Taiwan fights back against Beijing’s airline pressure

Taiwan will encourage its citizens to boycott airlines that list the island as a Chinese territory on their websites, just weeks after Beijing hit out at international airlines that classified the self-ruled region as a separate entity. “We will tell our ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan to fight back against Beijing’s airline pressure

Taiwan will encourage its citizens to boycott airlines that list the island as a Chinese territory on their websites, just weeks after Beijing hit out at international airlines that classified the self-ruled region as a separate entity. “We will tell our ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan: little island with a big heart

Driving around a tight bend on a road carved high into cliffs on Taiwan’s east coast, the first sight of the vast Pacific Ocean instantly hijacks the attention. Tracking lines of swell stretching into a sapphire horizon, it is a challenge not to drift ... ( read original story ...)

Pioneering Rapper Blasts Citi, Deutsche for Shelved Startup IPO

Jeffrey Huang, the veteran rapper who pioneered Taiwan’s hip-hop scene ... The Taipei-based company had earlier said it was pricing its IPO below the marketed range to raise about $60 million. The trading debut was postponed, and M17 announced several ... ( read original story ...)

Premier Lai unveils development plan for financial sector

Taipei, June 14 (CNA) Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Thursday the government will roll out an action plan for the development of the financial industry with the aim of bringing at least another 100 companies into the stock exchange and over-the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s M17 Entertainment postpones $83 million US IPO

M17 Entertainment, a Taiwan-based live music streaming platform and dating app, postponed its IPO on Wednesday. It had filed to raise $83 million by offering 7.5 million shares at a price range of $10 to $12. The Taipei, Taiwan-based company was founded in ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Stock Market May Find Traction On Tuesday

First Financial picked up 0.24 percent, Chunghwa Telecom dipped 0.45 percent, China Steel tumbled 1.23 percent, Taiwan Steel Union declined 0.43 percent and AU Optronics and CTBC Financial were unchanged. The lead from Wall Street suggests slim upside as ... ( read original story ...)

US-China: Why Taiwan is back on the agenda

Instead the five-member delegation — visiting on the same day that Mr Kim was in the Chinese capital — received an earbashing from Chinese officials seething over Taiwan. The meetings came just weeks after the Senate had passed, and Mr Trump had signed ... ( read original story ...)

5G Taipei Summit: 5 big takeaways for the enterprise

With the publication of the 5G NR standard, the sense of urgency to begin deployment was the driving message at the fifth 5G Taipei Summit, held in early June as part of Computex 2018. While the name implies the summit focuses exclusively on Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

COMPUTEX 2018 Ends with Great Success

TAIPEI, Taiwan — COMPUTEX 2018, organized by TAITRA, Taiwan External Trade Development Council and TCA, Taipei Computer Association, concluded in great success today, as the five-day event attracted 42,284 international visitors from 168 countries, up ... ( read original story ...)