TSMC announced late last month that it would no longer be considering Longtan as a possible location for fab construction. This took place after the company–the major Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing giant–previously considered building facilities in the Longtan Science Park...
The Taoyuan mayoral debate took place earlier this week. The debate pitted the four major candidates–legislator Cheng Yun-peng of the DPP, former DPP legislator Cheng Pao-ching, legislator Lai Hsiang-ling of the TPP, and Simon Chang of the KMT–against each other...
Earlier this month, on November 3rd, President Tsai Ing-wen called for an end to “black gold” politics in an appeal to voters to place their votes for the DPP’s county magistrate candidates in Yilan, Miaoli, and Nantou. This is significant, in that this reflects that the DPP has chosen an angle of attack that will focus on the KMT over issues of corruption...
The question of who the DPP and KMT intend to field as their mayoral candidates in Taipei and Taoyuan has come under scrutiny in recent days, as the primary season comes to a close before nine-in-one elections later this year...
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen announced that former premier William Lai will be her vice presidential nominee for 2020 presidential elections on November 17th. To this extent, KMT presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu announced earlier this month that his vice-presidential candidate will be Simon Chang...