TW Biz News｜WK 09/02 - 09/8

Every week, we'll select Taiwan's five business and cultural news from the previous week for your review.

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• 〔Focus Taiwan〕Taiwan-Japan ties vital in world with shorter supply chains: Industry head

Cooperation between Taiwan and Japan is increasingly crucial as supply chains become shorter and more regionally focused, a leading compound semiconductor company chairman said on Friday at a Taiwan-Japan exchange forum.

• 〔Taiwan Plus〕Airline Offering Discount Travel Passes To Boost Tourism to Taiwan

China Airlines is working with the Taipei metro to offer international travelers discount travel passes in the hope of encouraging more visitors to Taiwan. 

• 〔Taiwan News〕Taiwanese American Nvidia CEO and AMD boss on Time magazine cover

The Taiwanese American CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) and his cousin the CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Lisa Su (蘇姿豐) are both featured on the latest cover of Time magazine.

• 〔Taiwan News〕Taiwan and Slovakia expand semiconductor cooperation

Taiwan and Slovakia inked a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday (Sept. 3), that agreed to a second phase of deeper semiconductor cooperation.

• 〔Taiwan News〕Taiwan's GDP per capita surpasses Japan

Taiwan's GDP per capita has surpassed Japan this year and is expected to overtake South Korea.