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Taiwanese life insurers post higher profits thanks to new rules
Taipei Times
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July 10, 2025
Taiwan’s biggest life insurers yesterday posted profits for last month after the regulator rolled out new rules to allow companies to access extra reserves to offset shortfalls from gains in the local currency. Cathay Life Insurance Co (國泰人壽)...
Taiwanese firm eyes East African market
Daily News Tanzania
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July 10, 2025
Home/Business/Taiwanese firm eyes East African market DAR ES SALAAM: ACER Inc. has announced its expansion into the East African market in what the company calls a bold move to bring a wide range of products aimed at meeting the growing needs of...
Members of Hong Kong Independence Group Arrested, Charges Include Over Flag-Raising Ceremony in Taipei
New Bloom Magazine
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July 10, 2025
語言: English Photo Credit: Brian Hioe HONG KONG POLICE claim that they have arrested four individuals aged 15 to 47 over a pro-independence organization that advocates for Hong Kong independence. What proves unusual, however, is that they claim...
Ørsted secures $3 billion funding for Taiwanese offshore wind cluster
Windpower Monthly
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July 10, 2025
Danish developer Ørsted has finalised funding for the Greater Changhua 2a and 2b offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The firm said the roughly TWD 90 billion ($3 billion) in funding was achieved with the help of 25 banks and five export credit...
Taiwanese Actor Chen Bo-lin To Tie The Knot With Singer Chen Ting-Hsuan?
Hype Malaysia
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July 10, 2025
Arguably, marriage is the highest level a relationship can reach — a formal commitment to a shared future. And on the 9th July (Wednesday), it was revealed that beloved actor Chen Bo-lin (陳柏霖) had recently been looking for restaurants that hold...
Financing in Place for 632MW Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore Engineer News
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July 10, 2025
Jul 10, 2025 (Credit: Ørsted) Ørsted has reached financial close on a project finance package for the 632 MW Greater Changhua 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, having signed agreements with 25 banks and five Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). With the...
Air-raid drill held at Taipei PX Mart
Focus Taiwan
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July 10, 2025
Three PX Mart supermarkets across Taiwan held emergency air-raid drills on Thursday as part of “National Unity Month,” which runs until the end of July. At a branch in Taipei’s Xinyi District -- one of over a thousand locations operated by the...
China’s blacklist of Taiwanese companies backfires, exposes weak leverage
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 10, 2025
Taipei [Taiwan], July 10 (ANI): China's Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday announced export restrictions against eight Taiwanese companies, a move analysts described as largely symbolic and unlikely to have a significant commercial impact, Focus...
Taipei welcomes Filipino travel influencers as visa-free travel policy launches
Philstar
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July 10, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — As the Taiwan-Philippines mutual visa exemption policy officially takes effect on July 1, the Taipei City Government’s Department of Information and Tourism (DOIT) marks this milestone by inviting two of the Philippines’ most...
Taiwanese University Expands Taiwan-US Academic Exchange in Silicon Valley
The Epoch Times
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July 9, 2025
President Ching-Yu Yang of National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (7th L), Vice President Shu-Ling Hsieh (6th L), Director Hong-Wei Yen of the TECO Science and Technology Division (8th L), Director Ching-Feng Tung of the TECO...
Key Taipei-New Taipei bridge to close briefly for Han Kuang drills
Focus Taiwan
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July 10, 2025
Taipei, July 10 (CNA) A key bridge linking Taipei and New Taipei will be temporarily closed next week for a military drill simulating efforts to prevent enemy forces from advancing into the capital, a source told CNA Wednesday as part of the...
Taiwanese metalworking company selects Kershaw County for first North American location
WIS 10 - South Carolina
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July 9, 2025
LUGOFF, S.C. (WIS) - A Taiwanese company announced Wednesday that Kershaw County will be the location of their first North American facility. Eurocharm Group is a metalworking supplier that creates medical equipment as well as automotive and...
Taipei’s top office market shows signs of slowing, JLL says
Taipei Times
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July 9, 2025
Taipei’s Grade-A office market showed signs of deceleration last quarter, as firms took a more cautious stance amid rising global trade tensions and a strengthening New Taiwan dollar, real-estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Taiwan said on...
Taiwanese company to open manufacturing facility in Kershaw County, bringing around 50 new jobs
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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July 9, 2025
LUGOFF — A metalworking supplier headquartered in Taiwan is opening its first U.S. facility in the Midlands. The $12 million investment by Eurocharm Group will create 46 jobs, according to a news release. The facility is located at 412 Groves St....
Taiwanese film editor Hu Yang-hua reflects on Hollywood journey
Focus Taiwan
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July 9, 2025
Los Angeles, July 8 (CNA) "Editing is an invisible art," Taiwanese film editor Hu Yang-hua (胡仰華) told CNA Tuesday, after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited him and four other Taiwanese film professionals to join the...
Taipei is eager to show the world, especially its key security backer Washington, that it is serious about boosting its military capability
Barron News Shield - Wisconsin
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Barron, WI (54812) Today Areas of patchy fog early. Sunny to partly cloudy. High 81F. Winds light and variable.. Tonight Clear to partly cloudy. Low around 60F. Winds light and variable. Updated: July 9, 2025 @ 3:07 am
Taiwanese composer first Asian to win at Apulia Soundtrack Awards
Taipei Times
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July 8, 2025
Taiwanese composer Chiang Yi-chen (江宜臻) has become the first Asian and first woman to win an award at Italy's Apulia Soundtrack Awards. She received the Emerging Composer award at this year's event, which ran from Friday to Sunday last week....
China bans dual-use exports to Taiwanese entities
Taipei Times
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July 9, 2025
China yesterday placed the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology and seven Taiwanese companies on its export control list to “safeguard national security interests,” although some of the firms said that the change would have a limited...
Taiwanese composer becomes 1st Asian winner at Apulia Soundtrack Awards
Focus Taiwan
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July 9, 2025
Taipei, July 9 (CNA) Taiwanese composer Chiang Yi-chen (江宜臻) has become the first Asian and the first woman to win an award at Italy's Apulia Soundtrack Awards, held July 4-6. Chiang received the Emerging Composer Award and said at the ceremony...
China adds several Taiwanese groups to export control list
AzerNews
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July 9, 2025
By Alimat Aliyeva The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China has recently added eight Taiwanese organizations to its export control list, citing the need to safeguard national security and core interests, Azernews reports. Among...