Emily Fang
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Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Japan had, quote, stolen Taiwan from China and that Taiwan was, quote, an inseparable part of China.
Taiwan is a self-ruled democratic island and it was a former Japanese colony.
And relations between Taiwan and Japan have gotten closer as Beijing's threats towards Taiwan increase.
China's ambassador to the United Nations also raised Japan's speech about Taiwan this past week, accusing Tokyo of supporting, quote, armed intervention over Taiwan.
In retaliation, Beijing has also cut off some flights and tour groups to Japan, and it's reportedly blocked some Japanese food imports as well.
The $1.4 billion data center will be Taiwan's most powerful configuration of what are called GPUs, a type of semiconductor designed for applications like artificial intelligence.
The chips come from Nvidia, founded by Taiwanese-American Jensen Huang.
Nvidia is now valued at around $5 trillion, making it the world's most valuable company.
Taiwan is also where many of Nvidia's chips are made.
But Nvidia's biggest market is the U.S.
and China, which says it wants to take over Taiwan one day.
That has put Taiwan in an awkward spot.
It's been investing in its own computing centers, like the Foxconn one, to boost its own computing capabilities.
Meanwhile, Foxconn is also partnering with OpenAI to build parts for new data centers in the U.S., according to an announcement yesterday.
The $1.4 billion data center will be Taiwan's most powerful configuration of what are called GPUs, a type of semiconductor designed for applications like artificial intelligence.
The chips come from Nvidia, founded by Taiwanese-American Jensen Huang.
Nvidia is now valued at around $5 trillion, making it the world's most valuable company.