Taiwan is more than semiconductors and geopolitics. Shaped by migration, colonial history, democratisation and technological ambition, the island has developed a distinctive society whose identity continues to evolve through the many historical layers it carries.
Greater China explores four societies shaped by a shared civilisation but different historical paths. Through culture, institutions, technology and statecraft, the series examines how one of the world’s oldest civilisations continues to influence four distinct models of modern development.
Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is often measured in market share and production capacity. Yet its deeper significance lies elsewhere: in the concentration of expertise, institutions and industrial coordination that increasingly defines technological power in the twenty-first century.
