VOA Mandarin: Taiwan startup hub opens in Silicon Valley

FILE - A loitering munition drone is displayed at National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology in Taichung City, Taiwan, March 14, 2023.

Taiwan plans to spend $4.56 billion to boost its startup ecosystem and has set up a liaison center in Silicon Valley designated to attract American venture capital and talent to Taiwan. Liu Chin-ching, minister of the National Development Council of Taiwan, told VOA of the importance of the bridge between the U.S. and Taiwan, adding that the Taiwan government would support new tech sectors such as quantum computing, silicon photonics and next-generation drones. Click here for the full story in Mandarin.