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How will India use the Taiwan chip in dealing with China?

Taiwan's tech prowess in semiconductors has value for both the island and India as they manage their individual challenges from the Chinese. •Power Play is a weekly column that looks at various facets of US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia.

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For years, India, which supports the one-China policy, has been careful about its relations with Taiwan, to avoid upsetting China which regards the island as a renegade province to be reunified, by force if necessary.

But in recent times, India, which has no official diplomatic ties with Taiwan, appears to have taken a friendlier approach towards the island.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 31, 2022, with the headline How will India use the Taiwan chip in dealing with China?. Subscribe