Taiwan is looking to Southeast Asia as a pipeline to fill its shortage of high-tech talent. The numbers of foreign students coming to the island has been growing, especially from Vietnam and Indonesia. VOA Mandarin’s Peh Hong Lim reports from Hsinchu, Taiwan. Adrianna Zhang contributed.
China is Vietnam’s largest trade partner and on the way to becoming its biggest foreign direct investor
The U.S. pledged to invest more than $1 billion in the country’s semiconductor sector and help double the number of factories
Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong as Asia’s top financial center, while big tech companies – Alibaba, ByteDance and others – bring in investment
South China Sea disputes could also test Indonesia’s next leader
Over the past decade, Southeast Asia had the most Belt and Road projects in Asia, along with a range of problems from rising debt, environmental impact to crime
The Chinese-financed project, originally set to begin service in 2019, has been plagued by a series of delays
Violence at a nickel smelter reveals how the Chinese way of doing business clashes with Indonesian expectations, analysts say
Two people died, many injured in melee at nickel-smelting plant in Indonesia
Flashpoints range from economic policy to the status of Taiwan
Despite assurances and rollout of payment system, depositors are still waiting to receive funds
The government ‘locked me at home for two months and took away my happiness'
From new car sales to high tech equipment to major exports, the continuing lockdowns are hitting many sectors of China’s economy
Premier says employment situation is 'complicated and severe' as Beijing maintains a 'zero-COVID' policy that is constraining economic growth
Analysts say the military appears to be trying to drive her and her party out of politics permanently
The country's ruling junta is sending a signal by refusing to send a representative to the virtual meeting, analysts say
Move is latest in effort to increase dominance of ethnic Han majority, countering UNESCO policy encouraging mother tongue instruction in primary education
