China expressed anger on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law measures to further bolster support for Taiwan and Tibet, which had been included in a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and ... ( read original story ...)
Trump signs Taiwan act into law, angering rival China
US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed the Taiwan Assurance Act into law, which was part of the wider $1.4 trillion federal government spending bill for the fiscal year of 2021. After days of ... ( read original story ...)
EDF’s curious departure from Taiwan
French utilities giant EDF this year decided to close its offices in Taiwan, a democratically self-governed archipelago which China vigorously lays claim to as a province of its own. Curiously, the ... ( read original story ...)
FEATURES: Entrepreneur aims to reshape movie audio
The technology works in one of two ways ... The High Court yesterday sentenced Chang Shu-ching (張淑晶), who leased out rooms in New Taipei City, to nine years and eight months in prison for defrauding ... ( read original story ...)
TRA announces NT$8bn upgrade to power facilities
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is next year to start changing some of its antiquated power facilities, with the cost of the four-year project expected to top NT$8 billion (US$280.30 million) ... ( read original story ...)
The developments driving Asia’s technological rise
Asia is a technological force to be reckoned with. Over the past decade, the region has accounted for 52 percent of global growth in revenue in the technology sector, 43 percent of start-up funding, ... ( read original story ...)
Guardiola says City cannot rely on gifts
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has challenged his players to work collectively in a bid to rediscover their fluid style of play, saying that they cannot expect Santa Claus to deliver goals as ... ( read original story ...)
India-Taiwan trade prospects look promising in 2021: TAITRA
The overall restructuring of supply chains will give India a very unique place and attract many Taiwanese companies to invest in the country, TAITRA chairman James CF Huang said. ( read original story ...)
‘Taiwan’s Covid success was born of its failures with Sars. Now Britain must learn from its own howlers’
Chun Lo still recalls with horror the moment he first learnt about Covid-19.It was almost exactly a year ago, last New Year’s Eve, and Taiwanese social media was alight with talk of a strange ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Picked a Favorite Superpower in 2020 and Quashed COVID-19
When Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen spoke this year to inaugurate her second term, she said ties with China had reached a “historical turning point” and that her government would “bolster ties with ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan may face fewer typhoons, but harsher droughts, as planet warms
For many in Taiwan, particularly those living in vulnerable areas ... according to the government’s National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction. Hsu’s high-resolution models suggest ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Relations in Focus as President-Elect Biden Charts China Policy
From a new bilateral economic dialogue to high-level visits by American officials and arms sales, the ties between the U.S. and Taiwan under the Trump administration have been ... ( read original story ...)
Property market boom to slow slightly next year: expert
Housing transactions would likely hold steady or grow mildly next year, from an estimated 7 percent gain this year, as excessive liquidity and economic recovery would continue to lend support, ... ( read original story ...)
‘Lab rat’ concern likely to postpone Hsinchu eID pilot
The Hsinchu City Government yesterday announced that it would likely delay a trial of the new national electronic identification card (eID) after privacy groups and city councilors said that city ... ( read original story ...)
Cheap parts weaken rail industry
Less than a week into the test runs, a coupling broke and the trials were put on hold, causing a political storm as the city government said it would demand compensation from the Taipei City ... ( read original story ...)
CPC Corporation, Taiwan Succeeds in Global Expansion of Petroleum Exploration and Production Projects
At the end of 2020, a tanker carrying the first cargo of crude oil produced from the Chadian Oryx Concession operated by CPC Corporation, Taiwan (CPC) arrived in Taiwan, demonstrating CPC’s expertise ... ( read original story ...)