Taiwan friends remember father of Biden appointee
By Chien Hui-ju and Peng Wan-hsin / Staff reporters
The name of Taiwanese American Tim Wu (吳修銘), a Columbia University professor set to join US President Joe Biden’s administration, has significance for Taiwan, family friends said, as they recalled time spent with Wu’s father, Alan Wu Ming-ta (吳明達), in the US and Canada during the 1970s.
On March 5, Biden nominated Tim Wu, a second-generation Taiwanese American, to be his special assistant for technology and competition policy.
Alan Wu named his eldest son “Tim,” an acronym for “Taiwan independence movement,” said Strong Chuang (莊秋雄), former chairman of World United Formosans for Independence (WUFI)-USA.
Biden appoints professor with Taiwanese roots
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OPPO hunts for global media strategy lead Details 05 March 2021
OPPO is currently on the hunt for a global media strategy lead, who will be based in Shenzhen, to shape the overall media strategy direction and improve its campaigns to be more integrated, effective and efficient. The individual will report to global media director Jan Harling.
According to Harling in a LinkedIn post, the global media strategy lead is responsible for turning data into actionable insights and formulating media strategies with the overall communication and business goals as the top priority. He or she will also work closely with product, website, social and PR teams to align and successively improve OPPO’s approach on audiences, competitors and business insights.
Nation posts record trade surplus in Q4
VIRUS ECONOMY: Taiwan recorded an increased current account surplus largely due to demand for devices used for remote working and online learning, the central bank said
Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan posted a record balance of payments surplus in the fourth quarter of last year, as the central bank intervened in the local foreign-exchange market to reduce volatility faced by the New Taiwan dollar, the central bank said on Friday.
Last quarter, the central bank registered a US$27.84 billion increase in asset reserves, or balance of payments surplus a new quarterly high as the bank sought to slow the appreciation of the NT dollar by buying US dollars.
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