The lifeblood of Silicon Valley — advanced microchips — pumps from a science park on Taiwan’s west coast, mostly from TSMC, the world’s biggest chipmaker. But now the company is looking abroad for places to grow.
China
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Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping hold a call and discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine
Monday’s call was the latest in a flurry of diplomatic and trade parries between the U.S. and China over tariffs and technology export restrictions.
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Rare earths: Federal backing and tech advances aim to help the U.S. catch up to China
Rare earths aren’t all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market dominance.
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Greetings from Yimianpo, China, where artisans carve Russian nesting dolls
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
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A town in northeast China has shrunk by a third since 2010. Here’s one family’s story
An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are fewer than three births per 1,000 residents in the province — China’s lowest rate.
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Trump rates meeting with China’s Xi ’12 out of 10′, lowers tariffs
President Trump said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping “agreed to almost everything” in their nearly two-hour meeting in South Korea, which Trump said was “friendly.”
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Trump says he’s confident of a deal ahead of Xi meeting
President Trump has confidently predicted striking a deal with China’s leader, who he’s set to meet Thursday.
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Pastors and staff from underground church are arrested in China
China has in recent years arrested and detained Christian leaders of underground churches, who are not registered with the government and under its control.
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Lou Ye’s acclaimed ‘An Unfinished Film’ remains unfinished
Chinese director Lou Ye’s An Unfinished Film is not a masterpiece, but why do so many seem to demand it to be?
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India and China to resume direct flights after a 5-year suspension
The suspension, which began with the 2020 Covid outbreak, was prolonged by tensions along the Himalayan border.
