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Momentum is building in Taiwan to lessen its business dependency on China, its biggest trading partner. Doing so will not be easy.
Taiwan's financial exposure to China dropped sharply by the end of May, as concerns grow over China's slowing economy and political instability, Focus Taiwan reported.The Financial Supervisory ...
BEIJING: China has a "plentiful" toolbox to avoid an economic slump in the second half of the year, its commerce minister said Friday as he admitted it faced a "very severe and complex situation".
China is Taiwan’s largest trading partner, yet Beijing’s options for punishing the island’s economy are somewhat limited. That’s because the most extreme measures it could take — like a ...
Taiwan imports nearly all its energy, leaving it vulnerable to blockades. The election's outcome could impact relations between China and the United States and also affect decisions on investment ...
When Tsai Ing-wen took office on May 20 as Taiwan’s first female president, most observers listened for what she would say about Taiwan’s relations with China. Instead, Ms. Tsai focused her ...
China soon announced that effective this year, it was suspending preferential treatment of 12 petrochemical products from Taiwan, allegedly in response to Taiwanese tariffs on such goods from China.
China’s economy expanded more than 5 percent in the second quarter, official data showed yesterday, buoyed by strong exports, ...
WASHINGTON – Tensions over Taiwan, Russia's war in Ukraine and clashes over the economy dominated a call between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday. The planned call ...
Taiwan’s strongest economic expansion in a decade cooled in the first quarter, with lockdowns in China posing new challenges to growth in the months ahead. Gross domestic product rose 3.06% in ...
If China invades Taiwan, the U.S. won’t necessarily respond with missiles, but with crippling economic sanctions. And that could plunge China into a long, harsh economic winter.
Taiwan is reportedly considering a $15 billion military package to strengthen its military against China, while the U.S. and Taiwan have agreed to spend over $2 billion in American weapons ...