Taiwan ETF growth tops the world, highlighting three major risks
High-dividend ETFs, once considered regular investment targets, have transformed into a speculative tool in Taiwan. With Taiwanese retail investors rushing to buy ETFs, boasting the world's highest five-year compound growth rate, what impact will this have on Taiwan's stock market?
How Taiwan's auto lighting king Depo breaks into Europe
For Depo Auto Parts Industrial Co., Taiwan's leading vehicle headlight supplier, the past two years have been its best yet in nearly a half-century thanks to finally cracking the European auto market—but only after a grinding 5-year campaign of rejections.
How the IC market is being shaped by two TSMC wizzes
Two TSMC technical wizzes, both faced with adversity. One stuck it out with the chip making giant, the other broke ties with the company, but both still have outsized impacts on the global chip industry. How are their fates different? Our veteran tech reporter observes.
How can China maintain 5% GDP growth with 'new productive forces'?
Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced in his report at the National People's Congress that the goal set for China's GDP growth in 2024 will be an ambitious 5%. In the face of China's homegrown housing crisis and its tensions with the U.S., how will China achieve its target?
How the Sunflower Movement changed Taiwan
A decade after the Sunflower Movement, Taiwan continues to drift apart from China. However, the new political landscape and third-party forces once highly anticipated have now taken divergent paths.
How can Taiwan’s National Health Insurance program be saved?
It has been almost 30 years since Taiwan instituted its National Health Insurance (NHI) program. On average, the Taiwanese visit doctors 18 times a year, but more of them are dying from diabetes than the Japanese or Koreans. The NHI is perpetually in the red, driving up costs for the patients, but they aren't getting healthier. What needs to change?