Reporter @WSJ, covering Taiwan and beyond. Former Hong Kong transplant via @mujschool. Also on the drums. Find me on Bluesky: @joyuwang.bsky.social
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U.S. Defense Startups Flock to Taiwan to Build China-Free Drones—American tech meets Taiwanese hardware in push to assemble uncrewed boats and aircraft using a ‘non-red’ supply chain
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American drone-tech startups are swarming into Taiwan and finding partners who can help them turn blueprints into reality –– to build a "non-red" supply chain that can serve both Taipei and the Pentagon.
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FBI Arrests Alleged Chinese Agent Accused of Spying on Son of Taiwan Leader—California realtor surveilled family in Washington and reported back to handlers in China, federal complaint says
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In Trump, Xi Sees ‘Rare Window’ to Convince Taiwan That Resistance Is Futile: Beijing is courting Taiwan’s opposition—and quietly helped stage its leader’s mainland visit—to pull the island into its orbit
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Beijing sees Trump’s unreliability as a Taiwan ally as a way boost chances of unification with the island nation. He seems to have an ally in the Taiwan opposition leader. @Lingling_Wei @joyuwang wsj.com/world/china/trump-xi…
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Beijing is courting Taiwan’s opposition—and quietly helped stage its leader’s landmark visit to the mainland—to pull the island into its orbit. Our latest in-depth reporting on Xi’s Taiwan gambit, with @joyuwang wsj.com/world/china/trump-xi…
Taiwan’s legislature approved a plan to spend over $7 billion on drones over the next six years. Though, the plan wasn’t as robust as that sought by the ruling party, introducing additional conditions and delayed implementation. wsj.com/world/asia/taiwan-pr…
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Taiwan Charges Nine in Connection With Smuggling of AI Servers to China—Indictments involve diversion of Super Micro servers equipped with Nvidia chips
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#LATEST: Taiwan’s government proposed its highest level of military spending ever at over $35 billion, in a $123 billion budget for 2027 unveiled on Thursday.
But there are challenges ahead as well. Read more in @WSJ: wsj.com/world/china/taiwans-…
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Taiwan Floats Record Defense Budget, Sending Message to U.S. and China—Plan lifts spending by 18%, above symbolic 1 trillion New Taiwan dollar threshold
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With China at the forefront, coast guards are evolving into tools for projecting power in the Western Pacific, marking territory and deterring rivals.
The latest example: Taiwan’s Coast Guard taking on an expanded role in annual military exercises wsj.com/world/asia/taiwan-we…
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Taiwan Weaponizes Coast Guard to Prepare for Battle With China—Antiship missiles and naval drills intensify Taipei’s effort to improve defense and deter Beijing
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Should Taiwan get closer to China or stand up against Beijing’s push to conquer the island? @WSJ asked a handful of Taiwanese citizens. Here is what they said: wsj.com/world/asia/will-taiw… with photos by @seanmarclee
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Will Taiwan Fight China? Just Ask Its People—Five Taiwanese discuss their future under the shadow of Beijing
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Today, parts of Taiwan will experience a 30-minute mobile internet slowdown as part of annual air raid defense drills.
We hit the streets to ask locals how they feel about these drills, and here's what they had to say: wsj.com/world/asia/taiwan-wa…
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One Casualty of Taiwan’s War Drills: A Slower Internet—A public alert to the threat of being forced offline by an attack lands with a shrug
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Taiwan Tests War Plans to Thwart Chinese Invasion—Annual military exercises test lessons learned from the U.S. and the Iran war
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Taiwan: “This year’s Han Kuang exercise pulls in more societal resilience aspects, tacitly acknowledging that the greatest CCP threat to Taiwan may be a cyber enabled economic warfare campaign."
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After covering Taiwan for several years, I finally got to write about the "American English teachers," or 美語老師, a term used for U.S. military trainers to avoid mentioning their presence explicitly, despite it being an open secret here
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There is rhetoric. Then there is reality. Insightful story by my colleague @joyuwang
Taiwan and U.S. Promote Cooperation in Answer to Trump and China—The island opens up about American role in training troops for self-defense
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