Introduction to Asian ideology and Taiwanese semiconductor industry strategy against the European-centered world order

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Jong-hoon = ▲ From Europe to Asia = Written by Boss Sugata. Translated by Daehee Lee.

A history book in which the author, a professor at Harvard University, traces what kind of future Asians envisioned in the 20th century in the face of the European-centered world order.

The 20th century was a time when the European-centered world order was shaken and Asia emerged as a new player in the world. The author, a historian from India, sees the history of change as how Asians envisioned a new world order that went beyond Europe, rather than simply through the framework of imperialism, colonial rule, and independence.

The book sheds light on the process of forming Asian identity, focusing on the lives and thoughts of figures such as Rabindranath Tagore, Sun Yat-sen, Mahatma Gandhi, and Sukarno, who left traces in Asian thought and politics in the 20th century.

It also covers turbulent history, from Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War to World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, and decolonization.

The author does not consider the Asian continent to be composed of individual nation-states, but rather sees it as a stage of circulation and connection. At the same time, he emphasizes that in order to enter a new era in Asia, we must take a normative and ethical stance on the side of tolerant universalism against imperialism and nationalism.

Eco Libre. 400 pages.

▲ Chipnomics = Written by Eunho Lee.

Taiwan is one of the key countries leading the world's artificial intelligence (AI) industry. Many companies, including TSMC, which produces Nvidia's AI chips, Foxconn, Acer, and Quanta, have built a huge supply chain that leads to semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, and AI server production.

The author, who is an industrial policy expert and served as Korea's representative in Taipei, says that Taiwan's competitiveness today is the result of a national strategy promoted over 60 years, a social culture that respects experts, a system to encourage entrepreneurship, and an industrial ecosystem built together by the government, companies, and universities.

The book sheds light on how Taiwan has established itself as the heart of the global semiconductor industry, based on conversations and field experiences with tycoons who built Taiwan's semiconductor industry, such as TSMC founder Maurice Chang and Acer Chairman Shi Zhenrong.

The author cites the flexibility to quickly move to new industries rather than staying with existing methods of success whenever the global market changes as an important competitiveness of Taiwanese companies. In addition, it is emphasized that national competitiveness is determined by corporate relationships that compete fiercely in the global market but cooperate closely internally.

Sejong Books. Page 308.