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As nations race to cut dependence on Beijing for their rare earth supply, India finds itself in a tricky position — ongoing trade tensions with the US make de-risking from China even harder.

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🎙️ Swasti Rao & Sophia Kalantzakos

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India depends on China for its supply of rare earth elements, but Delhi remains wary of relying too much on Beijing, which controls more than 70% of global rare earth production.

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🎙️ Swasti Rao, Sophia Kalantzakos & Amara Thiha

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What’s it like to be a friend for hire? To find out our producer Issy Wells booked a professional companion. Candy reveals what made her choose this unusual job, what her clients expect from her, and how it can take an emotional toll.

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Loneliness can be as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and it’s become big business. From Chinese AI boyfriends to Japanese robot pets, tech startups offer companionship — at a price.

Writer Eli Morimoto, author of The Loneliness Economy substack, explains how it works.

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India’s first commercial microchip fab worth US$11 billion is taking shape in Gujarat — powered by Taiwan’s semiconductor giant PSMC. How are the two nations harnessing the momentum?

🎙️ Gauuri Kapoor, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

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Taiwan and India are building one of Asia’s most dynamic tech partnerships — where Taiwanese chip power meets Indian software talent.

Gauuri Kapoor, Taiwan Country Head of Tata Consultancy Services, shares why this collaboration is perfectly timed.

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In war games, the blue team almost always loses. Why? Atlantic Council's Global China Hub Associate Director Kitsch Liao ( @kitschquixote.bsky.social ) takes us behind the doors of tabletop exercises (TTX) — now a go-to tool for military planners and policymakers.

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CONNECTED on TaiwanPlus @connectedtwplus.bsky.social · 10d

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ASEAN nations are emerging as key players in chip production. Yet no integrated circuit is made in just one place. How will these nations navigate partnerships amid escalating trade and tech wars?

🎙️ Archanun Kohpaiboon, Chris Tseng and Ng Sze Han
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Southeast Asia is entering the global chip race, with Malaysia leading the way. But what will it take for ASEAN to climb higher in the semiconductor value chain?

🎙️ Archanun Kohpaiboon, Chris Tseng and Ng Sze Han
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China may be the EU’s biggest trading partner, but Europe’s attempts to level the playing field keep failing. Our guest experts unpack why EU-China relations remain fundamentally unbalanced.

🎙️ Andreas Fulda @amfchina.bsky.social & Claus Soong

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Six months after the EU-China summit, any rapprochement between Brussels and Beijing remains elusive and Europe’s industries face an existential threat.

🎙️ Andreas Fulda @amfchina.bsky.social & Claus Soong

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CONNECTED on TaiwanPlus @connectedtwplus.bsky.social · 14d

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Caught between China’s growing power and Russia’s war on Ukraine, Central and Eastern European (CEE) nations are rethinking their ties with Taiwan.

🎙️ Mitch Yang & Marcin Jerzewski ( @yehaoqin.bsky.social / @europeanvalues.bsky.social )

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Taiwan and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) share strikingly similar journeys of democratization. And today, they’re exploring how those shared experiences can fuel deeper ties.

🎙️ Mitch Yang & Marcin Jerzewski (@yehaoqin.bsky.social/@europeanvalues.bsky.social)
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