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src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0428t/20160428_spil_bough-lin/4428117-1-eng-GB/20160428_spil_Bough-Lin_medium_thumbnail.png" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI -- Chip assembler Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) said Thursday that Beijing-backed tech conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup had withdrawn its offer to acquire a 25% stake in the Taiwanese company."The incoming government's policy remains </p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 10:52 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Equities/Taiwan-exchange-tapping-local-interest-in-foreign-shares">Taiwan exchange tapping local interest in foreign shares</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Equities/Taiwan-exchange-tapping-local-interest-in-foreign-shares"><img 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Acknowledging this appetite for overseas shares, the Taiwan Stock Exchange is intensifyin</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 08:20 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Team-Tsai-takes-shape-in-Taiwan">Team Tsai takes shape in Taiwan</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Team-Tsai-takes-shape-in-Taiwan"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0425t/20160425_taiwan_officials/4403683-1-eng-GB/20160425_taiwan_officials_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI -- Taiwanese President-elect Tsai Ing-wen has announced a string of appointments she hopes will help her navigate cross-strait relations and stimulate the economy. Tsai won the Jan. 16 election, in part, on a promise to protect Taiwan's s</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160428-Commodities-crucible/Politics-Economy/Team-Tsai-takes-shape-in-Taiwan">Team Tsai takes shape in Taiwan</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160428-Commodities-crucible/Politics-Economy/Team-Tsai-takes-shape-in-Taiwan"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0425t/20160425_taiwan_officials/4403683-1-eng-GB/20160425_taiwan_officials_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI Taiwanese President-elect Tsai Ing-wen has announced a string of appointments she hopes will help her navigate cross-strait relations and stimulate the economy. Tsai won the Jan. 16 election, in part, on a promise to protect Taiwan's so</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/First-death-in-suspected-Formosa-Plastics-toxic-leak">First death in suspected Formosa Plastics toxic leak</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/First-death-in-suspected-Formosa-Plastics-toxic-leak"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0427n/0427n-formosa-plastics/4422132-1-eng-GB/0427N-Formosa-Plastics_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> HO CHI MINH CITY -- Authorities have finally begun to deliberate on the apparent mass poisoning of sea life in open waters and fish farms along Vietnam's coast -- as well as the possibility of the related death of a diver. Evidence of poisoning </p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 07:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Taiwan-s-godfather-of-retail-eyes-supermarket-revolution">Taiwan's godfather of retail eyes supermarket revolution</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Taiwan-s-godfather-of-retail-eyes-supermarket-revolution"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0427n/0427n-chuan-lian-taipei/4420920-1-eng-GB/0427N-Chuan-Lian-Taipei_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI -- Taiwan's Hsu Chung-jen, credited with bringing convenience stores to the island, now seeks to remake the supermarket industry there, using his deep retail expertise and hints from Japan. The father of Taiwan's retail industry in 2014 b</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 06:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Foxconn-Sharp-focus-on-robotics-and-China-sales">Foxconn, Sharp focus on robotics and China sales</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Foxconn-Sharp-focus-on-robotics-and-China-sales"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0427t/20160427_hon_hai_sharp_executives/4420692-1-eng-GB/20160427_Hon_hai_sharp_executives_medium_thumbnail.png" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI -- Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, said on Wednesday that it was focusing on robotics technology to help turn around the embattled Japanese conglomerate Sharp Corporation and to boost the sal</p> <div class="date-area">April 27, 2016 11:30 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Weak-Apple-earnings-hit-suppliers-shares">Weak Apple earnings hit suppliers' shares</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Weak-Apple-earnings-hit-suppliers-shares"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0415n/0415n-iphone6s/4362542-1-eng-GB/0415N-iPhone6s_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI -- Shares in key Apple suppliers slid Wednesday after the U.S. tech giant announced its first quarterly revenue decline in 13 years. Shares in key iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry closed 0.87% lower at 79.5 New Taiwan dollars (</p> <div class="date-area">April 27, 2016 09:45 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Exclusive</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Taiwan-won-t-collude-with-China-on-East-China-Sea-DPP-heavyweight">Taiwan won't collude with China on East China Sea: DPP heavyweight</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Taiwan-won-t-collude-with-China-on-East-China-Sea-DPP-heavyweight"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0426n/0426n-taiwan-hsieh-chang-ting/4412882-2-eng-GB/0426N-Taiwan-Hsieh-Chang-ting_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI -- Taiwan's incoming Democratic Progressive Party-led government would never align with Beijing against Japan in their dispute over the East China Sea islands that all three sides lay claim to, says former Premier Frank Hsieh, who is slated t</p> <div class="date-area">April 27, 2016 05:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Equities/Apple-s-earnings-bombshell-sends-shares-of-Asian-suppliers-tumbling">Apple's earnings bombshell sends shares of Asian suppliers tumbling</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Equities/Apple-s-earnings-bombshell-sends-shares-of-Asian-suppliers-tumbling"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0427t/20160427_apple/4414944-1-eng-GB/20160427_Apple_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> HONG KONG/TOKYO -- After U.S. tech giant Apple's surprise announcement Tuesday that its revenue had dropped for the first time in 13 years in the first quarter of 2016, shares of Asian suppliers for Apple tumbled. On the Taiwanese market, the st</p> <div class="date-area">April 27, 2016 12:50 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Formosa-Plastics-suspected-of-toxic-leak-in-Vietnam">Formosa Plastics suspected of toxic leak in Vietnam</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Formosa-Plastics-suspected-of-toxic-leak-in-Vietnam"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0426n/0426n-vietnam-dead-fish/4414216-1-eng-GB/0426N-vietnam-dead-fish_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> HO CHI MINH CITY/TAIPEI -- A steel unit of Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group has been accused of causing serious pollution that has blighted fisheries off north-central Vietnamese provinces by releasing untreated wastewater into a nearby</p> <div class="date-area">April 27, 2016 01:07 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/LG-Display-faces-pressure-of-Foxconn-Sharp-alliance">LG Display faces pressure of Foxconn-Sharp alliance </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TAIPEI -- Hon Hai Precision Industry's aim to snatch more Apple orders with its $3.5 billion takeover of embattled Japanese electronics giant Sharp could turn the key iPhone assembler into a force to be reckoned with in the panel sector, said LG Dis</p> <div class="date-area">April 26, 2016 11:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Taiwan-s-top-academic-offers-to-step-down-amid-insider-trading-probe">Taiwan's top academic offers to step down amid insider trading probe</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Taiwan-s-top-academic-offers-to-step-down-amid-insider-trading-probe"><img src="/web/20160505034957im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0425t/20160425_wong/4406486-2-eng-GB/20160425_Wong_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI -- The president of Taiwan's top research agency, Academia Sinica, on Monday offered to step down before his term is up in October amid an ongoing probe into his role in an insider trading scandal that also involves a brother of Taiwanese Pre</p> <div class="date-area">April 25, 2016 10:50 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505034957/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/MediaTek-says-so-far-so-good-but-warns-of-second-half">MediaTek says so far so good, but warns of second half</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> HSINCHU, Taiwan -- MediaTek, the biggest mobile chip supplier to China, is hopeful for a solid first-half due to strong appetite for low-end and mid-range smartphones in emerging markets, but remains cautious for the latter half of the year. 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