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    Kathrin Hille

    Greater China correspondent

    Kathrin Hille writes about Taiwan, regional security and hardware technology for the FT. She was previously the FT’s Moscow bureau chief, a correspondent in the Beijing bureau and Taiwan correspondent. Before she joined the FT, she was world news editor at Financial Times Deutschland and editor at AsiaBridge, a German monthly industry magazine.
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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan opposition candidate to push US for clarity on defence commitments

      KMT’s Hou Yu-ih calls for ‘dialogue and exchanges’ with China to reduce tensions across Strait

      Hou Yu-ih, a Taiwan presidential candidate from the main opposition party Kuomintang, celebrates during the party’s congress in New Taipei in July
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      News in-depthChinese military
      China’s newest aircraft carrier prepares to take to the seas

      Beijing aims to challenge US air superiority in the Pacific but the Fujian still trails rival’s nuclear-powered warships

      A screen grab of a video released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV that shows the launch ceremony of the Fujian aircraft carrier in Shanghai in June
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Chinese military
      China’s navy starts largest-ever exercises in Pacific Ocean

      Manoeuvres involving aircraft carrier Shandong follow series of US-led military drills in region

      A J-15 Chinese fighter jet prepares to take off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during military exercises near Taiwan in April
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      Taiwan
      Billionaire founder of Foxconn leaves board to pursue Taiwan presidential bid

      Terry Gou still largest shareholder of world’s biggest iPhone maker

    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Taiwan
      iPhone billionaire shakes up Taiwan’s presidential election

      Foxconn founder Terry Gou wants more conciliatory policy on China but his election bid could aid ruling party

      Terry Gou waves a flag
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
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      Another coup in Africa

      US commerce secretary hails new approach to handling China business frictions

    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Taiwan
      Apple supplier Foxconn’s founder launches bid for Taiwan presidency

      Crucial election thrown into uncertainty as businessman seeks to forge opposition alliance

      Terry Gou raises his right fist as he addresses supporters
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Taiwan
      US agrees to sell military aircraft tracking system to Taiwan

      Planned deal would help Taipei resist ongoing ‘grey zone’ pressure from China

      Taiwanese F-16 fighter jets fly in formation during a ceremony in Taichung, Taiwan
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      News in-depthTechnology sector
      Supply chain shortages delay tech sector’s AI bonanza

      Server production hampered by tight stocks of Nvidia processors and other components

      A close-up view of Nvidia’s H100 AI processor
    • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
      Taiwan
      China launches military drills around Taiwan after vice-president’s US stopover

      Transit stops by Lai Ching-te in New York and San Francisco on a trip to Paraguay were more muted than Tsai’s April visit

      Taiwan’s vice-president Lai Ching-te speaks during a visit to Paraguay this week
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
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      China’s high hopes for AI and Vietnam’s new net clampdown Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

      The Tencent headquarters in Shenzen, China
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      News in-depthFoxconn Technology Group
      iPhone maker Foxconn’s cautious pivot to India shows limits of ‘China plus one’

      Apple supplier still relies on Chinese plants for 75% of global operations

      A worker at the mobile phone plant of Rising Stars Mobile India, a unit of Foxconn Technology, in Sriperumbudur, India
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      TSMC to build €10bn chip plant in Germany

      Chipmaker is latest tech group to make use of Berlin’s subsidies as it seeks to diversify globally

      TSMC’s logo outside its global  R&D centre in Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      Asia maritime tensions
      Philippines and US accuse China of illegally targeting supply ships

      Further escalation of Beijing’s pressure campaign in the contested South China Sea

      China’s coast guard allegedly used a water cannon against the Philippine vessel on Saturday
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Chinese military
      China ousts top generals from nuclear Rocket Force

      Purge comes amid wider crackdown on People’s Liberation Army to ensure loyalty

      Chinese president Xi Jinping holding a weapon
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Drones
      China widens controls on drone exports

      Restrictions on unmanned aerial vehicles and components could hit both sides in Ukraine war

      A Ukrainian serviceman holding a DJI drone
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      News in-depthChinese corruption
      ‘Absolute loyalty’: Xi turns anti-corruption focus to China’s military

      Senior officers in nuclear weapons division under scrutiny as president strengthens party’s control over armed forces

      Visitors stand in front of a giant screen displaying President Xi Jinping next to a flag of the Chinese Communist party at a military museum in Beijing
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan’s military practises repelling Chinese attack on airport

      Annual Han Kuang drills seek to simulate realistic scenarios to prepare for possible invasion by Beijing

      Black Hawk helicopters at Taoyuan International Airport as part of Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang military exercises
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      The Big Read
      How China’s military is slowly squeezing Taiwan

      For all the focus on a potential invasion, some in Taipei fear a Chinese pressure campaign that gradually changes the status quo

      Montage of image of map of Taiwan and a yellow dotted line and Chinese jets flying towards it
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      TSMC warns over deepening slump in chipmaking sector

      World’s largest contract semiconductor manufacturer expects 2023 revenue to drop by 10%

      A TSMC logo
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      US-China relations
      Washington presses Taiwan presidential frontrunner on White House comments

      Lai’s remarks at odds with longstanding policy about official visits to the US

      Lai Ching-te
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Asia maritime tensions
      China and Russia step up military co-operation on Japan’s doorstep

      Analysts warn Beijing and Moscow are starting to use their close partnership to project power against other countries

      Montage of Chinese aircraft carrier and flags
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan election candidate risks China’s anger with planned US trip

      Washington and Taipei want to avoid further shows of force from Chinese military

      Taiwan’s vice-president William Lai
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan plans massive safety drill to practise for possible China attack

      Exercise to take place in districts that are home to 3mn people as Taipei strengthens civil defence preparations

      People take part in a civil defence drill in front of a collapsed building
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan disputes China’s claim of ability to sink US Navy aircraft carrier group

      Defence think-tank challenges ‘credibility’ of findings in rebuttal of Beijing’s psychological warfare campaign

      Military vehicles carry Dongfeng-26 ballistic missiles past Tiananmen Square in Beijing
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