Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen vowed on Friday to defend the island with a "solid" air force as she launched a U.S.-backed maintenance centre for the island's fleet of upgraded F-16 fighters amid ... ( read original story ...)
US Sale of F-16s to Taiwan May Inflame China, then Help Cool Things Off
Taiwan’s agreement this month to buy $8 billion worth of advanced F-16 fighter jets from the United States will prompt threats from China against the island and in turn spark more anti-China action by ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei joins Washington’s witch hunt: China Daily editorial
Which marks Taipei formally getting aboard Washington's "clean network" bandwagon targeting Chinese 5G technology leaders, including but not limited to Huawei and ZTE. The document mentions no names. ( read original story ...)
Thwarting cross-Straits exchanges hurts Taiwan’s development: MOFCOM
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in the island of Taiwan have been trying to thwart exchanges and cross-Straits cooperation for some time, and that will only curb the growth of Taiwan's ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. makes public photo of refueling of Taiwan’s aircraft
Military planes between Taiwan and the United States conducted air refueling missions in U.S. airspace recently, according to a photo posted by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) on its Facebook ... ( read original story ...)
Twelve arrested at sea while trying to flee to Taiwan from Hong Kong
Chinese coastguard stopped a speedboat on Sunday suspected of an illegal border crossing ... ( read original story ...)
Ten arrested under Hong Kong security law while trying to flee to Taiwan
Chinese coastguard stopped a speedboat on Sunday suspected of an illegal border crossing ... ( read original story ...)
China Coast Guard Seizes Hong Kong Activists Fleeing to Taiwan
China’s coast guard detained a group of Hong Kong activists after intercepting a boat in the South China Sea en route to Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Ministry eyes a September start to third stimulus
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday said that it hopes to begin accepting applications next month from the manufacturing and exhibition industries for the government’s “Stimulus 3.0” ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Korea slashes growth forecast
The Bank of Korea yesterday cut its growth forecast and held its policy rate at a record low amid mounting pressure on policymakers to take more action to counter the economic hit amid the COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan tightens screening of tech investment in mainland China
TAIPEI -- Taiwan will screen proposals of chipmakers and other tech companies seeking to invest in mainland China, taking another step to prevent Beijing's appropriation of sensitive technology in ... ( read original story ...)
Kneron launches its new AI chip to challenge Google and others
With funding from the likes of Alibaba, Sequoia, Horizons Ventures, Qualcomm and SparkLabs Taipei (as well as a few undisclosed backers), it's worth taking the company's efforts seriously, and Kneron ... ( read original story ...)
Good signs in business climate: NDC
The government’s business climate monitor last month showed “yellow-blue” for the fifth straight month, with the domestic economy stalled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, although it is starting to show ... ( read original story ...)
Morpho Establishes a Local Subsidiary in Taiwan and Begins Operations
In Taiwan, which has grown to become the world's leading region in semiconductor manufacturing technologies and IT fields, Morpho Taiwan have accelerated collaboration with local ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Google to buy plot in Taiwan for third data center project
Google could be in talks with officials about buying land for its third Taiwanese data center. Google and Taiwanese officials have declined to confirm the reports from several of the country's ... ( read original story ...)
As The Chinese Fleet Gathers, Taiwan Deploys Drones And Ship-Sinking F-16s
Taiwan for months has been preparing for the exercise. The Taiwanese marine corps sent reinforcements to a strategic island group. The Taiwanese air force began loading live Harpoon anti-ship missiles ... ( read original story ...)