The TAIEX is likely to hover between 13,000 and 15,000 points in the first and second quarters of next year as it enters consolidation mode, before rallying in the third quarter and climbing to 16,800 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s high taxes chase away bankers
Japan’s push to make itself a more attractive financial hub faces a taxing problem if it is to stop the drip-drip departure of finance professionals to other countries in Asia. While the COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Second Taiwan-born giant panda cub makes media debut
Around 150 journalists watched as Yuan Bao clambered over climbing frame and played with sawdust ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan third-best investment location, BERI report says
Taiwan was ranked as the third-best investment destination, alongside South Korea, in the lastest report by the US-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence SA (BERI), the Ministry of Economic ... ( read original story ...)
5G smartphones to account for nearly 40% of smartphone shipments by 2021
The shipment volume of the global smartphone industry is estimated at 1.36 billion units in 2021, about 39.8 percent or 539 million of which will be 5G smartphones, according to Market Intelligence & ... ( read original story ...)
China Orders Ant Group To Return To Online Payment Roots
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has been ordered by regulators to drastically change its business model and return to its roots as a payment services provider, as the state squeeze continues on the ... ( read original story ...)
Unfortunately Not You, Break Up Happily – Singer Fish Leong cries two nights in a row at Taipei concert
It was the first time they were on the same stage in 14 years and they sang When I Love You, the theme song from the romantic film This Is Not What I Expected (2017), which starred Takeshi Kaneshiro ... ( read original story ...)
Kaohsiung City aims to become the New Southbound gateway by building its 5G Smart City
On December 25, under the announcement of Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chi-Mai, the Kaohsiung Smart City Committee was established. The committee is composed of ... ( read original story ...)
China Says U.S. Should Stop Using Taiwan to Meddle in Its Affairs
The United States should stop using Taiwan to meddle in China's domestic affairs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law the Taiwan Assurance ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. bolsters support for Taiwan and Tibet, angering China
China expressed anger on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law measures to further bolster support for Taiwan and Tibet, which had been included in a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and ... ( read original story ...)
Trump signs Taiwan act into law, angering rival China
US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed the Taiwan Assurance Act into law, which was part of the wider $1.4 trillion federal government spending bill for the fiscal year of 2021. After days of ... ( read original story ...)
EDF’s curious departure from Taiwan
French utilities giant EDF this year decided to close its offices in Taiwan, a democratically self-governed archipelago which China vigorously lays claim to as a province of its own. Curiously, the ... ( read original story ...)
FEATURES: Entrepreneur aims to reshape movie audio
The technology works in one of two ways ... The High Court yesterday sentenced Chang Shu-ching (張淑晶), who leased out rooms in New Taipei City, to nine years and eight months in prison for defrauding ... ( read original story ...)
TRA announces NT$8bn upgrade to power facilities
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is next year to start changing some of its antiquated power facilities, with the cost of the four-year project expected to top NT$8 billion (US$280.30 million) ... ( read original story ...)
The developments driving Asia’s technological rise
Asia is a technological force to be reckoned with. Over the past decade, the region has accounted for 52 percent of global growth in revenue in the technology sector, 43 percent of start-up funding, ... ( read original story ...)
Guardiola says City cannot rely on gifts
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has challenged his players to work collectively in a bid to rediscover their fluid style of play, saying that they cannot expect Santa Claus to deliver goals as ... ( read original story ...)