Cease-Fire in the China-Taiwan Chip War?
BusinessWeek - Mon Nov 9, 12:16 pm ETAfter years of legal feuding between Taiwan's TSMC and China's SMIC, the chipmakers' latest round of fighting may be coming to an end
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Taiwan's October Exports Hit One-year High
Industry Week - Mon Nov 9, 11:23 am ETExports to China and Hong Kong rose 10.6% from last year.
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China envoy in talks in Taiwan: official
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 3, 12:04 pm ETA high-ranking envoy from China met his Taiwanese counterpart here on Tuesday ahead of a fresh round of negotiations between the once bitter rivals, officials said.
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Two Earthquakes Hit Taiwan In Two Hours
OfficialWire - Fri Nov 6, 8:42 am ETTwo earthquakes less than two hours apart Thursday jolted Nantou County in central Taiwan, the China Earthquake Networks Center said. There were no initial reports of major damage from the earthquakes, which measured 5.9 and 5.4 on the Richter scale, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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China sex-expert to help Taiwan pandas to breed
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 3, 11:03 pm ETA Chinese panda expert has vowed to lend Taiwan a helping hand after two members of the low-libido species spent nearly a year at Taipei Zoo showing no inclination to breed, local media said Wednesday.
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Taiwan Firm Positioned for E-Reader Takeoff
New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 4:56 am ETWith the market for electronic book readers set to take off, things are looking up for a little-known Taiwanese company that will probably supply most of the “e-paper” they use, The New York Times’s Jonathan Adams writes.
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Taiwan, China Plan Aviation Talks by Year End, CNA Reports
Bloomberg - Sun Nov 1, 8:06 pm ETNov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Taiwanese and Chinese aviation officials plan to meet by the end of the year to discuss issues including the carriage of transit cargo on regular cross strait flights, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported on its Web Site, citing Lee Lung-wen, director-general of the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Taiwan Semi Wins $200 Million Over Trade Secrets, Lawyers Say
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 10:40 pm ETNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. , the world’s largest custom-chipmaker, was awarded $200 million and an undisclosed amount of stock and warrants under an agreement with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
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Tingyi to Sell Taiwan Depositary Receipts as China Ties Improve
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 2, 7:51 pm ETNov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. , the Taiwan family business that has become China’s biggest noodle producer, plans to sell equity on the island’s bourse as relations with China strengthen.
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Semiconductor Trade Secrets Case Settles for $200 Million
Law.com via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 10, 3:03 am ETSemiconductor rivals TSMC and SMIC came to a settlement agreement Monday as they headed into the damages phase of an acrimonious trade secrets trial. China's SMIC will pay Taiwan's TSMC $200 million plus an undisclosed amount of stock and warrants, according to TSMC's lead trial counsel, Jeffrey Chanin of Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco.
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China Deputy Envoy Zheng Arrives in Taiwan, United Daily Says
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 2, 7:11 pm ETNov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- China’s deputy cross-Strait envoy Zheng Lizhong arrived in Taiwan yesterday and will meet today with Kao Kong-lian, Taiwan’s deputy representative to the mainland, the United Daily News reported on its Web site today, without saying where it got the information.
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SMIC Settles All Pending Lawsuits with TSMC: Anticipates No Disruption to Customers
redOrbit - Tue Nov 10, 6:14 am ETSHANGHAI, China, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (the "Company" or "SMIC") today announced that it entered into a settlement agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
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More Asia and the Pacific Pages
Heritage Foundation - Mon Nov 9, 5:02 pm ETPerhaps the most prominent reaction to progress in trade and investment talks between China and Taiwan is that the dialogue is long overdue. From Taiwan's perspective, such an assessment turns out to be exactly right--cross-straits economic liberalization is overdue . In pure economic terms, it would have been far better for Taiwan if liberalization had occurred 15 or so years ago.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Wins Suit Against SMIC in U.S. (Update3)
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 4, 1:15 pm ETTaiwan Semiconductor’s U.S. unit accused its rival, China’s biggest chipmaker , of causing more than $1 billion in damages by using 65 of its trade secrets and breaching a 2005 agreement, Jeffrey Chanin , an attorney for the Hsinchu, Taiwan-based company, said in an interview.
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Taiwan Government Bans Foreign Investment In Time Deposits
Nasdaq - Tue Nov 10, 7:32 am ETTAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan's financial regulator said Tuesday it is banning foreign investors from putting money in time deposits. The ban is effective immediately, and foreign investors can't extend their existing time deposits, the Financial Supervisory Commission said in a statement.
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Taiwan president presses for more English in college
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 6:36 pm ETTaiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou called Sunday for more university classes to be taught in English if the island is to attract talented foreign students.
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