The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has earmarked NT$73.5 million (US$2.49 million) from next year’s annual budget to purchase a new property for its representative office in Australia. The ministry has ... ( read original story ...)
Local financial firms cut China lending
The nation’s 16 financial holding companies last quarter cut their combined lending to China to NT$671.34 billion (US$22.73 billion) from NT$698.26 billion in the first quarter, down 9.2 percent from ... ( read original story ...)
Czech president tries to tamp down China anger after speaker’s Taiwan trip
President Milos Zeman sought on Sunday to defuse a row with China over a visit by the head of the Czech Senate to Taiwan, calling the speaker's trip a "boyish provocation". ( read original story ...)
Taiwan opposition pushes pork referendum, could threaten U.S. trade deal
Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) began a push on Sunday for a referendum to block the easing of restrictions on U.S. pork imports, which if passed could threaten a long-mooted free ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Supersonic Land-Attack Cruise Missile Will Go Far To Deterring China
Taiwan has begun production of a new land-attack cruise missile. But the island country still is badly outgunned by China’s own, much larger missile arsenal. Taiwanese media on Aug. 4, 2019 reported ... ( read original story ...)
Disney’s ‘Mulan’ faces boycott calls from activists in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand
Hollywood is "betraying" the values it "purports to champion," Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong wrote on Twitter. ( read original story ...)
Far EasTone targets 11% stake in APT in unexpected deal
Far EasTone Telecommunications is to pay up to NT$5 billion (US$169.3 million) to acquire an 11.58 percent stake in Asia Pacific Telecom (APT), it said in an unexpected announcement late on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Wall St falls as NASDAQ rout persists
The NASDAQ Composite closed lower on Friday, although well above its session low as selling eased late in the day after investors dumped heavyweight technology stocks due to concerns about high ... ( read original story ...)
MOFA raises budget to accommodate global projects
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has submitted a budget of NT$29.53 billion (US$1 billion) for fiscal year 2021, citing an increase in international cooperative projects and assistance provided ... ( read original story ...)
China, Czech Republic at Odds After Czech Officials Visit Taiwan
China is warning of retaliation in response to a visit to Taiwan by a Czech Senate delegation, saying Senate President Milos Vystrcil crossed a “red-line” and violated the one-China principle under ... ( read original story ...)
NTU reaches top 100 in world list
National Taiwan University (NTU) was ranked the world’s 97th-best university, the first time it has made the top 100 in the Times Higher Education survey. The London-based magazine’s World University ... ( read original story ...)
Mandarin Oriental Taipei waiting for a global reopening
Luxury hotel the Mandarin Oriental Taipei (文華東方酒店), which has temporarily shut guestroom operations since June 1, said that it would not restart them until governments in the region lift travel bans ... ( read original story ...)
Czech Delegation Pledges Support for Taiwan, Vows Not to Bow to Chinese Threats
A delegation headed by the Senate president and the mayor of Prague won hearts in Taiwan and shrugged off threats from China’s foreign minister. ( read original story ...)
Ant Could Be a Massive IPO. Investors Are Already Looking for Other Big Debuts in Emerging Markets.
The next big emerging tech IPOs may come from markets other than China, where the innovation scene is less feverish but also less competitive, analysts say. ( read original story ...)
US and Taiwan to work on reshaping supply chains away from China
Speaking at a conference in Taipei on Friday, Brent Christensen, director of the American Institute in Taiwan — the US’s quasi embassy — urged democracies with shared values to build more secure ... ( read original story ...)
US, Taiwan seek ‘like-minded’ democracies in supply chain shift from China
TAIPEI, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The United States and Taiwan said on Friday they were seeking "like-minded" democracies to join a shift in global supply chains during the coronavirus pandemic, as ... ( read original story ...)