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 ...)
Taiwan IC substrate makers doing well in China market
Taiwan's IC substrate makers Unmicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB, and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen their production lines in China running at full capacity to serve Chinese chipmakers ... ( read original story ...)
Man Utd, City set to clash in EFL Cup semis
Manchester United are to face bitter rivals Manchester City in the EFL Cup semi-finals after a dramatic 2-0 win at Everton on Wednesday, while Tottenham Hotspur joined them in the last four with ... ( read original story ...)
Three sentenced in New Taipei child abuse case
The former manager of a daycare center in New Taipei City and two caregivers were on Wednesday sentenced to prison terms between eight and 16 months, after they were found guilty of abusing six ... ( read original story ...)
My Unusually Normal Life in Taiwan Amid the Global Pandemic
Three days earlier Taiwan had already set up its Central Epidemic Command Center, and three weeks prior Taipei sent that now-infamous inquiry to the World Health Organization asking for clarification ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s EVA Air fires pilot blamed for locally transmitted coronavirus case; government issues $35G fine
Taiwan’s government has issued a fine of 1 million New Taiwan dollars ($35,500) to EVA Air after one of the airline’s pilots was blamed for Taiwan’s first locally transmitted COVID-19 case since April ... ( read original story ...)