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Advanced packaging is the frontier of semiconductor technology, and TSMC is in the lead
It’s becoming difficult to make microchips smaller, so the encasing around them is where advanced tech is going. TSMC’s advanced packaging technology has emerged as a game-changer, with repercussions extending far beyond circuitry for U.S.-Taiwan relations.
Why Indonesia did not join BRICS
Indonesia has a tricky balancing act to pull off right now. Like many countries, it’s stuck between a Chinese rock and an American hard place. This is what’s at stake.
In a retro mood: The ethical dilemmas of cutting a deal with Xi Jinping’s China
How can scholars, journalists, and others engage with China ethically? The eminent Sinologist Geremie Barmé offers 10 watchwords.
‘Pocket crime’ — Phrase of the Week
A new draft law in China may dole out punishments for “harming the feelings of the Chinese people.” It has sparked criticism in China.
Letting Taiwanese cuisine speak for itself
In a new cookbook, journalist Clarissa Wei seeks to retell the story of Taiwan’s distinct cuisine for a world that often misinterprets it.
Apple’s 2023 product launch event receives tepid response in China
Meanwhile, the Chinese foreign ministry has denied rumors that government employees would be banned from owning Apple smartphones.
China leads the world in green energy, but it just can’t stop emitting greenhouse gasses
China is the world’s largest renewables generator and has cleaned the air in many cities, but it remains the world’s largest polluter, is addicted to coal, and is wasting solar panels on a massive scale.
Why is Hong Kong pushing crypto and web3?
Sam Bankman-Fried is behind bars, and the zeitgeist has moved on from cryptocurrencies and web3. But the Hong Kong government is charging ahead with blockchain technologies.
The world’s solar panel industry is still powered by Uyghur forced labor
“Clean” and “dirty” supply chains perpetuate modern slavery among Turkic minorities, a report from researchers at Sheffield Hallam University shows.
How can the U.S. more effectively compete with China?
This week on the Sinica Podcast, host Kaiser Kuo speaks with Representative Rick Larsen of the Washington 2nd District, the co-founder and continuously serving Democratic co-chair of the bipartisan U.S.-China Working Group about his white paper outlining on how the U.S. can more effectively compete with China.
Every Ultimate China Bookshelf needs Peter Hessler’s ‘River Town’
“River Town,” since its publication in 2001, has been much imitated but rarely bettered. It is a classic in the memoir genre, about life in a rural town that was changing, inalterably, for better or for worse.
China issues economic integration plan for Taiwan while displaying military might
Beijing is brandishing the stick of naval and air power in the South China Sea, and has now unveiled a new carrot: a plan for closely integrating Taiwan’s economy with that of Fujian Province. So far, the Taiwanese are unimpressed.
A brief guide to China’s complicated green hydrogen industry
Made without any carbon emissions, green hydrogen can play an important role in cleaning up dirty industries like coal and steel. Beijing’s hands-off approach has motivated local governments, SOEs, and the private sector to take the reins, but results so far are mixed.
Photographers clash with conservationists as birding takes off in China
The hobby of birdwatching is growing in China. But with the increased interest has come increased risks to the feathered wildlife.
Lin Biao flew too close to the sun. But why did he really fall?
Lin Biao was a principal architect of the cult of Mao Zedong. It would lead to his undoing.
China puts naval might on display near Taiwan after U.S.-Canada joint mission
Beijing has dispatched an unusually large naval formation, following a flurry of U.S.-led military exercises in the region, including a transit of the Taiwan Strait by a U.S. destroyer and Canadian frigate over the weekend.
In post-coup Gabon, China urges ‘peace, stability, and development’
Since establishing ties in 1974, China has dealt with only two Gabonese leaders: Omar Bongo and his son Ali. But a recent coup has suddenly created uncertainty, including over plans for an Atlantic military port that China has long wanted.
China’s top shopping influencer tells cash-strapped followers to work harder
Li Jiaqi, the “Lipstick King” who made $250 million last year, is being boycotted by consumers for saying on a weekend livestream, “Sometimes you have to reflect on yourself and ask why you haven’t received a raise after so many years. Have you been working hard enough?”
Li at G20, Xi in northern China
The Group of 20 summit concluded in New Delhi yesterday. Xi Jinping did not attend and instead visited flood-damaged areas of northeastern China, sending his second-in-command to India in his place.
My Chinese classroom celebrated 9/11. The shame came later.
Liuyu Ivy Chen weaves together Marxism, Sharon Olds, James Baldwin, and Chinese Communist Party lore in this poetic and unflinchingly honest essay about how she, as a child in an anonymous Chinese city, viewed the 9/11 attacks. And how she, as an adult now living in New York, views her younger self.
