Taiwan
Vai alla Scheda Paese »It takes sweat to work on things, but it only takes saliva to criticize things.
— Taiwanese proverb
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News Analysis: Trump Injects High Risks in Altering Relationship With China
As he tosses aside decades of American trade policy, President Trump could also go his own way on other issues with China, including Taiwan and the South China Sea.
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Tsutaya rental chain opens first ‘book cafe’ in Taiwan
Tsutaya Co., a major Japanese movie and music rental and bookshop chain, will open its first “book cafe” in Taiwan on Tuesday, company officials said Monday. The Tsutaya Bookstore in Xinyi, Taipei’s newest trend-setting commercial district, aims to offer a new “lifestyle” for people to enjoy books while sipping coffee, ...
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Foxconn Announces $7 Bil. Investment in the United States
As so many global companies kowtowed to the pressure of President Donald Trump to invest and increase jobs in the United States, Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, the company best known as the manufacturer of Apple's iPhones, has become the latest disciple to the religion of "Make America Great Again." According to ...
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Hon Hai chief confirms $7 billion U.S. investment in works
The head of Taiwan’s tech giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. confirmed Sunday he is considering a $7 billion investment to make flat panels in the United States in a joint project with Japan’s SoftBank. U.S. President Donald Trump announced before taking office a $50 billion deal by the two ...
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Giant inflatable rooster resembling Trump is big hit in China
A factory in eastern China has been doing brisk business selling giant inflatable roosters, some as tall as 16ft (4.9m), based on a design widely perceived to resemble US President-elect Donald Trump. Yifang Inflatables, a factory in the city of Jiaxing, near Shanghai, began selling the inflatables after images of a ...
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Nigeria didn’t cut ties with Taiwan —Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Thursday said there was no truth in media reports suggesting that Nigeria has cut ties with Taiwan. It said the relationship between Nigeria and Taiwan had been at the level of trade representation and that had not changed. The Senior Special Assistant to the ...
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Nigeria Did Not Cut Ties With Taiwan- Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed incorrect media reports to the effect 1. Nigeria has cut ties with Taiwan. In a statement by the senior special assistant media to the President, Garba Shehu said the correct position is that the official relationship between Nigeria and Taiwan has been at the level of ...
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Nigeria Did Not Cut Ties With Taiwan – Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed incorrect media reports to the effect that Nigeria has cut ties with Taiwan. In a statement by the senior special assistant media to the president, Garba Shehu said the correct position is that the official relationship between Nigeria and Taiwan has been at the level of ...
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Taiwan protests Nigeria’s closure of its Abuja trade office
Taiwan protested Thursday after Nigeria asked it to shut down its trade office in the capital, in what it said was an attempt by Beijing to push it out of Africa’s largest economy. The island’s foreign ministry said Nigeria had asked Taiwan to move its trade office out of the ...
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Second volume of Valletta FC’s official history launched
The second volume of the history of Valletta FC was launched during a conference call at the club’s premises yesterday evening. “City! The official history of football in Valletta Volume Two” highlights the achievements of the club from 1963 up to 2014 in more than 660 pages of information, statistics and ...
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Obama, rapping Putin, says US could strike back on cyber
President Barack Obama put Russia's Vladimir Putin on notice Friday that the U.S. could use offensive cyber muscle to retaliate for interference in the U.S. presidential election, his strongest suggestion to date that Putin had been well aware of campaign email hacking."Whatever they do to us, we can potentially do to them," Obama declared.Caught ...
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Le polemiche di Donald Trump con Pechino fanno male all’economia
Di fronte al nuovo presidente statunitense i cinesi sono confusi. Molti avevano fatto il tifo per lui contro l’avversaria Hillary Clinton. Ma ora non capiscono la sua apertura verso Taiwan, una mossa che nuoce ai rapporti economici. Leggi
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Hon Hai, Sharp to halt LCD TV panel supply to Samsung in 2017
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. and its Japanese subsidiary Sharp Corp. will stop supplying liquid crystal display panels for televisions to South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. from next year, industry sources said Wednesday. Hon Hai and Sharp are planning to shift supply of the product, manufactured by Sakai Display ...
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Trump says US not necessarily bound by 'one China' policy
US President-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of "one China," questioning nearly four decades of policy in a move likely to antagonize Beijing. Trump's comments on Fox News Sunday came after he prompted a diplomatic protest ...
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China says Trump's Taiwan comments cause 'serious concern'
China says it has "serious concern" about President-elect Donald Trump's latest comments suggesting he is reconsidering America's relationship with Taiwan.Geng Shuang, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said Monday that Trump's comments in a television interview over the weekend raised the possibility that U.S.-China relations would be "badly affected." ...
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Trump questions “one China policy” without Beijing concessions
President-elect Donald Trump questioned in an interview broadcast Sunday whether the United States should continue its “one China policy” unless Beijing makes concessions on trade and other issues. “I don’t want China dictating to me,” Trump said as he made a vehement defense of his recent phone conversation with the ...
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Rookie’ Trump must fall into line: Chinese media
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is a “diplomatic rookie” who must learn not to cross Beijing on issues like trade and Taiwan, Chinese state media said Dec. 6, warning that America could pay dearly for his inexperience.
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Chinese media offer stern warning to ‘rookie’ Trump
Donald Trump is a “diplomatic rookie” who must learn not to cross Beijing on issues like trade and Taiwan, Chinese state media said Tuesday, warning America could pay dearly for his inexperience. A protocol-shattering call with Taiwan’s president followed by a Twitter tirade against Beijing’s policies by the president-elect could ...
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Trump upends US foreign policy with Taiwan call
President Barack Obama's White House says the outgoing US administration has not changed its stance.
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Trump breaks decades of US diplomacy to speak with Taiwan president
US President-elect Donald Trump broke with decades of foreign policy to speak with the president of Taiwan, prompting Beijing Saturday to accuse Taipei of a ploy but saying the move would not affect US-China ties. It was not immediately clear whether Trump’s telephone call with President Tsai Ing-wen marked a ...
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Former GWU deputy president appointed Commissioner for the Elderly
Former General Workers' Union deputy president Helen Mallia has been appointed Commissioner for the Elderly, Parliamentary Secretary for Rights of Persons with Disability and Active Aging Justyne Caruana announced today. Ms. Mallia will serve for a three year term and will preside over the Council for Older Persons, as stipulated ...