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Taiwan’s President Marks Two Years in Office Amid Gridlock and Divided Public Opinion

The economy is booming but Lai Ching-te faces a hostile opposition and mediocre approval ratings

Kris Lih

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Report Alleges Chinese Influence Behind AI Data Center Pushback in the U.S.

Stella Robertson

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Report: China’s Lax Enforcement of Child Labor Laws

Harry Saunders

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Congress Pushes Back After Beijing Summit

Harry Saunders

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China Just Made Trump Look Pathetic

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Has Taiwan’s President Crossed the Median Line for the Last Time?

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Taiwan Emerges From Trump-Xi Summit Largely Unscathed

Harry Saunders, Kris Lih

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Taiwan’s Legislature Passes Reduced Special Defense Budget

KMT, TPP approve bill that limits funding to arms already cleared by Washington

Kris Lih, Ron Brownlow, Harry Saunders

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KMT Heavyweight Explains Why Taiwan’s Opposition Won’t Budge on Defense Spending

Harry Saunders, Kris Lih

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

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Report Alleges Chinese Influence Behind AI Data Center Pushback in the U.S.

Chinese state media and Beijing-linked nonprofits are criticizing data center buildout in the U.S., but for many Americans, Chinese influence might be a negligible concern

Stella Robertson

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Report: China’s Lax Enforcement of Child Labor Laws

Harry Saunders

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China

Congress Pushes Back After Beijing Summit

Harry Saunders

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China

Taiwan Emerges From Trump-Xi Summit Largely Unscathed

Harry Saunders, Kris Lih

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China

Jensen Huang Joins Trump on China Trip, Raising Questions About Chip Export Controls

Stella Robertson

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China

Trump-Xi Summit: What to Watch For

Harry Saunders, Kris Lih, Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Quaaludes, Fentanyl and the Battle for China’s Help on Drugs

Harry Saunders

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Taiwan

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Taiwan

Taiwan’s President Marks Two Years in Office Amid Gridlock and Divided Public Opinion

The economy is booming but Lai Ching-te faces a hostile opposition and mediocre approval ratings

Kris Lih

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Taiwan

Has Taiwan’s President Crossed the Median Line for the Last Time?

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Taiwan

Taiwan Defense Special Budget: Where Next

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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China Just Made Trump Look Pathetic

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The ‘Thucydides Trap’ is Not About Athens and Sparta, It’s About Taiwan

Stella Robertson

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Trump Needs to Make a Deal for Jimmy Lai

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Iran Will Learn That China Is No Friend in Times of Need

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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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May 21, 2026

Trump Says He’ll Talk to Taiwan’s President Amid Arms Deal Negotiations

Phelim Kine and Gregory Svirnovskiy, Politico

Pentagon Official’s Beijing Visit in Doubt Over $14 Billion U.S. Arms Package for Taiwan

Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times

Taiwan Presses Its Case After Trump Puts Arms Sales in Question

Joyu Wang and Chun Han Wong, The Wall Street Joural

Notes From Central Taiwan: Trump, Taiwan and the Great Panic Machine

Michael Turton, Taipei Times

Numbers of Tibetan Exiles Plummet as China Tightens Grip

Saransh Sehgal, Deutsche Welle

America Needs to Put the Renminbi Back on the International Agenda

Mark Sobel, Brad Setser and Robin Brooks, Financial Times

May 20, 2026

Foreign Influence in the Campaign Against American AI

Sam Lyman, Bitcoin Policy Institute

Sharp Eyes: Mass Surveillance of Foreigners in China — Part 1

NetAskari

Russians Covertly Trained by China Return to Fight in Ukraine, Sources Say

Reuters

China Confirms It Will Buy 200 Boeing Jets After Trump-Xi Summit

Peter Hoskins, BBC

Taiwan Writer Wins International Booker for ‘Slyly Sophisticated’ Novel

AFP

Christians Arrested in China Over Children's Sunday School Classes

Tola Mbakwe, Premier Christian News

May 19, 2026

Xi Jinping Told Donald Trump That Putin Might ‘Regret’ Invasion of Ukraine

Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times

Trump’s Shifting Remarks on Taiwan Are Perfect for China to Exploit

Alastair McCready and Yu-chen Li, The Guardian

Experts Criticize Venture Capitalist’s Claim Taiwan Will Be ‘Unimportant’ in 18 Months

Keoni Everington, Taiwan News

Taiwan Is a ‘Model Ally,’ Not Trade Bait

Mark Montgomery, Defense One

Marcos Says Philippines Would Be Involved in Any Taiwan Conflict

Cliff Harvey Venzon, Bloomberg

China Condemns Conservative MP’s Taiwan Trip After Ambassador’s Warning

Sean Previl, Global News

KMT Lawmaker Proposes Cutting NTD 576 Million in Drone Spending

Medwin Hsu, Taiwan News

Defense Groups Clamor to Delay U.S. Ban on Chinese Rare Earth Magnets

Camilla Hodgson and Alex Rogers, Financial Times

Hong Kong Court Must Not ‘Pay Lip Service’ to Human Rights, Lawyer Tells Trial of Tiananmen Vigil Activists

Hans Tse, Hong Kong Free Press

May 18, 2026

Trump Says ‘Nothing’s Changed’ on Taiwan. But His Words Belie a Big Shift

Jesse Johnson, The Japan Times

Taiwan Says Is an ‘Independent’ Nation, After Trump’s Warning

Allison Jackson and Joy Chiang, AFP

Trump’s Dangerous Taiwan Gamble

Ryan Hass, Brookings

Trump Says Xi Signaled Release of Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Unlikely

AFP

Hong Kong Court Hears Final Arguments in the Trial of Tiananmen Vigil Organizers

Kanis Leung, The Associated Press

Top U.K. Civil Servant Held Nuclear Talks With ‘Front’ for Chinese Spy Agency

Eric Williams, The Telegraph

China Seeks Local Collaborators

Taipei Times

China’s Secretive Missile Program Is Making Dozens of Companies Rich

Bloomberg

PLA Reshapes Military Theory Development System for Future Warfare

K. Tristan Tang, The Jamestown Foundation

May 15, 2026

Transcript: President Trump and President Xi Deliver Formal Toasts at State Banquet

The Singju Post

U.S. Taiwan Policy Unchanged After Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing: Rubio

Shih Hsiu-chuan, CNA

Trump Bare Knuckles His Way Through China Summit Without His Trusty Cellphone

Emily Goodin, New York Post

DPP, KMT Spar Over Funding Options for Weapons Excluded From Budget Bill

Lin Ching-yin, Wang Cheng-chung, Chen Chun-hua and Sean Lin, CNA

Jaw Says KMT Rushed Arms Budget to Preempt Trump-Xi Deal

David Frazier, Taipei Times

U.S. Citizen Convicted of Running Secret Chinese ‘Police Station’ in New York

Nardine Saad, BBC

Two Chinese Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Filming Korean, U.S. Air Bases

Yonhap

Tai Po Fire Survivor and Petition Organizer Jason Kong Arrested With Wife Over Alleged Government Loan Fraud

Hong Kong Free Press

May 14, 2026

Xi Warns Taiwan Issue Could Push U.S. Ties to a ‘Dangerous’ Place

Taipei Times

Donald Trump’s Plan to Discuss Taiwan Arms Sales With Xi Jinping Rattles Asian Allies

Demetri Sevastopulo, Joe Leahy and James Politi

Bipartisan Senators Warn Against ‘Unilateral Changes’ to Taiwan Policy

Tara Suter, The Hill

U.S. Clears H200 Chip Sales to 10 China Firms as Nvidia CEO Looks for Breakthrough

Reuters

Jailed Activist Joshua Wong to Face Foreign Collusion Charge at High Court as Transfer Procedures Completed

Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press

Surprise FBI Corruption Raid in Lancaster Linked to Influential Chinese Automaker BYD

Ben Chapman, New York Post

Acclaimed Biologist Xu Xianzhong Returns to China After Arrests in His U.S. Lab

Shi Huang, South China Morning Post

AI Disinformation? Singapore Accused in Pro-China Videos of Being ‘Ungrateful’

Kolette Lim, South China Morning Post

We Joined a Taiwan Coast Guard Mission on the Front Line Against China

Todd Johnson and Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal

May 13, 2026

A Decade on, Trump Returns to a Stronger and More Assertive China

Laura Bicker, BBC

Resisting Xi’s Designs in the Year of the (Trojan) Horse

Matt Pottinger and Liza Tobin, Freedom Frequency

Linguistic Workaround Allows Marco Rubio, Sanctioned by Beijing, to Travel to China for the First Time

The Guardian

Los Angeles-Area Mayor to Plead Guilty to Acting as Chinese Propaganda Agent

Steve Gorman, Reuters

Southern California Mayor Who Worked as Secret Agent for China Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg, Says Los Angeles’s Top Federal Prosecutor

Ben Chapman, New York Post

U.S. Affirms Commitments Amid Trump’s Remarks on Taiwan Arms Sales

Elaine Hou and Joseph Yeh, CNA

GlobalGiving to Change Taiwan’s Name to ‘Chinese Taipei’ on Its Funding Platform, Citing China ‘Requirements’

Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press

No Country for American Reporters

Eliot Chen, The Wire China

May 12, 2026

Trump to Discuss Taiwan Arms Sales, Jailed Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai With Xi

Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh, Reuters

Trump and Xi Dialed Down the Trade War, but Challenges Lurk at Their China Summit

Josh Boak and Didi Tang, The Associated Press

Elon Musk, Apple’s Cook and Boeing CEO Going to China With Trump, Official Says

David Shepardson, Trevor Hunnicutt and Karen Freifeld, Reuters

Nvidia’s CEO to Miss China Trip After Year of Travels With Trump

Michael Shepard, Maggie Eastland and Jeff Mason, Bloomberg

U.S. Senators Urge Expedited Taiwan Arms Sale

Chen Cheng-liang and William Hetherington, Taipei Times

Here’s How China plans to Sanction-Proof Its C919 Passenger Jet

Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post

Siloed Silos and Analytical Failures

Decker Eveleth, Hor d’Oeuvres of Battle

We Don’t Have Anything Near the Inventory for a China Fight

Max Boot, The Washington Post

How Do Taiwanese Feel About the Cheng-Xi Meeting?

Lev Nachman and Wei-Ting Yen, Brookings

May 11, 2026

An Emboldened New China Poses Trouble for Trump

Yanzhong Huang, The New York Times

Trump’s Deal Making With Xi Next Week May Determine Hong Kong Jailed Activist Jimmy Lai’s Fate

Kanis Leung, Associated Press

U.S. Concerned by Taiwan Defense Delay ‘Concession’ to China

Reuters

Taiwan’s Defense Budget Facing Paralysis

Gahon Chiang, Taipei Times

HIMARS to Be Deployed to Taiwan’s Outlying Islands

Lo Tien-pin and Kayleigh Madjar, Taipei Times

How China May Have Sought to Recruit a House Aide to Spy on the U.S.

Dustin Volz, The New York Times

Wanted ‘Hong Kong Parliament’ Member May Be Deported From Thailand

Matthew Cheng, South China Morning Post

May 8, 2026

China May Try ‘Maneuevring’ Over Taiwan Issue at Trump Meeting, Taiwanese Official Says

Reuters

Nephew of Taiwanese Minister Forced to Quit Job in China

Shelley Shan, Taipei Times

Two Men Found Guilty of Spying for Hong Kong by London Jury

Kris Cheng, Nikkei Asia

Japan Pivots Indo-Pacific Strategy Toward Southeast Asia

David Hutt, Deutsche Welle

The Canadian Who Spent Over 1,000 Days in Chinese Prison Warns Ottawa Is Walking Into Beijing’s Trade Trap

Sam Cooper, The Bureau
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