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Many had hoped that the change of government would usher in a shift to a more imaginative and less subservient foreign policy.

Taiwan will allow the entry of Hong Kong and Macau residents as part of a further easing of its COVID-19 prevention measures, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said on Tuesday, but stopped short of scrapping curbs on visitors from the mainland.

Taiwan needs to overhaul its current training methods in accordance with the Overall Defense Concept to make the most out of the reform taking place in 2024.

Taiwan has not spotted any surveillance balloons from China in its vicinity, the island's defence ministry said on Tuesday, as a dispute between China and the United States over spy balloons triggers worries about rising military tensions.

Despite the major turbulence in the semiconductor industry, global sales reached the highest-ever annual total last year. Given the solid prospects of the industry, fundamentally strong semiconductor stocks Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), Broadcom (AVGO), and United Microelectronics (UMC) might be worth buying. However, fundamentally weak NVIDIA (NVDA) might be best avoided.…

Spokesperson says US overreacting and claims it has made at least 10 airspace incursions since start of 2022

In a controversial move that has strained its relationships with the EU and the US, South Africa will host naval exercises off its eastern coast with Chinese and Russian ships. The exercises coincide with the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Taiwan is giving citizens and permanent residents a one-off cash payment of NT$6,000, a step towards ensuring that the benefits of economic growth are shared by all.

BEIJING: China is considering tripling its stockpile of nuclear warheads to 900 by 2035, as tensions with the United States are expected to escalate further over Taiwan, sources close to the matter said on Saturday.

With Russia’s plans to cut crude oil production threatening to tip an interest-rate-paranoid market into a fresh bout of volatility and sell-off, shares of fundamentally strong and profitable businesses, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM), Walmart (WMT), and Pfizer (PFE), seem to be good investments now. Continue reading….

The trip, which will be paid for by the Taiwanese government, has been criticised during the "worst cost of living crisis that we've experienced in a generation" but the council leader said he was "keen to develop a friendship with Taiwan".