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China evacuated over 600,000 people in Zhejiang and Fujian as Typhoon Bavi, though weakened, looms toward landfall in Zhejiang with heavy rains, flight cancellations, and school closures; the system has already affected Japan's Sakishima islands and brushed Taiwan, threatening flooding and widespread disruption across the region.
Typhoon Bavi, one of the largest storms in decades, is barreling toward East Asia, threatening Taiwan, Japan’s remote islands, and southeastern China as deadly landslides in the Philippines kill at least 15; flights are canceled, schools closed, and authorities brace for heavy rain (up to 1 meter in Taiwan) with 29,000 troops on standby and the possibility of multiple landfalls in China.
After decades designing chips for MediaTek, Apple, and Amazon, 55-year-old Stephen Huang launched Tranxform AI in 2024 in Taiwan to build power-efficient edge AI processors; the Taiwan-based startup (around 40 employees) is developing its first system-on-a-chip expected to ship next year. Huang argues that hardware startups benefit from veteran experience, and demand for specialized AI hardware should grow as companies seek faster, more energy-efficient solutions. The company is pursuing additional funding amid rising AI-hardware investment, while relocating to Taiwan to attract talent amid Silicon Valley competition; his family is now supportive.
China labels Japan’s actions as “reckless militarism” while Beijing imposes export controls on 40 Japanese firms for dual‑use items; Tokyo responds with missiles on its eastern island as Chinese‑Russian bomber drills near Japan intensify, and Beijing challenges Japan over Taiwan policy in a broader war‑memory dispute. Sanctions, travel and seafood import frictions accompany a robust, multi‑decade trade relationship (about $322 billion in 2025), and both sides cite security threats amid Japan’s defence buildup and potential constitutional changes. Diplomats eye a possible rapprochement at the APEC summit, but China remains wary and has urged Tokyo to retract its Taiwan stance.}{
Taiwanese authorities raided Supermicro’s Taiwan office and several locations amid a U.S. federal case over alleged AI chip smuggling, a move Bloomberg says could thrust Taiwan into enforcing U.S. export controls against China-bound high-end chips. The raids follow March charges against Supermicro personnel for allegedly routing Nvidia chip-laden servers to China, highlighting a broader push to curb chip exports despite Taiwan's own lack of criminalizing such exports.
Taiwan’s Keelung prosecutors raided Super Micro Computer’s Taiwan office and related sites as part of an expanded probe into alleged Nvidia AI-chip exports to China via servers; other raids targeted Chief Telecom and Albatron Technology, signaling a broader crackdown on illicit AI-chip exports and moves to criminalize exports to align with US rules.
Taiwanese authorities raided Super Micro Computer and related entities in an expanded probe into alleged Nvidia AI-chip smuggling to China via the company’s servers; six individuals and three affiliated firms were searched, including SMCI’s Taiwan office, with shares dropping as much as 9% before bouncing back. Super Micro says it’s cooperating. The raids mark Taiwan’s first public enforcement action on AI-chip diversion amid U.S. export controls, and Taiwan is weighing making such exports a crime since most AI chips are produced in Taiwan.
Taiwanese authorities raided Super Micro Computer and related firms as part of an expanded probe into alleged smuggling of Nvidia AI chips to China using company servers; the action comes amid U.S. export-control crackdowns on advanced AI hardware. Super Micro says it’s cooperating with investigators. The raid prompted an intraday stock decline for SMCI, with shares easing off later in the session.
China expanded its export‑control list to include more Japanese companies and research institutes—adding Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries subsidiaries—and placed 20 more Japanese entities on a watchlist, in what Beijing says is a response to Tokyo’s security stance and Taiwan remarks, underscoring the weaponization of trade in the China–Japan row.
Beijing is expanding law‑enforcement and research activity east of Taiwan, effectively treating the area as PRC near‑shore waters to erode Taiwanese sovereignty and broaden power projection; it also showcases hypersonic capability with the DF‑17/DF‑ZF and signals deeper long‑range carrier operations from Liaoning. At the same time, China deepens military ties with Russia, conducts joint drills with Japan and the US, and pursues information operations and suspected election interference aimed at Taiwan. Taiwan responds with combat-readiness drills ahead of Han Kuang, while Scarborough Shoal disputes persist and Cuban SIGINT monitoring draws attention, all set against a Chinese UN governance white paper and export controls intended to strengthen Beijing’s global leverage.
China expanded its maritime footprint beyond the First Island Chain with Maritime Safety Agency vessels conducting law-enforcement, seabed mapping, and alleged research east of Taiwan and near Scarborough Shoal, signaling de facto sovereignty ambitions and triggering concern among Taiwan, the United States and allies over regional stability and energy security.
China is defending patrols near Taiwan after European concerns, with a Chinese navy vessel spotted near Pengjia Islet, highlighting ongoing cross-strait tensions and Western scrutiny of Beijing's maritime activity.
The United States, Britain, France and Germany criticized China’s recent Coast Guard patrols off Taiwan’s east coast as destabilizing and a threat to freedom of navigation, while China defended the actions as lawful and Taiwan said its merchant ships were harassed during the operation.
Several European nations condemned China’s intensified naval activity near Taiwan, urging restraint and respect for international law as tensions across the Taiwan Strait rise; the image of a Chinese vessel near Pengjia Islet underscores the ongoing regional friction.
Taiwan began a five-day combat-readiness drill, featuring tanks patrolling streets, to bolster its armed forces’ ability to respond quickly to potential threats from China.