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Kris Lih

Kris is a Taiwan-based trilingual reporter (Mandarin, English, and German). He has previously wrote and produced news animation and news copy for Next Media, contributed to the Toronto Star, Dagens ETC, Berlingske, and Sports Vision. He studied International Relations at the University at Buffalo and is interested in the intersection between politics, technology, and culture. Contact: kris.lih@dominotheory.com

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Trump-Xi Summit Unlikely to Yield Taiwan Agreement, Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Says

Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger said on Saturday that he does not expect the upcoming meeting between President Donald

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Five Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Arms Procurement in Taiwan

In a lengthy investigative report published on Wednesday, Domino Theory revealed how Taiwan spent four years trying to acquire a counter-drone system

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Investigation: How Taiwan Botched a Plan to Counter Chinese Drones

In August 2022, drones appeared in the skies above Kinmen, a Taiwanese island just off China’s coast. They were off-the-shelf, consumer drones,

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U.S. Lawmaker Urges Taiwan’s KMT to Follow Through on Drone Funding

The chairman of a U.S. House committee focused on strategic competition with China urged Taiwan’s main opposition Chinese Nationalist Party, or KMT,

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Taiwan’s Push Into Robotics Risks Being Stunted by U.S. Import Ban

Go to a trade show in Taipei and you will see humanoids stumbling awkwardly toward objects and robot dogs climbing a mountain composed of a few short

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Taiwanese Packaging Ecosystem Adjusts to AI Boom

As much as skyrocketing AI demand has been a boon for Taiwanese tech, it has also put stress on the system. “The whole world is here to have a

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Taiwan Tests Decentralized Communication Network During Annual Military Drills

When mobile connections in parts of Taiwan were throttled to text-only speeds during urban resilience drills earlier this month, local officials in

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Taiwan’s Legislature Approves $7.6 Billion Over Six Years in New Drone Funding

Taiwan’s opposition-led legislature approved 240 billion New Taiwan dollars ($7.6 billion) over six years in government funding for the country’s

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Taiwan Drone Funding Still in Limbo

Taiwan’s legislature this week failed to agree on a special defense budget that would authorize up to 210 billion New Taiwan dollars (about $6.6

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Taiwan’s Air Raid Drill Farce

What would happen if, halfway through reading this article, you received an alert on your phone saying Chinese missiles were inbound to Taipei and you

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Taiwan’s Legislature Finally Passes Funding for Drones, but Roadblocks to Procurement Persist

Taiwan’s opposition-controlled legislature passed the 2026 annual budget last week, a record 351 days after it was submitted. Surprising to many is

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Taipei Air Raid Drill More Performative Than Useful

Yesterday, Taipei practiced how it would react to a Chinese missile attack as part of the annual Han Kuang exercises. Official guidance is to evacuate

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