HONG KONG (Jan 25): Taiwan is proving a surprising investment winner under Donald Trump.

The island is home to the only currency in Asia to climb against the resurgent greenback since the US election. Against a backdrop of the new president starting to make good on protectionist trade pledges and signaling a readiness to risk damaging Taiwan’s fragile relationship with China, analysts are still optimistic the territory will see equity inflows in 2017.

Foreign investors have pumped US$1.5 billion ($2.13 billion) into local shares this month, helping drive the Taiex to a 1 1/2-year high and Taiwan’s dollar to the strongest since October.

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