TAIPEI, June 22 Taiwan stocks rose to their highest in 27 ... The electronics subindex rose as much as 0.5 percent, while the financials subindex dropped up to 0.1 percent. (Reporting by J.R. Wu; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips) ( read original story ...)
UK entrepreneur Dan Wagner ‘relaunches’ in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- British technology entrepreneur Dan Wagner has announced plans to relaunch his e-commerce business Powa Technologies by teaming up with Wowlife Taiwan. Wagner was the founder of the U.K. ecommerce and mobile payments company Powa ... ( read original story ...)
Panama City Announces New Ties With China As It Ditches Taiwan In Win For Beijing
Panama has established diplomatic ties with China and broken with Taiwan in a major victory for Beijing ... move could also raise questions about the future of a Chinese-backed project to build another Central American waterway to rival the Panama Canal ... ( read original story ...)
Panama Just Forged Ties With China, While Ditching Relations With Taiwan
(PANAMA CITY) — Panama established formal diplomatic ties with China and broke with Taiwan on Monday in a major victory for ... also raise questions about the future of a Chinese-backed project to build another Central American waterway to rival the ... ( read original story ...)
Amazing Taiwan – Belize: 2017 Cultural Exchange Programme launched
BELIZE CITY, Fri. June 16, 2017–The 2017 Cultural Exchange ... Christine Huang, art instructor of the Primary and Secondary Art Skill Training Project, executed through the Embassy of Taiwan in Belize, said in delivering the introduction to the program ... ( read original story ...)
A new sex park for Taiwan?
The word on the street -- or on the Internet at least -- is that plans are afoot to develop an erotic entertainment attraction on the island's Southwest Coast National Scenic Area. After interest was aroused by details posted on the region's official ... ( read original story ...)
Winston & Strawn Shutters Beijing, Taipei Offices
Senior intellectual property associate Gino Cheng moved to Hong Kong from Taipei. And several other lawyers, including former resident partner Horng-Dar Lin, have left the firm. A Chicago-based representative said the consolidation enables the firm to ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei European School Yangmingshan Campus Redevelopment
Andy Wen of Aedas-designed Taipei European School Yangmingshan Campus Redevelopment ... The project was recently named the 5-star Best Public Service Architecture in Taiwan at Asia Pacific Property Awards 2017 and will represent Asia Pacific to compete ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei’s twisty high-rise will have a lobby that delights
Taipei's twisting green tower is on track for completion in the second quarter of next year. The Tao Zhu Yin Yuan (陶朱隱園) is a luxury high-rise designed to conserve energy, save water and suck up carbon emissions in downtown Taipei. It is also a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Officials Eyeing Republican Plan for Tax Code Overhaul
Taiwanese business leaders and administration officials met this week amid uneasy circumstances between the U.S. government and its partners and counterparts in East Asia. Trump has taken Taiwan — a longtime friend of the U.S. but a country it does not ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is currently experimenting with LTE technology and planning to build a long term evolution (LTE) network in 2011. Company estimates that the number of mobile broadband subscribers in Taiwan are expected to grow from 2.77 million in ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: APT to launch Taiwan first TDD LTE networks in 2H17
Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) plans to open its TDD LTE network, the first of its kind in Taiwan, for commercial use on a 2600MHz frequency band in the second half of 2017, according to company chairman Lu Fang-ming. To continue building up the infrastructure ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s export orders up for 10th straight month in May
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan reported a year-on-year increase in its May export orders for the 10th consecutive month, at a time when global demand remained strong, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Tuesday. In May, the country's export orders rose ... ( read original story ...)
Travelers Say EVA’s Business Amenities Best, Cabins Cleanest
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 20, 2017 /CNW/ -- EVA Air is continuing its winning ways by taking the top spot in two categories of SKYTRAX's annual World Airline Awards, Best Business Class Comfort Amenities and Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness. SKYTRAX has also ... ( read original story ...)
A Taipei showcase for LGBTQ-themed Asian art that’s timely after Taiwan court’s historic approval of same-sex marriage
Taipei’s Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) is pressing ahead with the first major survey of LGBTQ-themed art in Asia this September, a timely acknowledgment of the diversity of Chinese-speaking artists following a Taiwanese court’s historic ruling ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Pegatron expands smartphone capacity for 2H
TAIPEI -- Key iPhone assembler Pegatron on Tuesday said it was gearing up for higher smartphone production in the second half of 2017, as it sees stronger demand than last year. "We are preparing and planning for more capacity this year than the past year ... ( read original story ...)