Aussie tech pushes into China, Taiwan despite geopolitical risks

Tokyo | Local tech start-ups are pushing on with their Asian expansion plans despite worsening geopolitical risks, hoping to take advantage of a pick-up in export manufacturing and dodge tension between China and Taiwan.

Melbourne-based construction software company Matrak opened a new office in Suzhou, west of Shanghai, last week, while Sydney computer chip designer Morse Micro has put staff across the bitterly contested Taiwan Strait.