Australia's Labor Party has for the first time invited a Taiwanese official to the party's national conference. A Chinese military helicopter has crossed the Taiwan Strait median line into restricted airspace, marking a possible new direction in China's gray-zone tactics. And behind all the smiles and handshakes, tensions are high at this year's ASEAN summit. Plus:

Analysis: US officials have announced 60 countries could be hit with new tariffs, including Taiwan.

As Taiwan's continues to cement its clout in AI hardware, a record number of countries are set to attend SEMICON Taiwan.

Taiwan's science minister says the country is developing AI robotics to help its people, not to compete with China.