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Taiwan

  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    Here come the new climate leaders

    A mega election year is ushering in a different breed of net zero lawmakers

    Ann Kiernan illustration of Atlas holding a burning earth, drawn on a background of a starry sky
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    ETFs help fuel 25% jump in Taiwan fund assets in six months

    Domestic equities ETFs continue to benefit from an unceasing flood of retail investors

    Motorists maneuver through a busy street, referred to by locals as the ‘Scooter waterfall’, during World Population Day in Taipei
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    News in-depth
    Taiwan’s military drills turn serious as China threat escalates

    Annual Han Kuang exercise pivots from scripted performances to realistic battlefield scenarios

    Taiwanese soldiers with guns run through Taipei’s port with a tank in the background as part of the Han Kuang military exercise in 2023
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    LexTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
    Chip growth isn’t enough to protect TSMC Premium content

    Rising political risks for the contract chipmaker and other companies operating in Taiwan cannot be ignored

    A person walks past a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co logo  in Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Taiwan targets North Korean oil smuggling

    Taipei seeks to ‘close loopholes’ in terrorism financing law that undermined UN sanctions

    An employee rides a bicycle at the Kao Ming Container Terminal at the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Trump calls for Taiwan to ‘pay’ for its own defence

    TSMC shares slide after Republican candidate’s comments rattle island nation reliant on security guarantee

    A Taiwanese honour guard takes part in a changing of the guard ceremony outside the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Monday
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    News in-depth
    Island of riches: Taiwan reaps benefits of AI boom

    Country’s world-leading tech companies spread wealth among wider cohort of employees

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Taiwan to strengthen civil defence to prepare against China threat

    Plans include boosting food and energy stockpiles and raising hospital capacity

    Rescue workers simulate an evacuation in an emergency response exercise for civilians
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    China confiscates Taiwanese fishing vessel, Taipei says

    Incident off island of Kinmen close to Chinese coast heightens tensions

    Shihyu, or Lion Islet, one of the Kinmen islands controlled by Taiwan, lies just offshore China’s Xiamen
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    Investors shy away from China’s ‘Taiwan Town’ as tensions rise

    Chinese province closest to Taiwan seeks greater ties, but business has grown wary amid geopolitical and economic concerns

    A narrow street in Fuzhou with traditional Chinese buildings and red lanterns, including the Taiwan Assembly Hall on the right
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Scotland
    Edinburgh halts deal with Taiwanese city over fears of China backlash

    Proposed friendship agreement put on hold after businesses express concerns

    Skyline of Kaohsiung in Taiwan
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    China threatens death penalty for Taiwan ‘separatists’

    While Beijing lacks jurisdiction over Taiwan, new rules criminalising independence could deter travel

    Soldiers of People’s Liberation Army stand before a giant screen as Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2019
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Taiwan’s central bank warns about systemic risks of rapid ETF growth

    Institution says the funds have been pushing up valuations in local stock market

    A man looks at an electronic stock board at the Taipei Exchange in Taiwan
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    InterviewAt Home with the FT
    Pierre Chen, chair of Yageo: ‘If I still feel excited a week later, then I’ll buy it’

    The Taiwanese tech entrepreneur on buying art, wine and nine storeys of his building, letting his four-year-old choose a Picasso for her bedroom and holding firm in the face of threats from China

    man standing in apartment with Picasso painting to the left on the wall
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    News in-depth
    Taiwan’s president urges army to shed nationalist legacy to meet China threat

    Duelling centenary celebrations for military academy underscore armed forces’ fractured identity

    Taiwanese cadets march during the Republic of China Military Academy centennial celebrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on Saturday
  • Saturday, 15 June, 2024
    US-China relations
    Xi Jinping claimed US wants China to attack Taiwan

    Chinese president told European Commission president that Washington was trying to goad Beijing into war

    Xi Jinping, centre, meets with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Beijing in April last year
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    #techAsia
    Taiwan in the spotlight and CATL’s subsidy haul Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A woman arranges a candle at a candlelight vigil in Taipei
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    ReviewGaming
    Nine Sols — ‘taopunk’ twist on classic 2D action-platformer

    The Taiwanese makers draw on south-east Asian mythology for a visually extravagant exploration of past and future

    A cartoonish Asian-influenced landscape with large red trees and small characters wearing masks
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    China hits out at ‘aggressive’ Taiwan for military build-up

    Defence minister Dong Jun says Lai Ching-te’s new government is eroding prospects for unification

    China’s defense minister Dong Jun
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Taiwan parliament’s excessive power grab

    Political divisions could be exploited by China to undermine ties with the west

    Protests inside the Legislative Yuan
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Tesla pushes suppliers to produce parts outside China and Taiwan

    Move comes amid rising geopolitical tensions and competition from Chinese rivals

    A white Tesla vehicle being manufactured inside the company’s Shanghai factory
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Taiwan’s parliament boosts powers in challenge to president

    Large crowds protest against legal changes that ruling party and civic groups say undermine Taiwanese democracy

    Legislators throw red, white and blue balloons emblazoned with slogans
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Taiwan president calls on US lawmakers for help to strengthen defences

    Request follows Chinese military exercises days after new leader’s inauguration

    Lai Ching-te putting on a cowboy hat as Michael McCaul claps his hands
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Taiwan in political turmoil as China steps up military intimidation

    Opposition seeks to curb new president’s administration while Beijing sends fighters, bombers and navy to patrol around island

    A female protestor holds up a placard saying in English “Let me stand up as a Taiwanese”
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Taiwan on the faultline

    Three books to help understand the challenges faced by new president Lai Ching-te and the dangers facing Taipei today

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