The driver of a crane truck that slid down an embankment — into the path of an oncoming express train — faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Designates Taiwan a Currency Manipulator
The country’s central bank continues to actively intervene in the foreign-exchange market, the Treasury Department said in its semiannual report analyzing economic policies of major U.S. trading ... ( read original story ...)
The gloves are off when it comes to Taiwan
Australians should be worried about Taiwan, where the threat of a new great power conflict is fast rising, prompting planners in Canberra to consider the unthinkable. ( read original story ...)
Time to Take Taiwan Studies Beyond America
Having long been relegated to the fringes of sinological research, Taiwan studies is finally establishing itself as an independent, interdisciplinary field of studies. This development has important ... ( read original story ...)
Internet penetration at 83.8% for 12-year-old and above in Taiwan in 2020
Internet users took up 83.8% of the population aged 12 and above in Taiwan in 2020, according to government-sponsored Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC). ( read original story ...)
Joe Biden, Yoshihide Suga poised to present united front on Taiwan as China steps up pressure
Biden and Suga are expected to agree on a joint statement on the Chinese-claimed but democratically ruled island at Biden's first in-person meeting with a foreign leader, said the official, who spoke ... ( read original story ...)
Biden, Suga to present united front on Taiwan
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is set to meet U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday.The two leaders are expected to present a united front on Taiwan, China's most sensitive territorial issue.That ... ( read original story ...)
‘US and Japan to present united front on Taiwan’
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will present a united front on Taiwan, China's most sensitive territorial issue, ... ( read original story ...)
Diplomacy and resolve can defuse Taiwan tension
Australia must do nothing to make China think that there is a military solution to its frustrations with Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Santiago Calatrava’s Yuan Ze Arts and International Conference Hall Breaks Ground
Calatrava's design for the Yuan Ze Arts and Conference Hall, now more than a decade in the making, finally broke ground this week. ( read original story ...)
The Chip Shortage Is Bad. Taiwan’s Drought Threatens to Make It Worse.
The island’s worst dry spell in half a century has added strain to a center of semiconductor manufacturing during a global scarcity of chips. ( read original story ...)
China to be in focus at summit between Joe Biden, Japan’s Yoshihide Suga
But at the same time, we’re trying to send a clear signal that some of the steps that China is taking – for instance, its fighters and bombers, flying them into Taiwan’s airspace – is antithetical to ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Massed Drills Near Taiwan Take Aim at Washington Audience
Chinese carrier drills and stepped-up incursions into Taiwan's air defence zone in recent weeks are meant to send a message to Washington to stand down and back off, security sources in Taipei say. ( read original story ...)
Tsai receives U.S. delegation, commits to regional peace efforts
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Thursday received an American delegation, led by former Senator Chris Dodd, at the Presidential Office, and she reiterated Taiwan's willingness to work with the ... ( read original story ...)
VietinBank Securities bags $90 million syndicated loans from international banks
The $90 million syndicated loans will add more fuel to VietinBank Securities’s loan advisory and financing arrangements activities. ( read original story ...)
PLA shows determination in opposing Biden’s double-dealing trick of sending ‘close friends’ to Taiwan
PLA determined to oppose Biden's cross-Straits meddling. By Wang Qi and Liu Xuanzun Published: Apr 15, 2021 10:48 PM. While the US and the island of Taiwan attempt t ... ( read original story ...)