US-China tech war: Beijing’s secret chipmaking champions
Once a month, senior executives of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co fly to Beijing for a flurry of meetings with China’s top economic management bodies. They focus on the company’s efforts to build some of the world’s most advanced computer memory chips and its progress on weaning itself off American technology.
Based in the central riverside city of Wuhan, Yangtze Memory is considered at the vanguard of the country’s efforts to create a domestic semiconductor industry, already mass-producing state of the art 64-layer and 128-layer Nand flash memory chips, used in most electronics from smartphones to servers to connected cars.
2021/05/09 12:34 National Policy Foundation analyst Chung Jie (left) and INDSR analyst Su Tzu-yun. National Policy Foundation analyst Chung Jie (left) and INDSR analyst Su Tzu-yun. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A military strategy analyst at the National Policy Foundation says the Chinese military might in the near future adjust the tactics it would use in an attempted invasion of Taiwan. Analyst Chie Chung (揭仲) pointed out in a recent lecture held by the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation that China will have acquired a large number of Xian Y-20 and An-225 heavy transport aircraft by 2025. This would provide the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAA) with the strategic air projection capabilities required to execute large-scale joint operations.
China Warplane Violations Near Taiwan Double, Data Shows
On 5/4/21 at 11:44 AM EDT
The number of Chinese warplanes buzzing Taiwan s air defense radars reached an all-time high in April, more than doubling the total sorties reported in the previous two months, government records show.
Publicly available data released by Taiwan s Ministry of National Defense since last September also shows an increased fighter aircraft presence in the island nation s self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
Analysis of the People s Liberation Army s incursions into Taiwan s defensive airspace in 2020 showed China had dispatched an estimated total of 380 mostly slow-moving aircraft. The figure marked a serious escalation in cross-strait military tensions not seen since 1996, amid the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis.
Taiwan coast guard takes delivery of largest patrol vessel
04/29/2021 05:53 PM
CNA photo April 29, 2021
Kaohsiung, April 29 (CNA) The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) on Thursday took delivery of a 4,000-ton vessel, its largest patrol boat to date, which is expected to significantly enhance its capability to protect Taiwan s waters.
The vessel, named the Chiayi, was handed over by the domestic shipbuilder CSBC Corp. at a ceremony in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.
At the ceremony, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said CSBC s delivery of the indigenous patrol ship once again exemplified Taiwan s ability to expand its defense capacity.
The addition of the Chiayi, now the largest CGA vessel, to the country s coast guard fleet will significantly boost its capability to carry out maritime patrols, crack down on illicit activities on the open seas, and conduct search and rescue missions, Tsai said.
Tsai presides over launch of domestic ship ‘Chiayi’
By Hung Chen-hung and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday presided over a ceremony in Keelung to inaugurate a 4,000-tonne-class coast guard ship, named the
Chiayi (嘉義), while highlighting the coast guard’s cooperation with the US.
Tsai toured the
Chiayi at CSBC Corp, Taiwan’s (台船) shipyard and attended the christening of its sister vessel, the
Hsinchu (新竹), both commissioned by the Coast Guard Administration (CGA).
Tsai said that the delivery of the
Chiayi and the production of sister ships bolsters the coast guard’s capabilities and offers greater protection for CGA staff.