Taiwan

A number of recent high-profile events such as the exit of Google and the controversial Rio Tinto trial highlight the risks associated with China's business environment. We... 2010-04-07

As widely anticipated, President Ma Ying-jeou was elected chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party on July 26. Ma lost this position back in 2007 following a corruption indictment... 2009-08-03

BMI View: Hopes that China may be able to tow Taiwan out of the island's economic predicament have clearly been bolstered by recent agreements signed by the two long-time rivals.... 2009-06-02

As we go to press there are news that the opposition, and pro-independence, Democratic Progressive Party, which was catapulted out of office in the 2008 elections, are planning a... 2009-05-11

Along with a number of regional currencies the Taiwan dollar has staged a brisk rebound in March, appreciating by some 4.0% versus the US dollar. Broad based greenback weakness and... 2009-03-26

BMI View: President Ma Ying-jeou certainly has his work cut out with the economy tanking and unemployment on the rise. We expect the Kuomintang (KMT) government to continue to adopt... 2009-03-20

Former President Chen Shui-bian pleaded innocent to charges of graft and money laundering on February 24, despite a number of his family members having confessed to related charges... 2009-03-11

BMI View: Cross-Strait relations remain on a benign path, with Beijing having made explicit references to the possibility of a peace agreement and defence co-operation in early March.... 2009-03-10

BMI View: The debilitating downturn in the economy will likely serve to reinforce disillusionment with the Kuomintang (KMT) government further, but given the very weak legislative... 2009-02-06

BMI View: Taiwan's third quarter GDP data came in on a very downbeat note, with the economy registering a contraction of 1.02% y-o-y, from an upwardly revised expansion of 4.56% in... 2008-11-28