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View In: TaiwanThe State Department on Wednesday approved a potential $180 million arms sale for Taiwan amid heightened tensions with China over US support for the island. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said the deal was for vehicle-launched Volcano anti-tank munition-laying systems and relate...

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View In: TaiwanA draft of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes billions in military aid for Taiwan, but Congress isn’t sure if the funds will be approved, Defense News reported on Thursday. The funding includes $10 billion in the State Department’s Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program ove...

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View In: TaiwanThe Washington Post reported Sunday that Congress drafted a plan with input from the White House to authorize $1 billion in military aid for Taiwan annually under the presidential drawdown authority, which allows the US to ship weapons directly from Pentagon stockpiles. The US has employed this authorit...

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View In: TSMCWorld's Top Chipmaker To Build Another US Plant In Arizona Currently, US semiconductors are a measly 10% of global production. Most chips are produced in Asia, particularly South Korea and Taiwan, and the Biden administration has pushed the Chips and Science Act to boost development and production domestically.  Th...

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View In: TSMCUS Wants To Break Up Taiwan's Chip Hub To Shield Supply Chains In Event Of China Invasion The global semiconductor industry is entirely dominated by Taiwan. And that is a significant security risk for Western countries if China were to invade the island nation.  “If you allow yourself to think abou...

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View In: TaiwanChina's CPC Congress Passes Resolution To Boost Armed Forces, Speed Up 'Taiwan Reunification' A final Congress resolution issued Saturday by the Communist Party of China spelled out that the national armed forces will continue to be modernized and expanded with an eye toward preventing Taiwan independence. Whil...