Archive for December 12th, 2016
VN Index rise on large-cap stocks
Shares rose on the two exchanges on December 9 as investors returned to purchase large-cap stocks with support information in expectation of a further expansion. The [...]
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VN Index continues gains
The 3 day rally of the VN Index ended the week by recovering to the 660-665 resistance area. VN Index finished higher after three consecutive days with an increase of 4.18 [...]
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Business Briefs December 12
* Singapore’s F&N BEVManufacturing Pte Ltd has for the first time registered to buy nearly 39.19 rnillionshares (2.7 percent) of Vietnam Dairy Products Company [...]
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7 in 10 want Park’s early resignation
With President Park Geun-hye’s fate now in the hands of the Constitutional Court following the National Assembly’s impeachment, Friday, seven out of 10 citizens [...]
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HK’s Beijing-Backed Leader Says He Will Not Seek Re-election
Leung Chun-ying, the unpopular Beijing-backed leader of Hong Kong whose government has controversially tried to block or remove elected opposition politicians from office, [...]
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HK’s divisive leader to step down amid political crisis
Hong Kong’s divisive leader has announced he will not seek a second term, amid a deepening political crisis in the former British colony. Leung Chun-ying cited family [...]
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HK leader Leung Chun-ying will not run again
Hong Kong’s unpopular leader Leung Chun-ying, who has been vilified by critics as a puppet of Beijing, said Friday he would not run again for office after a term marked [...]
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HK Gets Chance to Heal Divisions as Leader Steps Aside
The surprise decision by Hong Kong’s top leader to not seek a second term in office opened the way for a chief executive who might bridge some differences in a city [...]
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Lost in Translation: China’s Response to Trump’s Taiwan Call
Unpredictable US President-elect Donald Trump again shocked the international relations establishment when he talked with Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen on the phone; the call [...]
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Ex-US official calls on Taiwan foreign minister
A member of US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team called on Foreign minister David Lee Friday and the two exchanged views on the challenges facing Taiwan. [...]
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US bill lets top defense officials visit Taiwan
In a move that could produce breakthroughs in Washington-Taipei military relations, the US Senate adopted a conference report of the fiscal 2017 National Defense [...]
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US includes Taiwan in military bill
The US Congress included for the first time a section on senior military exchanges with Taiwan as it passed its National Defense Authorisation Act for the next fiscal year. [...]
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Australia-Taiwan free trade deal caught in crossfire of Donald Trump
Australia is already feeling the effects of a more unpredictable foreign policy under US president-elect Donald Trump, with worried plans to start negotiating a free trade [...]
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South China Sea exhibition opens in Taipei
A special exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of the recovery of the South China Sea islands by the Republic of China (Taiwan) kicked off December 9 at Academia Historica [...]
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For the sake of Korea, President Park Geun-hye must go now
Today South Korea’s national assembly voted overwhelmingly to impeach President Park Geun-hye. The unexpectedly decisive margin – 234 votes to 56 – means [...]
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