Taiwan sees jump in China missile build-up
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said on Tuesday China now had 1,328 ballistic missiles aimed at the self-ruled island, up by more than a third from a previous estimate, further threatening stability in the Taiwan Strait.
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By George Hsu  Taiwan stocks, laggards in Asia since 2001, could catch up with regional markets next year as new products spur demand for video game consoles, computers and semiconductors.
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Taiwan, over the strong protests of China, is seeking to buy more than $400 million worth of missiles and parts from the United States to bolster its air defenses.
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Taiwan President President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday urged the European Union to maintain its arms embargo on China, saying Beijing&#39;s military buildup posed the biggest threat to regional peace.
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Taiwan's military is desperately trying to whip up public support for a plan to spend billions on a huge U.S. weapons deal it says is essential to fending off a Chinese attack.
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XIAMEN, China  - Just over a decade ago, China lobbed missiles into waters near Taiwan in an attempt to influence the island's presidential election. Troops were mobilized and fighter jets readied.
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Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun accused arch-foe China of sending surveillance ships into Taiwan and Japanese waters to prepare for a possible confrontation with the United States, newspapers said on Monday.
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The Chinese military, undeterred by a U.S. veto that blocked the purchase of Israeli planes, has developed its own radar surveillance aircraft and is test-flying the first models for early deployment in the Taiwan Strait.
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China has accused Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun of clamouring for war with threats to fire missiles at Shanghai if the People&#39;s Liberation Army (PLA) attacks the self-ruled island.
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China has kept quiet on Taiwan's recent   outbreak of street protests calling for the ouster of   independence-leaning President Chen Shui-bian because it fears   any strong reaction might backfire, analysts say.
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(InfoWorld) - Chinese companies will be welcome to exhibit at Taiwan's annual Computex IT next year, the show's organizers said Saturday. The announcement came as organizers revealed a 10 percent increase in the number of foreign visitors at this year's show compared to last year. About 33,000 visitors from overseas attended this year's fair versus 30,275 last year, said Walter Yeh, executive vice president of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, at a Taipei news conference held as the fair ended its five-day run. Local visitor numbers saw a more modest increase from 100,177 last year to around 103,000 this year, he said. Both figures were a little above organizer targets. The rise in visitor numbers is impressive given the weather that Taipei has been experiencing this week. The usually hot and humid weather seen during early June was replaced this year by day after day of torrential rain that has caused deadly landslides elsewhere on the island. "We will make good arrangements with heaven," Yeh said of Computex 2008. Next year's show will see exhibitors split between the four exhibition halls that currently house the expo and a new center some distance away. Organizers hope to arrange shuttle buses to take people between the sites and estimate it will take 15 minutes -- a possibly optimistic goal given anecdotal journey times this week of around 30 minutes. The organizers are yet to decide how they will split the show but promise the new space will mean next year's show will see around 4,500 booths versus the 2,926 at Computex 2007. Yeh said the show this year had waiting list about 500 companies long, so Computex 2008 should not only mean they are welcome but will also signal the opening of the show's doors to companies from China. Until now, Chinese companies have not been welcome at the Taiwanese show due to space issues, said Yeh. "We don't have enough space, but next year, we will have space," he said. "Some of their best manufacturers can be here, we will welcome them." Yeh added he is confident that Chinese companies will appear at Computex 2008. China and Taiwan separated in 1949 during a civil war between the Nationalist army of Chiang Kai-shek and the Communist forces of Mao Zedong. The two sides never reconciled, and China has repeatedly threatened to attack Taiwan if the island formally declares independence from the mainland.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 15 -- After six years of hesitation, Taiwan's legislature voted Friday night to approve only a small portion of an $18 billion arms package suggested by the Bush administration as the best way to gird the self-ruled island against any attack by China.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan  - Taiwan is getting jittery about a new push within the European Union to lift a 15-year Embargo on weapons sales to China - the communist giant that's been threatening to attack this tiny democratic island.
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BEIJING, March 4 -- China announced Sunday it will increase military spending at a sharply higher rate this year, budgeting a rise of nearly 18 percent, and a senior U.S. official immediately called for more clarity on what the expenditures are for.
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Asian shares rallied on Thursday, with Taiwan jumping more than 3 percent, as technology issues chased a rise in their U.S. peers and investors showed resilience to record oil prices.
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US concern is growing as China develops new nuclear submarines and more accurate missiles, a report says.
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The United States, Japan, and South Korea have increased security measures after detecting signs of a possible North Korean test launch of its Rohdong ballistic missile (range: approximately 1,300km).