Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it “understood and respected” a decision by the US State Department to cancel a visit to the island by the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets that the US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft cannot lead a delegation to […]
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“China strongly urges the United States to stop its crazy provocation, stop creating new difficulties for China-US relations and the two countries’ cooperation in the United Nations, and stop going further on the wrong path,” said a spokesperson of China’s Permanent Mission to the UN. A spokesperson of China’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations […]
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Taiwanese government officials on Saturday vowed to deal firmly with anyone caught artificially inflating the price of pork, following reports that vendors were raising prices amid concerns about a new policy allowing imports of the meat containing traces of the livestock drug ractopamine. The comments from national and local officials came after a photo circulated […]
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Taiwan has agreed to buy almost 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including 10 million from AstraZeneca Plc, the government said on Wednesday, adding that it had confirmed the island’s first case of the new British variant of the disease. Taiwan has kept the pandemic well under control in the community thanks to early and […]
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In early April, Taiwan donated batches of masks to several Western countries to help them in their fight to keep the COVID-19 pandemic under control. The first batches consisted of a total of 10 million masks. China Airlines was charged with transporting the donated masks and, of course, had the name China Airlines emblazoned on […]
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US-based cybersecurity company FireEye has released a report on the latest internet security trends, which shed light on the ever-growing threat of ransomware. Titled “A Global Change: Cyber Security Predictions 2021,” the report suggests that ransomware attacks are likely to occur with higher frequency and greater potency next year. The risk has been underscored by […]
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Guam Governor Lourdes Leon Guerrero revealed Wednesday (December 16) that she plans to visit Taiwan in January to discuss a two-way tourism bubble. During a press conference, the governor said the US territory could reopen to tourism in the first quarter of 2021 and that she is planning to lead a delegation to Taiwan next […]
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Apple’s reduced utilisation capacity for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) 5 nm chips is more likely due to seasonality than lower demand for the iPhone 12. Stock prices of Apple’s suppliers were affected by news that Apple’s A14 SoC production will only be using 80 percent of TSMC’s 5 nm capacity in the first quarter […]
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Months after eliminating a popular challenge to its rule in Hong Kong, China is turning to an even higher-stakes target: self-governing Taiwan. The island has been bracing for conflict with China for decades, and in some respects, that battle has now begun. It’s not the final, titanic clash that Taiwan has long feared, with Chinese […]
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According to a new survey, Taiwanese are increasingly willing to defend their country if China invades and more now believe the US will deploy troops if Taiwan is attacked. Since 2002, the annual Taiwan National Security Survey (TNSS) has assessed Taiwanese attitudes toward the China threat and the US security commitment to Taiwan, with the […]
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