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  • Only 83 mainland exhibitors attended this week’s Computex Taipei tech show, down from 297 at last in-person show in 2019
  • Direct investments from the mainland in Taiwan fell from a historic high of US$349.5 million in 2013 to US$38.7 million last year
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The drills come as China, US ramp up military diplomacy in the region, staging more frequent war games with allies over Taiwan, South China Sea issues.

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The higher worker pay and bonus packages offered by Foxconn underscores the Taiwanese contract manufacturer’s commitment to continue assembling iPhones in the central city of Zhengzhou.

Some 2,661 mainland citizens were polled by the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University on the outlook for international security.

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Debate swirls after Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu suggests self-ruled island has been talking to the United States on the nuclear umbrella issue.

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The vessel and two other ships travel in northerly direction while sticking to median line that serves as unofficial barrier, while Taiwanese military monitors movement and responds ‘appropriately’, Taipei says.

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Beijing should seek reunification according to its ‘own rhythm’ as threat of a clash remains low in the near term, according to heavyweight scholar Liu Guoshen, professor at a leading think tank for issues related to the island.

The breach by the ‘Volt Typhoon’ group is thought to be part of a campaign intended to disrupt communications in the Pacific region ahead of a possible crisis.

VTB Bank’s Andrey Kostin warns that ‘it’s very dangerous to rely on America’, after Russia’s second-largest lender lost billions last year upon being cut off from the US dollar and euro.

Beijing yet to respond to Washington’s request for meeting between Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu and American counterpart Lloyd Austin on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore next week.

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The global tech hub’s recession-hit economy has had a tough go since last year, on weak demand for its exports, but an ‘optimistic forecast’ projects an end-of-year recovery.

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Senior Chinese officials are likely to be ‘unhappy’ and ‘disappointed’ over Marcos Jnr’s moves to forge closer military ties with the US without regard for China’s sensitivities.

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Investors looking at chip giants like SK Hynix and TSMC are undeterred by expectations for a US recession and worsening Sino-American relations.

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Taiwanese legislator Chen Yu-jen, who represents Quemoy for the opposition Kuomintang party, has asked authorities to lift a ban on mainland Chinese travellers.

House select committee issues its first set of policy recommendations, addressing the ‘ongoing genocide’ of Uygurs and deterring Beijing from cross-strait attacks.

A noodle bar in Taiwan has gone viral for serving ramen made with an alien-looking, 14-legged deep-sea creature that is distantly related to woodlice and can reach more than 30cm long.