As escalating US-China tensions and COVID-19-related production disruptions force US technology supply chains to transform, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC, 台積電) US$12 billion chip ... ( read original story ...)
Group protests Taipei rail station hall restrictions
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) should not use the government’s disease-prevention policy as an excuse to block people’s access to the Taipei Railway Station’s main hall, the Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kongers buying more real estate
More Hong Kongers purchased real estate in Taiwan last year than other foreigners, Ministry of the Interior statistics showed. The ministry attributed the spike to a proposed extradition law that the ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines to participate in 5 clinical trials for vaccine
As the Philippines starts to shift to the new normal after almost two months of lockdown, the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has given the go signal for the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to fire up missile programme as Tsai puts focus on asymmetric warfare against mainland China
Taiwan is expected to step up the development of missiles able to strike mainland China in the face of growing military threats by Beijing.Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed during her inaugural s ... ( read original story ...)
Philippine to participate in 5 clinical trials for vaccine
As the Philippines starts to shift to the new normal after almost two months of lockdown, the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has given the go signal for the ... ( read original story ...)
Group protests planned sitting ban at rail station
More than 400 people yesterday protested at Taipei Railway Station after the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) said it would permanently ban sitting on the floor of the station’s main hall. The ... ( read original story ...)
Now Taiwan has real cause to fear that it is next in line
There was one key word left out when China reaffirmed its commitment to unification with Taiwan at the National People’s Congress. China has been open about wanting to “reunify” with Taiwan. For ... ( read original story ...)
Is TSMC Becoming a Pawn in the Trade War Between the U.S. and China?
TSMC , the world's largest contract chipmaker, recently announced plans to build a new $12 billion plant in Arizona by 2024. The facility will hire 1,600 people and produce up to ... ( read original story ...)
China Drops Word ‘Peaceful’ in Latest Push for Taiwan ‘Reunification’
China says Taiwan is its most sensitive and important territorial issue, and has never renounced the use of force to bring what it views as a Chinese province under its control, m ... ( read original story ...)
Agile Governance Crushing COVID-19: Taiwan and South Korea
As leadership in global health governance remains in limbo, South Korea and Taiwan stand out with their nimbleness. ( read original story ...)
NP View: Canada isn’t alone in its fight with China anymore
It is clear that China’s authoritarian rulers have burned a lot of bridges as of late, and most of those bridges led straight to democratic countries that have historically been allies of ours ... ( read original story ...)
Funding the WHO supports Taiwan’s membership
The US can only credibly support Taiwanese membership in the WHO if it continues to fund the organization. ( read original story ...)
China Breaks With Taiwan Precedent, Omitting Call for ‘Peaceful’ Unification
Beijing dropped calls for pursuing peaceful ties or peaceful unification with Taiwan in an annual policy blueprint, breaking with nearly three decades of precedent in a sign that it is taking a ... ( read original story ...)
Applied Optoelectronics to Virtually Participate in Cowen Technology, Media & Telecom Conference
AOI's products are the building blocks for broadband fiber access networks around the world, where they are used in the internet datacenter, CATV broadband, telecom and FTTH markets ... and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan jobless rate spikes to six year high on virus impact
Taiwan's unemployment rate hit 4.1% in April, a more than six-year high, the government announced on Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on the export-dependent economy. ( read original story ...)