Taiwan
China launches war games around Taiwan, drawing ire from Taipei, Washington
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te gives a keynote address on national day to mark the 113th birthday of the Republic of China, Taiwan’s formal name, in Taipei, Taiwan October 10, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters China’s military launched a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the “separatist acts of Taiwan independence […]
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China cannot represent Taiwan and should work with Taipei on global challenges, Lai says
A Chinese warship navigates on waters near Pengjia Islet in northern Taiwan, in this handout image released May 23, 2024. Taiwan Coast Guard | Via Reuters China has no right to represent Taiwan, but the island is willing to work with Beijing to combat global challenges such as climate change, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday, striking both a firm and a conciliatory tone. Lai, who took office in May […]
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Chinese travelers trickle back to a Taiwanese island, mere miles from the mainland
Remnants of military conflict surround Zhang Zhong Jie’s cafe. The coffee shop sits within an abandoned military fortification, its entrance surrounded by rusting tanks. It’s a scene the citizens of Taiwan’s remote Kinmen Island know well. All that separates the cafe from mainland China are 6 miles of choppy water and a row of anti-invasion […]
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Foxconn beats estimates with record third-quarter revenue on AI demand
Hon Hai Group’s headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. Ceng Shou Yi | Nurphoto | Getty Images Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue for the third quarter on strong demand for artificial intelligence servers. Revenue for Apple’s biggest iPhone assembler jumped 20.2% year on year to 1.85 trillion Taiwanese dollars ($57.3 billion). “The result exceeded the […]
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‘Impossible’ for People’s Republic of China to be our motherland, Taiwan president says
Lai Ching-te, president of Taiwan, on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images It is “impossible” for the People’s Republic of China to become Taiwan’s motherland because Taiwan has older political roots, the island’s President Lai Ching-te said Saturday. Lai, who took office in May, is condemned by Beijing as a “separatist.” He rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, saying that the island is a country […]
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These 4 Asian stocks are set to pop on an AI server cooling boom, Nomura says
One type of technology is becoming essential to support Nvidia and other tech giants’ artificial intelligence server requirements, according to Japanese bank Nomura. That’s liquid cooling, a cooling technology used in data centers which helps to improve power and cost efficiency. The type of cooling used to date has been air cooling, but companies are […]
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U.S. keeps missile system in Philippines as China tensions rise, tests wartime deployment
U.S. and Philippine troops fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during live fire exercises as part of US-Philippines army-to-army joint drills on March 31, 2023 in Laur, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Ezra Acayan | Getty Images News | Getty Images The United States has no immediate plans to withdraw a mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines, despite Chinese […]
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Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah’s Taiwan-made pagers, Reuters reports
A Lebanese army soldier gestures to an ambulance rushing wounded people to a hospital in Beirut on September 17, 2024, after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah fighters. Anwar Amro | AFP | Getty Images Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers […]
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Asian chip stocks fall after Nvidia sell-off on Wall Street overnight
Key Points Chip and tech stocks across Asia opened sharply lower Wednesday morning, following a steep plunge in Nvidia’s share price in the U.S. overnight. Source
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China’s ‘growing authoritarianism’ poses a global challenge, Taiwan’s President Lai warns
Lai Ching-te, president of Taiwan, on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has cautioned that China’s “growing authoritarianism” will not stop with the island, and that it poses a challenge at the “global level.” Lai was speaking at the annual Ketagalan Forum, a dialogue focusing on security […]
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