A potential weapons sale from the U.S. broadens Taiwan's options to mount not only a ground-based counterstrike in the event of Chinese ballistic missile attack on the island, but would also enable it ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Plans to Become Solid Middle-Class Nation by 2025
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Vietnam's top leaders have resolved to become ... leaving hotels and guides with little business. The resort investors are banking on an eventual tourism rebound. Business shutdowns ... ( read original story ...)
Initial Shortage of iPhone 12 supply in Taiwan is likely to be solved in two weeks: Report
Apple launched the iPhone 12 series exactly ten days back. People have already started pre-ordering some of the models. However, in Taiwan, there seems to be a shortage of iPhone 12 supply initially, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Industrial Production Rises Sharply; Retail Sales Grow
Taiwan's industrial production rose sharply in September and retail sales increased, data from the Ministry of Economic Affairs showed on Friday. Industrial production rose 10.73 percent year-on-year ... ( read original story ...)
How Trump Is Winning Hearts And Minds In Taiwan — Risking China’s Wrath
President Trump's administration has deepened ties with Taiwan, as tensions with China intensify. That could be why more Taiwanese favor him to win the U.S. election, according to a poll. ( read original story ...)
Shortages of iPhone 12 in Taiwan to be solved in two weeks
Taiwan's telecom and channel operators are to face short supply of the iPhone 12 lineup when they begin to deliver the devices to pre-registered consumers on October 24, with market sources saying ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s UMC hopes to conclude US trade-secret lawsuit soon with US$60 million settlement
UMC says it has submitted a proposal for a business espionage lawsuit against it to be resolved, sending its shares closing up 5.3 per cent on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Huawei’s Q3 growth slows as ‘intense’ US pressure hits supplies
TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies reported a sharp slowdown in growth as the world's biggest telecom equipment maker continues to grapple with the U.S. crackdown. Huawei said its revenue for the first ... ( read original story ...)
China vows retaliation if US proceeds with Taiwan arms sale
BEIJING (AP) — China has vowed to retaliate if the U.S. proceeds with the sale of advanced weaponry to Taiwan worth more than a billion dollars. The statement from China’s defense ministry gave no ... ( read original story ...)
At this bookstore in Taiwan, visitors shop in the dark
Wuguan Books in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is almost completely dark so shoppers can recreate the experience of reading a book under the covers with a flashlight. ( read original story ...)
‘No Doubt’ China Building Up Military to Target Taiwan, Country’s Foreign Minister Says
In an interview with Indian television channel WION, Joseph Wu said Taiwan was "on the front line" of China's authoritarian expansion. ( read original story ...)
Expanding FWA services to spur 5G CPE demand, says Digitimes Research
A growing number of Taiwan-based network equipment suppliers have ramped up shipments of 5G CPE (customer premise equipment) products to the markets in Europe and the US starting third-quarter 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Silicon Motion Launches PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1.4 Controller Solutions for Client SSDs
Silicon Motion's SM2267 and SM2267XT meet the requirements of mainstream and value client SSDs and feature four 16Gb/s lanes of PCIe and four NAND channels with up to 1, 200 MT /s ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s shrinking population forces government to woo overseas talent, retrain workers
With Taiwan's population set to decline this year for the first time, the government is rolling out a suite of measures to sustain productivity, ranging from importing foreign talent to retraining ... ( read original story ...)
State Department approves $1.4B sales of missile systems to Taiwan
The State Department approved two possible arms deals with Taiwan, which will total $1.4 billion if they go through, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s UMC nears settlement on leaking Micron secrets to China
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. will soon settle an intellectual property suit brought against it by the U.S. Department of Justice with a $60 million fine, the chipmaker said ... ( read original story ...)