Friday will be this year's last trading session and Taiwan's financial markets will be shut for a three-day holiday weekend, resuming trade on Tuesday. The main TAIEX index fell 0.2 percent to 9,186.47 points as of 0426 GMT, after closing up 1 percent at a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan leader urges reflection over Nazi parade row
Taiwan's president on Thursday urged educators to reflect deeply on human rights and pass on those lessons to young people after a Nazi-themed parade held by Taiwanese students before Christmas sparked international furore. The principal of Kuang Fu High ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan's Tsai to transit in U.S. in move bound to anger China
TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pass through the United States when she visits Latin America next month, the foreign ministry said Thursday, a move bound to infuriate China which had urged the United States to block a transit stopover. China is ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-HH Leasing & Financial to buy land in Taipei at T$2.2 bln
Dec 29 HH Leasing & Financial : * Says it will buy four plots of land in Taipei at T$2.2 billion in total Source text in Chinese: goo.gl/IAOa6j Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) Next In Financials ( read original story ...)
New shops in short supply in Taipei property market: analyst
Taipei, Dec. 29 (CNA) New shops in the Taipei property market are in short supply, as developers are tending to hold on to these properties in the hope that the scarce supply will continue to boost their pricing power, according to an analyst. Ho Shih ... ( read original story ...)
Mr. Chi-Mau Sheih Appointed President of Chunghwa Telecom
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. ("CHT", "Chunghwa Telecom" or the "Company", TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Chi-Mau Sheih as its President effective January 4 ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom : Mr. Chi-Mau Sheih Appointed President of Chunghwa Telecom
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. December 29, 2016 - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. ('CHT', 'Chunghwa Telecom' or the 'Company', TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Chi-Mau Sheih as its President effective January 4 ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom Co. (CHT) Upgraded to “Hold” at Zacks Investment Research
According to Zacks, “Chunghwa seems to dominate the Taiwanese telecom market with its presence in 80% of the broadband market and 35% of the wireless market. The company aims to raise its presence in the 4G market in Taiwan to 40% in 2016. Chunghwa is ... ( read original story ...)
WTA Taipei 2017 live stream: Taiwan Open tennis live from Taipei
Elina Svitolina will lead the field at the 2017 Taiwan Open, live from Taipei City 30 January-5 February (STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Elina Svitolina, Jelena Jankovic and local heroines the Chan sisters lead the field for the second edition of the Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Keelung's Badouzi train station re-opens to public
Taipei, Dec. 28 (CNA) Famed for its rocky coastline and beautiful ... District Warden Chen Chi-cheng (陳奇正), and National Museum of Marine Science and Technology Director Wu Chun-jen (吳俊仁), the first train from Ruifang Station arrived at Badouzi ... ( read original story ...)
China quotes Mao: Taiwan and Hong Kong independence supporters will fail 'like flies'
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen waves her hand as she boards the nation's first domestically built 500-ton Tuo Jiang twin-hull stealth missile corvette at Suao Naval Base in Yilan, Taiwan June 4, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu BEIJING (Reuters) - Quoting a poem ... ( read original story ...)
Cat flats: designing human apartments for feline friends
A Taipei loft for cats Clean and contemporary ... Although space was limited, the owners of this property were clear in their initial design brief to OBBA architects: their home had to be cat orientated. Taking their brief seriously, the designers ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says Chinese aircraft carrier arrives in Hainan
China has given few details of what the Soviet-built Liaoning is up to, save that it is on a routine exercise. Taiwan has said the aircraft carrier skirted waters outside its air defense identification zone to its east and south and then headed across the ... ( read original story ...)
Post Ecolonialism Project: Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
The project that started as an eco-action by curator Chen Hungyi ... The exhibition is displayed at MOCA, No. 39, Chang'an W Rd, Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan 103. ( read original story ...)
Chinese carrier heading toward Hainan amid renewed tension over Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan warned on Tuesday that "the threat of our enemies is growing day by day", as Chinese warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier sailed towards the island province of Hainan through the South China Sea on a routine drill. ( read original story ...)
These Android Smartphone Makers Might Miss Their 2016 Shipment Targets
If a new report is believed, three popular Android smartphone manufacturers from Taiwan might miss their 2016 shipment targets. The report points out that Asus, Acer, and HTC are likely to miss the shipment targets that they set for themselves at the start ... ( read original story ...)