TAIPEI — Foxconn chose chip-unit boss Liu Young-way as chairman of the world's biggest electronics contract manufacturer to succeed Terry Gou, who is preparing to contest Taiwan's presidential ... ( read original story ...)
EVA Air Attendants Strike Halts Flights for 1,000s in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A strike by flight attendants at EVA Air, Taiwan's second-largest airline, has left thousands of passengers scrambling for alternative transport. Dozens of flights had been canceled ... ( read original story ...)
Southeast Asia looks to Taiwan as recycling pioneer
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once dubbed “garbage island” for its overflowing landfills and filthy streets, Taiwan now has Asia’s highest rate of recycling and is a role model for the region ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan c.bank stands pat, cuts GDP forecast as export orders drop
TAIPEI, June 20 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s central bank again cut its 2019 economic growth forecast on Thursday after export orders fell for a seventh straight month, but it kept rates unchanged near record ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Unlikely to Join Other Asian Central Banks in Easing Monetary Policy
Taiwan is seen as unlikely to join several neighboring countries in cutting borrowing costs even as the trade war pushes Asian economies into a new monetary-easing cycle. Taiwan’s central bank is ... ( read original story ...)
Canadian warship sails through Taiwan Strait
Canada has sailed a frigate through the Taiwan Strait in what officials in Taipei called a freedom of navigation operation, the first since the arrest of a Huawei executive set off a deepening dispute ... ( read original story ...)
Amid Int’l Espionage Concerns, Mandalay to Embrace Huawei for ‘Safe City’ Project
As a part of the smart city scheme, a Safe City project designed in cooperation with Huawei was ... Canada, South Korea and Taiwan—have distanced themselves from the company over concerns of espionage ... ( read original story ...)
Smart Cities — Our Experience in Taipei and East Asia
The visits included companies and NGOs like Greenpeace East Asia (which later resulted in an ongoing project), YouBike and the Taipei Smart City Project Management Office, but also the German ... ( read original story ...)
BiiLabs Launches the Open-Source GDPR-Compliant Identity System
It has already adopted by Taipei City Digital Citizen Cards project. To access the system, please go to the portal site at https://tangleid.github.io. Yichen Chu, aka Lman, co-founder and CEO of ... ( read original story ...)
Many in Hong Kong, Fearful of China’s Grasp, Look Longingly Toward Taiwan
TAIPEI/HONG KONG — For Hong Kong resident Yung Xiu Kwan, 67, a proposed extradition law that would allow people in the former British colony to be sent to mainland China for trial was the final straw. ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Food Guide – What to Eat in Taipei
In preparing to write this Taipei Food Guide, we immersed ourselves in Taiwanese food culture. And this is definitely a foodie city. There are restaurants everywhere, and the Taipei night markets are ... ( read original story ...)
12 Night Markets In Taipei You Should Include In Your Itinerary
Be it your first time or second time to Taipei, one thing that you must include in your itinerary is a trip to one of Taipei’s night markets. We love night markets for the splendid array of street ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Unrest Stirs Anti-China Mood in Taiwan
Want to receive this post in your inbox every day? Sign up for the Balance of Power newsletter, and follow Bloomberg Politics on Twitter and Facebook for more. As Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam fights to ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Taiwan Groups Rally to Support Hong Kong Protest
Thousands of people have gathered outside Taiwan's parliament in solidarity with Hong Kong protesters who are marching against a proposed extradition bill. The crowd of Hong Kong students and ... ( read original story ...)
Netflix Buys Taiwan Drama ‘Cities of Last Things’ (EXCLUSIVE)
It goes on to reveal the man’s experience of three eras, three seasons, and three nights, compacted into one single night in the same city ... outings to date in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. ... ( read original story ...)
REFILE-Taiwan’s CPC sees little impact after tanker attacked in Middle East
TAIPEI, June 14 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s state oil refiner CPC Corp said on Friday it was still assessing the damage to a tanker it had charted to carry fuel from the Middle East that was suspected to ... ( read original story ...)