China's defence minister met his US counterpart on Tuesday to discuss Taiwan, the South China Sea, as well as crises in Ukraine and the Korean peninsula.

The company said on Tuesday it will invest more than $3 billion to build a battery cathode factory in Tennessee. The cathodes will use NCMA chemistry, which is largely nickel and other metals

The island’s export orders slumped 6.3% in October from a year earlier to $55.4 billion, surprising analysts who’d expected a drop of 1%

Plans for the new facility in Arizona are not completely finalised but it will produce advanced 3-nanometre chips, founder Morris Chang said on Monday. He plans to attend the launch.

TSMC envoy Morris Chang, who was Taiwan's envoy at the summit in Bangkok, said his warm words with Xi were his own idea and he just offered his "own opinion".

Taiwan’s parliament is likely to review technology transfers to mainland China because of fears that leaked advancements could undermine the island’s critical tech sector

It is imperative for the island to remain competitive as countries including the United States, Japan and South Korea offer billions to bolster their chip industries, the economy ministry said

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tumbled 2.7%, with its tech stocks slipping more than 5%. Mainland Chinese shares also declined, with blue chips falling 1.2%.

The US tech firm’s most advanced chip yet can store a third more data than older memory chips

Foxconn and its Indonesian parter Indrika Energy is looking to make EV batteries with a Thai firm, possibly the state-run energy giant PTT.

China is looking to develop its high-tech industries with South Korea’s help while Seoul hopes Beijing can help rein in North Korea

Indonesia's Just Energy Transition Partnership, which was announced by the US, Japan and partners on Tuesday, plans to bring forward Jakarta's peak emissions by seven years to 2030