Showcasing the best of Taiwan

To encourage cultural exchanges and potential business trade between Taiwan and the Philippines, a delegation of more than 170 exhibitors and vendors from Taiwan presented over 4,500 products and services to the attendees at the Taiwan Expo 2017 held at ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s digital imperative

In their report, they assess the current digitization level of three of the most important sectors of Taiwan’s economy – high tech, finance, and the public sector – and they outline some of the strategies that both government and business need to ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s manufacturing sector in longest period of expansion

Taiwan's purchasing managers index (PMI ... according to the think tank. The sub-indexes for business activity/production, new orders, employment and supplier deliveries fell 3.9, 1.3, 0.3 and 1.0, respectively, from a month earlier to 53.1, 54.6, 53.1 ... ( read original story ...)

Founder of Apple’s Top Chipmaker to Hand Over Reins in June

He owned 0.48 percent of the business directly as of Aug. 31, according to a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Its shares rose 1.9 percent in Taipei Monday before his retirement was announced. Chang, one of the chip industry’s most respected figures ... ( read original story ...)

Flight Review: Eva Air Royal Laurel Business Class SEA-TPE

Read my Advertiser Disclosure policy here. Points, Miles, and Martinis contributor Mark shares his thoughts on a recent Eva Air Business Class flight from Seattle to Taipei. I recently had the pleasure of flying Eva Air Business Class referred to as ... ( read original story ...)

Registration for the Taipei Cycle awards has opened

Registration for the Taipei Cycle d&i awards 2018 has officially opened. This year, iF Design Asia has once again been invited by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and the Taiwan Bicycle Association to organize the competition. Designers ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Business Bank (2834) Decline -0.12% on Oct 2

Shares of Taiwan Business Bank (TPE:2834) last traded at 8.28, representing a move of -0.12%, or -0.01 per share, on volume of 183,000 shares. After opening the trading day at 8.29, shares of Taiwan Business Bank traded in a close range. Taiwan Business ... ( read original story ...)

Southbound Policy Helps Taiwan Banks Advance

Taiwan has long suffered from a saturated domestic banking market, prompting its banks to foray abroad for new business opportunities. Under the administration of former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), banks took advantage of the cross-Strait detente ... ( read original story ...)

Wow: China Airlines Is Adding Flights To Ontario, California

when so many airlines are offering $500 roundtrip tickets between Los Angeles and Taipei (and those $500 tickets aren’t making any airlines money) China Airlines’ 777s are in a pretty premium heavy configuration, with 40 business class seats and 62 ... ( read original story ...)

New blood and old masters keep qipao dressmaking alive

Taipei (AFP) -- In a quiet workshop in Taipei ... to carve out a niche in a field few of his design peers wanted to go into. Lee opened his own business six months ago and has built a following on social media where he goes under the name "Qipao Hunk ... ( read original ...

TSMC shares up on 3nm fab plan; high tech sector follows

Taipei, Sept. 30 (CNA) Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ... peers at a time when U.S.-based Intel Corp. is gearing up to enter the pure wafer foundry business," Su said. "Investors have been encouraged to buy into the stock amid optimism ... ( read original story ...)

Maverick mayor shakes up Taiwan politics

But the blunt style of Ko Wen-je, the Taipei mayor and former top surgeon ... after being seen as too close to Beijing and elite business interests. Meanwhile, the Democratic Progressive party, which swept to power last year under new President Tsai ... ( read original story ...)