TAIPEI -- Taiwan is widening its crackdown on big-name Chinese technology companies to equipment, telecommunications and cloud services providers, which is expected to include Alibaba Group ... ( read original story ...)
Rules approved to restrict telecom products deemed security risks
Taipei, April 19 (CNA ... after Western countries tried to squeeze China-based telecommunications brand Huawei out of their markets. Those countries cited national security concerns over ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn says it remains committed to Wisconsin investment project
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Friday it remains committed to its contract to build a display plant and tech research facilities in Wisconsin, days after the U.S. state’s governor ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan March export orders seen dropping for fifth straight month: Reuters poll
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s export orders likely declined for a fifth month in March but at a slower pace than in the previous month, a Reuters poll showed, as a prolonged downturn in global tech ... ( read original story ...)
Tsai’s channel earns YouTube Silver Creator Award
Tsai said that Google now has more than 2,500 employees in six counties and cities in Taiwan, and will double its footprint by setting up a new office complex in the Taipei Far Eastern Telecom ... ( read original story ...)
iPhone Billionaire Enters Taiwan Politics as Wealth Declines
Foxconn Group Founder Terry Gou is aiming for the highest job in Taiwan just as his net worth, built on assembling iPhones for Apple Inc., fell to the lowest in more than six years. Still, Gou’s ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei 101 damper records biggest ever movement due to earthquake
Taipei, April 18 (CNA) The tuned mass damper at Taipei 101 skyscraper recorded its biggest ever movement due to an earthquake on Thursday, the management of the building said. At 1:01 p.m., the ... ( read original story ...)
Buildings shake, schools evacuated as quake hits east Taiwan
TAIPEI, April 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Taiwan's coastal city of Hualien on Thursday, shaking buildings and temporarily suspending subway services in the capital Taipei, but ... ( read original story ...)
Asian Insider April 18: Foxconn billionaire Terry Gou’s Taiwan presidential bid; new Japanese plane
Go deeper on Terry Gou: Biggest iPhone assembler warns trade war may last a decade Terry Gou’s FII soars in China debut after 27.1b yuan IPO Here's more on Taiwan: Taiwan seeks trade deal with US ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits eastern Taiwan
At least 17 people were injured, and a 12-storey building in Taipei was left leaning to one side, but there were no reports of major property damage. Two Malaysian tourists – a man and a woman – were ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Is Hit by Powerful Earthquake
A strong earthquake shook Taiwan on Thursday afternoon, rekindling memories of a deadly tremor that hit the island a year ago. The magnitude-6.1 earthquake hit at 1:01 p.m. and was centered off the ... ( read original story ...)
Strong quake hits Taiwan’s Hualien, shakes buildings in Taipei
TAIPEI: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Taiwan's coastal city of Hualien on Thursday (Apr 18), said Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau, shaking buildings and temporarily halting subway services in ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom : Hsieh Chi-mau to take over as chairman of Chunghwa Telecom
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) President Hsieh Chi-mau will become company ... force behind the development of fiber optic networks and the 2G through 4G networks in Taiwan, CNA reported. ( read original story ...)
Foxconn’s Gou’s close China links could weigh on Taiwan election chances
TAIPEI (Reuters) - While Foxconn chairman Terry Gou enters Taiwan's rancorous political arena free of any political baggage, he could yet find himself weighed down by connections to Beijing forged ... ( read original story ...)
Strong 6.0 quake hits Taiwan, shakes buildings in Taipei
Taipei (AFP) - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Taiwan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, shaking buildings and disrupting traffic. In the capital Taipei, highrises swayed violently while ... ( read original story ...)
6.1 earthquake causes light damage in Taiwan capital, east coast
A strong earthquake shook eastern Taiwan on Thursday afternoon, causing scattered light damage in the capital and along the eastern coast. The 6.1 magnitude quake was centred northwest of the city of ... ( read original story ...)