China doubled down its rhetorics on the trade agreement between Taiwan and the U.S., saying it would benefit Washington while eroding the island's strategic advantages.

TSMC has for decades provided a “Silicon Shield” to its namesake island. Now it sees both business and geopolitical reasons for going big in the U.S.

TAIPEI, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The impact of this month's U.S.-Taiwan trade and tariff deal on the Taiwan dollar's exchange rate is within a "controllable range", the island's central bank said on Saturday.

Taiwan’s domestic gridlock is revealing a deep-seated fracture over how the island should defend itself and how much it can depend on the United States.

Beijing’s rapidly advancing spying operations have seen agents penetrate the island’s armed forces, enticing personnel to pledge allegiance to China.

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Friday offered talks with Ukraine to crack down on sanctions-busting after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy name-checked the island as a source of illicit missile components.

Taiwan is responsible for the majority of the world's semiconductor chips.

Over the past year, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) has experienced one of the most impressive rallies among global technology stocks, with its share price increasing approximately 65% as investors adapted to the positive effects of artificial intelligence (AI) and changes within the industry.

Wall Street expects the company to gain about 25% this year.

Taiwan detains journalist over alleged military leaks to China - A TV reporter and current and former army officers are accused of exchanging military information for payments

Ties between Japan and China have sunk to the worst level in years after Takaichi said in November that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could bring about a Japanese military response. Beijing has responded with export curbs, flight cancellations and vitriolic commentaries, repeatedly ‌demanding a retraction.