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‘COMPOSED COUNTENANCE’: Tsai Ing-wen permits no glimpse of her internal struggles, which characterizes a good general according to ‘The Art of War,’ UMC’s Robert Tsao saidBy Yang Cheng-yu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) founder and former chairman Robert Tsao (曹興誠) on Friday last week pledged to donate NT$3 billion (US$100 million) to help Taiwan protect itself from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggression. While still UMC chairman, Tsao gained a reputation for supporting unification with China and backing parties such as the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), the New Party and the People First Party, which have similar leanings. During a TV show on Monday, host Clara Chou (周玉蔻) asked Tsao which politicians he now supported. Tsao said he had supported the N...
United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) founder Robert Tsao (曹興誠) yesterday praised President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) as having the “composed countenance of a general” and promised to vote for “pragmatic independence worker” Vice President William Lai (賴清德). Tsao made the comments in an interview after making headlines on Friday for pledging to donate NT$3 billion (US$100 million) to help improve Taiwan’s military and digital defenses. In that announcement, he blasted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a “local ruffian” in a reversal from his previous rhetoric. Counteri...
Taiwanese manufacturers are facing unparalleled headwinds this year, stemming from heightened tensions in the Taiwan Strait, continuing global economic uncertainty and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, they are trying to keep investing in technology and new product development, even though many of them, especially those with greater exposure to the consumer electronics sector or the Chinese market, have a gloomy outlook amid expectations of severe order cuts and revenue declines. Behind this investment drive is the belief that maintaining technological leadership and innov...
Pegatron, an iPhone assembler, and United Microelectronics Corp have run damage control following recent reports after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, reflecting a tense cross-strait business environment.