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China On “High Alert” After Japan Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait

September 27, 2024 admin

Beijing: China’s military was on “high alert” Thursday and Beijing said it had lodged a complaint with Tokyo after a Japanese warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time. Japan’s top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi declined to comment on the reports at a regular briefing because they concerned military operations. But Beijing confirmed…

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As Storm Bebinca Approaches, Taiwan Uses AI To Predict Typhoon Paths

September 13, 2024 admin

AI-based weather models were used for the first time in Taiwan in July this year. As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so far successful method to help track its path – artificial intelligence (AI). AI-generated forecasts,…

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India Is Finally Reversing Its Semiconductor Misfortune

September 5, 2024 admin

(This is the second article in a two-part series on the US-China semiconductor battle, and where India stands in it. Here is the first part) When Chandrayaan 3 landed on the moon on August 23 last year, there was one place in Mohali that was particularly jubilant: the government-run Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL). It was a…

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De facto U.S. envoy warns Taiwan is not China’s only target

September 4, 2024 admin

Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Raymond Greene attends a press conference in Taipei on September 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The new de facto U.S. ambassador to Taiwan said Wednesday (September 4, 2024) that the democratic island is “not the only target” of China’s “intimidation and coercion”, with more countries cooperating…

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Hunters, Conservationists Design Safer Traps To Protect Formosan Bears

August 28, 2024 admin

The Formosan black bear is one of seven subspecies of Asiatic black bear, vulnerable to extinction. Taichung, Taiwan: As the cage holding an endangered Formosan black bear swung open conservationists blasted gunshots and air horns to ensure the frightened young bear disappeared quickly into the mountains of central Taiwan, hopefully far from human contact. Ziman,…

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Taiwan Olympic Legend Finds Her Life Story In Aamir Khan Dangal

July 26, 2024 admin

“When I watched Dangal with Chinese subtitles a few years ago, I noticed an uncanny resemblance between the wrestlers’ father and my own,” says Chen Shih-hsin, Taiwan’s first-ever Olympic gold medallist. Chen clinched gold in the women’s flyweight division (49-kilogram category) in Taekwondo at the 2004 Athens Olympics, ending a 72-year-long gold medal drought for…

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Climate Change Intensifies Rainfall Patterns, Typhoons, Warn Scientists

July 26, 2024 admin

Typhoon Gaemi hits Chinese seaboard, widespread flooding feared Singapore: Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. Taiwan, the Philippines and then China were lashed by the year’s most powerful typhoon this week, with…

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Taiwan must protect its sovereignty, know its own history, president says

July 21, 2024 admin

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan must protect its sovereignty and know its own culture and history, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, rejecting what he said was the previous mistaken belief the island could serve as a base to “retake” China. Mr. Lai, who took office in May, and his ruling…

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Trump says Taiwan ‘should pay’ US for defence against China

July 17, 2024 admin

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump prepares to leave after the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan “should pay” the United States for defence, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said in a wide-ranging interview that has cast doubt…

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AI Chip Demand Drives Taiwan Chipmaker TSMCs’ Second Quarter Profits Up By 30%

July 15, 2024 admin

TSMC is the world’s largest contract chipmaker (REUTERS/Ann Wang/ File Photo) Taipei: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the main producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is expected to report a 30% rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday thanks to soaring demand.The world’s largest contract chipmaker, whose customers include Apple and Nvidia, has benefited…

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