Xin-yun Wu

2 weeks ago | latimes.com | Stephanie Yang |Xin-yun Wu

Liu Jia-yen had been living in Taiwan for more than two decades when she received notice that she was suddenly at risk of being deported. In April, the National Immigration Agency told Liu, a 51-year-old Chinese immigrant, she had three months to provide evidence that she gave up her household registration — an official record of residence that grants benefits such as healthcare and education — in Guangxi, China. If she couldn’t find the right documents, she’d have to leave.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Stephanie Yang |Xin-yun Wu

Growing up, Huang Wen-chun remembers listening to friends and family complain about life in Taiwan. So when she saw news reports declaring Taiwan the happiest place in Asia, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride. “When I was young, everyone believed that the moon was rounder abroad,” said the 25-year-old freelance worker in Taipei.

2 months ago | kdhnews.com | Stephanie Yang |Xin-yun Wu

TAIPEI, Taiwan - For decades, the U.S. has played an important role in maintaining the delicate relationship between Taiwan and China, which considers Taiwan to be a part of its territory and has vowed to pursue unification by force, if necessary. But President Donald Trump's "America First" ideology and use of tariffs as an economic weapon suggest the administration may be rewriting the rules of the U.S.-China-Taiwan playbook to suit his transactional style.

2 months ago | tri-cityherald.com | Stephanie Yang |Xin-yun Wu

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) CEO C.C. Wei, right, speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, one of the largest manufacturers of semiconductor chips, plans to invest $100 billion in new manufacturing facilities in the United States.