Taiwanese electric scooter maker Gogoro Inc has all the chips it needs for now, founder and Chief Executive Horace Luke said on Tuesday, but could face a squeeze by year-end as it pushes big plans to grow in China, India and Southeast Asia. While a global shortage of semiconductors has slammed auto makers, Luke told […]
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Around 30 Taiwanese companies, many making electronics parts, said on Wednesday that government COVID-19 control measures in eastern China had led them to suspend production until at least next week, as disruption from the measures spreads. China has put Shanghai under a tight lockdown since late March and neighbouring Kunshan has also tightened curbs to […]
Taiwan’s premier has called for the swift passage of revisions to laws mandating tougher punishments to prevent China from stealing its chip technology, saying the threat from the “red supply chain” needed an effective deterrence. In February, Taiwan’s Cabinet proposed toughening the rules, amid rising concern in Taipei that Beijing, which claims the democratically ruled […]
Taiwan’s spy catchers have launched probes into around 100 Chinese companies suspected of illegally poaching semiconductor engineers and other tech talent, a senior official at the island’s Investigation Bureau told Reuters. That comes on top of seven prosecuted since the start of last year and includes 27 which have either been raided or whose owners […]
Taiwan will join moves to block some Russian banks from the SWIFT international payments system and has sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine to show support for the international “democratic camp”, the government said on Tuesday. Taiwan has joined with Western-led allies in putting sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, and expressed cross-party sympathy […]
Japan’s Cabinet approved a record 5.4 trillion yen ($47 billion) defense budget for fiscal 2022 on Friday that includes funding for research and development of a new fighter jet and other “game-changing” weapons as Japan bolsters its defense capabilities in response to China’s growing military might and its tensions with Taiwan. The 1.1% budget increase […]
Taiwan’s Economy Minister Wang Mei-Hua revealed on Tuesday that the U.S. discussed with its country potential plans to address the semiconductor chip shortage, in addition to finding the needed approaches to counter China’s economic “coercion.” During the second session of an economic dialogue initiated last year, the discussion followed a week after a virtual meeting […]
Chunghwa Telecom’s revenues have decreased by 4.6 % for the second quarter of 2020, according to Taiwan News. However, the company has continued working on plans for business expansion. “By the end of this year, we plan to complete more than 4000 base stations to ensure 5G coverage in major metropolitan cities and the important […]