Taiwan, a soon-to-be super-aged society, is investing US$300 million in developing more senior-friendly technologies to help older people access care services and stay connected.
Taiwan expects China to apply pressure on incoming government
Taiwan's government believes China is likely to attempt to put pressure on its incoming president after the island goes to the polls on Saturday, including staging military manoeuvres near the island this spring,
Taiwan’s smartphone shipments down over 3% year-on-year in third quarter
Taiwan’s smartphone makers continued to feel the pinch after local market shipments in the third quarter fell more than 3 percent from a year earlier, US-based International Data Corp (IDC) said on Thursday. Weakening demand resulting from consumers ...
Taiwan’s ruling political party wins presidential election
Taiwan's ruling party has won a crucial presidential election that it billed as a choice between democracy and authoritarianism.
Candidate Strongly Opposed By China Elected President Of Taiwan
Lai and incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen reject China’s sovereignty claims over Taiwan, a former Japanese colony that split from the Chinese mainland amid civil war in 1949. They have, however, ...
2024 Elections: Taiwanese brush off threat from China
His twin, Rocky, said he thought China “doesn’t have extra capacity to invade us.” A child plays as people wait in line to vote in the presidential and legislative elections at a polling station at an ...
Taiwan’s Governing Party Retains Power As Lai Ching-Te Elected Next President
Taiwan’s next leader will be William Lai Ching-te—a politician that Beijing had previously denounced as a dangerous separatist.
Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te vows to defend island from ‘intimidation’ by China
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The ruling-party candidate strongly opposed by China wins Taiwan’s presidential election
Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday, a result that will determine the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s contentious relations ...
Lai, branded a threat to peace by China, wins Taiwan presidential election
Located on a key maritime gateway linking the South China Sea to the Pacific Ocean, Taiwan is home to a powerhouse semiconductor industry producing precious microchips - the lifeblood of the global economy powering everything from smartphones and cars to ...
Taiwan voters rebuff China and give ruling party third presidential term
By Yimou Lee and James Pomfret TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te into power on Saturday in an explicit rejection of China's warnings not to vote for him in an election Beijing framed as a choice between war and peace.
Xi, Biden and a $10t. cost of war over Taiwan
China’s rising economic and military heft, Taiwan’s burgeoning sense of national identity, and fractious relations between Beijing and Washington mean the conditions for a crisis are ripe.
Alert: Polls close as Taiwan voters choose their next president, weighing China’s threat and the island’s stability
Polls close as Taiwan voters choose their next president, weighing China’s threat and the island's stability.
Taiwan Votes In Key Election Under Chinese Threats
Millions of Taiwanese headed to the polls Saturday for a presidential election, following threats from China that choosing the wrong leader could set the stage for war on the self-ruled island.
Civil War To Semiconductors: Taiwan Facts As Island Votes
Taiwan is voting for a new president and parliament on Saturday in an election that will be closely watched around the world.
Taiwan expects China to apply pressure on incoming govt after election
Taiwan's government believes China is likely to attempt to put pressure on its incoming president after the island goes to the polls on Saturday, including staging military manoeuvres near the island this spring,