China unveils ‘paralysing strikes’ poster as it shares code name of live-fire drills around Taiwan Drills employ Shandong aircraft carrier task group to simulate strikes on targets east of Taiwan The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025
China military drills targeting Taiwan put region’s security at risk, says US Beijing continues drills in Taiwan strait, practising hitting key ports and energy infrastructure The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2025
China Launches Military Drills In Taiwan Strait The Chinese military announced new exercises Wednesday in sensitive waters near Taiwan, in a second consecutive day of drills around the self-ruled island it claims as its own. International Business Times · Apr 2, 2025
Hegseth indicates US backing for Taiwan – but it is transactional Trump who has the final word Defence secretary’s trip to Asia shows the Trump administration is engaged with the region, but analysts warn Taipei to tread carefully The Guardian - AU · Apr 2, 2025
GlobalFoundries mulls UMC takeover in effort dubbed 'Project Ultron' GlobalFoundries is exploring an ambitious but challenging merger with rival UMC to create a dominant global player in mature-node semiconductor manufacturing, aiming to boost scale, diversify risk, and counter rising competition. Tom’s Hardware · Apr 1, 2025
An unexplained death, ‘abuse and slavery’: Indonesian fishers reveal life on long haul vessels The death of a fisher on a Chinese-owned trawler in the Indian Ocean illustrates the lack of accountability in the seafood industry, say advocates The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025
China launches surprise military drills around Taiwan Taiwan says it has detected nearly 20 vessels off its coast as Beijing orders large scale sea and air exercises and calls leaders in Taipei ‘parasites’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 1, 2025
China stages military drills off Taiwan in warning to ‘separatists’ Self-ruled island ‘strongly’ condemns Chinese actions, says it deployed military vessels and aircraft to monitor drills. Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2025
Chinese military launches large-scale military drills around Taiwan Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said it had tracked 19 Chinese navy vessels in the waters surrounding the island in a 24-hour period from 6am Monday until 6am Tuesday. Euronews · Apr 1, 2025
Chinese military calls Taiwan’s president ‘parasite’ as it launches drills around island Military exercises meant to be ‘severe warning and forceful containment against Taiwan independence’ The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025
China Says Launches Military Exercises Around Taiwan China's military on Tuesday said it had sent its army, navy, air and rocket forces to surround Taiwan for drills it said were aimed at practising a blockade of the self-ruled island. International Business Times · Apr 1, 2025
Tears In Taiwan For Relatives Hit By Myanmar Quake As images of destroyed buildings in earthquake-hit Myanmar flashed across her television screen in Taiwan, Yang Bi-ying could only weep for her family there. International Business Times · Mar 31, 2025
Pentagon Chief Says US Will Ensure 'Deterrence' Across Taiwan Strait The United States will ensure "robust, ready and credible deterrence" across the Taiwan Strait, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday, calling China "aggressive and coercive". International Business Times · Mar 30, 2025
Hegseth calls Japan indispensable in the face of Chinese aggression U_S_ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called Japan an “indispensable partner” in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the region and announced upgrading the U_S_ military command in Japan to a new “war-fighting headquarters.” The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2025
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 28, 2025 Taiwanese authorities accuse SMIC and allies of poaching engineers SMIC is reportedly trying to poach engineers to get Taiwanese semiconductor know how.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2025 Japan unveils first plan to evacuate 100,000 civilians from islands near Taiwan in event of conflict Prospect of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan has forced Japan to step up measures to protect islands in Okinawa prefecture
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 27, 2025 TSMC to reportedly speed up fab building in the US, third fab to begin construction this year After a slow, five-year build of its first U.S. fab due to labor and logistical hurdles, TSMC now plans to construct future U.S. facilities in two years, but can its timely access to chipmaking equipment remains an uncertainty.
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 27, 2025 Ex-Intel CEO Gelsinger warns TSMC's $165B investment will not restore U.S. semiconductor leadership Although TSMC will build an R&D facility in the U.S., its core R&D will remain in Taiwan, so the U.S. will keep following Taiwan even after TSMC builds out its Fab 21 site with six fab modules and two packaging facilities, says former CEO of Intel.
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025 Taiwan Navy ship crashes into Chinese fishing boat amid tensions Taiwanese landing ship, Chung Ho, collided with the Chinese trawler
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025 China sentences Taiwan-based editor to three years in jail for ‘inciting separatism’ Rights group call for release of Li Yanha, who was ‘arbitrarily detained’ in 2023
The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2025 Taiwan jails four soldiers, including three who worked in presidential office, for spying for China Soldiers had worked for ‘extremely sensitive and important units’ and ‘their acts betrayed the country’, Taipei court says
International Business Times · Mar 26, 2025 China, Beijing's Ties With Russia Main Threats To US: Intel Report China remains the main threat to the United States globally but of increasing concern is its closer cooperation with Russia, Iran and North Korea, said an annual US intelligence report released Tuesday.
The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025 China gave a 3-year sentence to a Taiwan-based publisher on charges of inciting separatism The editor-in-chief of a Taiwanese publishing house has received a three-year prison sentence after a Chinese court convicted him of inciting separatism
International Business Times · Mar 26, 2025 China Poses Biggest Military Threat To US: Intel Report China poses the top threat to American interests and security globally and is making "steady" progress towards having the ability to seize the self-ruled island of Taiwan, an annual US intelligence report warned Tuesday.
The Conversation · Mar 25, 2025 Trump’s desire to ‘un-unite’ Russia and China is unlikely to work – in fact, it could well backfire Is the U.S. angling for a repeat of the Sino-Russian split?