Reports say the U.S. is looking into whether TSMC sold advanced semiconductor chips to China's Huawei in violation of export regulations. President Lai Ching-te thanks Taiwan's armed forces for their response to China's military drills earlier this week. And South Africa has asked Taiwan's representative office to leave the country's administrative capital Pretoria
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- The Malaysian state of Penang, home to the "Silicon Valley of the East," aims to attract more foreign investment, including semiconductor investment from Taiwan.
- President Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in Brussels after visiting the Czech Republic and France on the first international trip of her post-presidency.
- Malaysia's nomadic Bajau Laut face an uncertain future after the country amends its citizenship laws.