F or poll data click: reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/econ-polls?RIC=TWGDPP%3DECI Preliminary Q1 GDP seen at 6.1% y/y (prior qtr +5.09%) TAIPEI, April 27 (Reuters) - Taiwan's ... ( read original story ...)
NTUH team developing treatment for lung cancer
A drug used to treat leukemia can enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy for lung cancer, researchers at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) found, saying that the discovery might increase the ... ( read original story ...)
Police suspect murder-suicide in Tainan deaths
Police in Tainan are investigating a possible murder-suicide after a man and woman were found dead yesterday at a residence in the city’s Shanhua District (善化). A 47-year-old man surnamed Cheng (鄭) ... ( read original story ...)
Cryptocurrencies that hold profitability potential in 2021
Customers talk against a backboard with signs of cryptocurrency during 2020 Taipei International Finance Expo in Taipei, Taiwan, November 27, 2020. Image: REUTERS • The crypto market is becoming more ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan and the global electronics industry
How did Taiwan — home to the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, TSMC — become a leading player in global electronics? ( read original story ...)
Bullet Train Deal Deadlock Threatens to Disrupt Japan-Taiwan Relations
Should the governments of both sides step in to break the impasse between private companies over the Taiwan High Speed Railway contract? ( read original story ...)
Galaxy M12 goes official in Germany & Taiwan, to soon land in South Korea
Samsung brought its affordable Galaxy M12 smartphone to the Indian market. The device packed features such as Exynos 850 chipset, up to ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing tells Australian defence minister Peter Dutton to abide by one-China principle after Taiwan warning
Peter Dutton told an ABC interviewer that conflict could not be ‘discounted’ and suggested a Chinese lease on the port of Darwin could be under threat. ( read original story ...)
Ticket prices not priority of TRA reform: minister
Adjusting the Taiwan Railways Administration’s (TRA) ticket pricing scheme is not the government’s top reform priority, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said yesterday ... ( read original story ...)
Seoul IPO of SK’s battery material unit raises US$2bn
South Korean energy supplier SK Innovation Co and SK IE Technology Co have raised 2.25 trillion won (US$2 billion) in the battery material unit’s initial public offering, the country’s biggest in four ... ( read original story ...)
Bytedance Denies IPO Rumors, Lifting Rivals
Bytedance is denying rumors it is going public, which is lifting its competitors in the online video space, including Kuaishou. The Wall Street Journal had an article on Bytedance’s move into games, ... ( read original story ...)
China-Australia Tensions Escalate as Beijing Warns They Must Recognize ‘Highly Sensitive’ Taiwan Issue
The warning comes after Australia's defense minister said the possibility of a conflict involving China and Australia over Taiwan should not be discounted. ( read original story ...)
Better Buy: AMD vs. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Aftereffects from the U.S.-China trade war and a boom in demand for tech hardware in the wake of the pandemic last year have semiconductor stocks flying high. Chip manufacturers can't keep up at the ... ( read original story ...)
Just How Safe Is Taiwan From China? American Experts Aren’t Sure
Twenty-five years after the U.S. Navy steamed two aircraft carriers near Taiwan to deter a possible Chinese attack on the island country, there’s good news and bad for Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Chinese military tests Taiwan’s radar system with surface-level incursion into air defence zone
The tactical reconnaissance plane carried out a low-flying mission that tested the Tawainese military’s capabilities. ( read original story ...)
Chance of China, Taiwan conflict should not be discounted – Australian defence minister
The chance of a conflict involving China over Taiwan "should not be discounted," but Australia will work with its allies in the region to try and maintain peace, Australian Defence Minister Peter ... ( read original story ...)