President Xi Jinping speaks after reviewing the People’s Liberation Army Navy fleet in the South China Sea in April 2018. China sees Taiwan reunification as the goal, and Xi in 2019 named the self-ruled island among challenges to the Communist Party. Photo: Xinhua via AP President Xi Jinping speaks after reviewing the People’s Liberation Army Navy fleet in the South China Sea in April 2018. China sees Taiwan reunification as the goal, and Xi in 2019 named the self-ruled island among challenges to the Communist Party. Photo: Xinhua via AP
President Xi Jinping speaks after reviewing the People’s Liberation Army Navy fleet in the South China Sea in April 2018. China sees Taiwan reunification as the goal, and Xi in 2019 named the self-ruled island among challenges to the Communist Party. Photo: Xinhua via AP
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Letters | As US targets China’s Huawei, a perfect storm is brewing over Taiwan

  • The US chip embargo includes Taiwan’s TSMC, which supplies almost all of Huawei’s chips, and could well push Beijing towards forcefully reclaiming the island

Topic |   US-China tech war
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President Xi Jinping speaks after reviewing the People’s Liberation Army Navy fleet in the South China Sea in April 2018. China sees Taiwan reunification as the goal, and Xi in 2019 named the self-ruled island among challenges to the Communist Party. Photo: Xinhua via AP President Xi Jinping speaks after reviewing the People’s Liberation Army Navy fleet in the South China Sea in April 2018. China sees Taiwan reunification as the goal, and Xi in 2019 named the self-ruled island among challenges to the Communist Party. Photo: Xinhua via AP
President Xi Jinping speaks after reviewing the People’s Liberation Army Navy fleet in the South China Sea in April 2018. China sees Taiwan reunification as the goal, and Xi in 2019 named the self-ruled island among challenges to the Communist Party. Photo: Xinhua via AP
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