The first group of Chinese officials visiting Taiwan in three years hid from the public eye at the weekend, illustrating how pandemic border closures and rising military tensions have exacerbated the breakdown in communication with Beijing. After being greeted by protesters upon arrival in Taipei on Saturday, the six-member delegation from Shanghai’s municipal government failed […]
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The White House will next week hold secret talks with Taiwan’s foreign minister Joseph Wu and national security adviser Wellington Koo as part of a special diplomatic dialogue intended to remain private to avoid sparking an angry reaction from China. Five people familiar with the secret talks — known as the “special channel” — said […]
Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning The Pentagon’s top China official is set to visit Taiwan in the coming days, according to four people familiar with his plans, marking […]
South Korea and Taiwan will still be key semiconductor hubs in years to come, even as pressure to diversify supply chains leads to new competition from places such as the US and Germany, according to the chief executive of US chipmaking equipment supplier MKS Instruments. John TC Lee, president and chief executive of MKS, added […]
Order of play on the main showcourts on the second day of the Australian Open on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): * Day session: From 11 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) * Night session: From 7 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) ROD LAVER ARENA 5-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Tereza Martincova (Czech Republic) Katherine Sebov (Canada) […]
Call for PLA to use AI for ‘smart deterrence’ against US over Taiwan South China Morning Post This post is originally appeared here Source link
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE, a member of ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. TAIEX: 3711, NYSE: ASX), announced today that its bumping factory in Kaohsiung has been inducted into the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network (GLN), a community of manufacturing sites and value chains that are leaders in the adoption of Fourth […]
CNN — The US and Japan are set to announce a significant strengthening of their military relationship and upgrading of the US military’s force posture in the country this week, including the stationing of a newly redesignated Marine unit with advanced intelligence, surveillance capabilities and the ability to fire anti-ship missiles, according to two US […]
Leading Taiwan actor Kai Ko was seriously injured by a camera-carrying drone while filming Mandarin-language fantasy series “Agent From Above.” The show is set to play on Netflix. More from Variety The incident happened on Dec. 27, 2022, but was first reported this week by Taiwan’s United Daily News. It has subsequently been confirmed by […]
The academic also recommends the United States and Taiwan make several preparations, just incase conflict should occur. He said: “The United States should harden bases, work with allies, particularly Japan, for additional basing options, continue to make its forces, more survivable and buy more long range missiles, particularly anti-ship missiles, because some inventories are critically […]