Taiwan
Explore our coverage of Taiwan’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
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Asia
Taiwan is trying to learn from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine
Could it repel a potential Chinese invasion?
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Asia
Taiwan is beefing up its military exercises to counter China
The island’s new defence minister wants more practice and less performance
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Babbage
How technology can strengthen democracy—an interview with Audrey Tang
Our podcast on science and technology. Amid a techlash in many countries, Taiwan’s former digital minister presents the optimistic case for technology
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China
Songs, pandas and praise for Xi: how China courts young Taiwanese
Come for the hot pot, endure the propaganda
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Graphic detail
A short history of Taiwan and China, in maps
The Chinese Communist Party’s obsession with the island is about more than just territory
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The Americas
Paraguay and Taiwan strengthen their embrace, for now
Paraguay has benefited from increased Taiwanese investment, but will it be enough to ward off the lure of Beijing?
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Asia
The semiconductor choke-point
The world wants to rely less on Taiwanese chips. The island has other plans
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Drum Tower
China’s “grey-zone” tactics against Taiwan
Our weekly podcast on China. This week our hosts visit places on the frontline of Chinese grey-zone aggression towards Taiwan to find out if China’s strategy is working
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Asia
Some Taiwanese worry that their lawmakers may sell them out to China
They are protesting against the legislature awarding itself greater powers
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International
Taiwan’s new president faces an upsurge in Chinese coercion
But China’s bullying of Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines risks an explosion
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China
How Taiwan still hangs on to property in bits of China
Reverence for a pre-Communist leader may make China stay its hand
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Asia
Taiwan wants to prove that it is serious about defence
Its incoming president, Lai Ching-te, will face new challenges
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China
China is talking to Taiwan’s next leader, just not directly
Officials in Beijing want the island’s new president to be more like one from the past
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Business
TSMC’s American chipmaking plans grow $25bn more ambitious
They still pale next to its Taiwanese endeavours