News China launches sea-skimming Fujian railway, eyes future Taiwan link China has opened a 277km-long, high-speed coastal railway that saves land space by crossing ocean bays in the province of Fujian near the Taiwan Strait, Xinhua reports.
News Construction begins on MVRDV’s centre for Taiwan’s energy supplier Construction has begun on an operations centre designed by Dutch architect MVRDV for Taiwan’s state-owned energy supplier Located in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, near to Taichung City in western…
News Taiwan’s TSMC to invest €3.5bn in Dresden chip factory The board of Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC this week voted to invest €3.5bn in a factory in the east German city of Dresden. It said this investment would probably rise to…
News Taiwanese battery maker gets €1.5bn to build French plant The French government is to give €1.5bn to Taiwanese battery maker ProLogium to build a factory near Dunkirk. The company announced its intention to base its first large-scale overseas production…
News Taiwan chip giant to spend $2.9bn on plant for AI Chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will invest $2.9bn in a packaging facility in northern Taiwan, Reuters reports. “Packaging” in this context means placing a number of chips in…
News France and Taiwan finance $3.5m Ukrainian bridge Taiwan has announced that a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the Kyiv city government to build a $2.5m bridge to the city’s Obolon Island. Some $1m in funding…
News Taiwan concludes $1bn Shinkansen deal after four years of haggling Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) has announced plans to buy 12 of Japan’s latest model of bullet train for $935m, Japan News reports.
Perspectives Honduras switches to China in search of aid and infrastructure Honduras’ recent decision to break diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favour of China was driven by the country’s need for investment in construction and development, and the calculation that this was more likely to come from the People’s Republic.
News Taiwanese chip maker triples Arizona investment to $40bn Taiwanese chip maker TSMC will more than triple its investment in Phoenix, Arizona from $12bn announced in 2020 to $40bn by adding a second factory (called a “fab”) to produce…
News Fin-tech: Mott MacDonald to make Taiwan fish farm generate power Solar PV panels placed over fishponds will generate 180 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.