China on Wednesday teased in a video an aircraft carrier that could be its fourth, and the first using nuclear power, while making an allusion to Taiwan and vowing to further build up its islands, as it looks to boost maritime power, secure resources and bolster territorial claims.The video, issued
BIG YEAR: The company said it would also release its A12 chip the same year to keep a ‘reliable stream of new silicon technologies’ flowing to its customers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said its newest A13 chip is to enter volume production in 2029 as the chipmaker seeks to hold onto its tech leadership and demand for next-generation chips used in artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance-computing (HPC) and mobile ap
Government agencies have been banned from using the Chinese navigation app AMap (高德地圖) due to national information security concerns, the Ministry of Digital Affairs said yesterday.Concerns were raised after it was found that the app displayed countdown timers for some traffic lights, prompting fear
The US Department of Defense yesterday said its forces boarded a vessel in the Indian Ocean that was transporting oil from Iran, as disruption from a standoff with the Islamic republic continued to batter the world economy.The announcement came hours after a senior Iranian official said the country
LEVERAGE: China did not ‘need to fire a shot’ to deny Taiwan airspace over Africa when it owns ‘half the continent’s debt,’ a US official said, calling it economic warfare
The EU has raised concerns about overflight rights following the delay of President William Lai’s (賴清德) planned state visit to the Kingdom of Eswatini after three African nations denied overflight clearance for his charter at the last minute.Taiwanese allies Paraguay and Saint Kitts and Nevis, as we
COMMITMENT: Polling shows that the willingness of Taiwanese to defend their country is ‘orders of magnitude’ greater than in prewar Ukraine, Paparo said
Taiwan must show the resolve to defend itself, including by passing a NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.63 billion) special defense budget, to secure US support, US Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo told a US Senate hearing on Tuesday.“We can’t want Taiwan’s defense more than they want it itself,”
Taiwan has signed six arms procurement offers from the US totaling more than NT$208 billion (US$6.59 billion) covering long-range precision strike systems, missile stockpile replenishment and joint production of large-caliber ammunition, the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday.The government
Iran yesterday fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, intensifying its assault on shipping in the waterway crucial to global energy supplies and complicating already faltering efforts to bring the US and Iran together for talks to end the war.The attacks were carried out by the paramilitary I
A group of Chinese naval vessels, including a destroyer, yesterday passed through a waterway between two islands administered by the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, as it returned home after testing far-seas capabilities, China said.Vessel formation 133 dispatched by the Chinese People’s Liberation
Several US lawmakers and the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) yesterday condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for pressuring three African countries to revoke overflight permission for President William Lai (賴清德), forcing the cancelation of his planned state visit to Eswatini this
ESWATINI VISIT: Taipei condemned Beijing’s coercive tactics after Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar unexpectedly revoked overflight permits for the president’s aircraft
President William Lai (賴清德) has postponed an official trip to Eswatini, after several countries in Africa revoked overflight permits following “intense pressure” from China, a senior aide said yesterday.Lai was due to visit the Kingdom of Eswatini from today to Sunday for the 40th anniversary of Kin
The central government’s general budget for this fiscal year was yesterday sent to legislative committees for review after a presentation by Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰), in another step toward ending the budget impasse that has been ongoing for more than six months.Addressing the Legislative Yuan in
The Ministry of National Defense yesterday released a report detailing unclassified portions of the government’s proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.7 billion) special defense budget as it continued to seek legislative approval for the bill.A redacted version of the report released to the public detail
SECURITY: The change comes as Tokyo moves to boost its defense industry, wars strain US weapons production and other nations look for suppliers
Japan yesterday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales, and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons.The move aimed at strengthening Japan’s defense industrial base marks another step away from the pa
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has rejected as “absurd” claims that his minister overseeing relations with North Korea revealed classified information provided by the US on Pyongyang’s nuclear facilities. South Korean media have reported that the US has stopped sharing some intelligence on Nor
President William Lai (賴清德) has postponed an official trip to Eswatini, the nation's only diplomatic ally in Africa, after several countries revoked overflight permits, a senior aide said today. "According to sources, the Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar unexpectedly and without prior notice rev
ESWATINI TRIP: Over 40 cross-party officials from African states have expressed their welcome through official letters, social media posts and personal messages, MOFA said
President William Lai (賴清德) has been formally welcomed ahead of his trip to Africa this week by more than 40 political figures from 11 African nations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.Lai is to make his first official trip to the continent when he visits the Kingdom of Eswatini
CURRENCY VOLATILITY: The shift would streamline capital outflows by eliminating the conversion process that adds friction to the market, proponents of the change said
Taiwan is weighing a proposal to permit listed companies to distribute dividends in US dollars, a change from the rule requiring payouts in the local currency, people familiar with the matter said.The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is evaluating operational details, they said, asking not to
The number of pet cats in Taiwan surpassed that of pet dogs for the first time last year, reaching 1,742,033, a 32.8 percent increase from 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday, citing a survey.By contrast, the number of pet dogs declined slightly by 1.2 percent over the same period to 1,
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