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Vol. 506 / Content

Taiwan: Low-tax Paradise for the Rich

Vol. 506

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Industry

Kenda Rubber Industrial

Return of the Tire Maker

After moving production to China in 1988, Kenda quickly became the third largest bicycle tire maker in the world. Yet last year they moved their car tire production back to Taiwan. Given the higher costs, why did they insist on returning home?

Industry

From Container Port to Tourism Magnet

Keelung Battles to Change Identity

Decades ago, Keelung was the world's seventh biggest container port. Today, it aspires to become a tourism center, but the challenges are daunting. Can it succeed?

Industry

Taiwan's Unfair Tax System: Helping the Rich Get Richer

NT$17 trillion in new wealth was created in Taiwan's equity and property markets from 2006 to 2010, but very little of it was taxed, a not-so-subtle indication of how far Taiwan's tax system has gone awry.

International

Taiwanese Industry Returns from China

Is Taiwan Ready to Embrace Its Lost Sons?

With China’s deteriorating investment climate, Taiwanese companies’ fever for their continental neighbor has cooled. More and more are packing up and coming home. But how can Taiwan attract the cream of the crop?

Insight

Labor Affairs Minister Wang Ju-hsuan

Higher Wages Better than More Foreign Labor

How should Taiwan entice enterprises that have moved abroad to come back home, while ensuring quality employment for Taiwanese workers? In the following exclusive interview, Wang Ju-hsuan, minister of the Council of Labor Affairs, tackles this thorny question.

Insight

Christina Liu and Lin Chuan

Straight Talk on Tax Code Reform

In exclusive interviews, two former finance ministers speak out on Taiwan's unbalanced tax policies, the daunting obstacles in the way of reform, and what is needed to cure the island's chronic revenue shortfalls.