I spent years building a life in New York. Losing my job meant leaving my cats, my apartment, and the US.

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Vivienne Yang.
Vivienne Yang moved from the US back to Taiwan after she lost her job in New York.

Vivienne Yang

Elon Musk told Trump he was freaking out over the US's chip vulnerability in Taiwan: new book

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House.
Musk was a close advisor to President Trump in the first few months of 2025.

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An airline offering $2,600 business-class seats on US-Asia routes is expanding its luxury cabin with a new plane

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Starlux Airlines A350 business class.
Starlux Airlines A350 business class.

Starlux Airlines

Taiwan is reworking its ground forces. It could unlock new ways of fighting with new tech.

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A Taiwanese soldier wearing camouflage walks in front of two M1A2T Abrams tanks parked on red dirt. The sky is overcast in the background.
Taiwan announced the combined arms brigades earlier this month.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says defense giants are 'failing the American people' by falling behind on orders

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Donald Trump.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Donald Trump.

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I fell in love with Taiwan on a layover. Six years later, I moved there.

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A woman posing with a mountain in the background.
Dom Jones first visited Taiwan during a layover and ended up moving there years later.

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Taiwan's F-16 fighter fleet has been grounded after an 'anomaly' saw a jet and its pilot disappear

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A Taiwanese F-16 is seen from the bottom right as it flies against a grey background.
Search and rescue operations continue for the aircraft and pilot.

Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP

Air superiority and long-range strikes: what China's war games say about how it might assault Taiwan

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A screen showing soldiers running is seen against a building in a city.
China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale.

Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

China is going after US defense firms and execs over weapons sales to Taiwan — and Palmer Luckey's on the list

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Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey, founder of defense tech firm Anduril Industries.

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Taiwan is getting plenty of missiles and drones from the US. A top business leader says the arsenal is out of balance.

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Two Taiwanese soldiers operate a tank, which is seen close-up, with a line of green trees and leaves in the background.
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