Yian Lee

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te delivers an address to mark the first anniversary of his inauguration at the Presidential Office in Taipei on May 20, 2025. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te celebrates his first year in office on May 20 as his government grapples with Chinese military pressure, US tariff threats and domestic political turmoil. (Photo by CHENG Yu-chen / AFP) (Photo by CHENG YU-CHEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Taiwan plans wealth fund to counter China with global expansion

By Yian Lee, Betty Hou, and others

Kuo Jyh-Huei, Taiwan’s minister of economic affairs, during a news conference ahead of the Semicon Taiwan exhibition show in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Semicon is scheduled to begin on Sept. 4. Photographer: An Rong Xu/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Taiwan says Trump ‘might have some misunderstanding’ when he says island took U.S. chip industry

By Yian Lee and Bloomberg