Taiwanese companies, which led the charge into China decades ago when the mainland opened to overseas capital, have been scaling back for years because of higher labor costs and more local competition ... ( read original story ...)
What Will Taiwan Do If China Invades?
Military flyovers from China and tough talk in Washington have made a possible conflict over Taiwan feel more real over the past month. That is true for Chen Yi-guang, a retired finance professional. ( read original story ...)
FSC unveils Web-only insurer policies
The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) yesterday announced that it would allow Web-only life and property insurers to launch, its latest effort to push for virtual financial services since rules ... ( read original story ...)
Poll shows nearly 50% of Taiwanese expect pay to go up
More than 44 percent of people expect a salary increase next year due to a booming economy, a Cathay Financial Holding Co (國泰金控) survey showed on Monday. However, 49.5 percent of respondents said they ... ( read original story ...)
DuPont Highlights Circuit Materials Innovations at 2021 TPCA Show (Taipei)
As the leading sustainable materials solution partner for advanced interconnects, DuPont Interconnect Solutions (ICS) will showcase its broad portfolio of innovative circuit materials at the Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Environmental Impact Assessment: Taiwan’s B Corp movement
In Taiwan, as in many other countries, larger enterprises are required by law to publish annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports which detail their impact on society and the environment. ( read original story ...)
CyberLink to Showcase the Latest Game-Changing Applications of its FaceMe® AI Facial Recognition Solution at CES 2022
CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a pioneer of AI and facial recognition technologies, will showcase several new, cutting-edge applications of its market-leading solution, FaceMe®, at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. ( read original story ...)
Voters uphold Taiwan’s ractopamine policy for pork
Result will have little impact on U.S. pork entering Taiwan, as importers have continued to request ractopamine-free product even after MRLs were adopted. ( read original story ...)
Counter-espionage TV series reveals Taiwan spies’ campaign targeting mainland
The modern counter-espionage TV series, Enemy, has hit Chinese social media, giving the public a glimpse of the always-secret espionage sector and serving as a good lesson for ordinary people to raise ... ( read original story ...)
China Mobile could raise almost $9 billion from Shanghai IPO
Having been booted out of the New York Stock Exchange, China Mobile is doing the sensible thing and offering its shares in China. ( read original story ...)
‘Like a virus’ – Taiwan pro-secessionist ‘minister’ disinvited from S.Korean conference after being snubbed by White House
Taiwan secessionists were once again snubbed and isolated by South Korea as Seoul decided to cancel a Taiwan official's speech during a high-level conference last week. Although Taiwan's "external ... ( read original story ...)
Bullish China Warns U.S. Unification With Taiwan Unstoppable by ‘Any Force’
The comments came after national security adviser Jake Sullivan said U.S. policy was geared toward sustaining deterrence. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan protests to South Korea for cancelling digital minister’s speech at the eleventh hour
Seoul said 'various aspects of cross-strait issues were taken into consideration' before Audrey Tang's conference speech was cancelled, according to Taipei It comes a week after the video feed of Tang ... ( read original story ...)
Vincent Shih of Microsoft Elected 2022 AmCham Taiwan Chairperson
Vincent Shih, Assistant General Counsel of Microsoft and GM of Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs of Microsoft Taiwan, was elected as the 2022 chairperson of the American Chamber of Commerce in ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan handset sales likely to disappoint in 2021
Handset sales in Taiwan are expected to disappoint this year reaching only 5.5 million units, according to sources at local mobile phone vendors. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Formosa plans to shut 3 refining units in March for maintenance
Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp, a major fuel exporter in Asia, plans to shut three refining units in March for extensive maintenance, spokesman KY Lin said.These include its No. 1 crude ... ( read original story ...)