Asian markets were mixed Monday as traders struggled to track another record performance on Wall Street, though investors remain broadly upbeat on the prospect of a further massive stimulus for the US ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s new passport hopes to banish confusion with China
Taiwan rolled out a newly redesigned passport on Monday that gives greater prominence to the island's day-to-day name, aiming to avoid confusion with China amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Beijing's ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan December exports hits record
Taiwan's exports totaled US$33 billion in December 2020, the highest-ever monthly level with 3.16% on-month and 12.0% on-year growths, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF). ( read original story ...)
‘Big thing’: Taiwan praises U.S. move to lift restrictions on ties
The U.S. lifting of restrictions on interactions with Taiwanese officials is a "big thing", Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Monday, describing it as a major boost for relations with the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says relations with U.S. elevated to global partnership
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Monday that relations with the United States have been elevated to a global partnership, describing the U.S. lifting of restrictions on interactions between ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market Tipped To Open Higher On Monday
The Taiwan stock market has moved higher in consecutive trading days, gathering almost 480 points or 3.1 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 15,460-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Bid to refashion Hong Kong’s idyllic south coast into tourist haven full of promise – and potential pitfalls
For most of his adult life, Tsang King has lived and worked on southern Hong Kong Island, where jungle-covered hills fall sharply down to waters that fishing boats have plied for more than a thousand ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan manufacturers quit China over trade tensions and rising costs
Having based most of its production in China for more than two decades, Hwa Meei is now expanding at home. A new plant in Taiwan, opened earlier this year, will create 180 jobs and is part of a plan ... ( read original story ...)
US lifting decades-old restrictions on contacts with Taiwan
The US has lifted long-standing restrictions on contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced. The self-imposed restrictions were introduced decades ... ( read original story ...)
Financial pressure behind low birthrate: researcher
A lack of incentives for younger people to marry as well as high costs for housing, elderly care and child-rearing are the main causes for Taiwan’s declining birthrate, Academia Sinica associate ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo voids restrictions on diplomatic contacts with Taiwan
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Saturday that the State Department is voiding longstanding restrictions on how U.S. diplomats and others have contact with their counterparts in Taiwan, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Found a Strange Bedfellow in Trump
Asia’s most liberal democracy did very well out of the U.S. president’s harsh policies toward China. That may come to an end. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s MediaTek Comes in 1st in Smartphones AP Market
A big change was made in the global smartphone application processor (AP) market in the third quarter of this year. Taiwan's fabless company MediaTek beat Qualcomm of the United States to rank first ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan: Exports to mainland scores new record in 2020
Taiwanese finance authority stated that, the country's exports to the mainland and Hong Kong reached a total amount of USD151.45 billion last year, the highest scored ever. It added in a ... ( read original story ...)
India set to expand ties with Taiwan; focus on trade and investments, says envoy
Indias representative to Taiwan recently told local media that his office will focus on enhancing bilateral investments, people-to-people exchanges and technical cooperation between Delhi and Taipei. ( read original story ...)
Chinese state media blast Trump administration for ‘cowardly act of sabotage’ in Taiwan
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's lifting of longstanding restrictions on U.S. government contacts with Taiwanese counterparts "crossed a dangerous red line," state media said. ( read original story ...)