Taiwan
Explore our coverage of Taiwan’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Asia
Taiwan is beefing up its military exercises to counter China
The island’s new defence minister wants more practice and less performance
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
China
Songs, pandas and praise for Xi: how China courts young Taiwanese
Come for the hot pot, endure the propaganda
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
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?
Asia
The semiconductor choke-point
The world wants to rely less on Taiwanese chips. The island has other plans
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
Asia
Some Taiwanese worry that their lawmakers may sell them out to China
They are protesting against the legislature awarding itself greater powers
International
Taiwan’s new president faces an upsurge in Chinese coercion
But China’s bullying of Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines risks an explosion
China
How Taiwan still hangs on to property in bits of China
Reverence for a pre-Communist leader may make China stay its hand
Asia
Taiwan wants to prove that it is serious about defence
Its incoming president, Lai Ching-te, will face new challenges
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
Business
TSMC’s American chipmaking plans grow $25bn more ambitious
They still pale next to its Taiwanese endeavours
China
A new diplomatic struggle is unfolding over Taiwan
It could give China better legal cover for an invasion