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A new report claims Apple COO Jeff Williams has visited Taiwan to help Apple secure vital 2nm chip supply.

Beijing sanctions three American defence companies as Taiwan's new president takes office. China is also launching an anti-dumping investigation into imported EU, US, Japan and Taiwan chemicals amid a growing trade spat. The country's struggling property market gets a government lifeline, but investors remain unconvinced that it will be enough.

Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te in his inauguration speech has urged China to stop its military intimidation against the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own territory.

China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced sanctions against Boeing and two other defense companies for their arms sales to Taiwan

Taiwan’s first female president has presided over big social changes, but her main legacy is the cultivation of the island’s rising prominence on the world stage

Lai takes over as leader as Beijing aggressively asserts its claim over the self-governed island of 23 million people.

Taiwan has inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its a new president

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Lai’s election victory gave the DPP an unprecedented third term, but his room for manoeuvre is likely to be limited.