Politics

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's top contract chipmaker, is expected to benefit from the incentives.
Semiconductors

Taiwan looks to boost its chipmakers with sweeter tax breaks

TSMC and others stand to gain from credits for R&D and capital spending

18 November 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden shake hands at their meeting in Bali on Nov. 14. The leaders met face-to-face for the first time on the sidelines of the G-20 summit. 
The Nikkei View

Biden and Xi must keep talking for the sake of the world

Peace in Asia demands that China rule out use of force over Taiwan

16 November 2022
Xi Jinping, center, inspects the Central Military Commission joint operations command center on Nov. 8: To impress Xi, it is possible that commanders are exaggerating their preparedness for war.
Opinion

Xi Jinping is not looking to go to war over Taiwan anytime soon

Little sign Chinese leader is accelerating invasion preparations

16 November 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G-20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 14.
US-China tensions

Xi told Biden that China rejects nuclear war in Ukraine

Wang Yi says Chinese leader raised use of anti-secession law on Taiwan

15 November 2022
Leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region take part in the East Asia Summit on Nov. 13, part of three days of ASEAN-led meetings in Phnom Penh.
International relations

ASEAN talks lay bare deep divisions on South China Sea, Ukraine

U.S. allies' clash with Russia, China overshadows end of bloc's meetings in Cambodia

13 November 2022
Thai opposition figure Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit says, "If Thailand had successfully stopped the coup d'etat of 2014, there might have been no military coup in Myanmar." (Photo by Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Interview

Thai opposition leader defends Taiwan, vows support for Myanmar

Thanathorn criticizes Prayuth's embrace of China and Min Aung Hlaing

12 November 2022
Greg Hands speaks at the presidential building in Taipei on Nov. 9. He said, "Like the U.K., Taiwan is a champion of free and fair trade underpinned by a rules-based global trading system."
Politics

China belittles U.K. minister's trade visit to Taiwan

Taipei aims to gain support by expanding diplomacy with trade partners

10 November 2022
TSMC's J.K. Lin says the chipmaker is trying to make its supply chain more resilient. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)
Semiconductors

TSMC to secure neon in Taiwan after Ukraine shock for chip sector

Semiconductor giant aims for greener, more stable supply chains

10 November 2022
The USS Barry pulls alongside the Soviet freighter Anosov to inspect its cargo in November 1962: Beijing has ample interest in learning from history.
Opinion

Cuban missile crisis holds lessons for U.S. and China

Scholarly studies show appreciation of dangers of nuclear confrontation

6 November 2022
Taiwan is a major producer of semiconductors, which are used in smartphones, electric cars and many other products. (Photo by Yu Nakamura)
Taiwan tensions

Half of foreign companies in Taiwan make contingency plans: Nikkei poll

Evacuations and supply chain disruptions top list of concerns as tensions rise

2 November 2022
An honor guard raises the Chinese flag on the deck of the Shandong aircraft carrier in 2019: Without the harsh experience of large-scale combat, how an attack on Taiwan would unfold is an uncertainty for Beijing.
Opinion

Ukraine war will make China think twice about invading Taiwan

Uncertainty about sanctions, resistance and combat capability weigh on Beijing

1 November 2022
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte: "We decided that we need a stronger outreach toward like-minded countries, not only in our cozy European Union." (Photo by Satoko Kawasaki)
Interview

Lithuania's ties with Taiwan will pay high-tech dividends: PM

Simonyte suggests China can't dictate others' diplomacy, calls Russia 'reckless'

28 October 2022
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, center, filled the Politburo Standing Committee with loyalists at last week's 20th Communist Party Congress in Beijing. (Photo by Yusuke Hinata)
The Big Story

Xi's clean sweep: China marks new era with loyalist lineup

New standing committee shows party and the world Xi will brook no dissent in third term

26 October 2022
Kolas Yotaka, center, holds a rally on Oct. 9 in Hualien with Vice President William Lai, right. (Photo courtesy of Kolas Yotaka's office)
Politics

Indigenous Taiwanese governor hopeful challenges dynastic rule

Rising DPP star Kolas Yotaka pitted against Hualien grandee

25 October 2022
Samsung and SK Hynix are under pressure to reassess their production strategies following the latest U.S. chip curbs on China.
Semiconductors

Samsung and SK Hynix face China dilemma from U.S. export controls

Memory chipmakers have 1-year waiver for Chinese operations, but what then?

25 October 2022
Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, speaks at the Mount Fuji Dialogue in Tokyo on Oct. 22. (Photo by Kosuke Imamura)
Indo-Pacific

North Korea's nuclear push is a 'serious concern': U.S. official

Ely Ratner reiterates commitment to denuclearization of peninsula

22 October 2022
Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated Beijing's desire for "peaceful unification" with its democratic neighbor Taiwan. (Source photos by Yusuke Hinata and Reuters) 
21 October 2022
Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Chen Ming-tong (right) said that China could threaten to attack Taiwan as early as next year. 
Taiwan tensions

China could threaten war in 2023 to force talks: Taiwan official

Beijing may flex military might to deflect attention from domestic economic woes

20 October 2022
A Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missile launches from a vessel during a military drill in May. The missile is developed by Taiwan and produced with U.S. technology. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)
Taiwan tensions

U.S. in talks with Taiwan to coproduce American weapons: sources

New cooperation would expedite delivery to island as China steps up military pressure

20 October 2022
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense sees the Penghu islands located in the Taiwan Strait as a potential landing point for Chinese forces. (Photo by Yu Nakamura)
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan stages island military drill simulating Chinese landing

Live-fire exercises come as Xi vows never to renounce use of force

19 October 2022
A screen displays a map of locations around Taiwan where China's military conducted major exercises in August, at an exhibition in Beijing ahead of the Communist Party Congress.
China's party congress

Taiwan rebuffs Xi's 'unification' vow, demands CCP stop 'coercion'

'We firmly reject one country, two systems,' Tsai spokesman says

16 October 2022
People shelter inside a subway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, during a Russian missile attack. Such scenes have spurred Japanese politicians to pursue the building of more bomb shelters.
Taiwan tensions

Japan eyes more bomb shelters in Okinawa as Taiwan tensions rise

Study to look into building evacuation facilities on southernmost Sakishima islands

14 October 2022
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen delivers her national day speech in Taipei on Oct. 10. She linked cross-strait tensions with other friction points across the region, as well as the Ukraine war.
Politics

Taiwan's Tsai warns China against conflict, touts defense buildup

'We will not leave anything to fate,' president says in national day speech

10 October 2022
Japan will accept general travelers into the country from Tuesday for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, permitting visa-free entry for visitors from 68 countries and regions. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)
Your Week in Asia

China 20th Party Congress, Japan resumes visa-free travel, BTS concert

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

9 October 2022
Tsai's government promotes the New Southbound Policy, which encourages manufacturers to invest and set up factories in Southeast Asia. (Source photos by AP) 
International relations

Taiwanese companies in China flocking to Southeast Asia: survey

Shift indicates potential importance of President Tsai's New Southbound Policy

8 October 2022