This index relies on publicly available information and as such, some shops have less available information on them than others, which will be reflected by an asterisk next to the numerical score. Established: 2015 Parent company: N/A CEO: 劉志遠 Website: https://www.q-yuan.com.tw/ Background Qing Yuan Taro Balls was founded in Yunlin on the back of one…
Established: 2007 Parent company: 亞享實業有限公司, 迷客夏國際股份有限公司 CEO: 林建燁 Website: https://www.milkshoptea.com/ Background “For you, we’ve raised a herd of cows.” This is Milkshop’s brand motto. A lot of customers think that they raise cows because of their milk tea business, but the opposite is true – Milkshop started off with cows, and then expanded into the…
Established: 1987 Parent company: 川億通事業有限公司, 清心福全股份有限公司 CEO: Zhao Fu-chuan 趙福全 Website: https://www.chingshin.tw/ Background Ching-Hsing Fu-Chuan is a drink shop chain that originated in Tainan, Taiwan. Currently, there are branches in all Taiwanese cities with the exception of Penghu, Matsu, Lanyu and other outer islands.¹ 2016 Violation of the Labour Standards Act Date of announcement: 2016.…
Established: 1994 Parent company: 五十嵐企業股份有限公司 CEO: 馬紹維 Website: http://www.xn--50-wg2du59ik3f.tw/ Background 50 Lan is a popular Taiwanese drink shop chain founded in 1994 by Ma Shao-wei. Currently the chain has been divided into separate franchise headquarters in Taipei, Central Taiwan, Kaohsiung and Tainan. There are about 600 chain stores in Taiwan.¹ 50 Lan adopts a regional…
Established: 2008 Parent Company: YONG-CHUN-CHENG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. CEO: Hsu Wan-ru (許宛汝) Website: http://kebuke.com Background Kebuke was founded in early summer of 2008 at Taichiung’s Xiang-shang market. It took 8 years and almost 3000 days of dedication to doing the right thing. We believe that everything, when distilled to its purest essence, will reveal a beautiful…
Summary Yahoo! belongs to the U.S.-based Verizon Media and is operated by the Taiwan branch of the Hong Kong-based Yahoo Information Co., Ltd. in Taiwan. There is not much news about Yahoo’s political stance; yet, there are many netizens who claim the news reported by Yahoo! is pro-China and that news critical of the Taiwanese…
Summary Books was founded by Zhang Tianli in 1995 and PCSC invested over 50% in 2001. PCSC is a Taiwanese fund company with large businesses around Taiwan, China and the Philippines. In the news, there is no obvious statement whether PCSC takes a pro-CCP or anti-CCP stance. Some people held a boycott of one of…
Summary Whether Shopee is a Chinese-funded company or not remains controversial, since the nationality of the founder and the chairman of the board, Forrest Li, is unclear. We can see from the investor details from Shopee that a Chinese-based company (Tencent) owns 20% or more. As published by The Economic Democracy Union, we should carefully…
Summary Fubon Group has many businesses in Taiwan and has an important position in Taiwan’s economy. However, Fubon’s ambitions and ties are not limited to Taiwan. Fubon wants to expand its business footprint in China and has a friendship with Chinese entrepreneurs (for example, Jianhua Xian). Some speculate that mergers and acquisitions by Fubon help…
Summary PChome is a Taiwanese local online shopping site founded and operated by Jan Hung-Tze (who apologizes for COVID-19 jab from Good Liver Clinic on 11 Jun 2020). Jan Hung-Tze was a National Policy Advisor to the President and an Ambassador-at-large appointed by President Tsai. After the issue of controversy over the lease of Chunghwa…
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