Taiwan’s legislature emerged from its fourth round of cross-party defense budget negotiations on Wednesday without any substantive progress toward a
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Taiwan Technology Update: May 6, 2026
Semiconductors, AI and Quantum Taiwan’s chip sector continues to thrive despite disruptions related to the Iran war. TSMC reported a 58%
More Questions Emerge Over Lai’s Cancelled Eswatini Excursion
More than a week after Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) cancelled a planned visit to Eswatini because three Indian Ocean countries on his route
Tough Lessons for Taiwan From Iran
Iran’s experience fighting against a great power offers lessons for Taiwan, but they won’t be easy to learn. Much of the analysis of what Taiwan
Former TSMC Engineer Gets 10 Years for Chip Secrets Theft
A court in Taiwan sentenced Chen Li-ming (陳力銘), a former TSMC employee, to 10 years in prison for leaking corporate secrets on Monday. The case marks
Taiwan Is Running Out of Children
By many measures, life is good in Taiwan. People here enjoy democracy, affordable healthcare, excellent public transportation, a thriving tech economy
KMT Heavyweight Explains Why Taiwan’s Opposition Won’t Budge on Defense Spending
Prominent Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) media personality Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) has a proposal for members of his party who are tired of blockading
Defense Budget Delays Are ‘Disaster’ for Taiwan’s Drone Industry
Further delays in the approval of Taiwan’s special defense budget would be a “disaster” for the country’s domestic drone production, Max Lo (羅正方),
Taiwan President Cancels Diplomatic Trip Due to Pressure From China
Taiwan’s constrained official diplomacy took a further blow this evening after the Presidential Office announced that President Lai Ching-te’s (賴清德)
Taiwan Diplomacy Power Rankings: February to March 2026
Taiwan-U.S. Trade Deal Taiwan signed a tariff-reducing trade deal, the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, or ART, with the U.S. on February 12. The
Advanced Packaging Is the Latest AI Bottleneck
Nvidia announced last fall that the first wafers for its Blackwell chips, which are designed for artificial intelligence workloads, had been
War Game Tests Taiwan’s Resilience
Unlike most war games focused on tanks and amphibious landings, Taiwan’s latest tabletop exercise ran by think tankers and experts this week tested