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Skepticism, Not Despair on Trump in Asia Ahead of Midterms

Analysts see a mixed picture for Tokyo and Taipei in Trump’s first two years back in office, but warn the next two could be rockier

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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What a Blue Wave Could Mean for U.S. China Policy

Harry Saunders

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Union Leaders Appeal to Taiwan Government for Help in Micron Dispute

Stella Robertson, Kris Lih

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Micron Wage Negotiations in Taiwan Stall as U.S. Memory Chip Maker Fails to Address Union Demands

Stella Robertson, Kris Lih

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Xi Redoubles Anti-Corruption Efforts at Fifth Plenum

Harry Saunders

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Trump Says Taiwan Stole the U.S.’s Chip Industry, Again

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Trump Must Recommit Himself to Freeing American Prisoners in China

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Investigation: How Taiwan Botched a Plan to Counter Chinese Drones

When Chinese drones buzzed the frontline island of Kinmen in 2022, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry pushed to install a counter-drone system. Four years later, it has yet to deliver

Harry Saunders, Kris Lih

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Exclusive: Inside Tammy Duckworth’s Taiwan Trip

Harry Saunders

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When Taiwan’s Chinese Disinformation Fears Go Too Far

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Xi Redoubles Anti-Corruption Efforts at Fifth Plenum

China’s leader continues to wield purges as a key instrument of discipline ahead of next year’s Communist Party congress

Harry Saunders

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Economic, Demographic Crisis Form One-Two Punch for Chinese Society

Harry Saunders

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U.S. Bans Chinese AI Leader DeepSeek From Government Use

Harry Saunders

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House Report Scrutinizes Webull Financial China Links

Harry Saunders

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Greg Lui Chip Smuggling Scheme Possibly Linked to Supermicro Indictment

Stella Robertson

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U.K. Warns Universities Off China Collaboration

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Who Is Winning the U.S.-China Trade War?

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Skepticism, Not Despair on Trump in Asia Ahead of Midterms

Analysts see a mixed picture for Tokyo and Taipei in Trump’s first two years back in office, but warn the next two could be rockier

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Taiwan

Union Leaders Appeal to Taiwan Government for Help in Micron Dispute

Stella Robertson, Kris Lih

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Micron Wage Negotiations in Taiwan Stall as U.S. Memory Chip Maker Fails to Address Union Demands

Stella Robertson, Kris Lih

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Joshua Wong Turns 30 in Prison

The pro-democracy activist, who is facing additional sentencing for ‘colluding with foreign forces,’ has been imprisoned in Hong Kong since 2020

Stella Robertson

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Congressman Questions Fed’s Hong Kong Liquidity Arrangement

Harry Saunders

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Hong Kong Journalist Tang Ho-wing Arrested on Suspicion of Sedition

Harry Saunders

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Trade Union Advocates Protest the Sentencing of Tiananmen Square Vigil Organizers in Hong Kong

Stella Robertson

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Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty, Pushes for Leniency in Hong Kong Trial

Harry Saunders

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Organizers of Hong Kong Tiananmen Square Vigil Convicted of Subversion

Stella Robertson

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Hong Kong Is Torturing Jimmy Lai 

Josh Hoang-Wilkes, Kris Lih

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What a Blue Wave Could Mean for U.S. China Policy

Harry Saunders

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Trump Must Recommit Himself to Freeing American Prisoners in China

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The Real Reason Xi’s Trump Meeting Was So Short

Harry Saunders

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Does Xi Hear the People Sing?

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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From Peacetime Sovereignty Assertion to Wartime Sea Denial: Taiwan Must Continue Building a ‘Spear and Shield’ Navy

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As Xi Lands in Washington, Trump Must Not Forget China’s Political Prisoners

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October 29, 2026

Pakistan Approves Flights by Taiwanese Airlines After Reported Restrictions

Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press

U.S. Restricts Trade With Chinese Genomics Company

Rebecca Robbins and Ana Swanson, The New York Times

U.S. Army Pacific Plans for Possibility of War Over Taiwan Next Year

Wyatt Olson, Stars and Stripes

Hello Kitty Maker Cuts Ties With Japanese Spy Drama After China Backlash

Koh Ewe, BBC News

CEO of Belgian Chipmaker Says China Now Beats Europe in New Design Wins

Reuters

Hong Kong Independent Bookstore Luck Win to Shut Mong Kok Branch by Year End After Half a Century

Irene Chan, Hong Kong Free Press

How China Surveils the ‘Five Poisons’

Didi Kirsten Tatlow and John Feng, Newsweek

Keeping China’s Labor Misery Off the Record

Jordyn Haime, China Media Project

A Century After Pius Xi Ordained Six Chinese Bishops, Who Chooses China’s Bishops?

AC Wimmer, EWTN News

China’s Overcapacity Has a Mind of Its Own

Lizzi C. Lee and Xiao Ma, Foreign Policy

October 28, 2026

China’s Old-Age Dependency Ratio Overtakes Children for First Time

Reuters

Mbappe Seeks to Defuse Anger in China After Mao ‘Dictator’ Comment

Casey Hall and Clare Jim, Reuters

U.S. Plans Two-Month Extension to Shipping-Fee Truce With China

Weilun Soon, Bloomberg

Trump Ends Visa-Free Entry for Chinese Nationals Over Birth Tourism to Pacific Island

The Times of India

Majority of Taiwanese Dislike Chinese Communist Party: Poll

Chen Yun and Sam Garcia, Taipei Times

Wang Yi Calls for China-U.S. Cooperation to Develop and Govern AI

Caixin

Commentator Charged With Disclosing National Security Probe Says Unaware Investigation Was Underway

Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press

China’s Energy Supply Chain Is Withstanding Test of Middle East War, Expert Says

Frank Chen, South China Morning Post

German Leader’s China Visit Latest Sign of Foreign Diplomacy Pivot Beyond Beijing

Caroline Lin and Eve Qiao, Bloomberg

Why Is ICE Detaining Hong Kong Rights Advocates?

The Washington Post

October 27, 2026

China Drafts Rules to Protect Trade Secrets From ‘Foreign Entities’

Sylvia Ma and Xiaofei Xu, South China Morning Post

Alibaba Wins Challenge to Pentagon’s Chinese Army Blacklisting

Peter Blumberg, Bloomberg

Mbappe Dropped by Chinese Brands for ‘Offending National Sentiments’ After Alleged Mao Joke

AFP

New Philippine Coast Guard Vessel Shadows Chinese Carrier Strike Group off Mindanao

Aaron-Matthew Lariosa, USNI News

Pentagon Chief Hegseth to Visit Philippines to Meet U.S. Allies at ASEAN Events

Khushboo Razdan, South China Morning Post

‘Pull Out the Sick Trees’: Xi’s Constant Purges Pave Way for Next Term

Chris Buckley, The New York Times

Taiwan-Vatican Ties: The Dynamic Interplay Under Pope Leo XIV

Thomas Ching Wei Tu, The Diplomat

October 26, 2026

China’s Big Political Meeting Could See Xi ‘Tighten Discipline’ in Party

Stephen McDonell, BBC News

China Condemns U.S. Designation of Confucius Institutes as Threat

AFP

Sinking Profits Turn China’s $3.5 Trillion Stock Rout Into Trap

Jeanny Yu, Bloomberg

Some Hong Kongers Jailed for Democratic Activism Face Japan Entry Barriers

Kyodo News

U.S. Base Bans BYD Vehicles Over Security Risks

Lee Se-young and Lee Min-jun, The Chosun Daily

For an Experiment in Political Affirmative Action, Look to Taiwan

Li Yuan, The New York Times

China’s Most Controversial Region Has Become a Showcase for Its Commercial Ambitions

Brian Spegele, The Wall Street Journal

October 23, 2026

For Taiwan’s Mayors, a ‘Typhoon Day Off’ Is a Major Political Test

Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu, New York Times

China Steps Up ‘Gray Zone’ Tactics to Isolate Taiwan and Punish Its Allies

Joe Leahy, Financial Times

Taiwan Says China Using Militia Boats to Expand ‘Battlefield Preparation’ in Western Pacific

Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard, Reuters

Chinese Influencer Deported for Advertising Surrogacy

Huang Liang-chieh and Hollie Younger, Taipei Times

Taiwan Probes Organized Crime Links to China’s ‘Transnational Repression’

Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee, Reuters

Beijing Tightens Rules on Outbound Capital to Better Shield Chinese Assets

Mia Nurmamat and Ji Siqii, South China Morning Post

China’s New Drone Mothership Targets U.S. Undersea Edge

Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times

Caught Between the U.S. and China

Christine Murray and Peter Foster, Financial Times

October 22, 2026

Second New Zealand Judge Joining Hong Kong Court Urged to ‘Salvage Reputation’

Sam Sachdeva, Newsroom

Beijing Hits Out After Taipei Bans Mainland Travel for Sun Yat-sen Anniversary

Amber Wang, South China Morning Post

A-Level Textbook Teaches Chinese ‘Propaganda’

Albert Tait, The Telegraph

China Still Shipping Fentanyl Precursors to Mexican Cartels

Bill Gertz, The Washington Times

Taiwan Security Agency Flags Rise in Chinese Disinformation Ahead of Local Elections

Yimou Lee, Reuters

Duterte Impeachment: Bribing Elites Is China’s Strategy, Military Official Says

Jason Gutierrez, Radio Free Asia

TSMC Electricity Use Hits Record High in September

Pan Tzu-yu and Sean Lin, CNA

Australia Boosts Defense Ties With Timor-Leste, Seeks to Curb China’s Regional Influence

AFP

China Is Still Haunted by Its One-Child Policy

Eva Terry, National Review

October 21, 2026

China Sends Naval Forces to Monitor U.S. Warship Near Disputed Shoal

Liz Lee and Ben Blanchard, Reuters

U.S.-China Negotiators Race to Nail Down Concrete Deals as Shenzhen APEC Looms

Nayan Seth, South China Morning Post

China Steps Up AI Investment With $9 Billion Fund Backing Model Developers

Ge Haoyue, Caixin

China Sets Up State-Owned Data Group to Drive Its AI Ambitions

Foster Wong, Bloomberg

China Ramps Up Cyberattacks in Advance of Taiwanese Election: Officials

Wu Che-hsuan and Jonathan Chin, Taipei Times

Taiwan Deports Chinese Student Over Online Video

Brian Hioe, New Bloom

China’s Ultimate Political Survivor Just Fell. What That Says About Xi’s Rule

Lingling Wei, The Wall Street Journal

Would a Big Alaska LNG Deal Make Taiwan Safer?

Jens Kastner, Asia Sentinel

October 20, 2026

Japan and the U.S. Kick Off Joint Drills Around Islands as Regional Tensions Rise

Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press

Z.AI Founders Worked on Research Funded by China Institute That U.K. Tied to Spies

Kate O’Keeffe and Maggie Eastland, Bloomberg

U.S. Sanctions Five Chinese Entities Over Ex-Google Engineer’s AI Trade Secrets Theft

Zhang Tong, South China Morning Post

Shanghai Tops World in Empty Offices as Overseas Investment Pulls Away

Kentaro Shiozaki, Nikkei Asia

Taiwan Says Drives Away 16 Chinese Ships Involved in ‘Maritime Harassment’

AFP

Vanuatu Says It Expects Fall in China’s Police Presence After Signing Nakamal Agreement With Australia

Stephen Dziedzic, ABC News

Honduras Targets Chinese Shops, State Builder as President Asfura Sits on Taiwan Pledge

Igor Patrick, South China Morning Post

China Has Captured the Market for Hobbyist 3D Printers

The Economist

China’s Export Boom Masks Deep Economic Problems at Home

Hannah Miao, The Wall Street Journal

October 19, 2026

Beijing’s Population Expected to Become Super-Aged by 2035

Reuters

How Taiwan’s New AI Satellite System Aims to Speed Up Early Warning Against PLA Moves

Lawrence Chung, South China Morning Post

Japan to Allow ‘Taiwan’ as Place of Origin in Some National Records

Ryuto Imao and Sachiko Kawahara, Nikkei Asia

Second Possible Chinese UUV Mothership Appears in Guangzhou

Alex Luck, Naval News

China Threatens to Bar More Philippine Officials if Envoy Gets Expelled

Dexter Cabalza, Philippine Daily Inquirer

China and Iran’s Influence Networks Join Forces Inside U.S.

Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Newsweek

October 16, 2024

EU to Lift Sanction on Chinese Firm to Save an ASML Supplier

Jenny Leonard and Alberto Nardelli, Bloomberg

China Can ‘Easily Win’ Using Force but Wants Peace, Says Envoy to Philippines

Philippine Daily Inquirer

China’s Unloading of U.S. Bonds Gets Fresh Look as Skeptics Grow

Ye Xie, Anya Andrianova, and Layan Odeh, Bloomberg

Taiwan Tells Its People to Shun Chinese Anniversary Events for Revolutionary Hero

Ben Blanchard, Reuters

Taiwan Blocks Coinbase, Kalshi Over Suspected Election Bets

Bloomberg

Hong Kong, Remade in Beijing’s Image, Rebounds as a Global Financial Center

David J. Lynch, The Washington Post

Security of U.S. Bases in Greenland Threatened by Chinese Undersea Cable Terminals

Bill Gertz, The Washington Times

Fears of China Spying on U.S. Military Prompt GOP Hawks to Demand Retaliation Against the Shipping Giant

Morgan Phillips, Fox News

California Arrest Reveals Chinese Spy Surveillance Tradecraft

Bill Gertz, The Washington Times

Hidden Cameras in the Laogai: Orville Schell’s Long-Delayed Expose

Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter
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