Published since 2019 by the Fair Winds Foundation and Association of Foreign Relations, Taiwan Weekly provides in-depth report and analysis of the major issues facing Taiwan.
This Week in Taiwan 0806-0812
August 6: In an exclusive interview with the New York Times, Chairman Mark Liu of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company refuted the idea of the company being a "silicon shield." He stated that China will not invade Taiwan because of semiconductors and will not decide against invading Taiwan due to semiconductors. The decision rests entirely upon the United States and China on how they will maintain the status quo that both sides would like to keep.
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Presidential Race：Lai versus Hou on the Diplomatic Battleground
The presidential election has turned into a diplomatic battleground.
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Analysis of the Taiwan International Solidarity Act
Not long ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Taiwan International Solidarity Act, which indicates that Resolution 2758 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 1971 does not address Taiwan's legal status in the organization, and this Act is now on the floor of the U.S. Senate for consideration.
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Defense Budget Sustains Tsai Administration's Cross-Strait Policy
An initial draft of the Cabinet's Fiscal Year 2024 Central Government Budget has earmarked NT$440 billion (US$13 billion) for national defense, an increase of NT$30 billion (US$ 944 million) from this year's budget.
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This Week in Taiwan 0730-0805
July 30: Speaker Hsieh Tien-lin of the Changhua County Council, the most prominent local speaker supporting Terry Gou, announced his departure from the Kuomintang (KMT), becoming the second speaker to quit the party after Speaker He Sheng-feng of the Nantou County Council. Gou left a message on Hsieh's Facebook to pay his respects. According to Gou, while Hsieh's party membership may no longer exist, his party spirit will last forever. Only when the opposition unites and integrates successfully will it win the presidential and legislative elections and bring the Republic of China from the brink of war to the right track of peace.
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Mystery Behind "Grand Coalition" Proposal
After the Kuomintang's (KMT) National Congress successfully eliminated internal dissents that demanded replacing the party candidate for the next presidential elections, Chairman Eric Chu for the first time shouted out the campaign slogan of forming a "grand coalition for governing."
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Realistic Battlefield：Concretization of Computerized Wargame
The Han Kuang military exercises' live-fire drills have always provided a glimpse into Taiwan's military preparedness and strategic considerations for both domestic and international observers.
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New Semiconductor Ban Poses Risks for China, U.S. and TSMC
As a new U.S. semiconductor ban against China looms, American semiconductor companies have issued statements opposing such a ban.
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This Week in Taiwan 0723-0729
July 25: The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced that it will spend NT$90 billion (about US$2.86 billion) to build an advanced packaging plant in the Tongluo Science Park, a branch of the Hsinchu Science Park. Sources indicate that this move is to cooperate with heavyweight customers including Advanced Micro Devices, NVIDIA, Apple, and Xilinx, to provide back-end advanced packaging for advanced logic chip manufacturing processes so that production capacity can be sustained to ensure advanced process chip production plans for the Kaohsiung 2nm plant and Longtan 1.4nm plant can be executed and the Tainan Science Park 3nm plant expanded.
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Lai's White House Dream：Hitting the Wall Even Before Meeting Trump
Vice President William Lai is scheduled to lead a delegation to visit Paraguay next month.
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