The enticements are "aimed at drawing away [the island's] research and development capabilities and intellectual property, according to Shen. Businesses including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's biggest contract chipmaker, are expanding ... ( read original story ...)
Fujitsu and Taiwan FamilyMart Commence Digital Technology Field Trial in FamilyMart Concept Store
Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Taiwan Limited, and Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd., which operates over 3,000 FamilyMart stores in Taiwan, today announced that they will begin a field trial at the Chongqing South Road FamilyMart location in collaboration with local ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to call businesses home from mainland: economic minister
TAIPEI -- Taiwan will move fast to disentangle its economy ... equipment and other Chinese products for alleged violations of intellectual property rights. Washington and Beijing are pursuing negotiations on the matter. But the risk remains that supply ... ( read original story ...)
Unit of Taiwan’s Foxconn to buy Belkin for $866 million
HONG KONG (Reuters) - FIT Hon Teng Ltd (>> Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd), the cable and connector division of Taiwan's Foxconn, said on Tuesday it planned to buy Belkin International, a maker of smartphone accessories and home networking products ... ( read original story ...)
US envoy meets TSMC boss amid concerns over Chinese IP theft
TAIPEI -- U.S. senior trade official met with Chairman Morris ... The meetings came as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to penalize China over high-tech intellectual property theft with heavy tariffs and could further weigh on deals linked with Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom and PChome Form Strategic Partnership to Establish CHT-PCH NO.1 VC Platform
Two Taiwanese industry giants join forces to establish "CHT-PCH NO.1," a venture capital fund supporting Taiwan's budding startup ecosystem TAIPEI, Taiwan March 29, 2018 – Chunghwa Telecom Group, the chief telecommunications company in Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Donald Trump’s possible F-35 deal with Taiwan not ‘worth risk’, experts say
AMID the Trump administration taking an aggressive stance on China, two US senators are pushing for the president to sell F-35 stealth fighters to Taiwan. In a letter to President Trump, senators John Cornyn and James Inhofe said China’s aggressive ... ( read original story ...)
‘Smart cities’ to spark Taiwan’s future economic development: officials
In her opening speech, Tsai emphasized the importance of technology and creativity in the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) through which Taiwan can develop solutions to many of the challenges faced today. These include how local governments can ... ( read original story ...)
Trump should sell F-16V fighter jets, not F-35s, to Taiwan
More problematic is the risk that Taiwan's possession of F-35s would mean that technology falling into Chinese hands. This is no small worry in that China's intelligence presence in Taiwan is both widespread and deeply integrated. I believe that if the F ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan supports Qatar’s puszh for clean energy programmes
Taiwan’s innovative solutions in the field of clean technology can play a significant role in Qatar’s thrust to generate power through renewable energy sources, an official of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (Taitra) has said. According ... ( read original story ...)
Explainer: Why Taiwan is slow to adopt mobile payments
According to research by Mastercard, 61% of consumers in Taiwan are aware of NFC (near-field communication)—the underlying technology of behind many popular mobile payment services including Apple Pay and Samsung Pay—and with more than 80% of consumers ... ( read original story ...)
Senior US diplomat, Taiwan leader speak at Taipei event
TAIPEI-The United States' commitment to Taiwan has never been ... annual tariffs on Chinese products in a bid to counter Beijing's theft of USA intellectual property. USA and Chinese policy toward Taiwan are based on a so-called "one-China policy" but ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwanese businesses could be harmed by U.S. tariffs on China
Taipei, March 22 (CNA) Two types of Taiwanese businesses could be impacted by trade penalties that the United States is expected to impose on China for violations of intellectual property rights and technology transfers, Minister of Economic Affairs Shen ... ( read original story ...)
Evans Chamberlain Asset Management: UK Property Prices Fall Unexpectedly
TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 12, 2018 (Newswire.com) - Economists at Evans Chamberlain Asset Management say that data from a leading mortgage lender revealed U.K. property prices declined unexpectedly last month. While a poll of economists forecasts an increase ... ( read original story ...)
From Tel Aviv to Taipei: Guide to perfect date nights in 14 global cities
Taipei is a city in which you can eat incredibly well for incredibly ... Soak in your private plunge pool—filled with tension-melting mineral water—and flip through the property’s deep list of vintage wines to find your perfect bottle. ( read original story ...)
U.S. tariff plan could benefit MIT products: scholars
Taipei, March 23 (CNA) U.S. President Donald Trump's announced ... The U.S.'s tariff plan is aimed at protecting the intellectual property rights of American high-tech companies and is expected to have a big impact on Taiwanese companies with factories ... ( read original story ...)