TAIPEI, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Taiwan is monitoring what it called “abnormal” changes in China’s military leadership after its most senior general was placed under investigation, and will not lower its guard as the threat level remains high, the defense minister said on Monday. China announced on Saturday that Zhang Youxia, second in command under … Read more
By Wen-Yee Lee, Faith Hung and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Jan 15 (Reuters) – TSMC, the world’s leading maker of advanced AI chips, on Thursday posted a 35% jump in fourth-quarter profit forecasts to a record high, forecast robust annual growth and signaled more manufacturing capacity in the United States. Riding high on what it calls … Read more
By Greg Torode and Yimou Lee HONG KONG/TAIPEI, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Some Chinese online users are calling for a Venezuela-style lightning strike for Taiwan’s leaders in a prelude to taking over the island, but analysts, scholars and security officials say China’s modernizing military is far from finished. In Taiwan, they say, China’s military has … Read more
A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet and its pilot went missing off the island’s northeast coast on Tuesday. Taiwan’s Air Force grounded its F-16 fleet and suspended training missions in response. Search and rescue operations are ongoing. At this time, it is not clear if the pilot was fired. Taiwan’s air force grounded its F-16 fleet … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a phone call Friday to visit the United States this year, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said, in what will be the ultraconservative leader’s first trip to the United States since taking office in October. The White House has yet to confirm the … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — China’s decision to bring serious firepower to military exercises in the waters off Taiwan this week has deep roots — as much in recent weeks as in recent decades. The island is the most sensitive political subject for China. It has been since Taiwan split from the mainland in 1949 after a … Read more
YOU NEED TO KNOW At least four people have died after a mass knife attack in Taipei, Taiwan, on Friday, December 19 The suspect allegedly detonated smoke bombs at the main metro station before continuing his rampage at another station in a busy shopping district According to reports, the 27-year-old suspect is among the dead … Read more