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The founder of a major Taiwanese chipmaker has reapplied for citizenship on the democratic island after naturalizing as a citizen of Singapore, saying he wants to help fight the military threat from Beijing. Billionaire Richard Tsao, who founded United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), told RFA’s “Asia Wants to Talk” program that he has reapplied for the passport of the Republic of China, which has controlled Taiwan since it ceased to be a Japanese dependency after World War II and said he hopes everyone will defend the island against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Tsao, 75, joked that he could imagine three...
