Taiwan has long sought a bilateral trade deal with the United States, the Chinese-claimed island's most important international backer and supplier of arms. ( read original story ...)
With Trump Gone, Taiwan Seeks Assurances From Biden Administration
But Biden and his team are likely to resist using Taiwan as a cudgel against China the way Trump did. After 9/11, Washington formed a national commission that made the country safer. It should do the ... ( read original story ...)
Samsung considering plant in Texas
Samsung Electronics Co is considering spending more than US$10 billion building its most advanced logic chipmaking plant in the US, a major investment that it hopes would win more US clients and help ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s importance for US tech
As Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US president on Wednesday, many people were asking whether the turbulent US-China technology dispute that has been going on for the past few years will be ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Hits 30K Resistance Level, ByteDance Rival Kuaishou Prepares For IPO, Week In Review
Hong Kong stocks outperformed Mainland China this week, hitting the 30,000 resistance level, following a year of lackluster returns compared to the Mainland. ByteDance rival Kuaishou has locked in ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese steel manufacturer Huadi International prices US IPO at $8 high end
The article Chinese steel manufacturer Huadi International prices US IPO at $8 high end originally appeared on IPO investment manager Renaissance Capital's web site renaissancecapital.com. Investment ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Jobless Rate Falls In December
Taiwan's jobless rate fell marginally in December, figures from the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics showed ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says realistic about U.S. trade deal, but one will happen eventually
Taiwan is under no illusions it can quickly sign a long hoped for free trade deal with the United States but feels when the time is right "success will flow naturally", the island's chief trade ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market Tipped To Remain Rangebound
The Taiwan stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the three-day losing streak in which it had ... ( read original story ...)
Outging US ambassador says world must end Taiwan’s exclusion
In a final swipe at China, the Trump administration’s outgoing U.N. ambassador tweeted that it's time for the world to oppose China’s efforts to exclude and isolate ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s chip crunch slams the brakes on carmakers’ COVID recovery
Car companies were seeing rebounds from autumn, but chip production has not met this recovery pace," the executive said. "We need to prepare for another challenge." This glum assessment is part of a ... ( read original story ...)
China fires parting sanctions at Trump officials; seeks ‘better angels’ in Biden team
But Beijing’s first move of the Biden era, a raft of sanctions against officials including former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, fell flat. ( read original story ...)
Giant worm’s undersea lair discovered by fossil hunters in Taiwan
Scientists believe 2-metre-long burrow once housed predator that ambushed passing sea creatures ... ( read original story ...)
Biden Sends Important Foreign-Policy Signal With Taiwan Inauguration Invite
Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the U.S. overcame four decades of precedent when she accepted a formal invitation to attend President Joe Biden’s inauguration, calming fears on the self-ruled island ... ( read original story ...)