The huge amount of quantitative easing required to paper over the financial crisis meant that the Treasury market growth outpaced the ab ... ( read original story ...)
China on Taiwan: ‘External interference’ won’t be tolerated
A visit last month by the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, markedly ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s pangolins suffer surge in feral dog attacks
In most of its habitats, the heavily trafficked pangolin's biggest threat comes from humans. But in Taiwan, the scaly mammals brave a different danger: a surging feral dog population. ( read original story ...)
‘External interference’ won’t be tolerated, says China on Taiwan at UNGA
China underscored its commitment on Saturday to its claim on Taiwan, telling assembled world leaders that anyone who gets in the way would be crushed by the wheels of history ... ( read original story ...)
Antony Blinken and Wang Yi meet to contain high tensions on Taiwan
The meeting comes just days after President Biden said he will intervene militarily if China uses force in Taiwan. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore ousts Hong Kong as top Asian finance hub
Hong Kong slipped to fourth place, battered by strict COVID-19 restrictions and an exodus of talent, while San Francisco moved up two spots to round out the Global Financial Centres Index’s top five. ( read original story ...)
China’s top diplomat: Any attempt to get in the way of Taiwan reunification will be ‘crushed by the wheels of history’
Any attempt to get in the way of Taiwan reunification will be ‘crushed by the wheels of history.’ Some Oregon parks officials say high demand for crowded campsites is leading to arguments, fistfights ... ( read original story ...)
Russian foreign minister: U.S. ‘playing with fire around Taiwan’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the United States of “playing with fire around Taiwan” in a speech to the U. N. General Assembly on Saturday. “They are promising military support to ... ( read original story ...)
China vows interference with Taiwan will be ‘crushed’ by ‘wheels of history’
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered an ominous message on Saturday at the UN General Assembly, stating that international leaders who interfere with Taiwan will be “crushed by the wheels of ... ( read original story ...)
Russia’s Lavrov accuses Washington of ‘playing with fire’ around Taiwan
Russia accused the United States on Saturday of "playing with fire" around Taiwan while China said it will press on working for "peaceful reunification" with the democratically-governed island and ... ( read original story ...)
China Stresses Its Taiwan Stance at U.N.
Addressing the U.N., Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described Taiwan as China’s sovereign territory since ancient times and vowed resolute action to forestall separatist activity. ( read original story ...)
China underscores commitment to Taiwan, warns interlopers
Only when China is fully reunified can there be true peace across the Taiwan Strait,” Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, said at the U.N. General Assembly. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan in Time: An extravagant colonial palace
Not only did the colonial government keep adding items to the grand complex, they also tapped into funds allocated for the Taiwan Shinto Shrine. That was blasphemy! “I can’t imagine how much they ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei office in Macau may lose all Taiwanese staff in visa row over ‘one-China’ principle
Echoing the situation in Hong Kong last year, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau may lose all Taiwanese staff if they do not sign pledge. ( read original story ...)
Corporate America is fretting over Taiwan risks, regulatory filings show
This is because Taiwan, which is the biggest producer of the most advanced ... US firms will be unable to get the microchips needed to make smartphones, electric cars, new weapons, computers ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. sending ‘dangerous signals’ on Taiwan, China tells Blinken
Taiwan was the focus of the 90-minute, "direct and honest" talks between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. ( read original story ...)