China rebuked U.S. efforts to boost Taiwan’s participation in UN organizations, saying the self-ruled island has “no right” to join the world body a half century after it was booted out. ( read original story ...)
Why GlobalFoundries Stock Is Not a Buy After Its IPO
GlobalFoundries is a chip fabricator going public during one of the worst semiconductor shortage to date. But will this squeeze help them or harm them? ( read original story ...)
Fitch Rates ICBCIL Finance’s Proposed USD Notes ‘A(EXP)’
Fitch Ratings has assigned ICBCIL Finance Co. Limited's (A/Stable) proposed senior unsecured US dollar notes an expected 'A(EXP)' rating. The proposed notes will be issued under ICBCIL Finance's ... ( read original story ...)
Innodisk Ultra Temperature DDR4 DRAM Module Beats the Heat up to 125 degrees Celsius
Innodisk has just released the first-of-its-kind Ultra Temperature DDR4 DRAM module that can operate from a chilling -40 degrees Celsius to a scorching 125 degrees Celsius. The Ultra Temperature ... ( read original story ...)
Calastone Network Reveals Bullish Investor Appetite for Funds across Taiwan
Calastone, the largest global funds network, today reveals that investors in Taiwan have been more active in 2021 than in 2020, with strong investor appetite for funds seen against a backdrop of ... ( read original story ...)
Model soldiers and secret bunkers on Taiwan’s front line with China
Chen Ing-wen strides up to a rocky outcrop some 3 km (1.9 miles) from China's coast on Taiwan-controlled Kinmen island and demonstrates how as a soldier he used to shoot from there at Chinese trawlers ... ( read original story ...)
Climate change: what are the economic stakes?
COP26 climate talks in Glasgow starting on Sunday may be the world’s best last chance to cap global warming at the 1.5-2 degrees Celsius upper limit set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The stakes for ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei-based Asia-Pacific Hub of the international Reform for Resilience Commission debuts with global event and report
The Asia-Pacific Hub of the London-based Reform for Resilience Commission is convening a global webinar on October 26 to discuss how the world has responded to the pandemic and what we can learn going ... ( read original story ...)
S Korea to soon decide whether to join CPTPP in November after China, Taiwan
The South Korean government will decide to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) next month. As China and Taiwan recently submitted an application to ... ( read original story ...)
DPP’s dirty financial aid ‘diplomacy’
So everybody knows how ridiculous the DPP's lies are. Somaliland is only one example. The DPP has long been using such "foreign aid diplomacy", and all the money is paid by the residents of Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
HCmed Reaches Milestone in Immunoglobin Combination Product Development with CSL Behring
HCmed Innovations (HCmed), a Taiwanese company that focuses on the development of vibrating mesh nebulizers, today announced the successful completion of the first developmental milestone for the ... ( read original story ...)
Is War Imminent in the Taiwan Strait?
A resurgence in the Taiwan conflict casts a renewed spotlight on the complexities—and far-reaching geopolitical reverberations—of cross-strait relations. ( read original story ...)
INTERVIEW: Use ‘Taiwan’ in CPTPP, former minister says
The GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the predecessor to the WTO] was signed on Oct. 30, 1947. In its many drafts, it clearly stated that governments entering under the name “separate ... ( read original story ...)
The 20 Favorite Tax Havens of the Very Wealthy
Companies and wealthy individuals can legally keep money in tax havens, while avoiding higher taxes at home. And some tax havens are more popular than others. Campaign group Tax Justice Network has ... ( read original story ...)
N. Korea slams U.S, for supporting Taiwan in nod to ally China
North Korea on Saturday accused the Biden administration of raising military tensions with China through its “reckless” backing of Taiwan, and said that the growing U.S. military presence in the ... ( read original story ...)
China launches fresh warning at Joe Biden after Taiwan comments
Chinese state-backed media has come out swinging against the US after President Joe Biden declared his country “has a commitment” to step in and defend Taiwan in the event of a border dispute. ( read original story ...)