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Now Is Not the Time to Give Chagos to Mauritius

Taiwan president’s overflight troubles show islands would not be in safe hands

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Taiwan Defense Budget Deadlock Continues Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit

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Taiwan Technology Update: May 6, 2026

Stella Robertson

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As Global Pressure Mounts, Xi Should Free Jimmy Lai

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Report: China’s ‘Harmonization Plan’ Erases Tibetan Language

Harry Saunders

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More Questions Emerge Over Lai’s Cancelled Eswatini Excursion

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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House China Select Committee Accuses Heartland Nonprofit of United Front Work

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Kinmen’s Phantom Bridge

Infrastructure links between China and Taiwan’s outlying island reflect the fears and aspirations of Beijing, Taipei and the local community

Stella Robertson

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Is Taiwan Vulnerable to the Kind of Precision Strike That Took Out Iran’s Leadership?

Stella Robertson, Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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The KMT Shows Its Hand in Defense Budget Fight

Harry Saunders, Kris Lih

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Report: China’s ‘Harmonization Plan’ Erases Tibetan Language

Policy for kindergarten children mandates the use of Mandarin Chinese in ethnic areas, Human Rights Watch says

Harry Saunders

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House China Select Committee Accuses Heartland Nonprofit of United Front Work

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U.S., U.K. Lawmakers Call Out 48 Group Club for ‘Troubling’ Ties to Chinese Communist Party

Stella Robertson

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Beijing’s Diplomats Tied to Philadelphia’s Raising of China’s Five-Starred Flag

Jimmy Quinn

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A War With China Would Look Very Different From One With Iran 

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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OpenClaw and the Governance of Artificial Intelligence in China

Stella Robertson

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From Stuxnet to Operation Epic Fury: The China-Iran Intelligence Nexus

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Taiwan Defense Budget Deadlock Continues Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit

The fourth round of cross-party negotiations in the legislature broke up on Wednesday with no progress toward an agreement

Harry Saunders, Kris Lih

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Taiwan

Taiwan Technology Update: May 6, 2026

Stella Robertson

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Taiwan

More Questions Emerge Over Lai’s Cancelled Eswatini Excursion

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Global Support for Jimmy Lai Surges in Wake of 20-Year Sentence

Marco Rubio, Yvette Cooper join growing calls for release of the ailing pro-democracy activist

Harry Saunders

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Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years in Hong Kong National Security Trial

Harry Saunders, Kris Lih

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Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai to Be Sentenced on Monday

Ron Brownlow

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Human Rights & China: January 13, 2026

Ron Brownlow

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Hong Kong Court Convenes Plea Hearing for Imprisoned Activist Jimmy Lai

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Verdict for Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong Trial Expected Monday

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Legal Recourse Fails Residents Before Deadly Hong Kong Fire

Stella Robertson, Kris Lih, Harry Saunders

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Now Is Not the Time to Give Chagos to Mauritius

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As Global Pressure Mounts, Xi Should Free Jimmy Lai

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China’s Jimmy Lai Problem Isn’t Going Away

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Are the U.S. and China Living in 1914? (Book Review)

Harry Saunders

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China Can Still Bring Trump to Beijing

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Time for the KMT to Reassert Itself in Washington

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May 7, 2026

Taiwanese News Host Faces China Espionage Charges

Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times

Japan, Philippines Launch Working Group on Transfer of Abukuma-Class Destroyer Escorts

Kosuke Takahashi, Naval News

The Secret Government Intelligence Unit Fighting for Its Own Survival

James King, The Canberra Times

Pentagon Paying Chinese-Linked Firm to Vet Beijing Military Threats, Critics Warn

Bill Gertz, The Washington Times

Donovan’s Deep Dives: The Special Defense Budget Is a Crucial Test of KMT Leadership and Party Unity

Courtney Donovan Smith, Taipei Times

Notes From Central Taiwan: The KMT’s Old Defense Game

Michael Turton, Taipei Times

Chinese Man Detained for Using AI-Generated Image of KMT Chairwoman Cheng in Livestream Sales

Global Times

May 6, 2026

Trump, Xi Likely to Discuss Taiwan Next Week, U.S. Says

Reuters

Trump Says He Will Raise Jimmy Lai Case With Xi Jinping at Beijing Summit

Shweta Sharma, The Independent

KMT Fails to Find Consensus on Its Defense Proposal

Lin Hsin-han, Taipei Times

U.S. Army Fires Tomahawk Missile From New Typhon Launcher During Philippines Drill

Leilani Chavez, Army Times

Japan to Test More Advanced Weaponry in Australia as ‘Quasi Allies’ Deepen Cooperation

Matthew Knott, The Age

Australia’s Partnership With Japan Helps Deter China From Starting a War

Alex Bristow, The Strategist

Is America Missing the Real Fight Behind Taiwan’s Defense Budget?

Kevin Ting-chen Sun, The National Interest

I’m Leaving China After Eight Years. Suspicion of Outsiders Is Rising

Yoko Kubota, The Wall Street Journal

May 5, 2026

Taiwan Won’t Give in to Pressure, President Says of Africa Trip China Tried to Stop

Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang, Reuters

Taiwan’s First Indigenous Defense Submarine Begins 13th Sea Trial, July Delivery Eyed

Hung Chen-hung and Fion Khan, Taipei Times

China Cover-Up After Pilot Killed 132 by Flying Plane Into Mountain

Charles Bremmer, The Times

Tim Cook Built Apple in China, but Beijing Owns the Keys

Geoffrey Cain, Commonplace

Is There a China Strategy Behind the Iran War?

Michael Sobolik and Grant Rumley, The Dispatch

Xi’s Forever Purge

Neil Thomas and Shengyu Wang, Foreign Affairs

Guided Autonomy: America Watching in Xi’s China

Guoguang Wu, Asia Society Policy Institute

May 4, 2026

Hong Kong Government and Reporters Without Borders Trade Barbs Over Press Freedom Ranking

Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press

Jensen Says NVIDIA Now Has ‘Zero Percent’ Market Share in China — Says U.S. Export Policy ‘Has Already Largely Backfired’

Anton Shilov, Tom’s Hardware

KMT Divided on Defense Budget

Lo Kuo-chia, Taipei Times

Taiwan Opposition Leader Eyes Trump Meeting After Xi Sitdown

Yian Lee, Stephen Engle and Miaojung Lin, Bloomberg

Taiwan Announces Tightened Rules for China-Born Spouses

Chen Yu-fu, Taipei Times

Convicted Former Harvard Scientist Rebuilds Brain Computer Lab in China

David Kirton, Reuters

China Rejects U.S. Sanctions oOn Refineries Over Iran Oil Links

AFP

April 30, 2026

Taiwan Tops Beijing’s agenda for Trump-Xi Summit

Antoni Slodkowski and Ben Blanchard, Reuters

Taiwan Leader’s Last-Minute Plea to Fly Via Europe Was Rejected

Jenny Leonard, Yian Lee, and Cindy Wang, Bloomberg

Taiwan Activates Backup Communications for Island After Undersea Cable Breaks

Ben Blanchard, Reuters

Chinese Hackers Spied on Cuban Embassy as U.S. Prepared Blockade

Patrick Howell O’Neill, Bloomberg

U.S. Missiles Deploy Near Taiwan During Balikatan Exercise, Chinese Action Group Operates Nearby

Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News

China Is America’s Military Equal Now and in Any Future Fight, Marine General Warns

Howard Altman, The War Zone

Iran Killed Any Delusions of U.S. Military Domination Over China

Jennifer Kavanagh, Responsible Statecraft

April 29, 2026

Cheng Says KMT Could Approve NTD 800 Billion Defense Budget if U.S. Makes Binding Agreement

Keoni Everington, Taiwan News

U.S. Wants Curbs on China as a Condition for Paying U.N. Dues, Report Says

David Brunnstrom, Reuters

Philippines Not Concerned Iran War Will Distract U.S. From Region, Top Defense Official Says

Karen Lema and Nestor Corrales, Reuters

Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Falun Gong Lawsuit Against Tech Company

Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times

The Mountaintop Mirage: Why Xi’s Military Purges Cannot Produce the Force He Wants

Christopher Nye, War on the Rocks

MSS Reveals: Foreign Organizations Are Heavily Funding ‘Lying Flat Influencers’ and Systematically Conducting ‘Lying Flat Brainwashing’

Sinocism

Phony Whistleblowers, Fake Journalists and Cyber Spies: ICIJ Network Targeted After China Targets Probe

Scilla Alecci, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

April 28, 2026

Meta Is Preparing to Have to Undo Its Manus Acquisition After China Ban

Raffaele Huang and Meghan Bobrowsky, The Wall Street Journal

How China Block of AI Deal Could Stop ‘Singapore-Washing’

AFP

U.S. Presses Taiwan Parliament to Pass ‘Comprehensive’ Defense Budget

Reuters

At U.N., China Denounces Japan and EU Over South China Sea Remarks

Arathy Somasekhar and David Brunnstrom, Reuters

Top Lobbying Firm Does Bidding of Entity Linked to Uyghur Repression

Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner

What Five Decades of Summits Reveal About U.S.-China Relations

Neil Thomas and Haolan Wang, Foreign Policy

The Ugly Side of Eswatini-Taiwan Relations

James Baron, The Diplomat

April 27, 2026

Exiled Tibetans to Elect Government in Vote Condemned by China

Tenzin Woeden, AFP

Ex-Worker of Tokyo Electron Gets 10-year Jail Term in TSMC Trade Secrets Case

Wen-Yee Lee, Reuters

U.S. Anti-Ship Missiles in the Philippines for Balikatan 2026

Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, Naval News

Taiwan Drone Exports Top $100 Million in Q1

Tseng Ting-yun and Lee Hsin-Yin, CNA

U.S. Targets China’s Shadow Trade With Iran in Sweeping Sanctions

Cate Cadell, The Washington Post

China Publishes Maps Detailing Minerals on the Ocean Floor

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, The New York Times

Taiwan Should Scrap Its Submarine Daydream

Ethan Connell and Jonathan Walberg, Taipei Times

April 24, 2026

TSMC Plans to Open Chip Packaging Plant in Arizona by 2029, Executive Says

Stephen Nellis and Max A. Cherney, Reuters

White House Accuses China of ‘Industrial-Scale’ Theft of AI Technology

Demetri Sevastopulo in Austin and Cristina Criddle, Financial Times

NGO Reporters Without Borders Says French Journalist Denied Entry to Hong Kong in November, Slams ‘Weaponizing’ of Visas

Hong Kong Free Press

Taiwanese Minister Makes Rare Visit to TItu Aba Island

CNA

Reform U.K. Candidate Was ‘Diplomat’ for Hong Kong

Robert Wright, Financial Times

The Lithography Loophole: How China Is Printing Its Way to Chip Self-Sufficiency

Ryan Fedasiuk and Julia Torres, American Enterprise Institute

These Fishermen in the South China Sea Get Paid for Their Time on Water — Not to Fish

Jason Fang, ABC News

April 23, 2026

U.S. Official Urges Taiwan Parties to Pass Special Defense Budget

Elaine Hou and Ko Lin, CNA

Blocking of Taiwan President’s Flight Seen as ‘Warning Shot’ by China

Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia

Taiwan Minister Makes Rare Trip to Disputed South China Sea Island

AFP

China’s Cyberspying Targets Western Defense Industry, Dutch Intel Chief Says

Kim Mackrael and Daniel Michaels, The Wall Street Journal

Some Troubled Science Reporting at South China Morning Post

Zichen Wang, Pekinology

China Maritime Report #52: Everything Everywhere All at Once: The Growing Complexity of PLA Amphibious Exercises

Jason Wang, Marvin Hamor Bernardo, Pei-Jhen Wu and Andrew S. Erickson, CMSI China Maritime Reports
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