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Pegatron To Open Plants In Indonesia and Vietnam

January 27, 2020 by Jonathan Custer

Pegatron, the world’s second-largest contract manufacturer of electronics, announced plans to have new factories in Indonesia and Vietnam in operation by the end of the year. The company’s trying to reduce its reliance on its plants in China, where operating costs have risen due to higher labor costs and the U.S.-China trade war. Pegatron is among …

Taiwan Re-elects Tsai Ing-wen

January 11, 2020 by Jonathan Custer

Taiwan’s voters delivered a stinging rebuke of China’s rising authoritarianism on Saturday by re-electing President Tsai Ing-wen, who vowed to preserve the island’s sovereignty in the face of Beijing’s intensifying efforts to bring it under its control. Ms. Tsai’s victory highlighted how successfully her campaign had tapped into an electorate that is increasingly wary of …