Sumitomo Electric, Asahi Glass

Making Taiwan Their Springboard to China

Sumitomo has picked Taiwan as its first overseas production base. And Japan’s largest glass maker AGC is setting up a new furnace for flat panel glass substrates in Taiwan instead of China. What are the advantages informing their strategies?

New Investment Wave

Japanese Companies Catch Taiwan Fever

Japanese investment in Taiwan soared 67 percent last year to US$400 million, and more companies have plans to jump in. What is it that’s drawing them to Taiwan?

Cross-strait Trade

China’s Inflation Hits Taiwan’s Dinner Tables

With massive quantities of Taiwanese agriculture and fish being exported to China, domestic food prices are on the rise. As of now, China decides the cost of dinner in Taiwan. In the age of ECFA, is Taiwan trading exports for inflation?

The 'Ant Tribe' of Taiwan

Soaring housing prices have squeezed even average income earners out of the market and forced them to crowd into tiny apartments like ants. What can be done to ease their predicament?

New Hope for the Ant Tribe?

Social Housing Gets in Gear

In Taipei real estate prices have gone through the roof. But now several new social housing projects are to be built to give Taiwan's "ant tribe" an affordable place to live. What are the possible pitfalls?

Interior Minister Jiang Yi-huah

A Public Sector Prescription for Housing Ills

In an exclusive interview, Taiwan's Interior Minister contemplates the pressing concerns of the island's sky-high real estate market, and the policy options that can help make housing more affordable.