The Taiwanese smartphone market experienced a slight decline in sales in 2016 when compared to the recorded in the previous year (2015). According to a market research agency report posted on Sogi.com.tw, the entire mobile phone sales for last year was 800 ... ( read original story ...)
Military inks deal to develop trainer jets
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Defense Ministry signed a memorandum Tuesday in Taichung with the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) to develop the next generation of advanced trainer jets in Taiwan. President Tsai Ing-wen, who was ... ( read original story ...)
Designers help Taipei government create innovative public spaces
If you need evidence Taipei has taken design to heart, pay a visit to Dazhi Market, where designers teamed up with hawkers last year to help them rebrand their stalls. “It looked old-fashioned before,” says the market’s chairman, Huang Shuang-jin. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan's Export Growth Eases Notably In January
TAIPEI (dpa-AFX) - Taiwan's export growth decelerated in January, figures from the Ministry of Finance showed Tuesday. Exports growth halved to 7 percent year-on-year in January from December's 14 percent. This was also slower than the expected 8 percent. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan seeks to revive aerospace fortunes with jet trainers
Taiwan is seeking to revive its long-dormant aerospace industry with a $2.1 billion investment in the production of supersonic air force jet trainers. President Tsai Ing-wen presided over a ceremony Tuesday to inaugurate the project, which she hopes will ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to build 66 jet trainer aircraft by 2026 to bolster defenses
Tsai's push to build Taiwan's defense industry is also aimed at increasing technological know-how and boost economic growth at home, but technology transfer from allies will be critical to the success of the indigenous aircraft program. ( read original story ...)
Five Taiwan brokerages report cyber attack threats, regulator says
Rick Wang, an official with Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), said each brokerage had received an email setting a deadline for the transfer of funds to avoid a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Such attacks, among the most common ... ( read original story ...)
Camping House in Taipei / Ganna Design
The Camping house was designed by Taiwanese studio Ganna Design. Located in the suburb of Taipei city, the house of this project has green window? Continue reading Courtyard Residence is a family home designed by Ming Architects, a Singapore based design ... ( read original story ...)
Apple's next iPhone seen as best bet by Taiwan's top technology fund manager
For Taiwan's top-performing technology fund, Apple's next iPhone and self-driving cars are the hottest trades for 2017. Bullish bets that iPhone orders will boost earnings at the island's many suppliers have helped drive Taiwan's benchmark stock gauge to a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan bans putting stray animals to death
Taiwan has now banned euthanising stray animals in shelters, despite fears that the move will lead to overcrowding and more abandoning their pets. The law came into effect on Saturday, two years after it was first passed by parliament. SEE ALSO: 'A Dog's ... ( read original story ...)
Apple’s Next iPhone Seen as Best Bet for Taiwan Top Fund Manager
Small caps to upstage heavyweights in 2017 as growth picks up Iphone, self-driving systems in cars will be biggest themes For Taiwan’s top-performing technology fund, Apple Inc.’s next iPhone and self-driving cars are the hottest trades for 2017. ( read original story ...)
Apple’s Next IPhone Is Best Bet for Taiwan Top Fund Manager (1)
The island’s currency added 0.5 percent to 30.90 per dollar at 9:33 a.m. in Taipei, while the Taiex climbed 0.6 percent, poised for its highest close since June 2015. Among the fund’s top holdings, Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Ltd. manufactures ... ( read original story ...)
Why Taipei beats Tokyo and Seoul as one of the top tourists’ choice?
Free WiFi spot in TAIPEI 101 Lyndsay Hemphill/Business Insider 8. Taipei was one of the first cities to embrace widespread free internet usage (even for tourists!). You can find free Wi-Fi at all train stations and most major tourist attractions. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s sixth communist party seeks to forge close ties with mainland China
Yet another communist party was founded in Taiwan at the weekend, with the aim of forging closer business ties with mainland China and promoting a socialist economy. Lin Te-wang, a former central committee member of the main opposition Kuomintang, formed ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan makes it illegal for animal shelters to put down animals following tragic case of a vet who committed suicide after being asked to kill so many unwanted pets
Euthanising animals in shelters has been banned in Taiwan - nearly a year after a vet took her life after becoming distraught about the number of dogs she had to kill. Jian Zhicheng was described as a 'butcher with beauty' and inundated with threatening ... ( read original story ...)
China urges caution after Taiwan tour bus crash injures Chinese
TAIPEI A Taiwan bus carrying Chinese tourists crashed into a bridge on Saturday, authorities said, wounding some passengers and prompting a call from China for "greater security safeguards". The accident in the southern city of Kaohsiung follows a grisly ... ( read original story ...)