Affected by factors like high smartphone penetration rates, inflation, and longer contract terms with telecom service providers, Taiwan's mobile phone market demand has been weak. However, to boost ...
China and US square off as Beijing escalates over Taiwan
Chinese and US aircraft carrier battle groups are squaring off in the Philippine Sea as Beijing’s diplomatic tantrum over a visit by Taiwan’s President enters its third day.
China carries out ‘simulated’ precision attacks on Taiwan targets
Multiple services had carried out "simulated joint precision strikes on key targets on Taiwan Island" and in the surrounding waters, CCTV reported. It said the exercises, dubbed "United Sharp Sword", ...
Foxconn plans $800 million investment in southern Taiwan
Foxconn: The company, formally called Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, said the investments in Kaohsiung will include plants for making electric buses and batteries for EVs.
Taiwan threat from China serious, House GOP chairman says
The chairman of the House Select Committee on China says the U.S. must take seriously the threat Beijing poses to Taiwan ...
China flies fighter jets near Taiwan after leader’s US stop, meeting with House speaker
The Chinese military announced the start of three-day “combat readiness patrols” as a warning to those who want Taiwan’s de facto independence permanent.
Taiwan says it won’t respond as Chinese navy drills to ‘encircle’ island
Taiwan's government said Saturday it will refrain from making any provocative moves during Chinese military exercises near the island launched on Saturday.
China military rehearses ‘encircling’ Taiwan after US Speaker visit
China has started three days of military exercises around Taiwan after the island's president met the US House Speaker in defiance of repeated threats by Beijing.
US Lawmakers Discuss Bringing Starlink Into Taiwan With Tsai
Two US lawmakers said they discussed the possibility of bringing Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system into Taiwan with President Tsai Ing-wen, to help Taipei’s deterence against China.
China’s new military drills are a warning to Taiwan
The military exercises, dubbed “United Sharp Sword”, would include “combat-readiness patrols” and drills in the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island from mainland China, and in waters and ...
Services & Software
Taiwan's second-largest telecommunications company, and Biztrans Technology of Springfield, Virginia, will offer phone-to-phone Internet telephony between Taiwan and the United States. The project ...
China imposes sanctions on US’ Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for hosting Taiwan president
US-China relations worsen US-China relations have sunk to their lowest level in decades due to disputes over the status of Taiwan, which split with China in 1949 after a civil war, as well as security ...
Property sales in major cities plummet 24%
Property transactions in the six special municipalities last ... transaction during the January-to-March period fell 28 percent to 5,677 units in Taipei, slumped 25 percent to 12,521 units in New ...
China sanctions Reagan library, others over McCarthy’s meeting with Taiwan’s president
China imposes sanctions on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other organizations in response to the Taiwanese president's visit to the U.S.
Law changes to boost penalties for infrastructure harm
The changes would allow for heavier penalties, including a life sentence, for anyone found guilty of deliberately damaging or hacking critical infrastructure, Ho said. The penalties must be “relative” ...
World News
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the Reagan library and the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank, were sanctioned for “providing a platform and convenience to Taiwan separatist ...