Taiwan Economy

Philippines fears for workers in Taiwan amid row

17 May 2013

The Philippine envoy to Taiwan on Thursday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island over the shooting death of a...

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Taiwan curbs on the Philippines 'to cost HK$2.3b'

17 May 2013

The sanctions slapped on the Philippines by Taiwan in the escalating row over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman are expected to cost Manila an estimated NT$9 billion (HK$2.33 billion) in lost...

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Tide turns in capital flow

22 Mar 2013

Taiwan's tycoons are reining in 20 years of expansion on the mainland to invest at home, pressuring the central bank to stem gains in the local currency as strategists see it rising more than the...

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Daunting tasks await new Taiwanese premier Jiang Yi-huah

8 Feb 2013

Critics are already questioning whether Jiang, 53, will be able to hold on to the post longer than his predecessor, Sean Chen, who submitted his resignation to Ma late last month for "health...

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Business Digest, February 1, 2013

1 Feb 2013

German carmaker Daimler is planning to buy a 10-20 per cent stake in the passenger car unit of its Chinese partner BAIC Group.

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No hope in Taiwan for future under President Ma Ying-jeou

9 Jan 2013

Life was so miserable in Taiwan last year that many people have lost hope for the future, even though the island's government is forecasting economic growth of 3.8 per cent this year.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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A Bad Week for ... , November 25, 2012

Ma Ying-jeou

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Ma Ying-jeou cuts special allowances, but not his pay

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday he would cut his annual special allowances by NT$10 million (HK$2.65 million) to stem criticism from opposition legislators.

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