May 3, 2024 Hong Kong Ranks Low on Global Press Freedom Index as Watchdog Cites ‘Unprecedented’ Setbacks Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press Scarborough Shoal: A Chinese Noose Around the Philippines' Neck Koh Swee Lean Collin, The National Interest Huawei Secretly Backs U.S. Research, Awarding Millions in Prizes Kate O'Keeffe, Bloomberg About Four in Ten Americans See China as an Enemy, a Pew Report Shows. That’s a Five-Year High Associated Press The PLA Navy’s Blue Team Center Games for War Ryan D. Martinson, U.S. Naval Institute Pandemic Citizen Journalist Evicted From Newly Leased Home in Wuhan Qian Lang, Radio Free Asia
May 2, 2024 Report: China’s Propaganda Units Harvest Data From Overseas Tech Firms Cate Cadell, The Washington Post Ralph Baric, Whose Virology Techniques Were Used in Wuhan, Testified That Lab Leak Was Possible Katherine Eban, Vanity Fair Huawei Lab Barred by U.S. Regulators as Part of Crackdown on China Todd Shields, Bloomberg Philippines China Coast Guard: China Used Water Cannons That Could Kill Nestor Corrales, Philippine Daily Inquirer Marcos Jr. Approves Military Procurement ‘Wish List’ Michael Punongbayan, The Philippine Star New Zealand Spy Agency Knew China-Backed Cyber Attack Targeted Former MPs and Didn’t Tell Them Adam Pearse, The New Zealand Herald Taiwan Travelers Cautioned After New State Secrets Law Takes Effect in China Sunny Lai, CNA
May 1, 2024 China Coast Guard Attacks Philippine Ships Near Scarborough Shoal, Say Officials Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News Manila Weighs New Strategy to Counter China’s Sea Actions Bloomberg After China’s Water Cannons, BFAR Brings Supplies to Fisherfolk in Bajo De Masinloc Rappler Chinese Aircraft Carrier Fujian Prepares for First Sea Trial (Updated) Alex Luck, Naval News Soaring U.S. Munitions Demand Strains Support for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan Bryant Harris and Noah Robertson, Defense News Is State Department’s AUKUS Trade Certification Delay a Sign of Choppy Waters Ahead? Colin Clark and Tim Martin, Breaking Defense Elon Musk Can’t Solve Tesla’s China Crisis With His Desperate Asia Visit Carlton Reid, Wired Fujian Moves Reflect China’s Bid to ‘Localize’ Taiwan Issue: Expert Sunny Lai, CNA CMSI Translations #2: Dominating the Battlefield — The Advantages of Unmanned Intelligent Combat Forces U.S. Naval War College Status of the 41st Aviation Brigade Transition to the J-20 China Aerospace Studies Institute
April 30, 2024 Chinese Warplane Intrusions Increase Political Pressure on Taiwan: Expert Wu Shu-wei and Elizabeth Hsu, CNA U.S. Creates Team to Counter China’s Trade ‘Coercion’ Tactics Peter Martin and James Mayger, Bloomberg Farewell to China’s Strategic Support Force. Let’s Meet Its Replacements Matt Bruzzese and Peter W. Singer, Defense One ‘We Must Say No’: Seoul Defense Chief on Korean, USFK Involvement in Hypothetical Taiwan Crisis Kwon Hyuk-chul, The Hankyoreh South China Sea: Beijing Urged to Step Up Pressure on the Philippines Over Rival Claims or Risk Domino Effect Laura Zhou, The South China Morning Post Resilience & Resolve: Lessons From Lithuania's Experience With Chinese Economic Coercion Wendy Cutler and Shay Wester, Asia Society Policy Institute
April 29, 2024 U.S. Creates Team to Counter China’s ‘Coercion’ Tactics Peter Martin and James Mayger, Bloomberg Germany Considers Watering Down Plan to Scrutinize Chinese Investments Bertrand Benoit, The Wall Street Journal Exclusive: China Firms Go ‘Underground’ on Russia Payments as Banks Pull Back Reuters Does Taiwan Have a ‘Chickenshit’ Work Culture? Michael Turton, Taipei Times Hungary Opens Up to Chinese Tech Despite Protests Nick Thorpe, BBC New Tory MP Tim Loughton Detained and Deported by African Country With Close Links to China Charles Hymas, The Telegraph France and the Philippines to Start Talks on a `Visiting Forces Agreement,’ French Envoy Says Associated Press Why China Axed the Strategic Support Force and Reshuffled the Military Gordon Arthur, Defense News
April 26, 2024 Choose Between Stability and ‘Downward Spiral’ China’s Foreign Minister Tells Blinken During Beijing Trip Jennifer Hansler and Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese Analysts See Little Gain From Blinken’s Visit Hemant Adlakha, The Diplomat Philippines Says ‘Foreign Actor’ Behind Deepfake of Marcos Urging Combat With China Andreo Calonzo, Bloomberg A More Comprehensive Plan to Push Back Against China’s Fishing Practices Michael E. Clark, War on the Rocks From F-16s to NATO, Argentina’s Moves Tilt West, But Ties to China to Last Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, Breaking Defense China’s Intelligence Shakeup Boosts Information Warfare Matt Brazil, Medium
April 25, 2024 In China, Blinken Tries to Fix the Unfixable Charlie Campbell, Time U.S. Says 41 Military Personnel in Taiwan Kayleigh Madjar, Taipei Times Amid Warning of Chinese Jet Threat, Taiwan Defense Head Offers Reassurances Matt Yu, Wu Su-wei and Joseph Yeh, CNA Taiwanese Companies Showcase Drones, Look to Secure Supply Chain Spot Hans Lin and Wu Kuan-hsien, CNA Biden Signs Tiktok ‘Ban’ Bill Into Law, Starting the Clock for ByteDance to Divest It Lauren Feiner, The Verge EU Conducts ‘Dawn Raid’ on Chinese Security Equipment Supplier Henry Foy, Joe Leahy and Andy Bounds, Financial Times TSMC’s Debacle in the American Desert Viola Zhou, Rest of World The Xi Files: How China Spies Nigel Inkster, Spectator
April 24, 2024 Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan With Big Bipartisan Vote Mary Clare Jalonick, Stephen Groves and Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Senate Passes Bill Forcing Tiktok’s Parent Company to Sell or Face Ban, Sends to Biden for Signature Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press In a Taiwan Conflict, Tough Choices Could Come for Big Tech Sam Bresnick and Emelia Probasco, Breaking Defense Blinken Says Genocide in Xinjiang Is Ongoing in Report Ahead of China Visit Reuters 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: China (Includes Hong Kong, Macau, and Tibet) Central Tibet Administration Profit or Power: Determinants of Chinese Financing to the Developing World Rodrigo Moura, Journal of Contemporary China
April 23, 2024 China Spent the Last Year Committing Every Human Rights Violation In The Book, U.S. Intel Finds Jake Smith, Daily Caller Beyond Borders: China’s Attempts to Censor Global Academia Human Rights Foundation How Washington Can Save Its Semiconductor Controls on China Ben Noon, War on the Rocks China’s New H-20 Stealth Bomber ‘Not Really’ a Concern for Pentagon, Says Intel Official Michael Marrow, Breaking Defense New Force for China’s PLA Eyes Modern Warfare Information Support Amber Wang, South China Morning Post China Acquired Recently Banned Nvidia Chips in Super Micro, Dell Servers, Tenders Show Eduardo Baptista, Fanny Potkin and Max A. Cherney, Reuters
April 22, 2024 China to Rethink Taiwan Seizure After Iran’s Failed Attack on Israel Nicola Smith, The Telegraph China Sees Foreign Threats ‘Everywhere’ as Powerful Spy Agency Takes Center Stage Nectar Gan, CNN Pro-China President Muizzu’s Party Sweeps Maldives Parliamentary Elections, Preliminary Results Say Mohameed Sharuhan, Associated Press Blinken Heading Back to China, With a Threat Over Military Aid to Russia Joshua Posaner, Politico U.S.-China Internet War Intensifies as House Passes TikTok Ban Meghan Bobrowsky, The Wall Street Journal Philippines Welcomes G7’s Clear Support vs. China’s Maneuvers in Disputed Waters Rey E. Requejo, Manila Standard Taiwanese, Tibetan Students Protest Chinese Envoy’s Speech at Harvard Shih Hsiu-chuan and Joseph Yeh, CNA Two Stealth Missile Corvettes to Be Commissioned Into Taiwan Navy in May Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA
April 19, 2024 China’s High-Altitude WZ-7 Drone Has Appeared Near the Philippines Joseph Trevithick, The War Zone Solomon Islands Election Count Underway, China Critic Suidani Regains Seat Kirsty Needham, Reuters Taiwan Upgrades Satellite Network System on Taiping Island Sunny Lai, CNA Wall Street Channeled Billions to Blacklisted China Firms: U.S. Probe Jack Stone Truitt, Nikkei Nokia Cuts Orders With China-Listed Supplier as U.S. Pushes ‘Clean Network’ Lauly Li, Nikkei How Chris Dodd Helped Bring Hollywood and China Together Jack Butler, National Revie How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Finalist Became an Unlikely Ambassador for Taiwan Vic Chiang, The Washington Post
April 18, 2024 China Is Battening Down for the Gathering Storm Over Taiwan Mike Studeman, War on the Rocks Hong Kong Drops Out Of World’s Top 10 Busiest Container Ports Gavin van Marle, The Loadstar Apple-Baidu Partnership Risks Accelerating China’s Influence Over the Future of Generative AI Michael Caster, The Diplomat China Seeks to Subvert Rules-Based International Order by Taking Over UN: Whistleblower Naomi Canton, The Times of India China Criticizes U.S. P-8A Surveillance Flight Through Taiwan Strait Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News Taiwan to Establish Littoral Combat Command in 2026 Tso-Juei Hsu, Naval News Taiwan Submarine Head’s Departure Could Impact Program Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung, Taipei Times KMT Lawmakers to Visit China for ‘Peaceful’ Talks: Caucus Convener Lin Ching-yin and Lee Hsin-Yin, CNA Sanctioned Chinese Security Camera Maker Dahua Divests From U.S. Kenji Kawase, Nikkei