Taiwanese warships anchor at a harbor just north of Taipei in August 2022, days after then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island.
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan blockade's cost would be felt wider than COVID: U.S. official

Chinese action would deliver $2.7tn hit to global economy in 1st year, think tank says

7 October 2023
Wellington Koo, secretary-general of Taiwan's National Security Council, told Nikkei Asia that Taiwan will announce this year what are considered core technologies that need to be protected. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by TSMC/AFP/Jiji and Cheng Ting-fang)
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan to tighten tech safeguards against China this year

To list 'core technologies' in industries such as semiconductors, says official

5 October 2023
Huawei Technologies is expanding its chip supply chain in China in response to U.S. trade sanctions.
Huawei crackdown

Taiwan to probe 4 firms accused of helping Huawei build chip plants

Taipei says no violation of U.S. trade sanctions has been confirmed

5 October 2023
Taiwan's GEOSAT Aerospace & Technology is teaming up with European partners on drone development and production. (Photo by Hideaki Ryugen)
Defense

Taiwan cultivates homegrown drone industry with eye on China

Island boosts defense supply chains while fostering new growth driver

3 October 2023
Taiwan's domestically made submarine, Narwhal, is unveiled at a shipyard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on Sept. 28.
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan unveils 'Narwhal,' its first home-built submarine

President Tsai says democratic island has achieved 'mission impossible'

28 September 2023
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Chung-Hoon observes a Chinese navy ship conduct what it called an "unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on June 3.
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan security chief says AUKUS, NATO must counter China threat

Beijing's expansionist drive is sowing alarm across Asia: Wellington Koo

27 September 2023
U.S. Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct anti-tank training during Orient Shield joint exercises. (Photo from U.S. Army's X feed)
Defense

U.S. Army bolsters ties with Japan as focus shifts to China

Allies advance intel sharing ahead of Tokyo's acquisition of long-range missiles

26 September 2023
The Taipei government has kept all specifications and images of its homemade submarine, represented here by an artist's impression, under strict lock and key. That changes at the end of this month.
Asia Insight

Taiwan submarine dream surfaces as China tensions rise

Taipei to unveil island-made sub despite years of Beijing pressure on suppliers

19 September 2023
A Chinese warship takes part in a military drill off the Chinese coast near Fuzhou, Fujian province, across from the Taiwan-controlled Matsu Islands on April 11. 
Taiwan tensions

China sends fighter jets in show of force off Taiwan

Aircraft and warships near the island could be connected to turmoil in China

18 September 2023
Taiwanese navy ship Keelung, foreground, a U.S.-made Kidd Class destroyer, monitors the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong, background, near Taiwanese waters in September 2023.
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan seeks U.S., Japan, Philippine support to deter Chinese navy

Senior security official tells Nikkei Asia island could be 'doomed' if encircled

14 September 2023
A J-15 Chinese fighter jet takes off from the aircraft carrier Shandong during military exercises around Taiwan on April 9.
Taiwan tensions

China cranks up 'gray zone' incursions, Taiwan warns

Beijing has created 'new normal' of intimidation, defense report says

12 September 2023
Taiwanese Minister of Culture Shih Che says Taiwan must press ahead on social issues after legalizing gay marriage. (Taiwan's Ministry of Culture)
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan cultural rise on world stage threatened by China: minister

Beijing's arrest of publisher Fucha sparks backlash, tests 'cultural resilience'

11 September 2023
Maj. Gen. Sun Li-fang, a spokesman for Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, briefs the media, saying the Shandong, a Chinese aircraft carrier, passed near the island.
Taiwan tensions

Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong spotted off southeast Taiwan

First appearance since April another sign of increased China military action

11 September 2023
From left to right, Taiwanese presidential candidates Hou Yu-ih, Terry Gou, Lai Ching-te and Ko Wen-je. (NIKKEI montage/Source photos by AP, Reuters and Getty)
Politics

Taiwan presidential contender Lai takes big lead in opinion polls

Vote split as Foxconn founder Gou enters race, China-leaning opposition in disarray

6 September 2023
Beijing this week published the 2023 edition of its "standard map" of China. (Screenshot from the Ministry of Natural Resources of China's website)
International relations

Malaysia, India and Taiwan reject China's new territorial map

Indian state and some Malaysian waters now inside 'nine-dash line'

31 August 2023
Terry Gou, founder of iPhone assembler Foxconn, announces his candidacy for Taiwan's presidential election in Taipei on Aug. 28.
Taiwan elections

Foxconn's Terry Gou announces bid for Taiwan's presidency

Tech titan says he will keep peace, give island highest GDP per capita in Asia

28 August 2023
A printed circled board at the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute in Hsinchu: Taiwan's high-tech industry boasts the world's most advanced semiconductor cluster.
Opinion

Taiwan's admission would reaffirm the values of the CPTPP

Inclusion of island economy will boost regional stability and members' prosperity

28 August 2023
Taiwan's Vice President William Lai greets reporters in Taipei on Aug. 25.
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan presidential front-runner pledges 'values-based diplomacy'

Lai Ching-te's remarks signal shift from Tsai's more conservative approach to foreign affairs

25 August 2023
Taiwan has repeatedly conducted military exercises on remote islands in the Taiwan Strait, including the Penghu Islands. (Photo by Yu Nakamura)
Defense

Taiwan allots record defense budget for 2024 to meet China threat

U.S. arms sales also contribute to 7th consecutive year of increases under Tsai

24 August 2023
China, under President Xi Jinping, left, is seeking to influence Taiwan's presidential election in January. Vice President Lai Ching-te is front runner to win the race. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty and Reuters)
Taiwan tensions

China squeezes Taiwan with military drills, trade threats, mango ban

Beijing aiming to sway outcome of island's January presidential election, analysts say

24 August 2023
From left to right, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pose during the trilateral summit at Camp David in the U.S. on Aug. 18.
International relations

South Korea's Yoon downplays Taiwan war risk after U.S. summit

President looks to dampen speculation over risks to China relations

22 August 2023
Ko Wen-je, left, addresses a rally in Taipei in July: Ko lacks a clear and comprehensive foreign policy vision and his team is short of experts on China and U.S.-related issues.
Opinion

Taiwan presidency will remain elusive for former Taipei Mayor Ko

TPP chairman enjoys poll surge but will find it difficult to consolidate support

22 August 2023
William Lai, the front-runner in Taiwan's 2024 presidential election, speaks at an event in San Francisco on Aug. 16.
Taiwan elections

Taiwan presidential hopeful Lai avoids making waves on U.S. stopover

Vice president keeps itinerary in New York and San Francisco brief and under wraps

18 August 2023
Three generations of Chinese leaders: Hu Jintao, left, Xi Jinping and Jiang Zemin. Xi is thought to be attending the annual summer conclave in Beidaihe, but without the most powerful party elders. (Nikkei montage/Kyodo/Yusuke Hinata)
China up close

Analysis: Xi opens Beidaihe with no elders but plenty of challenges

Secretive conclave to discuss Taiwan unification, sour economy and U.S. ties

10 August 2023
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The Big Story

Coastal towns brace for Fukushima water release, from Japan to Jeju

Distrust of TEPCO and fear for small businesses fuel anxiety, despite IAEA approval

9 August 2023