Survey
2012: Fragile Recovery in Store
Export-oriented Taiwan is hoping to keep 2012 GDP growth above 4 percent, but with major economies around the world stagnant, domestic demand will be the key.
Survey
2011 Top 1000 CEO Survey
While mostly pessimistic about the coming year, Taiwan's top executives strongly back President Ma Ying-jeou's policies on China and the economy. Yet a divergence of viewpoints exists between CEOs and the general public.
Industry
Taiwan's Food & Beverage Industry
With the once gleaming high-tech sector losing its luster, the thriving hospitality industry is luring both jobseekers and investors, as more chain restaurants go public to tap the capital market.
Industry
Smartphones and tablet computers with tiny dimensions but full of features are forecast to become the "hottest ticket" in the IT industry. This while an "M-shaped smartphone market curve" is expected to become the defining trend in this sector.
International
The Four Newly Industrialized Economies
The Four Little Dragons of East Asia have grown up. From centers of contract manufacturing, they have metamorphosed into centers of finance and trade – the "NIE-4" of Asia. But how can they parlay their wealth into equity and happiness?
Politics & Society
Four Little Dragons – Taiwan
In Taiwan salaries have hit rock bottom, and economic transformation has stalled. But while it is taking up the rear in the march of the Four Little Dragons, Taiwan remains Asia's champion in terms of diversity, freedom and democracy.