Speaking at the Richard Nixon Foundation's Grand Strategy Summit on 10 November, former US National Security Advisor Ambassador Robert O'Brien appeared to lend credence to reports the US will disable Taiwan's semi-conductor chip manufacturing.
A colourful Taiwanese tycoon unveiled plans Thursday to train more than three million "civilian warriors" to help defend the democratic island in the event of a Chinese invasion, donating TW$1 billion (US$33 million) of his own money.