Another U.S.-aligned democracy in Asia is mired in political gridlock, with Taiwan’s opposition challenging defense spending aimed at fending off China.

The U.S. has announced new restrictions on advanced AI chips in a final push before Joe Biden leaves office. The aim is to protect U.S. dominance in technology crucial to national security. The new rules classify countries into three tiers,

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule and asserts that Taiwan is an integral part of its territory, though it has never governed the island.

The US is reportedly expected to tighten chip restrictions, impacting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM), according to reports from Bloomberg. The chip restrictions would be the latest of US President Joe Biden's last actions before Donald Trump's return to the White House.

President Joe Biden's handling of Afghanistan was the single greatest disaster in foreign policy in a century.

Biden says his administration successfully ‘managed’ frosty China relations to prevent outright conflict. Critics say he didn’t go nearly far enough.

He has worked at the U.S. Department of State, on the National Security Council, and as a foreign policy adviser to U.S. Senator John McCain. Today, U.S. President Donald Trump will sweep back into power promising a new American approach to the world.

The head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan said on Thursday he expects continued firm support for the island from Donald Trump's incoming administration, but a U.S.-Taiwan trade agreement seen as critical for business had only a "modest" chance of happening.

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President Joe Biden has proposed a new framework to limit the export of advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence.

A sweeping 2022 law, touted by President Joe Biden as a way to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and reduce reliance on foreign-made computer chips, will “sharply increase production’’ of semico

President Donald Trump is heading into the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power