Taiwan

The looming Taiwan chip disaster that silicon valley has long ignored

February 24, 2026 8:49 pm

TSMC agreed to buy land in Phoenix for at least five more plants, roughly doubling its Arizona plants, as part of a commitment by Taiwanese semiconductor and tech companies to invest an additional $150 billion in the United States.

Trump administration reaches trade deal to lower Taiwan's tariff barriers 

February 13, 2026 5:06 am

The Taiwanese government says it will provide up to an additional USD 250 billion in credit guarantees to help smaller businesses invest in the US.

Inside Google’s secret Taipei Hub: How the Pixel 10 is finally bridging the gap with Apple’s iPhone

February 15, 2026 8:10 am

From Google’s largest hardware engineering hub outside the United States in Taipei, here’s how the Mountain View–based tech giant plans to make Pixel the heart of the Android ecosystem as AI reshapes both hardware and software.

US unveils new roadmap: Dialing down on China, homeland is priority

January 25, 2026 6:20 am

NDS 2026 frames how Washington sees its allies in the security project making it clear that its involvement will be calibrated based on its own “honest and clear” assessment of the challenge in tune with US interests.

Forget China: Why Trump’s new Pentagon strategy is moving US military to Greenland and Panama Canal

January 24, 2026 6:01 pm

The Pentagon’s new defence strategy shifts focus to homeland security and the Western Hemisphere, signalling reduced US military support for allies.

Ramayana has influenced how I think about stories: Tash Aw on his epic quartet

January 30, 2026 4:34 pm

Writer Tash Aw, speaks on his influences -- and on why the West's talk of 'Chinese aggression towards Taiwan' is a misleading idea

An Expert Explains: How China may be reading the US military action in Venezuela

January 16, 2026 3:04 pm

Could the events in Caracas provide cues for a similar operation in Taiwan, the island that China claims? How could it influence China’s view of its own position globally and within Asia? A research analyst on China provides some perspective.

US, Taiwan sign USD 250 billion trade deal, cutting tariffs on Taiwanese goods

January 16, 2026 7:17 am

The new agreement slashes the tariff rate to 15 per cent, the same as levied on other US trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region such as Japan and South Korea.

US V-P Vance to meet Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington amid Trump's threats

January 14, 2026 4:50 pm

Greenland is at the center of a geopolitical storm as U.S. President Donald Trump is insisting he wants to own the island — and the residents of its capital Nuuk say it is not for sale.

As Trump notes prospect of China attacking Taiwan, understanding why the island matters to the US

January 11, 2026 2:53 pm

Chinese concerns over the US-Taiwan relationship have existed for decades. Those ties have been driven by Cold War machinations, Taiwan’s material significance to the US, and its strategic interests.

In pictures | Typhoon Gaemi wreaks havoc in Taiwan and Philippines

July 25, 2024 9:21 pm

After 2-year gap owing to Covid, Taiwan reopens its borders for tourists

October 13, 2022 2:31 pm

Taiwan earthquake traps people, derails train

September 18, 2022 8:32 pm

A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.

Rain in Taiwan as country awaits Typhoon Muifa

September 13, 2022 8:14 pm

The Central Meteorological Administration (CMA), which issued an “orange” warning, said Muifa’s centre was around 490 km (304.5 miles) southeast of Xiangshan city in Zhejiang province.

Overnight building blaze in Taiwan kills 46, injures at least 41

October 14, 2021 8:18 pm

Many of the residents of the 40-year-old building were elderly and lived alone in apartments as small as 13 square meters, according to local media.

Accidental explosion at Taiwan water park injures over 500

June 28, 2015 1:02 pm

A fire sparked by the explosion of an unknown powder near the stage of a party at the Formosa Water Park in New Taipei City, Taiwan injured over 500 people.