Authorities have contacted 200,000 people who could have had contact with the crew of a ship that toured the Pacific on a goodwill mission ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Clusters among crew on 2 ships in Taiwan, Japan
Japanese officials said Wednesday that 33 crew members on a docked cruise ship tested positive for the coronavirus in one day of testing after the first case from the ship was reported. The ... ( read original story ...)
Disrupting the hiring process with AI: Q&A with Terminal 1 Recruitment CEO Edwin Shao
Edgar Chiu, co-founder and managing partner of SparkLabs Taipei, joined him in the interview. Q: Please tell us about T1 and your motivation for starting this company. How different is your solution ... ( read original story ...)
World Business Quick Take
Growth in the number of people on British companies’ payrolls last month slowed to 0.8 percent from 1.1 percent in February, preliminary tax data that have been released earlier than usual to give a ... ( read original story ...)
More Pain Predicted For Taiwan Stock Market
E Sun Financial was down 2.29 percent, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company skidded 2.96 percent, United Microelectronics Corporation retreated 2.31 percent, Hon Hai Precision tumbled 3.54 ... ( read original story ...)
Let Taiwan into the WHO and stop indulging Beijing – lives depend on it
As the world is busy helping each other out of the pandemic, China has been just as busy with attention-seeking behaviour – requesting expressions of gratitude from other countries whilst also ... ( read original story ...)
Huawei floats buying chips from Samsung to fight US crackdown
TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies, the world's biggest telecom gear provider, has insisted it could buy chips from Samsung Electronics and other companies if the U.S. government tightens export controls ... ( read original story ...)
Virus Outbreak: Powertech says pandemic won’t hinder revenue
Powertech Technology Inc chairman D.K. Tsai poses in Hsinchu in an undated photograph. Photo: Hung Yu-fang, Taipei Times “Some might be worried about the impact of [high] inventory [amid concern over ... ( read original story ...)
Defense Of U.S. Economy Starts In Taiwan
To that I give a one-word answer: Taiwan. Taiwan is the other “China”. It’s a small island off the southern coast of China, called the Republic of China (ROC). It was created as a bastion of ... ( read original story ...)
Virus Outbreak: New incentives aim to boost lending
The government yesterday unveiled incentives for private banks in the hopes that they would join state-run lenders in bailing out business affected by the COVID-19 pandemic ... told a news conference ... ( read original story ...)
Cultural aid should help all artists
Roosevelt’s New Deal, which included the Works of Art Project and Works Progress Administration ... adding to the difficulty of introducing new artists. In the past, the Taipei City Government’s ... ( read original story ...)
10 best smartphones not made in China
China manufactures the Apple iPhone and many other popular smartphones, but there are lots of other options made in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and India. If you don't want to buy a phone from China, ... ( read original story ...)
RPT-China rattles sabres as world battles coronavirus pandemic
China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world, with a crackdown in Hong Kong and sabre-rattling around ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan defence minister asks to be punished after coronavirus outbreak on ship
TAIPEI, April 21 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s defence minister apologised and said he was willing to resign after a coronavirus outbreak on a navy ship which visited the Pacific last month just as the country ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Defence Minister Apologises After Coronavirus Outbreak on Navy Ship
Taiwan's defence minister apologised and said he was willing to resign after a coronavirus outbreak on a navy ship which visited the Pacific last month just as the country celebrated a huge drop in ... ( read original story ...)
Seller of books critical of China leaders attacked in Taiwan
The founder of a bookshop specializing in texts critical of China's Communist Party leaders was attacked with red paint in Taiwan on Tuesday, but suffered no serious ... ( read original story ...)