Archive for November 13th, 2019
HK protester shot by police is arrested for unlawful assembly
A 21-year-old student shot by police on Monday has been arrested for unlawful assembly, as a fresh round of clashes broke out in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The student, named as [...] » More
HK protests hit universities, business district
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters clashed with riot police in the city’s upmarket business district and on university campuses Tuesday, extending one of the most [...] » More
‘Take your laptops’: HK’s banks send employees home
As violent protests disrupt daily commutes in Hong Kong, global banks urge staff to consider working from home. Major Hong Kong banks spent their morning telling employees to [...] » More
Investors wary as social unrest spreads from HK to Santiago
Social unrest worldwide is alarming some global investors, who say protests from Hong Kong and Lebanon to Chile are forcing them to be more cautious even though the impact on [...] » More
Britain says it is concerned by escalation of violence in HK
Britain’s Foreign Office said on Monday it was concerned about the escalation of violence between protesters and police in Hong Kong and urged both sides to find a way [...] » More
HK protests haven’t hurt our profitability, say bank CEOs
Pro-democracy protests have hurt the Hong Kong economy, but the chief executives of two major banks said their businesses in the city have not been affected in a big way. [...] » More
HK leader says violence has far exceeded calls for democracy
Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam said on Monday the violence that is roiling the former British colony has exceeded protesters’ demands for democracy and [...] » More
HK’s Violence Will Get Worse
Hong Kong’s protests have seen their first death, and there will be more to come. After months of demonstrations over Beijing’s growing influence tore the city [...] » More
Security arrangements for Taiwan’s presidential candidates revealed
More than 300 security personnel will be deployed to protect Taiwan’s presidential candidates in the upcoming presidential election, the National Security Bureau (NSB) [...] » More
Poll suggests Tsai maintains lead even if PFP enters election
With the 2020 election just two months away, a poll shows incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has extended her lead over the [...] » More
‘Honeypots’ to help Taiwan fight cyberattacks
Inaugural US-Taiwan drill a response to heightened risks as attackers conceal origin Taiwan’s academic networks and intranets serving tertiary institutions and state [...] » More
Scammers target Filipino workers in Taiwan
Three major Taiwanese- and Filipino-run groups of scammers have allegedly swindled NT$24 million from Filipino workers in Taiwan, after persuading them to make fake [...] » More
Japan, Taiwan: Japanese Lawmakers Seek Greater Security Cooperation With Washington, Taipei
What Happened: A group of Japanese lawmakers is seeking to increase security cooperation with the United States and Taiwan in an attempt to push back against growing Chinese [...] » More
US bombing of Taiwan and Han’s ignorance
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, has said that Taiwan is a beautiful place, because the US armed forces did not [...] » More
Taiwan’s GDP expected to grow 2.45pct in 2020: think tank
On the back of expectations of eased trade tension between the United States and China, Taiwan, an export- oriented economy, is likely to see its gross domestic product (GDP) [...] » More
