TAIPEI: Taiwan on Tuesday gave the green light for a $15.3 billion fund to stabilize its troubled stock market, after fears of a slowdown in China sent shares diving.

Taipei shares posted the island’s steepest ever intra-day decline on Monday, hit by a rout in Chinese equities that sparked a panic sell-off in European and US markets.

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