Taiwan's government says there are still no plans to build a bridge from the outlying islands of Kinmen to the Chinese city of Xiamen, after China revealed that a Kinmen group visited the section it's building. The Wall Street Journal says Washington is asking Taipei for chipmaking training and know-how in exchange for a lower tariff rate. And scores are dead and hundreds missing after a Hong Kong apartment complex went up in flames. Plus:
- Taiwan's first domestically built submarine prototype Haikun has its fourth sea trials but its delivery to the navy is running behind schedule.
- TaiwanPlus talks with Tamkang University professor Tsai Hsi-hsun about US President Donald Trump reportedly telling Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to "tone down" Taiwan commentary.
- Nine Indigenous hunters are acquitted for killing Formosan Black Bears and wild goats. It's the first case of its kind since Indigenous hunting was decriminalized in February.