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Last update: 7 hours agoUS-China Diplomacy Shock: Trump’s Beijing trip ended with no breakthroughs on Taiwan or Iran, but his Fox News remarks landed hard in Taipei: he called a pending $14bn Taiwan arms package a “very good negotiating chip” and said it’s “in abeyance” pending China—while Xi warned mishandling Taiwan could trigger “clashes and even conflicts.” Taiwan Response: President Lai Ching-te doubled down Sunday, saying US arms purchases are the “most important deterrent” and Taiwan “will never be sacrificed or traded away.” US Internal Alarm: Axios reports Trump advisers fear China could move against Taiwan within five years, with the chip supply chain a key vulnerability. Cross-Strait Tech Stakes: The summit’s Taiwan talk is now inseparable from semiconductors—ASML is also pushing lithography for India’s first front-end fab, underscoring how global chip capacity is racing ahead. Regional Pressure: China’s embassy condemned a Canadian MP’s planned Taiwan visit, calling it a “red line.”
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