Taiwan’s government should be watchful that China’s average wages were rising rapidly prior to its current economic downturn, and it should ensure that the minimum wage in Taiwan grows faster to uplift wages in general, if it wants to continue to stay ahead of China.
The silicon shield makes Taiwan indispensable to the global economy. A second shield must make Taiwan indispensable to sustained regional defense.
Threads has become something closer to a digital night market.
Taiwan’s remaining diplomatic space will not be preserved by symbolism or nostalgia, but by understanding how third-party constraints, especially those imposed by the United States, quietly structure decision making in the global south.
Taiwan’s security has never rested on production alone, but on where the technological frontier resides.
Taiwan’s future will not be decided solely by American resolve or Chinese restraint.