What could be more of the moment than a film about a sick girl searching for her mother in hospital during a pandemic, and a virtual reality presentation that can be accessed by viewers unable to ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Taiwan schools open with masks, plastic dividers
Schools across Taiwan have reopened for the academic year as the island's largest COVID-19 outbreak subsides. Schools on the island shut down in May and many switched online in the face of the ... ( read original story ...)
Following Chinese war drills, U.S. warships sail through Taiwan Strait
In what Washington described as routine operations through the sensitive waterway separating Taiwan from China, a U.S. warship and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to stage Wanan air defense drill Sept. 15
The annual Wanan air defense exercise is scheduled to be held all across Taiwan on Sept. 15, but civilians will not be required to shelter in place, Han Gan-ming (韓岡明), chief of the All-out ... ( read original story ...)
Silicon Motion Launches World’s Fastest Single Chip Controller For External Portable SSDs
SM2320 achieves sequential read/write speed up to 2,100/2,000 MBs using ultra-low power TAIPEI and MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 31, 2021 // -- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese ministry demands record military budget over ‘security threats’
Finance Ministry officials will review ... Japan said in an annual defense paper last month that the US-China tensions over Chinese Taipei were an increasingly urgent issue that threatened regional ... ( read original story ...)
Pharmally executives, Michael Yang associate wanted in Taiwan
Executives of Pharmally International Holding Company and a business associate of Michael Yang, a former economic adviser of President Rodrigo Duterte, are on the run from the Taiwan government, ... ( read original story ...)
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023: Australia’s group revealed for World Cup Qualifiers
Australia's path to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup has been revealed. FIBA announced today that Australia has been drawn in Group B alongside China, Japan and Chinese Taipei in the first round of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s defense ministry submits NT$471.7 billion budget proposal for 2022
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Tuesday submitted a budget proposal of NT$471.7 billion (US$17.05 billion) to the Legislature for arms purchases and other defense needs, including jet ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Plus Launched as English-Language Streaming Platform
Taiwan has launched a government-backed English-language streaming platform that is intended to carry a mixture of news, international affairs and local stories. Taiwan Plus went live on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Strait Contingencies and the Challenge to the Indo-Pacific Liberal Order
"China’s leaders must be made to recognise that more coercive pressure on Taiwan will come with rising costs" says Asia Society Australia Executive Director, Policy Richard Maude in his remarks to the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan tax agency advises on trading gains from foreign exchange options
An August 31 statement from Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance states that companies with trading gains from trading foreign exchange options must include those gains in taxable income, explaining that ... ( read original story ...)
US benefits as Taiwan tech shifts from China, but Japan left behind
Taiwanese technology companies have made hardly any supply chain investments in Japan as an alternative to mainland China, directing most of their new factory construction and acquisitions to the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Blockading Taiwan Could Be Painful for Taipei—and China
Could Communist China blockade Taiwan, which mainland boilerplate portrays as a wayward province? Sure. And the People’s Liberation Army ( PLA) would doubtless do so should Xi Jinping & Co. opt to ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Financial firms cut 10,000 jobs due to outbreak
A local COVID-19 outbreak took a toll on the payroll of financial companies, with their employee numbers shrinking by nearly 10,000 in the first half of this year from a year earlier, a survey by ... ( read original story ...)
Geothermal could be important baseload source of power in Taiwan
Geothermal could not only be an important renewable energy source for Taiwan, but also become an important source of reliable decentralised baseload power. ( read original story ...)