In November 2019, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned that “the US and China were in the ‘foothills of a cold war’ and could be headed toward a conflict worse than World War I”. Since ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Central Bank Asks Traders to Spread Out U.S. Dollar Sales
Taiwan’s central bank urged traders to show restraint in sales of U.S. dollars and not to offload large amounts in single transactions, but didn’t set a cap, according to a statement from the monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Central Bank Urges Traders to Show Restraint Selling Dollars
Taiwan's central bank on Sunday said it was urging foreign exchange traders to exercise restraint when it came to selling U.S. dollars and not sell large amount ... ( read original story ...)
China-US relations: Beijing slams Pentagon report, blames Taipei for stirring up regional tensions
A US report accusing China of ramping up its nuclear and missile forces to "revise" the international order is libellous and provocative, Beijing said on Sunday. In an official statement, China's ... ( read original story ...)
Good response to Taiwan’s spending voucher program to boost economy hit by COVID-19
TAIPEI — Since mid-July, 88-year-old retiree Lin Chen Yueh-li has been shopping at 7-11 convenience stores more frequently, as she is getting more than what she pays for. She is among at ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan claims ‘severe provocation’ after China military drills
Taiwan sounded the alarm over China conducting large-scale joint air and naval exercises inside its air defence buffer zone, a move Taipei denounced as a “severe provocation” and a threat to regional ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s COVID-19 Success Story Continues as Neighbors Fend Off New Outbreaks
Unlike countries like Vietnam and New Zealand, Taiwan has managed to keep its five-month streak of no local COVID-19 transmissions alive. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Strait: A crisis with China in the making?
But what might a president Joe Biden’s or Donald Trump’s response be if China makes an issue of Taiwan in coming months? Taiwan, with 24 million people, lies a hundred miles off the Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
How the Evolving U.S.-China ‘Tech Cold War’ Helps Taiwan
In the heart of this “Great Game” between Washington and Beijing, the technology-driven entrepreneurial and democratic Taiwan is likely the most important geopolitical factor that has greater ... ( read original story ...)
Performance Hall at the Taipei Music Center opens in the Nangang District
See Also: Google proposes 40-acre redevelopment that includes nearly 2,000 housing units The TMC project was conceived as a “City of Pop Music” and is a key part of cultural urbanism in the ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares mixed after Wall Street’s tech sell-off
Asian shares were mixed on Friday following a sell-off of technology shares on Wall Street. In Taipei, the TAIEX closed down 0.12 percent at 12,675.95 on turnover of NT$189.942 billion, but was up 0.3 ... ( read original story ...)
HTC teams up with FET for 5G, VR developments
HTC has signed a MOU with Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) to jointly develop related 5G and VR hardware devices, applications and services. ( read original story ...)
NaviFUS Launches Neuronavigation-guided Clinical Trial to Open the Blood-Brain-Barrier for Combination FUS-Bevacizumab Therapy in rGBM Patients
Genovate Biotech (TPEX:4130) subsidiary and Taiwan-based focused ultrasound (FUS) manufacturer NaviFUS Corporation is pleased to announce the start of its clinical trial (NCT04446416) for the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says plans to sign up for ‘COVAX’ vaccine allocation scheme
Taiwan will sign up to the "COVAX" global vaccine allocation plan to ensure it will be able to access a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available, the island's health minister said on Saturday. Chen ... ( read original story ...)
Booming Demand for Innodisk’s CAN Bus Solutions Amid Pandemic and Autonomous Vehicle Trend
Innodisk's CAN bus expansion modules are taking the world by storm. Unprecedented demand for autonomous vehicle technology amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and continued ... ( read original story ...)
Hacking the pandemic: How Taiwan’s digital democracy holds COVID-19 at bay
The unlikely heroes of Taiwan’s success are civic tech hacktivists, the coders and activists who the country’s celebrity digital minister Audrey Tang described as the “nobodies” who “hack democracy.” ... ( read original story ...)