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Taiwanese authorities said Monday they were probing criminal gang links to a pro-China protest which targeted Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and rebel legislators in Taiwan. The activists were visiting to attend a forum aimed at linking democracy ... ( read original story ...)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, carving a careful diplomatic path on her stopovers in the United States, visited the headquarters of micro-messaging service Twitter Inc and opened her official account on Saturday. A source with ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Jan 13 Taiwan stocks fell on Friday on profit-taking ... The electronics subindex fell as much as 0.6 percent, while the financials subindex lost up to 0.7 percent. Shares in TSMC dropped as much as 2.2 percent, after the company expected its ... ( read original story ...)

An information security breach led to financial data concerning at least 2,000 Taipei City Government employees being leaked on Tuesday night, with city officials ascribing the incident to outdated and vulnerable data management software. The information ... ( read original story ...)

It was a dramatic lesson in China’s growing financial muscle. As a Chinese official dangled ... Nigeria this week hastily ordered the shutdown of a trade office by China’s rival, Taiwan. The result is another diplomatic blow to Taiwan and another ... ( read original story ...)

It had closed almost flat in the previous session. The electronics subindex rose 0.7 percent, while the financials subindex gained 0.5 percent. The Taiwan dollar was up T$0.185 at T$31.750 per U.S. dollar after rising to its strongest against the U.S ... ( read original story ...)

For years, China and Taiwan were locked in a bitter diplomatic tug-of-war, luring away each other's allies with generous financial packages in so-called "chequebook diplomacy". Diplomatic tussles between the two had eased under Taiwan's previous Beijing ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The chief of Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple Inc supplier, on Thursday praised the goal of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to create more jobs in the United States. "Mr. Trump has said many times ... ( read original story ...)

China's only aircraft carrier has entered the Taiwan Strait in a highly symbolic show of strength, but Taiwan insisted Wednesday there was no need for panic even as tensions boil over the island's diplomatic status. Beijing has upped its military drills ... ( read original story ...)

On Wednesday, China’s only aircraft carrier, The Liaoning, has entered the Taiwan Strait It entered the southwest of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) at 07:00 local time (23:00 GMT), along with escort vessels, the defense ministry said. ( read original story ...)

The electronics subindex climbed as much as 0.3 percent, while the financials subindex dropped up to 0.6 percent. Government issued data on Monday that showed Taiwan's exports in December had bounced to their highest in four years, fuelling hopes that ... ( read original story ...)

The electronics subindex sank as much as 0.3 percent, while the financials subindex lost up to 0.2 percent. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's largest contract chipmaker and big-capped share, remained unchanged. It is due to issue its ... ( read original story ...)

The Tao Zhu Yin Yuan Tower by Vincent Callebut Architectures in Taipei, Taiwan. A twisting, smog-eating tower is going up in Taipei, Taiwan. On the outside, 23,000 trees and shrubs — nearly the same amount found in New York’s Central Park — will ... ( read original story ...)

Jan.09 -- Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli recaps this weekend's latest news related to President-elect Donald Trump less than two weeks before his inauguration. Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli reports on "Bloomberg Surveillance." ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Jan. 7 (CNA) Funds raised from initial public offerings (IPOs) in Taiwan fell more than 30 percent annually in 2016, although the number of new listings on the local equity market rose slightly, according to PwC Taiwan. In a report, the accounting ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States Saturday on her way to Central America, a trip that will be closely watched by Beijing, incensed by her congratulatory call to Donald Trump. While the focus of the nine-day trip is to visit Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)