TSMC's Arizona plant is delayed over poor management, not a shortage of US skilled labor, the workers building it say

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TSMC's chair, Mark Liu, and workers on-site in Phoenix.

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The billionaire founder of a key Apple supplier announced his Taiwan presidency run, saying Beijing can't threaten him because of his links with Apple, Tesla, Amazon, and Nvidia

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Foxconn founder Terry Gou announced his bid for Taiwan's presidency.

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The US is selling Taiwan a $500 million search and tracking system for its F-16 fighter jets

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The tracking system will be used by Taiwan's F-16 jets.

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'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini says China and the US need to dial back tensions or risk a conflict that would destroy the world economy

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"Dr. Doom" economist Nouriel Roubini pointed to growing tensions between the US and China.

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GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy says he would let China invade Taiwan so long as the US has got enough semiconductors

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2024 presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during a Fair Side Chat with Governor Kim Reynolds, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 12, 2023.

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The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them.

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President Joe Biden with Mark Liu, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s chair.

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China's sprawling spy agencies are designed to root out the 'five poisons' at home and abroad, British intelligence says

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A security guard next to a jet engine turbo-fan at the China Aviation Expo in Beijing in September 2005.

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The founder of Apple's key supplier said the US stock market would collapse in '10 seconds' if war breaks out in Taiwan. He deleted the comment within hours of posting it.

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Terry Gou, founder of Foxconn — a key supplier to Apple — warned of a US stock market collapse should war break out over Taiwan.

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Billionaire Mark Mobius says he's so bullish on emerging markets that all his money is outside the US

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War with China would be an 'onslaught' like the US hasn't faced in decades

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Military and experts agree: the US is nowhere near ready for a war with China.

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