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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

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

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.

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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

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

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

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

Taiwanese authorities accuse SMIC and allies of poaching engineers

SMIC is reportedly trying to poach engineers to get Taiwanese semiconductor know how.

Tom’s Hardware

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

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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

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

Taiwan Navy ship crashes into Chinese fishing boat amid tensions

Taiwanese landing ship, Chung Ho, collided with the Chinese trawler

The Independent UK

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

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The Guardian - AU

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

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

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

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

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?

Tom’s Hardware

Producing wafers at TSMC Arizona is only 10% more expensive than in Taiwan: TechInsights

Despite comments suggesting high costs in the U.S., analysts found that producing chips at TSMC's Arizona fab costs less than 10% more than in Taiwan.

PC Gamer

Nvidia CEO sets sights on making 'several hundred billion' dollars worth of electronics in the USA over the next four years, increasing the chance of your next GPU being made in America

Whether that will continue after that is anyone's guess.

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