India yesterday unveiled a bigger budget of 39.45 trillion rupees (US$529.7 billion) for the coming fiscal year, stepping up investment on highways to affordable housing to put growth on a firmer ... ( read original story ...)
AFC Women’s Asian Cup: Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Vietnam confident of sealing FIFA World Cup ticket
Chinese Taipei Thailand and Vietnam will have no margin for error when they clash in a round-robin playoff to determine the fifth team to earn an automatic sl ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says athletes will participate in Olympics Opening Ceremony after name dispute with China
Feb. 1 (UPI) --Taiwan's Olympic team will be a part of the Opening Ceremony later this week to begin the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, organizers said on Tuesday. Taiwanese officials had been ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan is making new friends in Europe. China isn’t happy about it.
Lithuania and the Czech Republic have both begun to normalise relations with Taiwan. But Beijing is hitting back. View on euronews ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan team relents, will attend Olympic ceremonies in China
Olympic officials in Taiwan have reversed a decision to skip Friday's opening ceremony of the Beijing Games in China ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan delegation to attend Beijing Olympics ceremonies as ‘required’
Taiwan announced Tuesday a reversal to its weekend decision to forgo the opening and closing of the Beijing Winter Olympics, saying the committee governing the Games was "requiring" attendance at ... ( read original story ...)
Germany collapses $5 billion chip deal with Taiwan firm amid tech sovereignty concerns
Germany's economic ministry did not clear the 4.35 billion euro ($4.9 billion) deal by the Jan. 31 deadline, meaning the proposed acquisition can't go ahead as planned. The failed takeover comes as ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Chip Firm’s Bid To Buy German Rival Collapses
A Taiwanese semiconductor technology company's $4.5 billion deal to acquire a German rival collapsed on Tuesday after a deadline for Berlin to approve the bid passed without a decision. The demise of ... ( read original story ...)
$5B deal for German chip maker by Taiwan firm falls through
A proposed takeover of German chip supplier Siltronic by Taiwan’s GlobalWafers has fallen through after the German government failed to give its approval by a Monday night deadline. The Economy ... ( read original story ...)
Team Taiwan says it will be at Beijing Games opening ceremony
Taiwan's team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening and closing ceremonies after being told by the International Olympic Committee it was required to participate. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan firm’s takeover of German chip supplier falls through
BERLIN (AP) — A proposed takeover of German chip supplier Siltronic by Taiwan’s GlobalWafers has fallen through after the German government failed to give its approval by a Monday night deadline. ( read original story ...)
Beijing’s bullish bridge to Taiwan and the age of ‘Great China’
Wu Feng, 57, a taxi driver in the city of Fuzhou in ... a small island in the Taiwan Strait. The structure was finished in December 2020, but the project hasn't ended there. On March 11, 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Berlin runs out the clock on Taiwanese wafer firm deal for German company
Taipei – One of the world’s largest wafer makers in Taiwan ... also known as chips, the backbone of the global technology sector. In December 2020 Taiwan firm GlobalWafers had signed an agreement with ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan wafer company takeover collapses after Germany withholds approval
The planned acquisition of German chip supplier Siltronic by its bigger Taiwan rival GlobalWafers has collapsed ... The chips are crucial components to a range of products including cars and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s GlobalWafers fails in bid to buy German peer Siltronic
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's GlobalWafers says it will pay 50 ... Given the Taiwanese company's strong financial position, paying the fee will not have a serious impact, it said in its filing. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Can’t Wait
In March 2021, Admiral Philip S. Davidson, then the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, informed Congress that China could invade Taiwan within the next six years. In October, Taiwanese Defense ... ( read original story ...)