TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s exports are expected to have contracted 2.93 percent in January from a year earlier, according to the median forecasts of 14 analysts polled by Reuters. The trade-reliant i... ( read original story ...)
Why Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second largest city, is a cultural and culinary destination ideal for a weekend break
It’s often said that Taiwan rhymes with cuisine ... overload that breaks out all over the city after dusk hovers at englishintaiwan.com. Pier-2 is another (brief-round-of-applause) Kaohsiung regenerat... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan offshore wind saga rattles global investors
“For all those European developers who are seeing returns squeezed in Europe because of all the competition and are seeking growth, Taiwan was the opportunity and it is a great market,” said Tom Harri... ( read original story ...)
China Airline flights between YVR, Taipei cancelled due to pilots’ strike
Those departing from the Vancouver airport on China Airlines should prepare for more cancellations, as a pilots’ strike at Taiwan’s flag carrier is expected to head into its fourth day Monday. ( read original story ...)
China casts a long shadow over Taiwan’s economy, and attempts to revitalize it
In heavy industry-centered Kaohsiung, businesses never caught on to Taiwan’s other strong suit, information and communications technology. Young adults leave cities like Kaohsiung in droves to seek jo... ( read original story ...)
A Weekend In Taipei
No longer one of the Four Asian Dragons, Taiwan has gone from a surging economy between the 1960s and 1990s to a prolonged recession followed by slow economic growth for more than a decade now. Althou... ( read original story ...)
Mobile Internet use in Taiwan tops 70 percent for 1st time
Taipei, Feb. 10 (CNA) Due to telecom operators cutting back smartphone service fees, the mobile Internet use rate in Taiwan surpassed 70 percent for the first time ever in 2018, according to the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan seeks help finding, deporting celebrity blogger
Su Chen Tuan, better known as Lady Nai Nai, built a following in Taiwan for her beauty and lifestyle tips. She is alleged to have been part of defrauding clients and investors of more than $42 million ... ( read original story ...)
Pilot Strike at Taiwan’s China Airlines Drags Into 3rd Day
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A strike among pilots at Taiwan's flag carrier China Airlines has dragged into a third day, resulting in further flight cancellations. There's no word Sunday of a settlement as the pi... ( read original story ...)
Black & Veatch unit’s new project involves partnerships with Google and fish farmers
Solar panels, Google and fish farmers. The seemingly disparate elements will come together in a new project a Black & Veatch unit is planning in Taiwan. Diode Ventures LLC, a unit of the Overland Park ... ( read original story ...)
Google to purchase 10MW of solar power in Taiwan, its first in Asia
Google has signed a deal to buy the output of a 10MW solar array in Tainan City, Taiwan. It's Google's first renewable energy ... “Our inaugural renewable energy project in Asia is an encouraging exam... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan finds niche in Chinese teaching
Taiwan's democracy and its open and diverse ... Foreigners who learn Chinese for business and communication purposes tend to choose China, where simplified Chinese characters are used, he said. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan seeks Canada’s help finding, deporting fugitive/celebrity blogger
And now in lighter, but still intriguing news, officials in Taipei are asking Ottawa to help find and deport from Canada a celebrity blogger accused of fleeing Taiwan with millions in stolen funds ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.01%
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0. Shares in Arcadyan Technology Corp (TW:3596) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.76% or 8.40 to 94.50. Shares in Chi Mei ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg : Science and Technology Minister sets 3 goals for Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute
Inaugurating the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) Wednesday at the Hsinchu Science Park, Minister of Science and Technology, Chen Liang-gee, envisions Taiwan becoming the world's biggest ... ( read original story ...)
First U.S. beef shipment traced through blockchain to Taiwan
Blockchain technology developed at the University of Wyoming could ... DeCastro developed a blockchain code to track a December 2018 shipment of Wyoming beef to Taiwan. Blockchain is a system that mai... ( read original story ...)