Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co logged record quarterly profit on Thursday and said it expects robust revenue growth in the first three months of the year as demand surges for chips used in artificial intelligence processing.

U.S.-listed shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. rose in premarket trading Thursday after the world's largest contract chip manufacturer posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and a bullish outlook for artificial intelligence demand.

Hong Kong schools are seeing a surge in flu outbreaks, health authorities have said, with the city’s forecaster issuing a cold weather warning as temperatures drop. Albert Au Ka-wing, head of the Centre for Health Protection Communicable Disease Branch, told a radio programme on Friday that the city had entered the flu season.

Hong Kong officials held rare talks in Bangkok this week with Thai counterparts to find ways to bring home those lured from the Asian financial hub and trapped in illegal work in Southeast Asia, seeking to combat a growing trend.

Chow Hiu Yau of China Hong Kong competes during the figure skating women singles short program at the 2025 FISU

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Investing.com-- Chinese semiconductor stocks rallied on Friday following Beijing's announcement of an investigation into U.S. government subsidies and potential dumping of lower-end chips into the Chinese market. The Ministry of Commerce's probe aims to assess whether these U.S. practices are undermining China's domestic chip industry.

Grade-A offices in Taipei last year saw the lowest vacancy rates and best effective rents in the Asia-Pacific region, helped by strong demand from technology and financial firms, property consultancy and broker Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Taiwan said.

Shares are mixed in Asia after China reported that its economy grew at a 5% annual pace last year, hitting the government's target but slowing from the year before

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule and asserts that Taiwan is an integral part of its territory, though it has never governed the island.