Drivers working with rideshare companies in Taiwan's capital protest to demand the government allocate them more rapid Covid-19 tests to allow them to continue working safely as the island registers ... ( read original story ...)
War Games: The Battle for Taiwan
Meet the Press takes over the NBC News Washington Bureau to stage a full-day war game between the U.S. and China ... ( read original story ...)
OMA Announces Completion of “Taipei Performing Arts Centre”
The opening date for OMA‘s Taipei Performing Arts Centre in Taiwan has been set for August 7, as architects OMA announce its completion. Dubbed one of “Asia’s most important cultural developments in ... ( read original story ...)
Life, love and levies: Taiwan seeks poet to wax lyrical on taxes
But now Taiwan wants people to find lyrical inspiration in a subject that’s also close to the heart: taxes. The finance ministry has launched a competition for the public to write verse about ... ( read original story ...)
Boss of world’s biggest microchip maker SMIC says smartphone demand dropping ‘like a rock’
Foxconn, the Taiwanese maker of Apple’s iPhones ... Problems were exacerbated by a shortage of chips needed for smartphone production. Yesterday, Apple lost its position as the world’s most valuable ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan warns Australia of threat at its doorstep
Growing Chinese influence should be a major concern for Canberra Taiwans top diplomat said A senior Taiwanese official has urged Austral ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan commercial property investment drops 33% to USD1.1b in Q1
Supply shortage is one of the main culprits. A recent Savills report reveals that the total transaction volume of commercial properties in Taiwan for the first quarter of 2022 fell by 33% to NT$34.1 ... ( read original story ...)
How Taiwan successfully contained COVID
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 510 million confirmed cases and more than 6.25 million deaths have been reported around the world. As nations continue to battle the pandemic, Taiwan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Stock Market Poised To Halt Losing Streak
The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in two straight sessions, sinking almost 450 points or 2.8 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 15,610-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
‘Pay more attention’: Taiwan’s foreign minister warns Australia of China’s rise in the Pacific
In an exclusive interview with SBS News, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said Australia should “pay more attention” to China’s “authoritarianism” expanding in the Indo-Pacific. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan may not have military equipment to defend itself against Chinese invasion warns Rep. McCaul
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Michael McCaul sounded the alarm on the potential of China's non-military takeover of Taiwan, and what the global ramifications would be. ( read original story ...)
U.S. should prepare for drawn-out conflict if China invades Taiwan, war game suggests
The year is 2027. China has invaded Taiwan and the wheels of all-out war have begun to turn. “We are not going to let them survive the initial onslaught of our military operations,” says one of the ... ( read original story ...)
Graham defends stance on Ukraine aid, says fate of Taiwan and beyond depends on stopping Putin
S.C., defended his support for U.S. aid to Ukraine, saying Thursday that China is watching how Russia fares and that the world writ large will benefit by Vladimir Putin being stopped. ( read original story ...)
Inside a real-life war game: China and U.S. square off over Taiwan
The briefing: It’s 2027. China is poised to invade Taiwan. This is the scenario of an unprecedented war game produced with the Center for a New American Security to envision a war between the U.S. & ... ( read original story ...)
Calls grow for more transparency in Taiwan’s seafood sector as Da Wang officers prosecuted
Greenpeace is continuing to criticize Taiwan’s fishing industry after nine people who worked on board the distant-water fishing vessel Da Wang were indicted on charges relating ... ( read original story ...)
GDP of 4% unlikely: central bank
The nation’s 4 percent GDP target this year might be difficult to attain, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and global monetary tightening is expected to weigh on exports in the second half, central ... ( read original story ...)