Pressured by China’s Military Updates, Taiwan Asks US for More Weapons

Mar 22, 2019 admin Politics Comments Off on Pressured by China’s Military Updates, Taiwan Asks US for More Weapons

TAIPEI, TAIWAN Taiwan, faced with an increase in military spending by its main rival China, is seeking a range of new, advanced weapons systems from the United States, officials in Taipei confirmed...

Beijing Done, for Now, Acquiring Land in South China Sea

Mar 15, 2019 admin Politics Comments Off on Beijing Done, for Now, Acquiring Land in South China Sea

TAIPEI, TAIWAN Two American B-52 bombers flew over the South China Sea on a training mission Wednesday for the second time in 10 days, acts that Beijing considers provocative. Chinese officials...

5 Years on, Malaysia Open to Proposals to Resume MH370 Hunt

Mar 02, 2019 admin Politics Comments Off on 5 Years on, Malaysia Open to Proposals to Resume MH370 Hunt

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA Malaysia's transport minister said Sunday that the government is open to new proposals from U.S. technology firm Ocean Infinity or any other companies to resume the hunt for...

Taiwan Concerns Mean China Defense Budget Likely to Defy Slowing Economy

Feb 25, 2019 admin Politics Comments Off on Taiwan Concerns Mean China Defense Budget Likely to Defy Slowing Economy

BEIJING A slowing economy is unlikely to crimp China's 2019 defense budget rise, as Beijing earmarks more spending for modernization and bigticket items like stealth jets, and focuses on Taiwan...

Premier Su declines to sign ‘independence referendum petition’

Feb 19, 2019 admin Politics Comments Off on Premier Su declines to sign ‘independence referendum petition’

Taipei, Premier Su Tseng-chang Tuesday indicated he would not sign a petition to change the Referendum Act so Taiwan can hold a referendum on independence as proposed by the pro-independence Formosa...

The media reported that the IRS has listed the “Golden Milk River” vendors in Kaohsiung as the focus of tax collection, and clarified (clarification)

Feb 18, 2019 admin Politics Comments Off on The media reported that the IRS has listed the “Golden Milk River” vendors in Kaohsiung as the focus of tax collection, and clarified (clarification)

In order to implement the business taxation, the State Administration of Taxation in all regions of the Ministry of Finance does not regularly conduct tax inventory checks every year. It is a routine...

Migrant worker 2018 remittances to top US$3 billion: Central Bank

Feb 06, 2019 admin Politics Comments Off on Migrant worker 2018 remittances to top US$3 billion: Central Bank

Taipei, Migrant workers likely remitted more than US$3 billion out of Taiwan in 2018, reflecting their growing numbers in the country, according to the Central Bank of the Republic of China...

NARLabs launches National Laboratory Animal Center

Jan 17, 2019 admin Politics Comments Off on NARLabs launches National Laboratory Animal Center

Taipei, Taiwan's National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs) launched a laboratory animal center in Taipei on Thursday with the aim of achieving the best conditions for experimental animal...