Feb 17 Sinyi Realty Inc: * Says its subsidiary bought two plots of land of 3,041.5 square meters in New Taipei at T$1.07 billion in total from individual Source text in Chinese: goo.gl/28oY0W Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) Next In Financials ( read original story ...)
Zhang's team wins patent fight for CRISPR gene-editing technology
Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) The United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board has handed a win to Chinese-American synthetic biologist Feng Zhang (張鋒) and his team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a dispute over patents of the gene ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks down on profit-taking, tracking regional markets
The electronics subindex climbed as much as 0.4 percent, but the financials subindex slipped up to 0.5 percent. Taiwan's financial markets will be open on Saturday for a special trading session related to the government's holiday schedule for February. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Seeing Decline in University Students from China
The number of short-term university students from China has declined in Taiwan this academic year in what some fear is retaliation by Beijing against a president who takes a guarded view toward relations. The number of university students from China to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks down on profit-taking after five-session rally
but the financials subindex gained 0.2 percent. Profit-taking came after the government raised its growth outlook for the trade-dependent economy this year to a three-year high on expectations of stronger exports. The Taiwan dollar softened T$0.072 to T$30 ... ( read original story ...)
Jerusalem’s OurCrowd gets millions from Taiwan’s SCSB to expand platform to Taipei
Also Read: OurCrowd announces MAS licence approval, ready to market platform in Singapore market OurCrowd opens in Taiwan (Left to right: Denes Ban, Jon Medved, John Yung) The move to Taipei follows the opening of a Singapore office last March where it ... ( read original story ...)
US Marines to be stationed at new AIT building in Taipei: former director
compound in Taipei once it is open for business this year, former AIT Director Stephen Young said on Wednesday. No Marines have been posted in Taiwan since Washington severed ties with Taipei and recognized Beijing instead in 1979. Numerous media reports ... ( read original story ...)
Smart City Summit and Expo 2017 to open on February 21 in Taiwan
The exhibition will use a total of 900 booths, up 20% from the show in 2016, according to hosts the Taiwan Smart City Solution Alliance. *JCDecaux, as a partner of Panama City's ambitious Smart City project, introduces new connectivity and information ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan GDP growth rate rises to 2-year high; currency strongest in 8 months
The Taiwan economy saw its growth rate rising to its two-year high in the fourth quarter of 2016, showing that the central bank rate cuts in 2015 and 2016 have paid off. More from IBTimes SG: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to reunite? Secret meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Smart City Expo to focus on IoT: organizers
said transforming Taipei into a smart city is a top priority. He said IoT technology will be used to construct intelligent communities in the city within two years. Taipei will be pleased to share its ideas with other cities in Taiwan and across the world ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan-funded companies remain big players in Dongguan
Taiwan-funded companies that have invested in Guangdong province's city of Dongguan, a major manufacturing center in the Pearl River Delta, have maintained sustainable business growth there and many of them have been introducing smart solutions to cope ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan not South China Sea could trigger war with China
THE chance of a major war breaking out in the Asian Pacific between the super powers remains a latent possibility. Instead there’s one main trigger point for conflict — Taiwan. Recent strategic shocks in the region show that the chance of military ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan parliamentary delegation visits India, China sees red
NEW DELHI: Two days after a parliamentary delegation from Taiwan visited India, China lodged a diplomatic protest with New Delhi asking it to deal "prudently" with Taipei-related issues so as to maintain sound Sino-Indian ties. That this might happen was ... ( read original story ...)
Tour bus crashes in Taiwan, killing at least 32
TAIPEI At least 32 people were killed when a tour bus crashed near Taipei on Monday night, with television footage showing the bus careening toward a road barrier before flipping on its side. Of 44 people on the bus, 30 were pronounced dead at the scene ... ( read original story ...)
India is playing with fire by challenging China over Taiwan: Chinese media
BEIJING: China's official media today warned India against playing the 'Taiwan card', saying New Delhi will suffer losses by challenging Beijing over the sensitive issue. The warning came after a Taiwanese women Parliamentary delegation visited India. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan raises GDP forecast to 1.92% for 2017
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's statistics bureau on Wednesday raised its full-year forecast for economic growth, buoyed by strong demand for the island's advanced semiconductor products and other electronics and despite concerns over rising protectionism around the globe. ( read original story ...)