Taiwan

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen oversees a military drill in Penghu. China's People's Liberation Army is said to envision a Taiwan takeover in 14 hours, far less than the 24 hours that the U.S. and Japan would need to respond. (Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via Reuters)
Indo-Pacific

Taiwan should destroy chip infrastructure if China invades: paper

U.S. scholars propose deterrence strategy to make island 'unwantable'

5 January 2022
Elections in Asia this year will be an important test of several countries' political mood and institutions.
Asia Insight

From Philippines to South Korea: A guide to a busy election year

Democracy under pressure in Asia as pendulum swings toward authoritarianism

4 January 2022
Under CEO Rick Tsai, MediaTek has shed its "budget" image and forayed into the premium mobile chip market long dominated by Qualcomm. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)
Semiconductors

Comeback kid: How Taiwan's MediaTek rose to mobile chip dominance

CEO has driven turnaround since taking reins over four years ago

4 January 2022
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen waves at the end of a ceremony for military officials in Taipei on Dec. 28.
International relations

Taiwan calls on China to curb military expansion

'We both shoulder the responsibility of maintaining regional peace,' Tsai says

1 January 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his New Year's address to the nation on Dec. 31. (Xinhua via Kyodo)
Politics

Xi says 2022 party congress will be 'major event' for China's politics

Statement seen as hint at staying in power for 3rd term

1 January 2022
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Podcast

Asia Stream: The stories that mattered in 2021

A look back at biggest stories of the year and what to expect in 2022

24 December 2021
Tsai Ing-wen, pictured on Dec. 18: Chinese leaders despise Tsai because she has refused to endorse the 1992 consensus.
Opinion

Taiwan would be better off alone

Cutting all diplomatic ties would free Taipei from a competition it cannot win

23 December 2021
German tire company Continental is facing pressure from China over the use of parts made in Lithuania.
International relations

China said to arm-twist Continental on Lithuania business

Diplomatic spat over Taiwan spills over to global auto supply chain

18 December 2021
The skyline of Taipei. Growing tensions between Taiwan and mainland China have raised security concerns in Japan. 
Politics

Japan Foreign Ministry to create senior post on Taiwan

Coordinator also to monitor Senkakus, other East China Sea flashpoints

18 December 2021
Chinese soldiers browse the internet at a garrison of the People's Liberation Army in Chongqing: China has built up an array of military cyber capabilities to disable Taiwanese networks.
Opinion

How Europe can help defend Taiwan

Cyberspace has an increasingly important role to play

17 December 2021
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Podcast

Asia Stream: The (supply chain) nightmare before Christmas

From chips to cars, we dive into the supply chain crisis

17 December 2021
An attack submarine moors at the U.S. naval base in Guam. The defense bill calls for building an advanced missile defense system on the island. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense)
Indo-Pacific

U.S. defense bill triples Indo-Pacific fund and heads to Biden's desk

Congress authorizes more ships, aiming to meet China challenge

17 December 2021
Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang is reopening an office in Washington after 13 years with a presence in the U.S. capital. (Source photo by Reuters and Akira Kodaka)
International relations

The Kuomintang, Taiwan's opposition, returns to a wary Washington

Nationalist party seeks to show it is not accommodating Beijing

16 December 2021
TSMC and Sony will work together on a new chip plant in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture.
Semiconductors

Can TSMC give new spark to Japan's 'Silicon Island'?

EVs key to success of $7bn chip plant in Kyushu, with its links to auto industry

16 December 2021
President Tsai Ing-wen's government has been tightening its screening of Chinese investments in Taiwanese companies to protect sensitive technologies. (Source photo by AP)
Technology

Taiwan to restrict tech companies' sales of China assets

Regulators will be able to block deals involving sensitive tech under new rules

15 December 2021
Xi Jinping will have to wait several years longer before the Chinese economy overtakes the U.S.'s, partly thanks to a big spending package Joe Biden shepherded through Congress. (Nikkei montage/AP)
Economy

China's overtaking of U.S. economy delayed to 2033, report says

South Koreans and Taiwanese to earn more than Japanese starting in 2027: JCER

15 December 2021
An employee of GlobalFoundries holds a 300-millimeter wafer at the company's chip factory in Dresden, Germany on July 1.
Supply Chain

Chipmakers' nightmare: Will shortages give way to a supply glut?

Expansion plans raise fears of another boom-to-bust cycle within the industry

15 December 2021
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a prerecorded speech at the Taiwan-U.S.-Japan Trilateral Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue. (Photo from Shinzo Abe's Twitter account)
International relations

Japan, U.S. and Taiwan should share new defense tech: Abe

Military adventurism by China 'could be suicidal,' former Japanese leader warns

15 December 2021
Demonstrators protest against additive-containing U.S. pork in Taipei, Taiwan, on Nov. 22.
Trade

Taiwan vote on pork ban risks U.S. relations at critical time

Tsai's efforts to join CPTPP also would be set back

14 December 2021
"The People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government that represents all of China and Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory," Nicaragua's foreign ministry said in a statement issued in Spanish and English.
International relations

Nicaragua severs ties with Taiwan, switches allegiance to China

Taipei now has just 14 formal diplomatic allies; US calls for expanded engagement

10 December 2021
Edited by Singapore-based academic Ian Rowen, throughout the nine stories published in "Transitions in Taiwan" it is noticeable that Mandarin is an alien language as most of the characters speak Taiwanese or even Japanese. (Photos courtesy of Cambria Press and Ian Rowen)
Arts

Book review: Stories from Taiwan's "White Terror"

Published in English for the first time, new collection focus on period from 1947 to 1987

10 December 2021
Taiwanese electronics supplier Delta Electronics aims to tap the trend for localized EV manufacturing in the U.S. and Europe. (Photo courtesy of Delta Electronics)
Technology

Apple and Tesla supplier Delta ramps up EV investment

Taiwanese company says it will build plants in the West to serve local markets

8 December 2021
U.S. chip materials maker Entegris is building its biggest production facility in Taiwan. (Photo courtesy of Entegris)
Semiconductors

U.S. chip material maker Entegris doubles Taiwan investment to $500m

CEO says robust industry growth will reduce the risk of a semiconductor glut

8 December 2021
Pandemic lockdowns, energy restrictions and chip shortages across Asia have led to an ongoing supply chain crisis, causing delivery delays for many electronic gifts this festive season.
The Big Story

Apple's nightmare before Christmas: Supply chain crisis delays gift deliveries

Two years of lockdowns, chip shortages, and energy cuts have finally caught up with the iPhone maker

8 December 2021
A delegation of lawmakers from Lithuania and two other Baltic nations met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen last month.
International relations

Lithuania's Taiwan overtures create outsize challenge for China

Beijing treads carefully to avoid ripple effects on delicate relations with EU

7 December 2021