In the past, Taiwan’s voters tended to split on identity lines. The KMT’s origins were as the party of Mandarin-speaking mainlanders, who fled China as the CCP won its civil war in the 1940s, and ...
Premier inaugurates new Anti-Fraud Office
Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) yesterday attended a plaque-revealing ceremony inaugurating the newly established Anti-Fraud Office at the Executive Yuan in Taipei. The office would play a supervisory ...
Meet Taipei’s Newest ‘Dream Ingredient’
"Would you eat this?" is the question posed by the South China Morning Post on a new delicacy making headlines out of Taipei. But while Americans may feel squeamish at the prospect of scarfing down on ...
Chinese tech firms, squeezed in Taiwan over politics, look to expand farther offshore
Only 83 mainland exhibitors attended this week's Computex Taipei tech show, down from 297 at last in-person show in 2019 Direct investments from the mainland in Taiwan fell from a historic high of ...
Taiwan invasion in 2025 gaining credibility; no time for Apple and others to prepare
It was just over four months ago that the head of the US Air Mobility Command predicted a 2025 Taiwan invasion, leading to a war between the US and China.
The Weapons the US Has Sold to Taiwan
One of the recommendations is for the U.S. government to establish a weapons stockpile, to be given to Taiwan should its neighbor China choose to take the path Russia did in Ukraine. Earlier this year ...
US working to resolve Taiwan F-16 delivery delay
Lockheed Martin is working to resolve potential delays associated with F-16V Block 70/72 fighters ordered by Taiwan, the company told Janes on 30 May.
Taiwan Central Bank Sees Export Momentum Picking up in H2
Taiwan's economic growth is likely to be low in the first half of the year under continuing global inflationary pressure, but export momentum may pick up in the second half, the island's central bank ...
Taiwan’s titans bullish on challengers to x86 in the datacenter and beyond
But tucked away on the stand is something more interesting to The Register: the Rack ALTRAD8U-1L2T, ASRock's first motherboard built for Ampere's Altra and Altra Max CPUs – manycore affairs that use ...
Nvidia’s AI-Driven Boom Puts Korea In Odd Place
South Korea is experiencing a bit of dumb luck as the artificial intelligence-driven stock boom lifts Seoul’s equity market.
Global New Energy Vehicle Sales Reach 2.656 Million Units in Q1, Tesla Reclaim Market Share, Says TrendForce
TrendForce reports the total sales of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs)—comprising BEVs, PHEVs, and FCVs—reached 2.656 million units in the first quarter of 2023, marking a 28% YoY increase. Sales of BEVs ...
Outrage over Taiwan’s DPP expressed in “Dig, Dig, Dig” song adaptations
A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said Taiwan public outrage against the Democratic Progressive Party DPP authorities h
Taiwan’s Foxconn predicts huge growth in AI server business
Taiwanese tech giant and key Apple supplier Foxconn predicts three-digit growth for its artificial intelligence server business due to robust demand for AI products such as ChatGPT, its chairman said Wednesday.
MediaTek signs on to use new smartphone technology introduced by SoftBank’s Arm
MediaTek Inc, a prominent smartphone chip manufacturer based in Taiwan, plans to integrate Arm's cutting-edge technology ...
How Taiwan became the indispensable economy
Taiwan is best known for making cutting-edge semiconductors. But its companies also turn out other crucial components from printed circuit boards to advanced camera lenses, and they run huge device ...
FICHET Advancing Taiwan-US Higher Education Ties at NAFSA 2023
The Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan (FICHET) is sending a delegation led by Mon-Chi Lio, Political Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education, to attend the ...