Load Error Exports increased 27.1% last month to almost $35.9 billion, according to a statement Friday from Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance. Economists had forecast shipments would increase by 20%. “We ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan’s March exports power ahead, outlook strong into Q2
Taiwan March exports +27.1% y/y vs +17.4% Reuters poll * Fin ministry says TSMC to run at full capacity until end of 2022 TAIPEI, April 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s exports rose for a ninth straight month ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan drought: Man retrieves phone dropped in lake a year ago
Taiwan's worst drought in 56 years has dried up one of its most iconic lakes - but this has resulted in good news for at least one man. The man surnamed Chen claims he dropped the mobile phone while ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing has not radically accelerated timeline for reunification with Taiwan: Eurasia Group
Allison Sherlock from Eurasia Group explains why she doesn't think Beijing is preparing for an imminent military attack on Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
The Chip Industry Has a Problem With Its Giant Carbon Footprint
The TSMC facility’s estimated cost of $20 billion is about three times that of Elon Musk’s Tesla gigafactory near Berlin. ( read original story ...)
Alleged Chinese spies indicted in Taiwan for money laundering
Alleged Chinese spies indicted in Taiwan for money laundering. ROC Central News Agency. 04/08/2021 06:15 PM. Taipei, April 8 (CNA) Two executives from a Hong Kong company, who hav ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan drought helps man retrieve phone dropped in lake a year ago
Taiwan's worst drought in 56 years has dried up one of it's most iconic lakes - but this has resulted in good news for at least one man. The man surnamed Chen claims he dropped the mobile phone while ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Don’t Help China By Hyping Risk Of War Over Taiwan
A growing chorus of officials and experts in the United States has been raising alarm about the risk of a Chinese attack against Taiwan. Adm. Philip S. Davidson, the United States Indo-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
Tech Shares Expected To Boost Taiwan Stocks
The Taiwan stock market has climbed higher in four straight sessions, jumping almost 500 points or 3 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 16,925-point plateau and ... ( read original story ...)
National Taipei University of Business ranks first among Taiwan’s public vocational universities with a 100% acceptance rate
According to the 2020-2021 list of Taiwan's top public vocational universities in terms of the acceptance rate recently released by the Ministry of Education (Taiwan), National Taipei University of ... ( read original story ...)
US bill to pressure China on trade and rights, back Taiwan
US senators on Thursday unveiled broad legislation on China that would step up pressure over Beijing's alleged theft of intellectual property and solidify US ties with Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
HTC has new 5G phones and AR/VR devices coming this quarter
HTC has surprisingly outlived LG in the smartphone market. Even though the Taiwanese company is also struggling, it has no plans to exit the market yet. Actually, it has new 5G phones planned for this ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsui Chemicals to double Taiwan output of chipmaking material
Mitsui Chemicals will spend nearly 10 billion yen ($91.5 million) to ramp up Taiwanese production of a special tape used in semiconductor manufacturing as demand grows from the spread of smartphones ... ( read original story ...)
Mubadala Said to Plan GlobalFoundries IPO at $20 Billion Value
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co. has started preparations for a U.S. initial public offering of chipmaker GlobalFoundries, people with knowledge of the matter said.The sovereign wealth fund has ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan is facing a drought, and it has prioritized its computer chip business over farmers.
Chip makers use lots of water to clean their factories and wafers, the thin slices of silicon that make up the basis of the chips, Raymond Zhong and Amy Chang Chien report. In 2019, Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan charges Hong Kong execs with money laundering, is probing spying claims
Prosecutors investigating claims they helped Beijing interfere with democracy in Hong Kong and Taiwan, made by self-proclaimed former mainland spy Wang Liqiang. ( read original story ...)