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Taiwan Kicks Off New Round of Drone Funding Fights

Ruling DPP insists lump sum be included in special budget; opposition KMT says it should be reviewed annually

Harry Saunders

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Taiwan Forms New Littoral Combat Command

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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China

Criticism Grows as China’s Ethnic Unity Law Takes Effect

Harry Saunders

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Confirmed: KMT Chairwoman Did Not Meet With Senator

Josh Hoang-Wilkes, Kris Lih, Harry Saunders

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Washington Should Protect Technological ‘Crown Jewels,’ Witness Tells Congress

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Taiwan

New Flight Links Taipei and Washington

Harry Saunders

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Legislative Speaker Leads Cross-Party Delegation to Washington

Kris Lih

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When Taiwan’s Chinese Disinformation Fears Go Too Far

James Baron reported on scandals at Taiwanese projects in Eswatini. The government accused him of spreading Chinese propaganda

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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One Month After Trump-Xi Summit, Taiwan Faces Rising Doubts Over U.S. Support

Kris Lih, Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Cheng Li-wun Goes to Washington

Harry Saunders

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China

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Criticism Grows as China’s Ethnic Unity Law Takes Effect

A provision claiming extraterritorial jurisdiction over ethnic activists has raised alarm from Taipei to Brussels

Harry Saunders

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China

Washington Should Protect Technological ‘Crown Jewels,’ Witness Tells Congress

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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London Residents to Fight Chinese Embassy in Court

Stella Robertson

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China

China Is Targeting Elderly Americans for their Data

Stella Robertson

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How Chinese Students Turned Soccer Into a Metaphor for the Pro-Democracy Movement

Stella Robertson

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Congress Pushes for China-Free Magnets

Harry Saunders

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China

Chinese State-Linked Trolls Mock Taiwanese Sovereignty Amid Japan-Philippines Maritime Talks

Stella Robertson

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Taiwan

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Taiwan Kicks Off New Round of Drone Funding Fights

Ruling DPP insists lump sum be included in special budget; opposition KMT says it should be reviewed annually

Harry Saunders

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Taiwan

Taiwan Forms New Littoral Combat Command

Josh Hoang-Wilkes

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Taiwan

Confirmed: KMT Chairwoman Did Not Meet With Senator

Josh Hoang-Wilkes, Kris Lih, Harry Saunders

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Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Is Torturing Jimmy Lai 

The 78-year-old political prisoner is held alone in roasting heat

Josh Hoang-Wilkes, Kris Lih

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

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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Taiwan and Trump: Optimism With a Side Serve of Cope

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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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July 3, 2026

China and U.S. Target Tariff Reductions on Agricultural Products

Hallie Gu, Bloomberg

Man Self-Immolates Outside of United Nations in Protest of Tibetan Occupation

Dean Moses, amNewYork

Hong Kong Bookseller Lam Wing-kee, Once Detained by China, Dies in Taipei

Reuters

China’s Net Zero Strategy Relies on an Unlikely Tool: Lots of Coal

Bloomberg

China Ramps Up Warning to Japan, Philippines Over Maritime Talks

Bloomberg

Poll: Europeans Are Torn Between America and China

Hanne Cokelaere and Carlo Martuscelli, Politico

July 2, 2026

Wang Yi Warns Marco Rubio to Approach Taiwan Affairs With ‘Utmost Caution’

Dewey Sim, South China Morning Post

Beijing’s Message for ASEAN — China Doesn’t Want to Become a Regional Hegemon

Fan Chen, South China Morning Post

Russia Approved Secret China Military Training at Top Level, Sources Say

Reuters

Japan USB Drive Viruses Echo Earlier Plot With Links to Chinese Military

Tatsuya Sudo and Toru Tsunashima, Nikkei

Taiwanese Citizens Still Allowed Into Kenya Despite Conflicting Reports: MOFA

Joseph Yeh, CNA

‘In Case of Emergency’: Taiwan’s Rising Rich Flock to Singapore

Bloomberg

Chinese Battery Maker Gotion Sues Michigan Town for Millions in Damages Over Plant Project

Mike Scarcella, Reuters

The President Is Winning the Geopolitical Battle With China

Francis Pike, The Spectator

July 1, 2026

China’s New Ethnic Unity Law Legalizing Cultural ‘Erasure,’ Tibetan and Uyghur Minorities Warn at U.N.

AFP

Can China Target Critics Abroad With Its New ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law?

Laura Bicker, BBC

World Bank to Phase Out China Lending

Demetri Sevastopulo and James Politi, Financial Times

U.S. Is Working on Ban Targeting Chinese Energy Inverters, Sources Say

Alexandra Alper and Sarah Mcfarlane, Reuters

China Factory Activity Returns to Expansion Riding AI Global Boom

Joe Cash, Reuters

Taiwan’s 2025 Domestic Production of Export Orders Hits Record 52.9%

Tseng Yun-ting and Evelyn Kao, CNA

Taiwan’s Exports to China Under ECFA Fall to New Low

Chen Yu-fu, Chen Yun and William Hetherington, Taipei Times

The Young Chinese Choosing Life in ‘Ghost Cities’

Joe Leahy, William Langley and Shihuan Chen, Financial Times

China Finds Audience for Talk of Japan ‘Militarism’ Beyond Russia, North Korea

Yukio Tajima, Nikkei Asia

June 30, 2026

Why Is Taiwan’s KMT Calling for the Government to Spend Billions More on Drones?

Lawrence Chung, South China Morning Post

Alibaba and Tencent Dropped by DC Lobbyists to Comply With U.S. Curbs

Bloomberg

Taiwan Raids Super Micro In Widening China Chip Smuggling Probe

Bloomberg

Japan Calls China Coast Guard Moves in Its EEZ Near Yonaguni ‘Unacceptable’

Jesse Johnson, The Japan Times

Hong Kong Activist Jimmy Sham Questioned for Over 20 Hours at Japan Airport Due to National Security Conviction

Irene Chan, Hong Kong Free Press

British Lawyers and Academics in China’s Web of Influence

Geraldine Scott and Emma Yeomans, The Times

June 29, 2027

China Widens Japan Export Curbs, Targeting Drone Makers, Nuclear Firms and Defense Institutes

Anniek Bao, CNBC

Seoul, Tokyo Tighten Defense Ties With Japanese Minister’s Visit Amid Beijing-Moscow Show of Force

Korea JoongAng Daily

Apple Seeks to Buy Memory Chips From Blacklisted Chinese Company

Demetri Sevastopulo and Michael Acton, Financial Times

Australia, Vanuatu Sign Deal Barring Foreign Military Base on Pacific Island

AFP

Intel Agencies Set to Show Xi Jinping’s Hidden Wealth

Bill Gertz, The Washington Times

Donald Trump Is Kicking Out Chinese Firms and Keeping Their Tech

The Economist

The RAF ‘Traitors’ Paid Hundreds of Thousands to Train Chinese Pilots

Daily Mail

June 26, 2026

EU Allies Join U.S. Pact to Break Reliance on Chinese AI Supply Chains

Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times

Senior U.S. Diplomat Says Taiwan Arms Sale Does Not Hinge on China

Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom, Reuters

U.S. Military’s Weapons Shortage Shows Few Signs of Easing Soon

Helene Cooper and Farah Stockman, The New York Times

U.S. Urgently Rebuilding Deterrence Amid Growing Dual Nuclear Threats From China, Russia

Bill Gertz, The Washington Times

Chinese Developer Who Allegedly Bribed Top Adviser to New York Mayor Has Links to Chinese Communist Party, Bankrolled Secret Police Station

Isabel Vincent, New York Post

New Zealand Internal Report Warns of Chinese Military Forays in Pacific

AFP

June 25, 2026

China Says It Has a Right to Target People Overseas With New Ethnic Unity Law

Reuters

Hong Kong Police Arrest Booksellers on Suspicion of Selling Seditious Publications

The Associated Press

U.S. Says China Trying to Discourage States, Businesses From Engaging With Taiwan

Reuters

Japan Defense Forces Used USB Drives With China-linked Virus

Tatsuya Sudo and Toru Tsunashima, Nikkei Asia

China Probes Senior Defense and Space Administrator in Widening Purge

Reuters

U.S. Delegation Snubs APEC Meeting in Macau Due to China Visa Requirements Row

Yuanyue Dang, South China Morning Post

The Next Phase in the U.S.-China Economic War Is Here

Josh Rogin and Kendrick Frankel, The Washington Post

China’s Scholars Do Not Deserve Equal Footing With Western Academics

Miles Yu, The Washington Times

June 24, 2026

Taiwan Says Warning Time for Any China Attack Is Shortening

Reuters

Lutnick Privately Warned Top Executives of Possible Action Against Imported Chinese Robots

Yasmin Khorram, Politico

As Chinese Tech Pulls Ahead, U.S. Fears It Will Become Dependent

Ana Swanson, The New York Times

China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. for First Time Since 2017

Don Clark, The New York Times

‘China Initiative 2.0’: U.S. Crackdown on Chinese Scholars Intensifies

Nayan Seth, South China Morning Post

China Bans Dual-Use Goods Exports for Japan Military Over Taiwan Remarks

Reuters

Japan’s Public Is Ambivalent About Takaichi’s Security Agenda

Peter Chai, Nikkei Asia

China’s Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier Sails Through Taiwan Strait, Taipei Says

Ben Blanchard, Reuters

Returning to ‘One China’ Status Quo Key to Restarting Talks: KMT Head

Liu Kuan-ting, Lin Ching-yin and Shih Hsiu-chuan, CNA

Nvidia’s Banned AI Chips Double in Price on China’s Black Market

Eleanor Olcott, Financial Times

U.S. Gives Philippines Underwater Vehicles as China Feud Persists

Bloomberg

June 23, 2026

China Tightens Rare-Earth Grip on U.S. Firms, Threatening Trade Clash

Keith Bradsher, The New York Times

ASML Shares Slip on Report of U.S. Concern That China Has Its Tech

Joe Stonor, The Wall Street Journal

China Accuses Japan of ‘Harassment’ During Far-Seas Aircraft Carrier Training

Jesse Johnson

Concerns Raised as Hong Kong Stops Compiling Voter Turnout Data by Age and Sex

Matthew Cheng, South China Morning Post

UBS Raises Taiwan’s GDP Growth Forecast to 9.9% for 2026

Lu Yen-tzu and Frances Huang, CNA

‘FOMO Really Got Me’: Taiwanese Go Deep Into Debt to Amp 100% Stock Rally

Charlotte Yang, Betty Hou and Chien-Hua Wan, Bloomberg

June 22, 2026

China Targets U.S. Rare Earth and Other Firms With Export Controls

Reuters

China Tightens Indium Export Checks as AI Demand Increases

Solomon Cefai, Reuters

China Is Having Another AI Moment

The Economist

Taiwanese Firms’ Investments to China Decrease Further

Liao Chia-ning and Fion Khan, Taipei Times

First Batch of SkyGuardian Drones Arrives in Taiwan

CNA

The Taiwan Go Go Alliance’s Prospects

Courtney Donovan Smith, Taipei Times

China Could Win Taiwan Without Fighting

Richard Haass and David Sacks, Foreign Affairs

The False Promise of U.S.-China Stability

Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs
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