It certainly does not wish a nuclear Japan, South Korea, or Taiwan. Its party elite want business-as-usual relations with the U.S: Their kids stay in American colleges, and they keep buying safety-valve homes, from Beverly Hills to Seattle. It is said that ... ( read original story ...)
A kind of revival for Tanya Chua
“That was the lowest point for me as it deviated so much from why I went into the music business in the first place,” says Chua. Then, in 2004, she moved to Taiwan and started from scratch. She found herself a small record company, who believed in her ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Is Scrambling to Close $18 Billion Sale to Cover Losses
Toshiba's board will meet on Wednesday to consider offers for its chip unit from Western Digital and Taiwan's Foxconn in addition to a ... unit to cover losses from its bankrupt U.S. nuclear business Westinghouse. But it has struggled to close a 2 trillion ... ( read original story ...)
AIBA emerges unscathed after two days of ‘intensive meetings’
including the ground-breaking Year of Africa legacy project, and the five Continental Championships held earlier in the year that qualified 260 boxers for what will be the most high-profile AIBA World Championships to date, to be held in the German city of ... ( read original story ...)
Author Egoyan Zheng uses Fukushima for novel set in Taiwan
With the northern part of Taiwan rendered a no-go zone, the authorities announce that the capital is transferring to the southwestern coastal city of Tainan ... of additional budgets (poured into the project over years). It embodied the vulnerability ... ( read original story ...)
Dual Concepts by T.M Design Studio
The designer of this project is the founder of T.M Design Studio ... This modern lakeside lodge located in Kansas City, Kansas, was designed in 2015 by KEM Studio. Description by KEM Studio The owners work in ... Redesigned in 2016 by Hulburd Design ... ( read original story ...)
China opens cinema on disputed SCS island
In its online version, Japan Times quoted Xinhua news agency as saying over 200 residents and soldiers of Sansha city on Woody Island ... The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei also have overlapping claims in the waters, with Hanoi and ... ( read original story ...)
Regent rolls out in Southeast Asia
Regent Jakarta and Regent Residences Jakarta will be the next mixed-use development project. It is scheduled to open in 2018 in the heart of Indonesia’s capital city. Jointly developed ... Silks Hotels runs four hotels across Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
This week’s art hop: exhibits to catch from July 25 to 30
Involved with the project are artists from the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Austria ... U.P. Diliman, Quezon City) on Friday, July 28. The show opens with support from Japan’s YOD Gallery, with whom Baluyot undertook an artist residency ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Subway Transformed Into Sports Venues To Celebrate Upcoming Summer Universiade
Taiwan’s capital city decided to celebrate the upcoming summer sports event ... They now look like into shockingly realistic sport venues, according to India Times. The project was taken up by EasyCard Corporation, which manages public transportation ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines’ Duterte threatens to jail martial law critics
"This is a tech development project to ensure it's working in open sea conditions". The world's first full scale floating wind farm is being built off Scotland's northeast coast, BBC reported Sunday. Countries like Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines and Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
NT$20 uniform invoice wins May-June NT$10 million special prize
Taipei, July 25 (CNA) One customer who won the special uniform ... The announcement made by FamilyMart came after the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced the winning May-June uniform invoice lottery numbers following a draw on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
TAIWAN: We’re prepared to defend against China if necessary
Activists protest against the Singapore meeting between Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou and China's President Xi Jinping outside the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taipei, Taiwan, November 7, 2015. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan heavily dependent on U.S. for technology
Taipei, July 25 (CNA) Taiwan depends heavily on technology provided by the United States, with Washington accounting for almost 80 percent of Taipei's total imported technology costs, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said on Tuesday. In the latest ... ( read original story ...)
After spate of Chinese patrols, Taiwan says it’s prepared to defend itself
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is prepared to defend itself against China if necessary, the self-ruled island's defense ministry said on Tuesday, in a strongly worded response to recent flybys by Chinese warplanes near the island China claims as a wayward province. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: Mobile e-payments monopoly is unlikely
Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay successively landed the Taiwan market in late March, late May and early June 2017 respectively, and several local smartphone-based mobile third-party e-payment services have started operations. The large number of ... ( read original story ...)