China's securities regulators punished 19 institutional investors as authorities tighten scrutiny over price-setting behaviours under a more liberalised listing system. ( read original story ...)
China-Lithuania stand-off: why do Taiwan’s missions mostly use the name ‘Taipei’?
China has recalled its ambassador to Lithuania in protest against the Baltic state recently allowing Taipei to open a representative office bearing the name "Taiwan". It has also demanded that ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan reports 1st COVID case caused by Colombian variant
A Taiwanese woman who tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from the United States in early August has been infected by the coronavirus variant discovered in Colombia, the first case of the new ... ( read original story ...)
China Cuts Its Trillion Dollar Nose to Spite America’s Face
As China annihilated its edtech and consumer internet companies, American savings became a massive collateral casualty. ( read original story ...)
Senhwa Signs Agreement with Taiwan’s CDE for COVID-19 Program Guiding Development of Silmitasertib
Senhwa Biosciences, Inc. (TPEx: 6492), a drug development company focused on first-in-class therapeutics for oncology, rare diseases, and coronaviruses, today announced that its novel oral drug, ... ( read original story ...)
‘Evil deed’: China’s fury at Lithuania over Taiwan
China has unleashed on the tiny European country of Lithuania over Taiwan. Beijing-backed newspaper the Global Times on Tuesday labelled the country of jus ... ( read original story ...)
Exports, Investments Fuel Taiwan’s Best GDP Outlook Since 2010
That would be Taiwan’s strongest annual growth since 2010 when the economy bounced back in the wake of the global financial crisis. While officials are increasingly bullish about exports, raising ... ( read original story ...)
Wedgewood Partners, Inc. Buys Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Paychex Inc, Sells Alcon …
Investment company Wedgewood Partners, Inc. (Current Portfolio) buys Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Paychex Inc, sells Alcon Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company during the 3-months ended 2021Q2, ... ( read original story ...)
China’s new US envoy says Taiwan issue is most important in ties
BEIJING • China's newly appointed ambassador in Washington has emphasised the utmost importance of Taiwan in the Sino-US relationship during his first meeting with a top US official since assuming the ... ( read original story ...)
Long-Range Conventional Precision Strike: Taiwan’s Post-Nuclear Deterrent?
Taipei has been quietly working on a conventional deterrent that lacks much of the nuclear option’s controversy. ( read original story ...)
Disney+ to Launch in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in November
The addition of the mature Asian markets will fuel subscriber additions for the service, which beat analyst expectations Thursday by hitting 116 million total subscribers. ( read original story ...)
Let’s talk feminism and sex
If All Souls is one of the most inordinately beautiful colleges in Oxford, it’s also one of the oddest and most rarefied. Famously, it has no student body. Each year, however, a small number of recent ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan-based VC firm AppWorks triples AUM thanks to $150m Fund III close
Taiwan-based venture capital firm AppWorks has reached a final close of AppWorks Fund III on the hard cap of $150m, beating its initial target of $100m. ( read original story ...)
You Don’t Need Tea Leaves To Read Where Policy Wants Capital, Week In Review
Asian equities ended the week mixed with India outperforming while the Philippines, Korea and Taiwan underperformed in a fairly quiet August Friday. ( read original story ...)
Quad meeting focused on Taiwan and naval cooperation: new warning to China
The United States, Japan, Australia and India met to discuss shared interests. Joe Biden is reviving the strategic dialogue aimed at China. For Beijing, Taiwan is the ... ( read original story ...)
China threatens fighter jet action if Biden invites Taiwan’s president to democracy summit
China reacted furiously on Thursday to the possibility that President Joe Biden might invite his Taiwanese counterpart, Tsai Ing-wen, to a virtual pro-democracy summit this December. ( read original story ...)