Politicians' spouses and children are buying and selling stocks in TSMC, Alibaba, and Tencent.
Singapore “received limited information or assistance” from the US, it says, as it bars Alice Huang over inaccurate information to police.
In her new book “Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy,” writer Beth Simone Noveck warns that while AI can increase efficiency, predictive models pose significant ethical and societal risks.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about failing to put the alleged Chinese spy-run company on a list of national security concerns, Axios reported, though the Commerce Department denied the interaction. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reported Huang’s birthplace of Taiwan is unnerved by his affair.
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The charges directed at officials from Taiwan-based HDRE could complicate efforts by banks to recover loans on a struggling big battery project.
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TSMC reports its monthly sales figures for October on Tuesday.
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Taiwan's markets led the rally in Asian markets, with the Taiwan Weighted Index up as much as 6.7%.
Once lauded as the "Taylor Swift of tech", Huang is mired in scandal after an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.
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China’s latest military mobilisation around Taiwan brought together two developments that deserve attention. In early November, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense detected 49 sorties by Chinese military aircraft in the preceding 24 hours, the highest single-day figure recorded in 2026. Thirty-one of these sorties crossed the Taiwan Strait median line or entered Taiwan’s central, southwestern […]
Labor disputes and unionization in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry highlight growing worker discontent over the unequal distribution of profits from the AI boom.
Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.
The rounding up of customers at a gay bar weeks before Saturday’s Pride festival has some questioning the island’s progressive image
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China’s leader has promoted his military anti-corruption chief and removed dozens of senior leaders as he tightens his grip on power.
Kathmandu. Nepal Taiwan Association has donated NPR 3.24 million to the Bhote Koshi flood victims relief fund. A dummy check of the donated amount was handed over to the Minister of Youth, Labour a...
Palantir's Mike Gallagher warns that a US lead in AI could push Xi Jinping to move on Taiwan, home of TSMC, before China falls too far behind to catch up.
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One dead and 527 injured as winds of up to 185mph hit Taiwan and southern Japan, while Greece issues flood alerts
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Xi sees Trump as weak and confused, having made a grave strategic error in framing a $14 billion US arms sale to Taiwan as a “very good negotiating chip”.
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Taiwanese residents joke that the safest bomb shelter on the island is a flat right next to a TSMC fab, as the fabrication plants are known.