Security pact vital to Taiwan and Japan

Although Taiwan and Japan are facing the same military threat — the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) — there is no formal military exchange between the two countries. To break through diplomatic ... ( read original story ...)

Credit controls to remain: central bank

The central bank intends to maintain selective credit controls on local banks for an extended period and might fine-tune its control measures, central bank Governor Yang Chin-long (楊金龍) said on ... ( read original story ...)

Walter Lohman On Taiwan: Truths about Taiwan

The assumption was that saying the “wrong” thing about Taiwan would irritate Beijing, and Beijing would take their pique out on American business. All this has left uninitiated observers in persistent ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan chipmaker TSMC bags $6B quarterly profit

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips, reported its quarterly profit rose 16.4% over a year earlier to $6 billion amid surging demand for chips ... ( read original story ...)

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolts eastern Taiwan

Taiwan was shaken by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hualien County at 4.15 pm.Sunday, Central News Agency (CNA) reported, quoting the Central Weather Bureau. ( read original story ...)

4.9-magnitude quake hits Taiwan’s Hualien: CENC

A 4.9-magnitude earthquake jolted waters near Hualien County of Taiwan at 4:15 p.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.17 ... ( read original story ...)