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    Kathrin Hille

    Greater China correspondent

    Kathrin Hille writes about Taiwan, regional security and hardware technology for the FT. She was previously the FT’s Moscow bureau chief, a correspondent in the Beijing bureau and Taiwan correspondent. Before she joined the FT, she was world news editor at Financial Times Deutschland and editor at AsiaBridge, a German monthly industry magazine.
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    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      US-China relations
      China steps up condemnation of balloon shooting by US

      Formal protest lodged at embassy in Beijing accuses Washington of ‘indiscriminate use of military force’

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      News in-depthUS-China relations
      China’s military keeps rivals on edge with balloon strategy

      Data gathered by swelling ‘lighter than air’ programme could have defence applications

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Philippines
      Philippines grants US access to four military bases

      Allies boost efforts to jointly push back against aggression from China

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      US-China relations
      Washington halts licences for US companies to export to Huawei

      White House moves closer to imposing total ban on sale of American tech to Chinese group

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen names new premier to shore up support

      Former vice-president Chen Chien-jen credited with successful early response to Covid

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      News in-depthTaiwan
      Taiwan presidential contender sparks US concerns over China tensions

      Victory for vice-president Lai Ching-te in ruling party poll foreshadows turbulent year in cross-Strait ties

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      US-China relations
      US military deepens ties with Japan and Philippines to prepare for China threat

      Top Marine Corps general James Bierman outlines sweeping reform to adapt force for possible conflict over Taiwan

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan plans domestic satellite champion to resist any China attack

      Country wants to emulate Elon Musk’s Starlink in wake of Ukraine war with low-Earth orbit start-up

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Philippines
      China and Philippines vow to handle maritime tensions with ‘friendly consultations’

      Xi Jinping and Ferdinand Marcos Jr agree to bolster economic ties in a meeting in Beijing

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      News in-depthTaiwan
      Taiwan counts on military conscription reform to deter China invasion

      Plan to extend compulsory training falls short of what is needed, experts warn

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      Chinese military
      US accuses Chinese fighter jet of ‘unsafe manoeuvre’ that risked collision

      Aircraft came within 6 metres over South China Sea on same day PLA simulated attack on American naval group

    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      Taiwan
      Taiwan to extend conscription to a year in bid to counter China threat

      Compulsory military service will be made more rigorous and pay quadrupled in first tranche of defence reforms

    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
      Taiwan
      China launches military drills around Taiwan after US passes defence act

      PLA jets violate airspace in biggest show of force since Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in August

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      Chipmaker TSMC in talks with suppliers over first European plant

      Company to send senior executives to Dresden early next year to discuss potential factory project in Germany

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      US-China trade dispute
      US targets China’s potential chip stars with new restrictions

      Companies added to trade blacklist previously flew under the radar

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      US-China trade dispute
      US adds 36 Chinese companies to trade blacklist

      ‘Entity list’ changes are focused on limiting development of advanced chips in China

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      TSMC triples Arizona chip investment to $40bn

      US president hails Taiwanese chipmaker’s second plant as boost for the country’s manufacturing

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Foxconn Technology Group
      Covid chaos at Foxconn iPhone plant causes 29% revenue fall

      World’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer says Zhengzhou outbreak is now under control

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      News in-depthFoxconn Technology Group
      Inside the Covid revolt at the Zhengzhou ‘iPhone City’ plant

      Foxconn plant workers tell FT of chaos that reveals Apple’s vulnerabilities to Chinese manufacturing shocks

    • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
      Taiwan
      Scion of Taiwan’s late dictator Chiang Kai-shek wins in local elections

      Former leader’s great-grandson Wayne Chiang to be mayor of Taipei in victory for Kuomintang party

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Asia maritime tensions
      US vice-president visits Philippine island off contested South China Sea

      Kamala Harris’s high-profile tour intended to show support for ally and counter Chinese assertiveness in region

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      Semiconductors
      China’s chip tool makers struggle to profit at home from US export controls

      Orders rise in short term, but domestic suppliers lag in supporting advanced semiconductor technology

    • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
      News in-depthUS-China relations
      Biden and Xi try to steady collapsing US-China relations in first meeting

      Beijing and Washington at odds over issues including trade, Taiwan, nuclear weapons and Russia

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      Taiwan
      US warns Europe a conflict over Taiwan could cause global economic shock

      Sharing of research comes amid rising concern about military action in the Indo-Pacific

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      Foxconn Technology Group
      Foxconn to keep expanding in China despite Covid disruption

      Apple’s main iPhone supplier says geopolitics more likely to prompt diversification

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