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A German member of the European Parliament says a visit by his country's chancellor to China has stirred major controversy at home amid disputes over trade, human rights and territorial claims

THE HAGUE: After a nearly two-year-freeze on new international adoptions the Dutch government on Wednesday announced plans resume adoptions of children from the Philippines, Hungary, Lesotho, Taiwan, Thailand and South Africa.

Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies will grapple with the implications of Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s growing economic clout and aims on Taiwan and Iran’s treatment of anti-government protesters when they open two days of talks in Germany this week

After a nearly two-year-freeze on new international adoptions the Dutch government on Wednesday announced plans resume adoptions of children from the Philippines, Hungary, Lesotho, Taiwan, Thailand and South Africa.

Taiwan has welcomed a pair of experts from China to help with an ailing panda in a rare opportunity for contact between the sides

Morale in Beijing, which is weary of American influence in Taiwan and the South China Sea, will be boosted by Vietnam's refusal to host foreign bases on its soil, analysts said as Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong concluded his four-day visit to China.

U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr is in Taipei this week for meetings on 5G, cybersecurity and telecoms to show U.S. support for Taiwan.

The Tsai administration’s passing on an opportunity to demonstrate support for democracy in Brazil is disappointing. All the more so because in 2018, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued immediate congratulations to Bolsonaro on the day of his presidential election.

The commissioner will discuss cybersecurity and network resiliency with Taiwanese officials

Gao Lianjia, who was part of a scuffle at the Chinese consulate in Manchester last month, was also involved in an alleged assault involving Taiwanese officials at a hotel in Fiji in October 2020.

Despite the current blip in demand, the semiconductor industry is poised to benefit from the megatrend of digitization and rising disposable income. Furthermore, growing corporate investments and government support should drive the industry’s growth. Thus, fundamentally sound semiconductor stocks Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Qualcomm (QCOM), and STMicroelectronics (STM) could be…