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Taiwan Updates on Diplomacy, Technology, and Local Elections

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  • Taipei Times Taiwan · Centre-left · Liberty Times Group
  • Focus Taiwan Taiwan · Centre · Public · Central News Agency, statutory funding

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Every source for this story reports from Taiwan.

Taiwan and Lithuania have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on advanced semiconductor packaging machinery. The agreement aims to combine Lithuanian laser expertise with Taiwanese strengths in artificial intelligence, precision scanning, and digital imaging. The Industrial Technology Research Institute will contribute 5.6 million euros over two years to support this private sector collaboration. In other news, Nobel laureate Arieh Warshel has become the first Nobel Prize winner to receive an Employment Gold Card. Warshel, a professor at the University of Southern California, will serve as an honorary chair professor at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University to assist with research in semiconductors and other key technologies. Regarding domestic politics, registration for the nine in one local elections has closed. Reports indicate that the Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang have each nominated 19 candidates for local head seats. Additionally, President Lai is aiming for Taiwan to achieve Asian asset hub status.

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