The Latest Breaking News from Taiwan

Over 30 Taiwanese tech industry heavyweights have formed a new Silicon Photonics Industry Alliance (SiPhIA), demonstrating that this branch of semiconductor development is getting serious attention. Leading semiconductor firms like TSMC, ASE, Foxconn, and MediaTek are in the new collective.

A Nikkei report says that China bought more chipmaking tools than the U.S., Taiwan, and South Korea combined.

Taiwan investigators are to rule on the further detention of a former presidential candidate amid graft allegations

The Taiwanese foreign ministry on Saturday accused China of an "arbitrary intervention" after a joint declaration by Pacific leaders was altered to remove mentions of Taiwan.

A joint declaration by Pacific leaders was reissued Saturday morning with mentions of Taiwan removed after China slammed an earlier version as a "mistake" that "must be corrected".

The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat has removed a reference affirming Taiwan's status in the organisation from a previously-published communique.

China is developing new hypersonic weapons and other methods to threaten the island, defence ministry says

‘Visibly angry’ Qian Bo demands correction of Taiwan’s ‘development partner’ label despite its use for more than three decades

China's campaign of confrontation, from remote reefs in Southeast Asia to Taiwan and far-flung Japanese islands, is designed to wear down regional rivals competing with it for contested territories, analysts say.