Jan 14 2021
TAIPEI Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) posted its best-ever quarterly profit and hiked revenue and capital spending estimates to record levels as it forecast "multiple years of growth opportunities".
Jan 13 2021
BEIJING/TAIPEI Taiwan's Foxconn and Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said on Wednesday they will join hands to provide contract manufacturing for automakers.
Jan 11 2021
BEIJING/TAIPEI China condemned the United States on Monday for scrapping curbs on interactions with Taiwan officials, saying nobody could prevent China's "reunification", while Taiwan's foreign minister hailed the U.S. move as a sign of "global partnership".
Jan 08 2021
TAIPEI, Jan 8 Taiwan's exports rose in December
for the sixth consecutive month and at an unexpectedly strong
pace, boosted by surging global demand for the island's tech
products amid the COVID-19 pandemic and new technologies like
5G.
Dec 17 2020
TAIPEI, Dec 17 Taiwan sees U.S. trade policies
towards China as the reason why its trade surplus with the
United States has grown but hopes to lower the surplus to
address concerns about the Taiwan dollar's exchange rate, its
central bank said on Thursday.
Dec 17 2020
* Benchmark discount rate left unchanged at 1.125%, lowest
on
record
Dec 10 2020
TAIPEI 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.
Dec 07 2020
TAIPEI, Dec 7 Taiwan's exports rose in November
for the fifth consecutive month and at a stronger-than-expected
pace, boosted by surging global demand for the island's
electronic goods as people work from home during the COVID-19
pandemic and new phone launches.
Nov 27 2020
* 2020 GDP estimate raised to +2.54%, vs previous forecast
+1.56%
Nov 26 2020
TAIPEI Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple Inc, said a person with knowledge of the plan, as the U.S. firm diversifies production to minimise the impact of a Sino-U.S. trade war.