Farage’s Pyrrhic victory unlikely to rush Burnham - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
In the battle between the bin and Nigel Farage, there was only ever going to be one winner. The leader of the populist Reform UK party romped home as expected in Clacton special election on...
In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why is Seoul so uneasy? - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
At their first summit in August last year South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, told US President Donald Trump: “If you, Mr President, become the peacemaker, then I will assist you as the...
Taiwan’s budget fiasco in context - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
Taiwan’s general budget bill for this year was submitted to the Legislative Yuan on Aug. 29 last year.
Han Kuang drills still need work - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
The 42nd Han Kuang Exercises represent a significant improvement over previous iterations of Taiwan’s most important military drills.
Rethinking hiring in the age of technology - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
If a 25-year-old’s resume stands out not for a degree from a prestigious university or professional certifications, but because they have accumulated 2,000 hours playing strategy games, would...
EDITORIAL: AI cyberattack highlights risk - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
In a hacking campaign last month believed to be linked to China, artificial intelligence (AI) agents launched 12 waves of attacks against the government in four days, which is believed to be the...
Robot ride - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
A visitor sits on a quadruped robot designed for inspection tasks at the Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robot Show in Taipei yesterday.
China tax crackdown forces wealthy investors to assess their offshore trusts - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
A growing campaign to tax offshore wealth is forcing wealthy Chinese people to rethink their trust structures and investment holdings, lawyers and advisors say, as Beijing sharpens its focus on...
Fidelity International plans to pull out of wholly owned China fund unit, sources say - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
Fidelity International (FIL) plans to exit its wholly owned China fund unit, two people familiar with the matter said, marking one of the biggest retreats by a global asset manager from the world’s...
Delta debuts AI dual-arm cobot solution - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
Delta Electronics Inc (台達電) debuted its embodied artificial intelligence (AI) dual-arm cobot solution integrated with Nvidia Corp’s platform at an automation and robot show in Taipei on Wednesday.
Consumer confidence dips despite GDP growth - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
Taiwanese consumers grew more cautious about the economic outlook and spending this month despite the economy’s strongest growth prospects in decades, with inflation concerns and financial-market...
Lack of low-carbon power could deter investment - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
Taiwan’s shortage of readily available low-carbon electricity could deter investment in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers despite the country’s technological strengths, a renewable energy...
China Steel reports 55% slump in pretax profit - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
China Steel Corp (CSC, 中鋼), the nation’s biggest steelmaker, yesterday reported a 55 percent month-on-month slump in pretax profit for last month, as sliding steel demand in Asia drove lower gross...
Export order growth hits 61.9 percent - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
Export orders last month rose 61.9 percent year-on-year to a record US$97.94 billion, marking the 18th consecutive month of increases, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
Little festival-goers - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
Amis children participate in the Fata’an harvest festival in Hualien County’s Guangfu Township yesterday.
Taiwan News Quick Take - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
TRANSPORTATION New Taipei station to open A new station on the southeast end of the Taipei MRT’s Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Red Line) is to open on Aug.
Hualien researchers tout seedling production work - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
The Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station has developed cutting propagation and seedling production techniques for makauy to address short supplies of the indigenous plant by...
Reforestation saw 5,339 trees planted at site in Pingtung - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
Reforestation by the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute in Pingtung County’s Hengchun Township (恆春) has resulted in the planting of 5,339 trees of 18 native species over the past three-plus years.
New preschool policy draws the ire of unions - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
A policy starting on Sept. 1 to extend public preschool after-school care to three hours would exacerbate labor shortages and force educators into involuntary overtime, teachers’ unions said...
‘Chainsmoker Cat’ anime draws parental concern - Taipei Times
Taipei Times·21 Aug 2026
Chainsmoker Cat (尼古喵喵), an anime show, might contravene the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act (菸害防制法) by promoting smoking, the John Tung Foundation said yesterday, adding that it has submitted a...
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