Senior officials at Taiwan’s finance ministry have called state-owned banks to prod them to buy stocks amid steep falls on the island’s stock market due to the war in Ukraine, four sources familiar …
Here’s What Could Happen If China Invaded Taiwan
Xi Jinping’s Chinese Communist Party has threatened to invade Taiwan for more than seven decades. Now fears are growing among analysts, officials and investors that it might actually follow through …
China warns US against Pacific NATO
China is cautioning against the U.S. supporting Taiwan and trying to build a Pacific version of NATO as the crisis in Ukraine draws renewed attention to the status of the Asian island.China’s Foreign …
Taiwan MOF Clarifies Withholding Tax on Dividends Paid to Nonresidents
The Taiwanese Ministry of Finance March 2 clarified withholding tax rules on dividends paid to nonresidents. The clarification includes: 1) the obligation for withholding agents to apply the 21 …
Taiwan: Raking In The Chips
Meanwhile, it also is an economic dynamo, powered by its unrivaled semiconductor industry and vital to the global supply chain. Success and insecurity epitomize Taiwan, presenting a tantalizing risk …
China pledges peaceful growth of Taiwan ties, but opposes foreign interference
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Saturday to advance peaceful growth in relations with Taiwan and “reunification”, and said his government firmly opposes any separatist …
US should recognise Taiwan as ‘free and sovereign’ nation, Mike Pompeo says
Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo called for Washington to recognise Taiwan as a sovereign nation during a speech in Taipei on Friday that angered Beijing. “It is my view that the US …
China will put Taiwan on ‘back burner’ after ‘scary’ Russia sanctions: Bill Browder
Speaking to Yahoo Finance, Browder predicted that Russia will seek financial support from China as it tries to mitigate sanctions. “Now that the West has completely cut off Russia from the financial …
How the Ukraine crisis could change China’s Taiwan calculus
Global outcry against Russia’s Ukraine invasion may give China pause as it pursues its ambition to retake control of the island 90 miles off its coast.
Trump said he believes China may invade Taiwan sooner rather than later because ‘they’re seeing how stupid the United States is run’
Trump also told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo that he thinks China’s President Xi Jinping is “a man with high intelligence level.” …