defense capacity
The delegation of the Asian country in Washington announced that among its priorities are strengthening ties between nations ... ( read original story ...)