TSMC has for decades provided a “Silicon Shield” to its namesake island. Now it sees both business and geopolitical reasons for going big in the U.S.

China doubled down its rhetorics on the trade agreement between Taiwan and the U.S., saying it would benefit Washington while eroding the island's strategic advantages.

This post was updated with a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet. A pair of U.S. naval vessels carried out Washington’s first reported Taiwan Strait transit of 2026, according to Chinese and U.S. officials.

Beijing’s rapidly advancing spying operations have seen agents penetrate the island’s armed forces, enticing personnel to pledge allegiance to China.

Taiwan’s domestic gridlock is revealing a deep-seated fracture over how the island should defend itself and how much it can depend on the United States.

Taiwan is responsible for the majority of the world's semiconductor chips.

TAIPEI, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The impact of this month's U.S.-Taiwan trade and tariff deal on the Taiwan dollar's exchange rate is within a "controllable range", the island's central bank said on Saturday.

Over the past year, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) has experienced one of the most impressive rallies among global technology stocks, with its share price increasing approximately 65% as investors adapted to the positive effects of artificial intelligence (AI) and changes within the industry.

US Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill last week said that the WHO ignored early COVID-19 warnings from Taiwan, as part of justification for the US withdrawing from the global health body.

TSMC holds a crucial place in the semiconductor supply chain, and 24/7 Wall St. projects a substantial gain for the stock by 2030.

Taiwan Semiconductor is spending big to fulfill chip demand.