Taiwan

Explore our coverage of Taiwan’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video


Asia

If China invaded Taiwan, who would enter the war?

Japan and the Philippines would struggle to stay out. But what about the rest?

International

Taiwan thinks the unthinkable: resisting China without America

Its plan was to hold off a Chinese attack until America turned up. What now?

Asia

There is an “imminent” threat to Taiwan, America warns

Pete Hegseth says a war would be devastating for the world

Asia

America’s new ship-killer missiles come to the Philippines

US Marines are training to defend Taiwan in a new way

Asia

Taiwan’s other war

The island is a kill zone for green iguanas

Finance & economics

Trump is a threat to Asia’s giant insurers

Not just its exporters

Briefing

Any Chinese curbs on Taiwan’s trade would carry big economic costs

But China could calibrate a trade “quarantine” to limit unintended consequences

Briefing

Can China sap a divided and isolated Taiwan of its will to resist?

Taiwanese are growing more doubtful that they can fend off their hostile neighbour

Briefing

Chinese military exercises foreshadow a blockade of Taiwan

The Trump administration’s fickleness is adding to the island’s anxieties

Leaders

A superpower crunch over Taiwan is coming

China has a new chance to call America’s bluff

1843 | The terrible secrets of Taiwan’s Stasi files

Researchers have unearthed the surveillance records of Taiwan’s former dictatorship. But the revelations inside could tear society apart

Asia

Taiwan flogs America drones “not made in China”

The island’s non-red supply chains boost its defence and exports