The goal for Washington and Taipei is to make Taiwan a hard target, one too costly in spilled blood and lost treasure for China to invade. ( read original story ...)
Presale and new housing prices climb by 6 percent
Presale and new housing prices last quarter climbed 6.01 percent to NT$458,600 (US$15,323) per ping (3.3m2), although transactions slumped 29.71 percent as COVID-19 infections and interest rate hikes ... ( read original story ...)
Joe Biden phones Xi Jinping to calm tensions over Taiwan, but neither the US nor China wants to back down
Xi Jinping has reason to find overseas culprits for China's problems to distract the Chinese public’s attention from economic woes and President Biden cannot be seen to be kowtowing to the Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Innodisk Announces Launch of Edge AI SSDs
TAIPEI, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innodisk, a global leader in industrial-grade storage and embedded peripherals, is pushing the development of edge AI technology, and in doing so has ... ( read original story ...)
Asus Zenfone 9 review: One of the best small phones ever
Small phones are a dying breed, with rumors suggesting that even Apple is giving up by allegedly dropping a mini model from its iPhone 14 lineup. But Asus remains undeterred, with the new Zenfone 9 ... ( read original story ...)
The Ukraine war shocked the world. We must act now to prevent the next one in Asia
Putin's invasion of Ukraine could have been prevented. Now Taiwan is at the center of another contest between a dictator and democracy. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says fired flares to warn off drone near remote island
Taiwan's military fired flares on Thursday to warn away a drone that "glanced by" a strategically-located and heavily fortified island close to the Chinese coast that was possibly probing its defences ... ( read original story ...)
Nancy Pelosi’s badly timed Taiwan visit may have the US and China quietly walking into a crisis
Nancy Pelosi is set to be the most senior US politician to visit Taiwan since 1997, much to the chagrin of the Chinese Communist Party. And while Joe Biden has hinted he supports the disputed island's ... ( read original story ...)
ASE Technology Hldg: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (ASX) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $543.3 million. On a per-share basis, the Kaohsiung, Taiwan-based company said it had net income of 25 cents. ( read original story ...)
US ‘stumbled into a mess’ with Pelosi’s potential Taiwan trip: Hume
Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume, the former anchor of Special Report, joined the program to discuss Nancy Pelosi's potential trip to Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
ICE Launches Plug-and-Play Connectivity to Managed Data Feed in Taiwan
This new multi-tenant service offers a ‘managed’ experience for customers using ICE’s hosted and managed environments. It removes the need for dedicated market data infrastructure and equipment, and ... ( read original story ...)
China warns US will face ‘serious consequences’ if Pelosi visits Taiwan
Biden Admin. attempting to convince House Peaker Pelosi of the dangers of visiting Taiwan during this period of tensions with China. ( read original story ...)
Ukraine’s lessons for Taiwan grow more ominous
The longer the Biden administration continues delaying and stinting its support for Ukraine without enabling Kyiv to halt and reverse Russia’s invasion, the more precarious both Ukraine’s and ... ( read original story ...)
Uptake of 5G services still lagging: NCC
Taiwan’s 5G penetration rate still remains below 25 percent after the cellular network services were launched two years ago due to a lack of “killer” applications, the National Communications ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan chipmaker UMC sees further growth for sector into 2023
Taiwanese chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) said on Wednesday it sees continued growth for the industry into next year, even as soaring inflation and recession fears cool demand for ... ( read original story ...)
China says US will ‘bear all consequences’ if Pelosi visits Taiwan
China has warned that Washington would "bear the consequences" if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, with tensions soaring ahead of an expected phone call between the two countries' leaders. ( read original story ...)