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Taipei Gongguan roundabout removal to start Sept. 13
Taipei Times
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August 27, 2025
Taipei City Government announced on Wednesday it will begin work to remove the Gongguan roundabout and an underpass for buses at the intersection of Roosevelt Road and Keelung Road on Sept. 13. The city said at a press conference that it will...
Taipei’s Gongguan Traffic Circle set for demolition next month
Taipei Times
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August 26, 2025
The Gongguan Traffic Circle in Taipei is to be redesigned beginning on Sept. 13, marking an end to the city's most hazardous intersection, the Taipei City Government said today. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) in March announced that the traffic...
Taipei’s robot dog patrol a security risk: expert
Taipei Times
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August 27, 2025
If mapping data from Taipei’s proposed robot dog sidewalk patrol program were to end up in Chinese hands, the consequences would be severe, a military expert said yesterday. Military expert Wang Cheng-ming (王臻明) wrote on Facebook that spies in the...
Taiwan raises defence spending by 23% under US pressure to counter China threat
The Financial Times
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Taiwan plans to raise defence spending by almost a quarter next year in an effort to show the US its determination to strengthen itself against threats from China. The increase, if approved by parliament, would lift Taiwan’s defence spending to...
Taiwan shares close at record-high 24,519.90
Taipei Times
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August 27, 2025
Taiwanese shares closed at a new high yesterday, with artificial intelligence (AI)-related stocks in focus as investors bet that US-based AI chip designer Nvidia Corp would provide positive leads in its upcoming investor conference. The TAIEX...
Taiwan's Yageo expects Japan national security nod for Shibaura buyout
Nikkei Asia
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TOKYO (Reuters) -- Taiwan's Yageo said on Wednesday it expects to obtain a national security clearance from Japan for its proposed $740 million buyout of Shibaura Electronics after concluding discussions with the government on conditions for the...
Taiwan indicts trio for alleged theft of TSMC's 2-nm trade secrets
Nikkei Asia
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Technology Case involves former employee of Japan's top chip tool maker Tokyo Electron TSMC recently fired several employees for violating rules on obtaining sensitive information related to cutting-edge chips and initiated legal action. © Reuters...
Military parades and memory wars: China and Russia commemorate history to reimagine international order
The Brookings Institution
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Toggle section navigation Sections Print Editor's note: This is the 11th essay of Global China’s “Lost in translation: Decoding Chinese strategic narratives” series. The full collection of essays can be found here. The People’s Republic of China...
UK politician urges Taiwan support
Taipei Times
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August 27, 2025
Former British Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith on Tuesday urged democracies to stand with Taiwan against growing threats from China. Speaking at a Taipei event of a cross-party international lawmakers’ alliance he cochairs, Smith said...
Three People Charged in Taiwan for Theft of TSMC Chip Secrets
Asia Financial
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August 27, 2025
Taiwan prosecutors said on Wednesday that three people have been charged with for theft of trade secrets from chipmaker TSMC. The three are accused of conspiring to use information from the world’s top chipmaker to help Japan’s Tokyo Electron to...
Taiwan Appoints Ex-TSMC Board Member Kung Ming-hsin as New Economy Minister in Cabinet Reshuffle
Arise News
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August 27, 2025
Taiwan has appointed former Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) board member Kung Ming-hsin as its new economy minister, following the resignation of Kuo Jyh-huei for health reasons. The move comes as part of a wider Cabinet...
Pentagon’s DIU to send a tech envoy to Taiwan
Taipei Times
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August 27, 2025
A Pentagon unit tasked with facilitating the US military’s adoption of new technology is soon to deploy officials to dozens of friendly nations, including Taiwan, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The US Department of Defense’s Defense...
French Polynesian politicians in first visit for 40 years
Taipei Times
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August 27, 2025
A delegation of French Polynesian politicians is making a first visit to Taiwan in nearly 40 years to boost exchanges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The seven-member delegation includes Teva Rohfritsch, one of French Polynesia’s...
Prosecution witness who testified against Jimmy Lai is ‘serial liar,’ mogul’s lawyer tells nat. sec trial
Hong Kong Free Press
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August 27, 2025
Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai’s lawyer has urged judges to reconsider the testimony of an activist who pleaded guilty in the case and testified for the prosecution, calling the witness a “serial liar.” Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai in...
Tuvalu parliament speaker in Taiwan for lawmaker assembly
Taipei Times
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August 26, 2025
Tuvaluan parliamentary speaker Iakoba Italeli arrived in Taiwan today for a nine-day visit to attend a regional lawmakers assembly in Taipei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Italeli arrived this morning at Taiwan Taoyuan International...
Ex-Worker of Tokyo Electron Taiwan Unit Indicted over Data Theft
Nippon
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August 27, 2025
Newsfrom Japan Technology Aug 28, 2025 02:00 (JST) Taipei, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)--Taiwanese prosecutors announced on Wednesday the indictment of a former employee of a Taiwanese unit of Tokyo Electron Ltd. and two other people in a case in which...
Intel admits US Government share deal could have a major effect on international sales
TechRadar
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August 27, 2025
The US Government is set to acquire 10% of Intel in exchange for 433 million shares But Intel is worried about Trump’s “substantial additional powers” on foreign business Trump praised the deal for making the US “richer”, and for creating more...
China says 'willing to create ample space for peaceful reunification' with Taiwan
Yeni Safak
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August 27, 2025
China on Wednesday said Beijing is "willing" to create ample space for peaceful reunification with Taiwan. State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian expressed hope that the majority of Taiwanese people will join the mainland in...
Manila drawn into Taiwan dispute
Taipei Times
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August 27, 2025
Under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Manila has asserted its territorial sovereignty with a steady, unflinching stance in its dealings with China. From advancing defense and security cooperation with like-minded nations in the...
Book review: Drugs, bars and girls: an American GI in Vietnam War-era Taiwan
Taipei Times
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August 27, 2025
‘Made in Taiwan’ delivers a rare and compelling record of how American enlisted men in Taiwan lived, partied and stretched the US military at the seams during the Vietnam War By 1971, heroin and opium use among US troops fighting in Vietnam had...