Taiwan

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou caused a storm recently when he mooted the idea of signing a peace treaty with China within the next decade. In our view, this is clearly a pre-election... 2011-10-28

Taiwan's industrial and trade activity exhibits clear signs of slowing. Industrial production and exports are unlikely to hold up in the coming quarters as a retardation in global economic... 2011-09-28

Taiwan's incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou once again would need to tread carefully on the island's fragile cross-strait policy. Ma faces a tough balancing act in keeping the electorate... 2011-07-29

Taiwan's headline consumer price inflation (CPI) accelerated in May to 1.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) from 1.3% in April, hitting the highest level in 15 months. The pace of increase was... 2011-06-30

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou on June 19 named incumbent Premier Wu Den-yih as his running partner for his re-election bid in the January 2012 polls. Wu has strong connections to... 2011-06-30

Labour market conditions in South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore appear to be firmer than those in Hong Kong. We believe Hong Kong's unemployment rate has bottomed out, and this relative... 2011-06-23

The emerging Asian growth boom is beginning to show signs of succumbing to the stresses of high oil prices, higher interest rates, stronger currencies, and the supply chain disruptions... 2011-06-21