Industry
Global Brand Challenges
Hurt by patent defeats and errant strategies, HTC has suffered through two gloomy quarters. CEO Peter Chou reveals four changes his company is making to right the ship.
Industry
Taiwan-Japan Synergy
Long the standard-bearer of the global LCD panel industry, Sharp has fallen on hard times. But it has been given new access to the global supply chain by teaming up with the Taiwan-based Hon Hai Group.
Insight
Charlie Tseng
LPGA superstar Yani Tseng reigns supreme in women's golf. Her father shares his secrets to raising a world champion.
Culture
Of Sports and CEOs
Many top Taiwanese execs stay actively engaged in the world of athletics, and the lessons they learn serve them well. What are the "golden rules" of management that sports can teach?
Culture
Jingmei Girls' Tug-of-War Team
Fourteen teenage girls, their features still childlike but their hands callused like construction workers, have shown the grit it takes to beat the most formidable athletes from around the globe.
Culture
'Linking Our Lives'
As a person who achieved a lot in her life, Lucie Cheng hardly ever talked about herself. Many of her friends in Taiwan were unaware that she propelled the field of Asian American studies in a new direction as the longtime director of the Asian American Studies Center at UCLA. Likewise, her friends in the United States did not know that she continued to help disadvantaged groups such as Asian migrant workers and immigrant spouses to make themselves heard in Taiwan.
Culture
Taiwan's annual "Spring Scream" music festival kicks off in Kenting on April 4. With a million visitors attending 20 such music festivals annually, an enormous spring-summer business op is blooming.