Taiwan

Free-solo climber Alex Honnold conquers Taipei 101 live on Netflix

[TAIPEI] Alex Honnold completed a free-solo ascent of Taipei 101, scaling the skyscraper in one of Netflix’s most ambitious and riskiest live-streaming sports events. 

If territorial disputes and coercive diplomacy become normalised in Arctic waters, similar dynamics could emerge in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
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The Greenland crisis is a warning for East Asia

Implications of Trump’s Atlantic ambitions extend towards the Pacific

TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, offered an impressive earnings report last week, exceeding forecasts with a 35% jump in fourth-quarter profit.

Taiwan’s 2025 export orders hit record on solid AI demand

At US$743.7 billion, they are 26% higher than a year earlier

The Canadian and Chinese leaders reached an agreement last week to lower trade barriers and rebuild ties, a milestone reset after years of poor relations.

China isn’t the answer for Canada’s trade troubles, Taiwan envoy says

US President Donald Trump’s high tariffs have pushed Canada to urgently try to diversify its US-dominated export markets

Taiwanese companies, such as TSMC, are expected to make investments totaling at least US$250 billion to increase production of semiconductors, energy and artificial intelligence in the US.

US, Taiwan reach trade deal focused on semiconductors, US Commerce Department says

Chipmakers like TSMC that expand US production will get a lower tax rate for semiconductors they import into the country

The Supreme Court is set to rule on the legality of Trump’s global tariffs as soon as Wednesday.

Trump team nears Taiwan trade deal with more US chip investment

Any agreement with Taipei risks provoking China, which claims the island as part of its territory

TSMC's revenue for the October to December period was T$1.05 trillion, against T$868.5 billion in the same period a year before.

TSMC Q4 revenue jumps more than 20%, beating forecast

Demand for the company’s products leaps in response to surging interest in AI applications

The contract from Taiwan's National Academy of Marine Research marks Marco Polo Shipyard's largest-ever win.

Cathay United Bank grants Marco Polo Marine unit long-tenor facility for NT$4.7 billion research vessel project

The group previously said it would finance the project through internal cashflows and not require any project-specific debt