Shopping during a May 2021 blackout in Taipei: Taiwan's power grid has not kept pace with rising energy use.
Opinion

Taiwan's Lai needs to rethink nuclear shutdown plan

Vibrant manufacturing-led economy cannot afford loss of reliable power source

22 April 2024
Lai Ching-te is expected to push for deeper relations with Southeast Asia when he becomes Taiwan's next president.
International relations

Taiwan's Lai poised to build on Tsai's Southeast Asia outreach

Expanding largely commercial ties may prove challenging as China's influence grows

20 April 2024
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. downgraded its growth outlook for the global logic chip industry this year to 10%, from over 10%.
Semiconductors

Chip stocks face correction as TSMC cuts industry outlook

Global uncertainties spur profit-taking across markets

20 April 2024
SK Hynix's announcement that it is partnering with TSMC comes as global chipmakers are racing to take advantage of the AI boom. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP)
Technology

SK Hynix partners with TSMC to develop advanced AI chips

Asian chipmakers aim to supply next-generation high-bandwidth memory for Nvidia

19 April 2024
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#techAsia

Huawei's latest surprise and an unexpected avatar

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

18 April 2024
Taiwan chip titan TSMC is benefiting from demand for chips to power generative AI.
Semiconductors

TSMC says global tech recovery 'not fast enough' despite AI boom

World's biggest chipmaker warns of potential global oversupply of less-advanced chips

18 April 2024
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden found novel diplomatic channels to send each other messages on April 10. Xi used a former Taiwanese president to carry his words, while Biden spoke up by hosting the leaders of Japan and the Philippines. (Source photos by Getty Images and Xinhua/Kyodo)
China up close

Analysis: Why Xi and Biden chose the same day to send a message on Taiwan

The wording of a 45-year-old U.S. law gives China an opening in the Taiwan Strait

18 April 2024
Foxconn Chairman Young Liu speaks at a company event in Taipei in February. Liu says the iPhone assembler is keen to foster the next generation of leaders. 
Technology

Key iPhone assembler Foxconn introduces rotating CEO role

Chairman Young Liu says six-month terms aimed at fostering leadership talent

17 April 2024
Containers at a port in northern Taiwan. Taipei's top trade negotiator says he hopes countries will "overcome their reluctance and be open to trade deals and trade talks with us." (Photo by Hiroki Endo)
Interview

Taiwan trade czar seeks new deals, braces for possible Trump win

John Deng eyes India 'opportunity' after breakthroughs with U.S., U.K. and Canada

17 April 2024
Surveillance cameras from Dahua Technology are displayed at an exhibition in Beijing in October 2018.
China tech

Sanctioned Chinese security camera maker Dahua divests from U.S.

Sale of last stateside unit to Taiwan group follows repeated blows in tech war

17 April 2024
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Podcast: Tech Latest

Taiwan earthquake proves chip industry's resilience

Tech Latest: Tune in to Nikkei Asia's podcast for the freshest updates on the tech sector

16 April 2024
Flags of NATO member countries fly at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels.
Taiwan tensions

NATO could be drawn into Taiwan conflict, affiliated report finds

Chinese attack on Hawaii might trigger collective defense, researcher argues

16 April 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, third from left, attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, in Beijing on April 9. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
International relations

China counters closer U.S.-Japan-Philippines ties with diplomatic flurry

Beijing shows 'it also has friends' in North Korea, Russia, Vietnam, ex-Taiwan leader

12 April 2024
Foxconn is beefing up production of AI servers, including at this subsidiary plant in Taiwan. (Foxconn)
Technology

Taiwan's Foxconn and Quanta boost AI server production

Contract manufacturers aim to ease reliance on stagnating smartphone profits

12 April 2024
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#techAsia

Huawei goes '007' and TSMC gets a grant

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

11 April 2024
Thailand has been courting foreign investment to grow its EV industry.
Automobiles

Thailand smiles at both Taiwan and China as it courts EV investment

Delta Electronics, BYD among companies betting on Southeast Asia's top auto producer

11 April 2024
In this image taken from video by Taiwan's TVBS, Chinese President Xi Jinping at right greets Taiwan's former President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing on April 10. (TVBS via AP)
Taiwan tensions

China's Xi meets Taiwan's ex-leader Ma amid cross-strait tensions

Critics slam opposition KMT politician's tour for playing into Beijing's hands

10 April 2024
A Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. clean room. Chip design service companies have grown by working with major foundries like TSMC. (TSMC)
Semiconductors

Taiwan chip design support majors triple sales in four years

AIchip, others find growth in supporting U.S. tech giants' in-house semiconductors

10 April 2024
TSMC's first plant in the Kumamoto prefecture town of Kikuyo.
Semiconductors

TSMC expands Japan college collaboration amid worker shortage concern

Taiwan tech giant partners with Kumamoto University on chip research, personnel

8 April 2024
TSMC is building cutting-edge chipmaking facilities in Arizona, backed by hefty U.S. subsidies. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang) 
Semiconductors

TSMC expands U.S. investment to $65bn after securing $6.6bn grant

Company agrees to produce 2-nm chips and build third plant in America

8 April 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will meet in Washington this week.
Your Week in Asia

Japan's Kishida visits Washington, Uniqlo parent earnings, China data

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

7 April 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida, center, learns about the TSMC plant in Kumamoto prefecture on April 6. To the right is TSMC CEO C.C. Wei.
Semiconductors

Japan PM Kishida visits TSMC's Kumamoto chip plant

Tokyo spending $8bn to subsidize Taiwan manufacturer's production site

6 April 2024
Taiwan, home to TSMC and other important tech companies, was hit by a major earthquake on April 3. (Source photos by TSMC and Reuters)
Technology

Taiwan quake highlights risks and readiness of Asia's chip sector

Manufacturers apply lessons from past to keep industry humming

5 April 2024
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TikTok's fate and Taiwan tech suppliers' shift

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

5 April 2024
Workers carry out operations at the partially collapsed Uranus Building in Hualien on April 4, the day after the Taiwanese city was hit by a major earthquake.
Natural disasters

Taiwan earthquake death toll rises to 10 as island's infrastructure tested

Rescuers scramble to reach survivors after most powerful temblor in 25 years

4 April 2024