President Trump said the issues of Taiwan, Russian oil and Nvidia’s advanced Blackwell chip weren’t raised during his wide-ranging meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday.

Established in 1991, Chief Telecom is primarily a data center operator, with four data centers in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital. It is owned by Taiwan telecoms giant Chunghwa Telecom, and also operates cloud and networking services. The company runs the Taipei Internet eXchange (TPIX).

Taiwan's top trade negotiator said on Thursday that she had met with a senior U.S. trade official on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea, but could not provide any details of what they discussed.

CBC News visited Taiwan’s Kinmen islands, which are just a few kilometres across the bay from the Chinese city of Xiamen. The islands have been on the frontline of hostilities between China and Taiwan for more than seven decades.

Lt. Gen. Sun Li-fang details Taiwan's defense plans against Chinese gray-zone operations and potential naval blockade threats from the PLA.

Taiwan's central bank decided unanimously to hold interest rates steady, citing strong economic growth in the tech and AI sectors, while raising concerns about the impact of tariffs on the island's export economy,