Vietnam, Mexico and Taiwan have emerged as the main beneficiaries of the ongoing U.S.-China trade conflict, as firms shift assembly and investment
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Washington and Beijing Are Building an AI Hotline. It’s Not Clear Who Will Answer It
Last week’s summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) came and went without either an agreement to slow the AI race or
Xi Doesn’t Dwell on Taiwan
Look. Last time President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) met, Domino Theory covered the immediate aftermath of the summit and
A Patriotic Air Defense System for Taiwan?
Taiwan wants to buy a bunch of air defense systems from the U.S., but President Donald Trump doesn’t seem so keen. Maybe that’s not so bad. When
How Xi Feeds Trump Talking Points on Taiwan
Before Donald Trump became president, he criticized America’s “one China” policy, telling Fox News in a November 2016 interview: “I don’t know why we
The Liar and the Fool
Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) likes to lie to U.S. presidents. He lied to Barack Obama in 2015 at the White House when he told him China would
Japan Is Creating Its First Centralized Intelligence Agency Since World War II
For the first time since World War II, Japan’s prime minister can now ask government agencies to provide information to a newly formed intelligence
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
The U.S. Couldn’t Save Taiwan Even If It Wanted To, Palmer Luckey Says
Anduril chief executive Palmer Luckey is proud to be sanctioned by China for selling weapons to “separatist terrorists” in Taiwan. “I wear it as a
Trump Risks Getting Played by Xi on AI Safety
President Donald Trump believes that fears about data centers and AI progress are a “hoax” driven by “political people” and China. “The robots are not
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,
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