TSMC makes the world’s most advanced chips in Taiwan. Geopolitical shifts are pushing it to set up a new factory in the American desert. It needs to bring its cutting-edge tech but also a notoriously harsh, military-style work culture to the U.S. 🧵 restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-ariz…

SCOOP: Meituan is working to debut its food-delivery app in the Middle East with Riyadh as the first stop. Launch could come in months bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Sarah Zheng Jane Zhang Bloomberg Technology

Uber announces plans to acquire Delivery Hero's Foodpanda business in Taiwan for $950M in an all-cash deal, expected to close in the first half of 2025 (Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240513/p47#a24…

Didi Global President Jean Liu is relinquishing her roles as president and board director of China’s ride-hailing giant after almost a decade in the positions trib.al/clCCLtF

The epidemic of “did not respond to a request for comment”—and what it means for journalism (hint: nothing good). Latest by me for ⁦Columbia Journalism Review⁩. cjr.org/analysis/farhi…

a few final thoughts on China tech & geopolitics, h/t to Vlad Savov for always helping us sound smarter and more confident ✨ bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

wrote down a few thoughts on data security & US-China strategic competition ✍️ studentreview.hks.harvard.edu/us-china-tech-…

we’re seeing the normalization of denaturalization as a tool against political opponents