Taiwan presidential hopeful eyes looser tech-transfer
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Frank Hsieh, the candidate of Taiwan&#39;s ruling Democratic Progressive Party in next March&#39;s presidential election, pledged Tuesday to loosen regulations covering the transfer of Taiwanese technology to China.Taiwanese companies face various hurdles in moving their operations to China and typically have to receive government approval before making chip investments on the mainland. The two nations separated in 1949 amid civil war, and Beijing has long threatened the use of force to take the island if it moves towards formal independence.Intel and other non-Taiwanese chip-makers investing in China face fewer administrative barriers.&quot;The degree of regulation is a problem so in terms of technology transfer I would like to loosen it if I become president and make it as loose as Intel,&quot; Hsieh said at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents&#39; Club of Japan in Tokyo.The exchange of chip-making technology to China is a hot issue in Taiwan, whose economy is influenced by major semiconductor makers.In October the founder and former chairman of United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), the world&#39;s second largest contract chip maker, were found not guilty of investing in and transferring technology to a Chinese chip maker. Earlier in the year a Taipei court overturned an NT$5 million (US$154,000) fine against UMC over the same deal with He Jian Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.Taiwan&#39;s presidential election is scheduled to take place on March 22, 2008.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is under  pressure to find ways to work with an opposition-dominated  parliament after his party suffered a surprise setback in  weekend legislative elections.
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Taiwan's president plans to make a key announcement, hoping to improve relations with China.
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TAIPEI President Chen Shui-bian promised voters a new constitution if his party wins control of Parliament in elections on Saturday that are seen as a referendum on his policy on relations with China.
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Recent comments by President Chen Shui-bian on the sensitive issue of Taiwan&#39;s name revealed his intention to steer the island toward independence, a Chinese government spokesman said.
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Taipei, Oct. 10 (NNN): Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian has said he is ready for talks with communist China on defusing military tension between the two countries.
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Presidential candidate's position paper calls for expanding a federal program to help tech workers hurt by offshore outsourcing.
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Election Day is less than two weeks away, but so far technology has yet to make more than the occasional cameo appearance on either presidential candidate's priority list.
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The founder and former chairman of the world&#39;s second largest contract chip maker was found not guilty of investing in and transferring technology to a Chinese chip maker, a Taiwanese court said Friday.Taiwan&#39;s Hsinchu District Court said there wasn&#39;t enough evidence to prove wrongdoing in the government&#39;s case against Robert Tsao. A former vice-chairman of United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), John Hsuan, and the head of a venture capital firm, Cheng Tun-chien, were also found not guilty in the case, the court said in a statement.The trio were&#160;indicted last year&#160;for allegedly investing in and transferring chip technology to Chinese chip maker He Jian Technology (Suzhou) Co. The executives and UMC repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the case. They have admitted to advising He Jian during its startup phase, but maintain that all help was within legal bounds. Prosecutors plan to appeal the verdict.Taiwan carefully controls chip investments to China, fearing it could lead to job losses on the island or that its technology could be used to bolster Chinese military might. The two separated in 1949 amid civil war, and Beijing has long threatened the use of force to take the island if it moves towards formal independence. Due to their strained relationship,&#160;Taiwan chip makers are required to receive government approval&#160;before investing in or transferring chip-related technology to China.The verdict is the second setback for the Taiwan government so far this year in its efforts to enforce regulations governing Taiwanese chip investments to China. In July, a Taipei court overturned an NT$5 million (US$154,000) fine against UMC, also citing a lack of evidence that it invested in He Jian.The court actions underline a rift among Taiwanese in their dealings with China. Some people on the island, which share linguistic and cultural ties to China, are working towards independence as a way to safeguard democratic reforms that have taken hold in Taiwan over the past two decades. Others view China as their homeland, and are working to ensure Taiwan unites with the mainland and takes part in its economic boom.Last year, UMC said a 15 percent stake in He Jian that the Chinese chip maker offered as payment for help establishing the company was put into a trust. The payment was part of UMC&#39;s efforts to make sure its shareholders benefitted from the growth of He Jian.UMC Chairman Jackson Hu has repeatedly referred to He Jian as UMC&#39;s partner in China, and said UMC will refer its customers to He Jian when they&#39;re looking for some chip work to be done in China.&#160;
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Analysis: Every campaign has a site, but this presidential candidate uses technology effectively to connect with voters.
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President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan, in a conciliatory gesture aimed at China's newly consolidated leadership, proposed a fresh start Sunday on long-suspended talks to improve relations and lower tension across the Taiwan Strait.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian proposed  on Tuesday to define direct transport links with rival China as  cross-Strait routes, in a bid to bypass a longstanding  political dispute, but Beijing is likely to ignore him.
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China faces an intractable problem in  dealing with Taiwan's independence ambitions and is almost  certainly counting on Washington to rein in the island after  legislative elections this weekend, analysts in Beijing say.
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Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang, the top figure in the pro-independence administration of Chen Shui-bian, announced on Sunday he would seek his party's nomination for the 2008 presidential election.
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If Vice President Annette Lu is the Margaret Thatcher of the feisty island of Taiwan _ unyielding, immensely quotable and never taking any intellectual prisoners _ then easygoing Chen
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The 2008 presidential candidate of  Taiwan&#39;s ruling party appealed on Monday for U.S. understanding  of the island&#39;s frustration at being isolated by China and  vowed efforts to restore dialogue with Beijing.
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Taiwan votes Saturday in high-stakes legislative elections likely to reinforce President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s drive to bestow more trappings of independence on this self