April 13, 2026 Taiwan’s Political Crisis Is a Security Nightmare Bonnie S. Glaser, Foreign Policy U.S. Intelligence Indicates China Is Preparing Weapons Shipment to Iran Amid Fragile Ceasefire, Sources Say Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen China Open to Taiwanese TV and Imports After Opposition Visit Thomas Hale and Edward White, Financial Times ‘Fortress China’ Shows Cracks as Iran War Strains Supply Chains Edward White, Financial Times Taiwan Develops 1,000 Kilometer-Range Cruise Missile Kelvin Chen, Taiwan News Taiwan’s Lai to Visit Eswatini on Second Overseas Trip as President Sunny Lai, CNA 2026 Han Kuang Drills Test Key U.S. Military Rehearsals Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh, CNA A Lesson From 1958 Could Help Deter China From Taking Taiwan Paul J. Smith, Defense One Hong Kong Cantopop Star to Mentor Former 2019 Protesters in Security Bureau Rehabilitation Program Hillary Leung, Hong Kong Free Press
April 10, 2026 Chinese and Taiwanese People Will Unite, Xi Tells Taiwan Opposition Leader in Rare Meeting AFP Compromising With Authoritarian Regimes not a Formula for Peace: Lai Wen Kuei-hsiang and Ko Lin, CNA Canadian Delegation, U.S. Senator Visiting Taiwan Taipei Times Hong Kong Independent Media Outlet Says Reporters ‘Harassed’ and ‘Stalked’ Hong Kong Free Press FCC to Vote on Proposal to Ban Chinese Labs From Testing U.S. Electronics David Shepardson, Reuters The Middle East War Depleted U.S. Weapons. Rebuilding Will Require China's Cooperation Daniel Desrochers, Politico How China Built Its Vast Natural Gas Stockpile Keith Bradsher, The New York Times
April 9, 2026 Birds, Not Missiles, Should Fly in the Skies, KMT’s Cheng Says in China Ben Blanchard, Reuters Beijing Uses Cross-Taiwan Strait Exchanges as a ‘United Front’ Tool, Says Taiwan’s Top Security Official Matt Yu and Evelyn Kao, CNA A Hacker Has Allegedly Breached One of China’s Supercomputers and Is Attempting to Sell a Trove of Stolen Data Isaac Yee, CNN All Hong Kong Restaurant Licenses to Have National Security Clauses by September: Minister Tom Grundy, Hong Kong Free Press China Mourned an Education Influencer. The Grief Was a Quiet Revolt Li Yuan, The New York Times America Is Too Dependent on Drugs From China. Worst-Case Scenario Could Be Disastrous Rebeccah Heinrichs and Michael Sobolik, Fox News How the West Is Empowering China’s War Machine Geoffrey Cain, The Spectator The Myth of the PRC’s Overseas Energy Vulnerability Daniel Fu, Jamestown
April 8, 2026 KMT Leader Arrives in China for ‘Peace’ Mission Andrew Silver and Ben Blanchard, Reuters Full Text: Cheng Li-wun’s Speech at Nanjing Welcome Banquet Yuxuan Jia, The East Is Read Taiwan Revokes Privileges of Danish Envoys Over Naming Controversy Lee I-chia, Taipei Times Taiwanese Court Rejects Final Appeal of Former Lieutenant Colonel in Spying for China Case Hollie Younger, Taipei Times China’s Yuan May Be Going Global Faster Than Western Data Suggests, Analysts Say Sylvia Ma, South China Morning Post Brazil Blacklists BYD for Slave Labor Conditions at Its Biggest Plant Outside China Igor Patrick, South China Morning Post Abandoning Canada’s Guardrails. Part Two Terry Glavin, The Real Story
April 7, 2026 Taiwan Opposition Chief Leaves for China ‘Peace’ Mission, Minister Details Warship Deployments Reuters Taiwan Opposition’s Cheng Grabs Reins of Beijing Relations With China Tour Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia Ocean Affairs Council Minister Discloses Locations of Chinese Vessels Around Taiwan Lo Tien-pin and Hollie Younger, Taipei Times Taiwan Security Bureau Warns of Cyberattacks, Election Threats Lai Jyun-tang, Taiwan News CCP Intensifying Cross-Border Aggression: Report Huang Ching-hsuan, Taipei Times Plato Goes to Beijing: Why Xi Jinping Wants China to Become a World Leader in Greek and Latin Studies Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter China Offers Diplomatic Immunity in Bid to Host Oceans Treaty Kenza Bryan, Financial Times
April 6, 2026 Not Just Symbolism: What the KMT Chair’s China Trip Signals for Beijing, Washington and Taipei Lee Gim Siong, Channel News Asia China Creates New Aviation Mystery With Offshore Warning Zones Joyu Wang, The Wall Street Journal Xi Ousts Politburo Member in Deepening Purge of China’s Top Ranks Chun Han Wong, The Wall Street Journal Orban on the Brink: Could Hungary’s Election Dent China’s Influence in Europe? Finbarr Bermingham, South China Morning Post Chinese Firms Market Iran War Intelligence ‘Exposing’ U.S. Forces Cate Cadell and Lyric Li, The Washington Post How Hong Kong Meeting Shows China’s Power In Interpol Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Newsweek Dissident Artist on Trial in China for Satirical Mao Sculptures, Rights Group Says Reuters
April 3, 2026 China Is Building Another Massive Base in the South China Sea Mike Cherney, The Wall Street Journal Iran Using Covert Network to Rebuild Drone Army Tom Cotterill, The Telegraph Taiwan to Strengthen Pratas Islands’ Defences as China Steps Up Pressure Ben Blanchard and Angie Teo, Reuters As Arms Agreements Fray, China Secretly Expands Its Nuclear Weapons Infrastructure Tamara Qiblawi, Thomas Bordeaux, Yong Xiong, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Boost Taiwan Drone Cooperation Chang Hsin-yu and Wu Kuan-hsien, CNA Taiwan’s U.S. Envoy Pledges to Improve Amid Workplace Bullying Claims Joseph Yeh, CNA Hong Kong Applies to Seize Jimmy Lai’s ‘Offence-Related’ Properties on National Security Grounds James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press How China’s Newspapers Are Getting 1 Billion People on the Same Page Micah McCartney, Newsweek
April 2, 2026 DPP Politician Indicted in Taiwan Spy Case Hsieh Chun-ling, Huang Li-yun and Evelyn Kao, CNA Trump-Xi Summit on Track Even as Iran War Drags On, Greer Says Kate Sullivan and Annmarie Hordern, Bloomberg Taiwan's Annual War Games Extended to Two Weeks Again Joseph Yeh, CNA Toxic Politics Test Taiwan’s Leaders 30 Years After Historic Election Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia Chinese Analysis on the War in Iran Jonathan Fulton, The China-MENA Newsletter Chinese Chipmakers Claim Nearly Half of Local Market as Nvidia’s Lead Shrinks Che Pan and Laurie Chen, Reuters China’s AI Is Spreading Fast. Here’s How to Stop the Security Risks Ryan Fedasiuk, War on the Rocks The Global Implications of China’s Five-Year Plan AI Ambitions Michael Caster, The Diplomat America’s AI Build-Out Hinges on Chinese Electrical Parts Emily Forgash and Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg FBI Declares Suspected Chinese Hack of U.S. Surveillance System a ‘Major Cyber Incident’ John Sakellariadis, Politico
April 1, 2026 Carney Avoids Describing China’s Treatment of Uyghurs as Genocide Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail Chinese Super-Embassy High Court Hearing Set for June Ian Payne, LBC U.K. Submarine Captain Steps Down After Link to Chinese Spy Case Lucy Fisher, Financial Times Foreign Minister Mum on Invitation to Pro-Taiwan Honduran Politician Joseph Yeh, CNA Chinese Intelligence Company Tracking U.S. Military Assets During Iran Operations Ryan Finnerty, FlightGlobal Chinese Communist Party Leadership Database Jonathon P. Sine China Puts Home Energy Needs Above Cooperation as Mideast War Halts Supplies Joe Cash, Reuters
March 31, 2026 Taiwan Raises Arms Delay Concerns Directly With U.S. Senators Dimitri Bruyas, TVBS World Taiwan KMT Names Johnny Chiang as Candidate in Taichung Mayor Race Wang Cheng-chung, Chao Li-yen iu Kuan-ting and Frances Huang, CNA China Is Sharing Intel on U.S. Troops and Equipment With Iran, Source Says Sasha Ingber, Humint Japan Spots Chinese Survey Ship Operating in Disputed Waters Reuters China’s Y-9FQ Next Gen ASW Aircraft Intercepted for the First Time Over East China Sea Parth Satam, The Aviationist Is America Dividing on Taiwan — And Implications for Taiwan Ryan Hass, Taipei Times Japan Is Preparing for the Worst. Taiwan Is Just Preparing Excuses Kolas Yotaka Why Is Britain Dragging Its Feet at Giving This Hong Kong Activist Citizenship? Benedict Rogers, The Spectator The Shocking Speed of China’s Scientific Rise Ross Andersen, The Atlantic
March 30, 2026 Taiwan KMT Leader Cheng Li-wun to Visit China, Expected to Meet Xi Thompson Chau, Nikkei Asia Visiting U.S. Senators Call on Taiwan to Pass Special Defense Bill Joseph Yeh, CNA TPP Rally Against Ko Wen-je Verdict Draws Thousands In Taipei Sunny Lai and Huang Li-yun, CNA U.S. Offers ‘Unprecedented’ Extension for First HIMARS Payment Hollie Younger, Taipei Times Japan to Establish New Defense Ministry Office to Bolster Pacific Defenses Jesse Johnson, The Japan Times Beijing Sanctions Japanese Lawmaker for ‘Colluding With Taiwan Independence Forces’ Laura Zhou, South China Morning Post Hong Kong Dissidents Fear China’s Hand in Campaign of Intimidation and Attacks in U.K. Alexi Mostrous and Jonathan Lewis, The Oberver China’s Global Ambitions Dented by Iran War, Ex-U.S. Envoy Says David Westin and Edward Dufner, Bloomberg Associated Press Runs Paid Public Relations Ads for Chinese Telecom Huawei as CCP Seeks to Influence U.N. Agency Jerry Dunleavy, Just the News
March 27, 2026 Shanghai Sabotage: Inside Singham’s Secret Strategy to Demonize America Asra Q. Nomani, Fox News Canadian MP Michael Ma Downplays Reports on China Using Forced Labor Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun China Still on Track to Supplant U.S. as World’s Number One Economy in 10 Years: Academic Xinyi Wu and Ji Siqii, South China Morning Post ‘They Can Reach Me Wherever’: China Using Financial Tactics to Coerce People Who Flee, Says Report Geneva Abdul, The Guardian U.K. Trial of Two Alleged Hong Kong Spies Unveils Transnational Network Kris Cheng, Nikkei Asia Chinese Firm’s Highland Port Plans Blocked by U.K. Government Steven McKenzie and Iain Macinnes, BBC Tiananmen Vigils Meant to Honor Victims, Not Incite Subversion, Activist Tells Trial James Lee, Hong Kong Free Press War and Chips. And the KMT Tim Culpan, Culpium