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  • Industry Focus

    Will Taichung’s Airport be Expanded?

    Matthew Fulco/May 17, 2017May 10, 2017 /Leave a comment
  • Industry Focus

    Is Shutting Songshan Airport a Flight of Fancy?

    Matthew Fulco/May 16, 2017May 15, 2017 /Leave a comment
  • Life in Taiwan

    Taipei Preparing for its Universiade Moment

    Chris Horton/May 15, 2017May 10, 2017 /Leave a comment
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    Taiwan Looks Southward

    Jane Rickards/May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 /Leave a comment
  • Cover Stories

    Asia·Silicon Valley – Don’t Forget the Dot!

    Tim Ferry/May 8, 2017May 10, 2017 /Leave a comment

Cover Stories

Saving Resources with a Circular Economy

Philip Liu/May 15, 2017May 11, 2017 /Leave a comment
Wikipedia defines a circular economy as a “regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimized by slowing, closing, and narrowing material and energy loops. This can be achieved through...
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Developing High-value, Innovative Agriculture

Philip Liu/May 15, 2017May 11, 2017 /Leave a comment

Defense Industry Focus on Fighter-trainers and Submarines

Tim Ferry/May 11, 2017May 10, 2017 /Leave a comment

Industry Focus

The Collapse of TransAsia Airways

Matthew Fulco/May 18, 2017May 10, 2017 /Leave a comment
Behind the two crashes that sank the company were some critical business mistakes.  For Taiwan’s erstwhile No. 3 carrier, TransAsia Airways, the end came mercifully. For nearly two years before it declared bankruptcy last November,...
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Uber’s on the Road Again

Matthew Fulco/May 18, 2017May 10, 2017 /Leave a comment

Hengchun Airport Longs to Get Flights Off the Ground

Matthew Fulco/May 17, 2017May 23, 2017 /Leave a comment

Issues

After much controversy, a revised Labor Standards Law has now been enacted in Taiwan.

Regulating the Workplace

Don Shapiro/May 5, 2017May 9, 2017 /Leave a comment
Company HR representatives cite an urgent need for greater flexibility. When Deputy Labor Minister Liau Huei-Fang accepted an invitation from AmCham Taipei’s Human Resources Committee to exchange views with Committee members about recently implemented amendments...
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Nuclear Freeze vs. Carbon Abatement

Tim Ferry/May 5, 2017May 8, 2017 /Leave a comment

A Dual Nationality Option

Don Shapiro/April 12, 2017April 17, 2017 /Leave a comment

Behind the News

Taiwan Looks Southward

Jane Rickards/May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 /Leave a comment
The government is seeking to strengthen trade, investment, tourism, education, and cultural relations with South and Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia may be close to Taiwan geographically, but Taiwanese traditionally tended to see its people as...
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Getting the Taiwan Economy Back on Course

N. Mark Lam/April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 /3 Comments
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APEC: Taiwan’s Most Important International Forum

Chris Horton/February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 /Leave a comment

Editorial

An Opportunity for Progress in U.S.-Taiwan Trade

AmCham Taipei/May 5, 2017May 9, 2017 /Leave a comment
Among the flurry of executive orders signed by U.S. President Donald Trump since taking office was one issued March 31 aimed at reducing the American trade deficit with countries with which the United States runs...
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Giving Taiwan its Due

AmCham Taipei/March 10, 2017March 10, 2017 /Leave a comment

Make Full Use of Join.gov.tw

AmCham Taipei/February 9, 2017February 13, 2017 /Leave a comment

Taiwan Business

What Competence do Taiwan Talents Need for Good Jobs? 

William Zyzo/May 16, 2017May 10, 2017 /Leave a comment
When I arrived in a vibrant Taipei at the end of 1990, the young professionals I met were upwardly mobile and full of hope. Learning English was all the rage, and they diligently studied English...
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 “Asia’s New Bay Area” Takes Shape in Kaohsiung

E. Michael Smith/February 15, 2017February 16, 2017 /1 Comment
Fast food chains in Taiwan range from Western pizzas and burgers to traditional dumplings. (Photo: Bafang Yunji)

Fast-Food Chains Thrive in Taiwan

Nina Sheridan/November 13, 2016November 14, 2016 /Leave a comment
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