China-based smartphone vendor Oppo has launched its R9s smartphone in the Taiwan market, targeting the mid-range segment with a price tag of NT$14,990 (US$473) unlocked. The Oppo R9s comes with a 5.5-inch 1080 by 1920 pixels AMOLED display, Qualcomm octa ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, Philippines to boost cooperation in science, technology
Taipei, Dec. 9 (CNA) Taiwan and the Philippines held a meeting under their Joint Science and Technology Commission in Taipei Friday, in an effort to boost cooperation in natural disaster prevention and personnel exchanges, officials said. During the fifth ... ( read original story ...)
What Micron’s purchase of a Taiwan chipmaker means for the Boise company
Micron Technology Inc. says it will get leading-edge technology and financial benefits from its purchase this week of Taiwan-based memory chip manufacturer Inotera Memories Inc. Micron has had a piece of the company for eight years. It bought 36 percent of ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Calling
Thirty-seven years is a long time to wait for a phone call. That’s how it must have felt to the Taiwanese people when their president, Tsai Ing-wen, had a 10-minute talk with Donald Trump on December 2—the first direct conversation between a Taiwanese ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Canadians should be supporting Trump’s Taiwan phone call
I want to be clear from the outset that I am not a Donald Trump supporter … far from it. I dislike pretty much everything the U.S. president-elect says and represents. I find his personal behaviour and public belligerence disgraceful. But this past ... ( read original story ...)
Bob Dole's role in Trump's Taiwan call
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's most provocative foreign policy move since winning the presidency played out against the backdrop of a quintessential Washington activity: lobbying. Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and a former Senate ... ( read original story ...)
Behind Trump's Taiwan Phone Chat, A Veteran Washington Insider
President-elect Donald Trump's phone call with the president of Taiwan last week, initially characterized by Trump transition staffers and Taipei officials as just a small courtesy, has emerged as part of a lobbying strategy by a quintessential Washington ... ( read original story ...)
A public park in Taipei welded from recycled light posts
Matteo Renzi officially stepped down as prime minister on Wednesday, three days after his stinging defeat in a critical referendum, formally... Syrian troops have cleared of terrorists two more quarters of eastern Aleppo, the Russian Center for ... ( read original story ...)
China warns US on Taiwan leader's planned transit
Since the U.S. switched relations from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, the sides have had only unofficial diplomatic dealings, although the U.S. remains a key ally of Taiwan and by law must ensure the island can maintain a credible defence. China, which split ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan orchestra brings distinguished history, prestige with Canadian debut
“Last autumn I was invited to join the NSO on its four-city tour of China. As we flew from Taipei to Xiamen via Hong Kong, then Xiamen back to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Shanghai, train from there to Beijing, and then home to Taipei … The musicians ... ( read original story ...)
Trump era has Beijing on edge
Last week, the US President-elect Donald Trump accepted a phone call from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and discussed common economic and security interests with Taipei. The phone call also offered Tsai an opportunity to congratulate Trump on his ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Headline News
Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Thursday are as follows (clockwise from top left): @The United Daily News: Save our poverty-stricken generation. @Apple Daily: Law amended to block Uber; firm could be shut down in worst ... ( read original story ...)
Aloft Taipei Beitou Set To Open in January 2017 New Aloft Hotel will soon bring cutting edge style to Beitou, Taipei
The heart of Taipei will soon beat a little faster with the upcoming opening of Aloft Taipei Beitou. The second Aloft hotel in Taiwan, Aloft Taipei Beitou will be Beitou’s newest hotspot. The 292-room Aloft Taipei Beitou hotel is just steps from ... ( read original story ...)
Nightmarket tour in Taipei
One of the greatest things to do in Taipei is to visit one of the many crazy night markets. Sure, there are night markets in other countries, but nothing comes close to the intensity of the Taiwanese night markets. It’s a phenomenon one has to experience ... ( read original story ...)
Micron Technology (MU) Closes Buyout of Inotera Memories
Semiconductor solution provider Micron Technology Inc. MU recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining stake in Taiwan’s Inotera Memories Inc. for approximately $4 billion. Micron had signed an agreement in Dec 2015 to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan's TSMC to build $16bn advanced chip facility
TSMC's announcement about the plant came a day after Yang Hung-duen, Taiwan's minister of science and technology, told local media on the sidelines of a government meeting on technology that the company will build the facility and launch production there ... ( read original story ...)