Taiwan's economy grew 2.98% in 2020 compared to a year ago, advance estimates by the island's statistics office showed. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan makers have advantages in EV supply chain, says AUO chairman
Taiwan-based companies, with support from a local ecosystem for integrating power and electric/electronic systems, have significant advantages in the global in electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s economy outgrows China’s for the first time in 30 years, as chips demand soars
Taiwan's economy grew 2.98% in 2020 compared to a year ago, advance estimates by the island's statistics office showed. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan small- to mid-size panel shipments to fall 9.5% in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels are expected to fall 9.5% sequentially but up 3.9% on year to 174 million units in the first quarter of 2021, Digitimes Research estimates. ( read original story ...)
Gutierrez: “America in Asia” looks to Taiwan
Through partnership with Taiwan, Guam aims to rekindle its “America in Asia” slogan, and its profile as an “Asian Tiger with American Stripes.” ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Manufacturing PMI Surges In January – Markit
The manufacturing sector in Taiwan continued to expand in January, and at a faster pace, the latest survey from Markit Economics ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market May Open Under Pressure On Monday
The Taiwan stock market has finished sharply lower in two straight sessions, sinking more than 540 points or 3.6 percent along the ... ( read original story ...)
Notes from central Taiwan: Everyday life as the ‘other’
A few months ago my girlfriend, a Filipino factory worker here in Taiwan, presents me with a key. They had changed the locks on her dorm and she needs to make a copy. We run down to the old guy who ... ( read original story ...)
Making sense of the market showdown over GameStop
The battle between retail investors and hedge funds burst seemingly out of nowhere last week, and many people have spent the weekend wondering how it would end. The answer depends in part on two ... ( read original story ...)
Group again calls for removal of Chiang statue
The Taiwan 228 Incident Care Association on Monday last week again called for the removal of the Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) statue from the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei. The call came after ... ( read original story ...)
EDITORIAL: No lenience on Chinese investment
Fubon Financial Holding Co on Friday last week said it would extend its tender offer for Jih Sun Financial Holding Co by 50 days until March 23, as the company’s hostile takeover of its smaller rival ... ( read original story ...)
Domestic housing offerings up 9.2%
The value of new presale and housing products launched last quarter totaled NT$324.8 billion (US$11.43 billion), a 9.2 percent increase from a year earlier, a survey released by Cathay Real Estate ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says Chinese fighters, U.S. aircraft both entered defence zone
Six Chinese fighter aircraft and a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Sunday, the island's defence ministry said, in an unusual ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Pegatron, Tata to invest in Tamil Nadu to make phones, parts
Tata Electronics will invest ₹5,763 cr for making mobile phone components and Pegatron will invest ₹1,100 cr to make mobile phones as part of its phase I investment ... ( read original story ...)
China’s crackdown to shake up world’s largest fintech market
In a four-year campaign to root out risks to China’s financial system, regulators have set upon their biggest target yet: the world’s largest financial technology sector. All three financial watchdogs ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC’s bet on global dominance pays off after decades of planning
With the global shortage of semiconductors becoming ever more serious, Taiwanese Economic Minister Wang Mei-hua held an unusual meeting with executives from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on ... ( read original story ...)