A long-stalled runway upgrade project on Pratas Island (Dongsha Island ... A pig carcass found in New Taipei City on Sunday has been confirmed to be infected with African swine fever (ASF), the ... ( read original story ...)
Largest Chinese breach of Taiwan air zone in a year after US warning
China sends 25 military jets a day after US secretary of state’s comments about Beijing’s aggression Last modified on Mon 12 Apr 2021 12.21 EDT Twenty-five Chinese military jets breached Taiwan’s ... ( read original story ...)
News content should not be free on Facebook, Google: Taipei Newspapers Association
Taiwan government asked to draft law backing negotiations between news outlets and tech giants such as Facebook and Google ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan prioritises chips over food production, suspends irrigation across thousands of acres of farmland as drought continues
Taiwan's Water Resources Agency has reportedly shut off irrigation across tens of thousands of acres of farmland to ensure that the country's semiconductor industry continues to receive precious water ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Man Retrieves iPhone From Dried Lake, It Works Even After 1 Year
Taiwan is experiencing its worst drought in 56 years. The water level in several reservoirs and water bodies has hit a record low and parts of the Sun Moon Lake--one of Taiwan’s most iconic ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of America sees South Korea and Taiwan sustain their chip dominance
Kathleen Oh of Bank of America Securities expresses confidence that South Korea and Taiwan will "maintain their supremacy" in semiconductor manufacturing capacity. ( read original story ...)
A ‘challenging and long journey’ for U.S. tech firms to reduce reliance on Taiwan chipmakers
U.S. companies like Apple, Google, Amazon and others rely on Taiwanese chipmakers to manufacture as much as 90% of their semiconductors, says Sebastian Hou, CLSA's managing director and head of tech ... ( read original story ...)
Drought in Taiwan Pits Chipmakers Against Farmers
It has built a seawater desalination plant in Hsinchu, home to TSMC’s headquarters, and a pipeline connecting the city with the rainier ... to TSMC’s involvement in a project to increase irrigation ... ( read original story ...)
《TAIPEI TIMES》 Golf gear makers’ revenue gains amid pandemic trend
Taiwanese contract manufacturers of golf equipment reported revenue increases for last month and the first quarter, as the number of golfers continues to increase worldwide amid the COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Cat warriors take Taiwan’s freedom message to world
Taiwan is dwarfed by China militarily but its officials are using its soft power on Twitter to win over hearts and minds.In contrast to Beijing’s fierce “wolf warrior diplomacy”, Taiwan’s self-styled ... ( read original story ...)
Ian Easton On Taiwan: Are Taiwan’s nuclear plants safe from Beijing?
The coursebook highlights one future battlefield in particular: Fulong Beach, in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District ... Ian Easton is Senior Director at the Project 2049 Institute and author of The ... ( read original story ...)
Blinken: China aggression against Taiwan would be ‘serious mistake’
Secretary of state says moves by Beijing ‘of real concern to us’ but China has blamed US for tensions ... ( read original story ...)
Antony Blinken Warns China Taiwan Attack Would Be ‘Serious Mistake’ as Military Tensions Mount
China officially claims Taiwan as part of its territory, but the smaller Asian country has long operated independently with the backing of the U.S. and other Western nations. In recent years, analysts ... ( read original story ...)
Blinken Warns of China’s ‘Increasingly Aggressive Actions’ Against Taiwan
Blinken Warns of China's 'Increasingly Aggressive Actions' Against Taiwan "What we've seen, and what is of real concern to us, is increasingly aggressive actions by the government in Beijing directed ... ( read original story ...)
Blinken: U.S. has ‘a serious commitment to Taiwan being able to defend itself’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken refuses to tell China that the U.S. will respond militarily to an attack on Taiwan, but commits to helping Taiwan defend itself, during an exclusive interview with ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Mayor Ko touts food vendor advancement plan
Taipei is undertaking a “food vendors long-term advancement project” in the hopes that more of its traditional markets would be awarded “five stars” by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei Mayor K ... ( read original story ...)