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Taiwan reported Chinese forces were carrying out another “combat patrol” near the island on Tuesday, including sending aircraft across the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive median line, as tensions rise a week before a new Taiwanese president takes office.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) President Wu Chih-yi (吳志毅) said on Tuesday (May 14) that the semiconductor industry is poised for continued healthy growth.

Uber Technologies on Tuesday announced that it will acquire Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda food delivery business in Taiwan for $950 million in cash. The deal, if it goes through, would be one of Taiwan’s largest acquisitions outside its core semiconductor ...

In a move signaling increased military cooperation, the U.S. and Taiwan navies reportedly conducted undisclosed joint exercises in the Pacific last month. This development comes in response to escalating threats from Xi Jinping’s Chinese military.

The Australian vessel designated to conduct the inspections is the OPV Nemesis, a 32-meter aluminum offshore patrol boat. Australia’s territorial waters have been beset by illegal fishing operations in recent years but mostly by smaller vessels from Southeast Asian countries including Indonesia and the Philippines.

Taiwan's recent efforts to build its own "Starlink" have received growing attention as satellite communication has proven itself inalienable to wartime resilience, but to what degree are the ongoing government-backed satellite programs geared for modern warfare?