Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) Apple's new flagship iPhone X was officially ... Some 70 percent of Taiwan's iPhone users usually buy their phones on contract from a telecom service provider but because of the strong demand for the iPhone X, they are worried that ... ( read original story ...)
Property magnet to buy Eastern Broadcasting
Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) A Taiwanese property magnet-led investment firm has agreed to buy Eastern Broadcasting Co. (東森電視), one of the leading cable TV stations in Taiwan. In a statement released on Thursday, Eastern Media International Corp ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan president visits U.S. territory of Guam despite Chinese ire
HAGATNA, Guam (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrived on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam on Friday on her way back from visiting Taipei’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific, a trip that caused strong objections from China, which claims Taiwan as ... ( read original story ...)
Heraeus reinforces competitive edge as innovation of PV technology accelerates
2017 is definitely a highly volatile year for PV industry in terms of technology advancement, market demand, and international trade barrier. At 2017 PV Taiwan held recently, Andreas Liebheit, the President of Heraeus Photovoltaics, broadly talked about ... ( read original story ...)
NEC Facial Recognition Tech Used to Secure Sports Stadium in Taipei
NEC‘s facial recognition technology has now been deployed at the 29th Universiade, a sports facility in Taipei, Taiwan. The system allows for near-passive authentication of stadium employees. While they are still required to scan their ID cards over a ... ( read original story ...)
Charles Kao: Taiwan should acknowledge China as one of world’s largest economies
and Oriental Financial from Hong Kong. Entrepreneurs and leaders of all sectors from 10 countries, 70 speakers, and about 400 participants attend the two-day dialogue held at Yuan Dong Restaurant in Taipei today. The international and inter-sectors meet of ... ( read original story ...)
As China Continues To Expand Its Military, Rival Taiwan Responds In Kind
To put the project in perspective, this year’s overall military budget is just $2.92 billion. But Taiwan’s odds are good ... company in the northern port city Keelung. For further development of homegrown defenses, in February the ministry picked ... ( read original story ...)
As China Continues To Expand Its Military, Taiwan Responds In Kind
To put the project in perspective, this year’s overall military budget is just $2.92 billion. But Taiwan’s odds are good ... company in the northern port city Keelung. For further development of homegrown defenses, in February the ministry picked ... ( read original story ...)
Sunwah Group tempts Hong Kong buyers with Ho Chi Minh City property project
Tram Cao, a sales executive at Sunwah Pearl, said the project is a five-minute drive from the city's central business district ... "I'd say about 60 per cent of foreign buyers are from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China, with Hong Kong buyers accounting ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Asia Silicon Valley plan
has unveiled a project to connect universities' R&D capability with enterprises' resources to commercialize technologies developed... The Taiwan government is promoting development of smart city solutions by encouraging enterprises to develop problem ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, Marshall Islands sign health care agreement
These are all components of the Taiwan Medical Center project over the past five years, according to Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), with the goal of improving health care and public health education in the Marshall Islands. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan falls four spots in World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ rankings
Taipei, Nov. 1 (CNA) Taiwan has placed 15th among 190 economies in the World Bank's "Doing Business 2018" rankings, down four notches from a year earlier, according to the international economic organization. Taiwan received a score of 80.07 points, up 0 ... ( read original story ...)
Is Taiwan Semiconductor Still Worth The Risk?
More on that later. TSM only pays out 40.4% of its profits in the form of a dividend, so they retain plenty of cash to grow the business. Does Taiwan Semiconductor have a track record of positive earnings? TSM’s average return on equity for the past five ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Must Own its Global Leadership in Recycling
A concerted effort by the government and private enterprises to market Taiwan’s green achievements abroad would not only benefit the nation’s image, it would also create more business opportunities for Taiwan’s brands, products and services. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan’s Q3 GDP grows at fastest in more than 2 years
TAIPEI, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Taiwan posted unexpectedly strong economic growth in the third quarter - its fastest in 2-1/2 years, boosted by tech exports that will likely sustain momentum over the coming quarters. The island’s fortunes have brightened this ... ( read original story ...)
Prosecutors seek 24-year jail term for property tycoon
Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office on Tuesday sought a sentence of 24 years in prison for Farglory Group (遠雄集團) founder Chao Teng-hsiung (趙藤雄) on charges that include bribery and breach of trust. The Taipei District ... ( read original story ...)