Taiwan: The technology of freedom Opinion This week, Tom Tudgendhat spoke at the Taiwan Institute for National Defence and Security Research. Here he makes an impassioned case for the island’s outward-facing, innovative economic model – and argues it is an essential partner for the West Visiting Taipei, a city striving at the forefront of innovation, even as it upholds Chinese traditions and [...]
New technology will help the West rebuild a military industrial base Opinion Every time you read about wasted government cash, remember they could be spending on keeping us – and the free world – safe, says James Price “Defence is of much more importance than opulence”. This might seem, to the discerning City AM reader, an obvious point. But both in the days when Adam Smith wrote [...]
Taiwan earthquake: Strongest in 25 years causes buildings to collapse and a small tsunami Earthquake The quake, which Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency measured at a magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale, damaged buildings and caused a small tsunami.