Communist China is boosting defense spending, emphasizing areas crucial to its readiness for war against Taiwan and the United States.
Speaker McCarthy to meet Taiwan’s president in US to avoid escalating tensions with China: report
The president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, will meet with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California instead of in Taipei in hopes of preventing tensions from rising with China, a report says.
McCarthy to meet Taiwan president in California to avoid irking China
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California rather than Taipei to avoid provoking an aggressive response from China amid the tense relationship between ...
US House Speaker McCarthy plans to meet Taiwan’s president in the US -sources
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to meet Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in the U.S. in coming weeks, two sources told Reuters on Monday, a move that could replace the Republican Speaker's ...
McCarthy slated to meet with president of Taiwan in California, not Taipei: Report
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is slated to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California instead of Taipei in an effort to avoid acts of aggression from China, the Financial Times ...
Financial firms reduce exposure
Taiwanese financial holding companies reduced their overall overseas exposure to NT$25.13 trillion (US$821.9 billion) in the fourth quarter of last year, the latest data compiled by the Financial ...
Taiwan February exports seen down 14%, inflation to ease
TAIPEI: Taiwan's exports likely dropped 14 per cent in February, according to the median forecast of 21 analysts polled by Reuters, smaller than the 21.2 per cent annual slide in January. The export ...
Machine tool show opens in Taipei
The Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) opened yesterday, with more than 1,000 local and international exhibitors showcasing their products. It is to run through Saturday at the Taipei ...
Average housing costs top NT$10m in major locales
Average home prices last quarter topped NT$10 million (US$327,054) in Taiwan’s major cities, despite a slowdown in transactions amid economic uncertainty, Sinyi Realty Inc (信) ...
Kevin McCarthy to meet Taiwan’s president in US to avoid China’s ire
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen plan to meet in California rather than Taipei in a bid to avoid an aggressive response from Beijing to a meeting on the island. McCarthy,
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to hire 6,000 engineers in 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co will hire an additional 6000 engineers in 2023 according to company officials ...
US predicts date that China will invade Taiwan
Beijing sent 25 fighter jets and three warships to the Taiwanese island in recent days, said to be with the aim of intimidating the Taiwanese Navy.
China’s Ukraine Peace Plan Is Actually About Taiwan
Analysis: China’s Ukraine Peace Plan Is Actually About Taiwan Create an FP account to save articles to read later and in the FP mobile app. Sign Up ALREADY AN FP SUBSCRIBER? LOGIN Understanding the conflict one year on.
Taiwan Watches for Sudden Moves As China Raises Defense Spending
China's military is looking for reasons to push the envelope with closer operations off Taiwan, the island's defense chief said.
Taiwan desperately needs support from the world
Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a representative office in Vilnius under its own name, not “Chinese Taipei”, as most de facto embassies are called. An infuriated China shut the Lithuanian embassy in ...
Taiwan’s dominance of the chip industry makes it more important
The semiconductor industry is called Taiwan’s “silicon shield”, giving the world a big reason to defend the island. Yet chips are the industry most affected by the split between America and China.