
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
Taiwan Claims Peace Is Critical to Semiconductor Supply Chain
Peace, however fragile it may be, is needed for the semiconductor supply chain to remain unbroken, according to Taiwan. Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs, Wang Mei-Hua, recently told Bloomberg News that the global community should take Taiwan's security more seriously to provide "stable service" while also being a good partner to everyone in a bid for political support. This effort from the Taiwanese Minister follows a recent incident wherein a total of 52 Chinese fighter

- Sep 21, 2021
- 2 min
Tensions in US-China Trade Relations Decimate Bilateral Tech Investment
Tensions between the United States and China have grown to a point where bilateral tech investments between the two countries have disintegrated to almost nothing. Bain and Co.'s 2021 technology report revealed that the foreign tech investment between the U.S. and China had gone down by 96% in 2020 - from US$62 billion in 2016 to US$16B in 2020, a trend that seems to be irreversible at this point. The report explains that the drop in investment was due to the ongoing trade wa

- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
Japanese Automakers Report Production Decrease in October Due to Parts Shortage
Customers who wish to buy or are in line to buy a car from Japanese automobile manufacturers in the next few months may have to wait longer than expected. Akio Toyoda, head of Japan's Automobile Manufacturers Association and Toyota Motor Corp., recently reported a decrease in car production in October 2021 due to shortages of car parts and components caused by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the car industry. Because of the growing number of COVID-19 cases worldwide,