China has sought to "cheat" and "steal" its way to matching Taiwan in chip technology, but has yet to succeed despite investing huge sums, Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday, while holding out the prospect of more Taiwanese semiconductor investment in the U.S.
Taiwan's representative Alexander Yui...
Attention-grabbing media headlines such as “After U.S. Steel announces sale, reactions range from outrage to concern,” and “U.S. Steel-Nippon deal merits 'serious scrutiny,' says Biden aide,” fuel Americans' worry. They fear another iconic American company is being sold to a foreign buyer, in this case, Japan.
This echoed my own...
Beijing’s embassy in Tokyo warned that anyone obstructing China’s reunification would pay a “heavy price” as the US and Japan hold biennial joint drills reportedly featuring a mock conflict over Taiwan.
Citing anonymous government sources, Japanese media reported that Washington and Tokyo had named Beijing as a “hypothetical enemy” for...
As tensions continue to escalate between China and the Philippines over disputed territory in the South China Sea, Manila has devised a different plan to counter China. Interestingly, it centers around Beijing’s kryptonite: Taiwan
To strengthen the country’s territorial defense, Filipino Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro directed the military to increase...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday warned the Maldives of being at a high risk of ‘debt distress’ amid increasing proximity with China. The strategically important nation is currently governed by a pro-China government.
Since the rise of Mohamed Muizzu as Maldives President in November last year, Beijing has...
Taipei , February 3: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) has said that it has detected 10 Chinese military aircraft and five naval ships around Taiwan in the past 24 hours, till 6 am (local time) on Saturday.
Taiwan's MND did not reveal whether the Chinese military aircraft crossed into...
The Chinese authorities have permanently stationed four warships in the waters around the island of Taiwan.
According to the newspaper, Beijing thereby expects to put pressure on the Taipei administration in peacetime, as well as prevent US ships from approaching the island in the event of a conflict in the...
House Speaker Mike Johnson issued a warning Wednesday about China's "organ harvesting" during a speech emphasizing the importance of religious freedom.
Johnson delivered the address at the International Religious Freedom Summit, where he emphasized the importance of religious freedom across the globe. He warned that government becomes "tyrannical" when it...
For the second year in a row, China's population fell.
Data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics showed that China's population declined by two million in 2023 while the birth rate fell from 6.77 births to 6.39 births per 1,000 people — a record low.
China has been scrambling to...
India needs to carefully watch developments in the Taiwan Strait as it was and remains the most dangerous conflict point in the Indo-Pacific. India’s Former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale has said that any friction in the Taiwan Strait will have major implications for the Indian economy.
“US and China are...
