2017/02/22 |
Trump Expands Social Media Checks to Chinese; China Passes US on AI; Indonesia Teams with Twitter on Fake News; Kim Jong-nam's Exile Offer
Asia Morning Update: A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2018/05/11 |
ANALYSIS: How Facebook Is Damaging Myanmar's Fragile Democracy
Myanmar is becoming a forceful example of how unrestrained social media can polarize opinion and damage democracy.
2018/04/02 |
Taiwan Shapes Self-regulating Future for Crypto and Blockchain at BlockCity
The door remains open for Taiwan to be a global player in cryptocurrency and blockchain but wider public support may be needed if policymakers are to be convinced.
2017/09/05 |
Taiwan's Cities Get Smart: Embracing Internet of Things
New smart-city digital technologies involving the Internet of Things are being adopted by the nation’s largest cities and could help spur economic development through industrial transformation. Some of the leading examples so far are the eTag electronic toll collection system, the EasyCard payment platform, and the Wi-Fi system on the Taoyuan Metro. Under planning is a smart-machinery center in Taichung.
2017/08/07 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: New UN Sanctions on North Korea; Dick Cheney in Taiwan; Chinese Tourists in Nazi Salute Furor; Inner Mongolia Protests
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2016/10/05 |
Taiwan Tunes Out of TV
Low investment and lax regulations threaten the long-term survival of the domestic television industry.
2018/01/22 |
Why Even Digital Publishers Should 'Like' Facebook’s News Feed Change
Changes to Facebook's news feed will likely benefit users, advertisers and maybe even journalism.
2017/06/21 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: US Presses NK to Release Detained Americans; World's First Flexible Fingerprint Sensor; Strong Earthquake Hits Japan; Duterte Apologizes for Martial Law
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2018/06/29 |
OPINION: It's Time to Move Past Outdated Notions of Cyberspace and Cybersecurity
The conversation about cybersecurity must evolve to take account of state actors intent on furthering strategic aims.
2018/02/28 |
Tencent Takes on Staff-less Retail as Competition with Alibaba Hots up
Competition to lead in 'new retail' in China threatens to shape the shopping experience of the future.
2018/08/01 |
OPINION: It's Time to End the 'Fake News' Era
The term has a myriad different interpretations and we would be better off abandoning it.
2018/06/04 |
High Tech Profile: 5 Taiwanese Startups to Watch
From health to ride-hailing, media and travel, Taiwan has a number of startups on the up and up.
2018/03/30 |
China’s VPN Ban Takes Effect but Cat-and-Mouse Game Continues
This is not the first volley fired against virtual private networks, but stricter enforcement means that data leaving China is about to become less secure.
2018/05/23 |
Legislators Get On Board Taiwan’s Blockchain Bid
Block Guardian is a bi-weekly column from The News Lens and Blockcamp offering news and insight on crypto and token economics from Taiwan.
2018/07/26 |
ANALYSIS: Taiwan's Multipronged Quest for National Cybersecurity
Taiwan's unique position as a cyber threat hotspot presents an opportunity to galvanize its domestic cybersecurity industry.
2018/05/27 |
Data, Propaganda and Cambridge Analytica in Taiwan
In Taiwan's open society, government and political groups have embraced the use of Facebook as a barometer of public sentiment.