Archive for December 3rd, 2016
Crown Prince Becomes First New Thai King in Seven Decades
Thailand has its first new monarch in seven decades after Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn was formally proclaimed the 10th king in the Chakri Dynasty. Vajiralongkorn, 64, [...] » More
Russia, China, and Japan Fill the Trump Trade Gap
The dozen nations in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade group took seven years to hammer out a deal. President-elect Donald Trump promises to take just one [...] » More
Asia shares pare gains; Treasury yields, oil off highs
Asian shares joined Wall Street and Europe in surrendering some recent gains on Friday, retreating on the possibility of faster-than-expected US interest rate increases that [...] » More
Asian markets slip as investors take step back
Asian stocks turned negative Friday and oil prices retreated along with the dollar as investors took a step back from a recent rally, while caution set in ahead of a crunch [...] » More
Asian shares, oil fall ahead of US job data, Italian vote
Asian stocks slipped and oil’s rally fizzled Friday as wary investors awaited US jobs data and Italy’s referendum on constitutional reform. KEEPING SCORE: [...] » More
Calls for independence will derail HK’s push for democracy, says Chris Patten
Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, once observed that “no one who has spent any time in this city forgets it. It is one of the great exciting maritime [...] » More
Passive Investors Get Sucked Into Hong Kong Market Failures
Multibillion-dollar bubbles like Fullshare may end up fitting a pattern A controversial report from brokerage house Sanford C. Bernstein in August accused passive investing [...] » More
Taiwan seeking deportation of 10 fraud suspects held in Turkey: MOFA
Taiwan is seeking the return of 10 Taiwanese who are still being held in detention in Turkey after they were arrested in May, along with 42 others, on suspicion of fraud, the [...] » More
SMEs urge public to buy Taiwanese
The heads of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) demonstrated outside the legislature in Taipei yesterday, calling for people to buy more Taiwan-made products to [...] » More
China warns Taiwan not to meddle in HK affairs
China warned Taiwan not to fan the flames of a fledgling independence movement in Hong Kong, according to a Reuters report on Wednesday. The report said Chinese leaders are [...] » More
Ministry welcomes bill for Taiwan-US military exchanges
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday welcomed the US Senate’s and the US House of Representatives’ call for military exchanges between senior Taiwanese and [...] » More
Taiwan should push changes in US Taiwan policy: ex-AIT head
Taiwan and its friends in the United States should help the new US administration improve its knowledge of Taiwan’s geo-strategic importance to any US policy toward [...] » More
New flight routes expand links with South, SE Asia
Local airlines and foreign carriers have unveiled new direct flights and code-share routes between Taiwan and major international destinations, the latest in a series of [...] » More
Two memorandums signed between Taiwan and Japan
Trade talks between Taiwan and Japan concluded in Taipei Wednesday which led to both parties signing two cooperation memorandums on product safety. Outside the building where [...] » More
No contaminated food will be allowed into Taiwan: security official
National Security Council (NSC) Secretary general Joseph Wu (???) said Thursday that Taiwan will not permit the importation of any radiation-contaminated food. During a [...] » More
