Taiwan suffered the strongest earthquake in a quarter century and leveled dozens of buildings on the east side of the island, killing at least seven people and disrupting semiconductor production at some of the world’s leading chipmakers. It hit at 7:58 a.m. local time and measured 7.4 in magnitude, according to the US Geological Survey, which pushed the epicenter near the eastern city of Hualien. Impacts were felt as far as Japan and China – Taiwan is of paramount importance to the