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Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te gives a speech at the CommonWealth Semiconductor Forum in 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan. Annabelle Chih/Getty Images

With China seeking AI dominance, Taiwan’s efforts to slow neighbor’s access to advanced chips needs support from the West

On Sept. 6, 2024, the US announced fresh export controls on quantum and microchip goods. Taiwan has long worked to slow China’s AI progress, while not damaging its own lucrative market.
A soldier holds Taiwan’s national flag during military drills. AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying

Is Taiwan a country or not?

There are treaties and agreements and organizations, but, ultimately, other countries get to define who else is or isn’t a country.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins government officials from the U.S. and China during a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

China and the US are locked in struggle – and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations

The US and China are engaged in a classic power struggle. The question is, who will come out on top?

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