The “America First” economic agenda is moving from campaign rhetoric to policy direction: favoring domestic production, sharpening trade selectivity, and redefining what supply-chain sovereignty means ...

In recent years, the rapid expansion of AI, semiconductor manufacturing, and data centers has significantly increased electricity demand in Taiwan. As a result, the availability, cost structure, and ...

In an era where AI and big data are transforming every industry, even the creation of a single seed is entering a new phase of intelligence. Founded in 1968, Known-You Seed — a company built on ...

With impending U.S. tariffs poised to affect Taiwan’s traditional industries, the Taiwan government in May launched a NT$93 billion support plan covering nine key areas, including the island’s ...

As 2025 draws to a close, we enter a year marked by both celebration and uncertainty. In 2026, the United States will commemorate the 250th anniversary of its founding — a moment for Americans and ...

Over the past decade, Taiwan’s renewable energy sector has made significant progress, and the Taiwan Renewable Energy Alliance（台灣再生能源推動聯盟, TRENA) has been a supporting force of this transformation.

Trump’s renewed trade push has put Taiwan on shifting tariff terrain, with legal uncertainty and sectoral duties reshaping bilateral negotiations. How semiconductor tariffs unfold could be pivotal for ...

Early this year, Taiwan’s legislature passed a set of amendments to the Labor Standards Act (LSA), Taiwan’s core statute governing labor and employment. These amendments, which were officially ...

Taiwan’s life expectancy and infant mortality rates appear to lag behind its neighbors. But a closer look at the data reveals a more complex story influenced by changing reporting practices and ...

Taiwan’s three Science-based Industrial Parks – the Hsinchu Science Park in northern Taiwan, Central Taiwan Science Park centered in Taichung, and Southern Taiwan Science Park centered in Tainan – ...

The lucrative industry of hand-shaken tea beverages has received attention from the Taiwan government, human rights groups, and the island’s many entrepreneurs. But with the growing politicization of ...

TOPICS editors sat down with Lan Tsu-wei, president of the Taiwan Film & Audiovisual Institute (TFAI), to talk about the development of Taiwanese cinema, its relationship to the world and society, and ...